HeyDingis Posted December 3, 2008 Share Posted December 3, 2008 Awhile back, UniWatch had a call for examples of uniforms that teams only wore once - uniforms that weren't throwback or really alternates, but just uniforms that were brought out once and retired. Examples were the Phillies head-to-toe maroon uniforms and the Mavericks infamous cocktail waitress uniforms. At the time, I thought I remembered Notre Dame once wearing strange, neon green basketball uniforms in the early 90's, but I couldn't find anything about them. No articles and certainly no pictures. Every so often, I try to look for them again on the web, just to see if I can find anything.Alas, today I found an article recap of the game here that says "...all the emotion fueled by the surprise first-time appearance of the Fighting Irish in neon-green uniforms...". Finally, I know I wasn't imagining things. Does anyone else remember this game? Are there any Notre Dame enthusiasts that could point to a photo archive that might have images of these uniforms? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sc8b Posted December 3, 2008 Share Posted December 3, 2008 If I'm reading this site correctly, the Sports Information office has a highlight reel of the 90-91 season, including the Syracuse game, in their possession, as well as the coaches tape from the game.http://archives.nd.edu/findaids/ead/index/ASI033.htmand http://www.archives.nd.edu/cgi-bin/displa.pl?BKB004.HTM+4Have you tried e-mailing them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeyDingis Posted December 3, 2008 Author Share Posted December 3, 2008 I have not. That's a terrific help. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
totc Posted December 3, 2008 Share Posted December 3, 2008 There is a photo of that game on, I think, Billy Owens' trading card on one of those unlicensed draft-pick basketball sets from the early 1990s -- I want to say either Classic Games or Star Pics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TruColor Posted December 3, 2008 Share Posted December 3, 2008 I watched that game on TV...it was...in a word...craptastic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cujo Posted December 3, 2008 Share Posted December 3, 2008 I'm almost certain that I had one of those NCAA trading cards from the early-90s featuring LaPhonso Ellis in neon green gear....rad to the extreme! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sodboy13 Posted December 3, 2008 Share Posted December 3, 2008 I watched that game on TV...it was...in a word...craptastic.I remember seeing highlights on TV, and a pic of it in SI, so it's gotta be somewhere in their archives. My fuzzy memory says it may have made more than one appearance, though.It worked for the Orlando Thunder, but for the Irish... not so much. Now if Lou Holtz had brought out the football team in neon... On 1/25/2013 at 1:53 PM, 'Atom said: For all the bird de lis haters I think the bird de lis isnt supposed to be a pelican and a fleur de lis I think its just a fleur de lis with a pelicans head. Thats what it looks like to me. Also the flair around the tip of the beak is just flair that fleur de lis have sometimes source I am from NOLA. PotD: 10/19/07, 08/25/08, 07/22/10, 08/13/10, 04/15/11, 05/19/11, 01/02/12, and 01/05/12. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
totc Posted December 4, 2008 Share Posted December 4, 2008 I'm almost certain that I had one of those NCAA trading cards from the early-90s featuring LaPhonso Ellis in neon green gear....rad to the extreme! Actually, it was LeRon Ellis in Syracuse Orange; look in the background:http://cgi.ebay.com/1991-Star-Pics-54-LeRo...p3286.m20.l1116 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sc8b Posted December 5, 2008 Share Posted December 5, 2008 I'm almost certain that I had one of those NCAA trading cards from the early-90s featuring LaPhonso Ellis in neon green gear....rad to the extreme! Actually, it was LeRon Ellis in Syracuse Orange; look in the background:http://cgi.ebay.com/1991-Star-Pics-54-LeRo...p3286.m20.l1116Oh wow, it somehow looks worse than I had imagined... I can't wait to (hopefully) see this thing it's full glory. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buffalo Posted December 5, 2008 Share Posted December 5, 2008 I watched that game on TV...it was...in a word...craptastic.I remember seeing highlights on TV, and a pic of it in SI, so it's gotta be somewhere in their archives. My fuzzy memory says it may have made more than one appearance, though.It worked for the Orlando Thunder, but for the Irish... not so much. Now if Lou Holtz had brought out the football team in neon... Bump!Here's to someone getting a photo uploaded... Orlando Thunder-reference much appreciated!BTW, does anyone have any photos of the Orlando Thunder WLAF unis? I mean, we've all seen the Kerwin Bell Pro Set card... but how about some pics of their road unis, or some game shots??? NEON GREEN 4EVER! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeyDingis Posted December 5, 2008 Author Share Posted December 5, 2008 I did some surfing around on that ND Archive site, and it looks like they don't have any still photographs of it. They do have VHS, and they will copy VHS for anyone...for a price. Even at that point, I have no way of importing VHS to a digital file. The picture of the shorts behind LeRon Ellis might be the best we can hope for at this point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
totc Posted December 5, 2008 Share Posted December 5, 2008 Neon green ...Wolfsburg 2001 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ferrousoxide66 Posted December 5, 2008 Share Posted December 5, 2008 I'm almost certain that I had one of those NCAA trading cards from the early-90s featuring LaPhonso Ellis in neon green gear....rad to the extreme! Actually, it was LeRon Ellis in Syracuse Orange; look in the background:http://cgi.ebay.com/1991-Star-Pics-54-LeRo...p3286.m20.l1116Ignoring the crap in the background, those 'Cuse unis were a thing of beauty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cuse2000 Posted December 5, 2008 Share Posted December 5, 2008 Couldn't find any better pics of the neon-greeen's, but did get a few more from the era: "I still think a tag team of Jimmy B and Melo could kick the :censored: out of Jesus and God."Syracuse Orangemen2003 National Champions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waffles Posted December 5, 2008 Share Posted December 5, 2008 I remember seeing highlights (so to speak) of this game shown during a Syracuse-Notre Dame basketball pregame show a few years back. The uniforms were the color of Digger Phelps' tie/marker combo for the day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmm Posted December 6, 2008 Share Posted December 6, 2008 BTW, does anyone have any photos of the Orlando Thunder WLAF unis? I mean, we've all seen the Kerwin Bell Pro Set card... but how about some pics of their road unis, or some game shots??? NEON GREEN 4EVER!Thunder neon green in action: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Discrim Posted December 6, 2008 Share Posted December 6, 2008 yeh, I remember a while back Jim Yackel had some Thunder roads for sale (they're LONG gone, btw)...the roads were basically the mirror of the homes, except the sleeves were green (kinda like how the Surge had white sleeves on their homes but their roads were solid white) A strong mind gets high off success, a weak mind gets high off bull Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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