This was sent by my good friend JB, and I thought it was worth adding to the blog:


"I was reading through the ND tradtions page on the ND
Football site.
Turns out that the original colors were yellow and blue
(see below).
Yellow for light and blue for truth.
Another tie into "Why Yellow" that is even closer to home."

From:  http://und.cstv.com/trads/nd-m-fb-goldandblue.html
Although Notre Dame’s official colors for athletics long
have been listed as gold and blue, the color of the Irish
home football jersey has switched back and forth between
blue and green for more than 50 years.

The origin of school colors can be traced back to the
founding of the University. At the time of its founding in
1842, Notre Dame’s original school colors were yellow and
blue; yellow symbolized the light and blue the truth.
However, sometime after the Dome and Statue of Mary atop
the Main Building was gilded, gold and blue became the
official colors of the University.