It's typically the #1 selling item in any college bookstore in America every year -- and the 21st edition of THE SHIRT will be unveiled this Friday afternoon in a ceremony in front of the Hammes Notre Dame Bookstore.
THE SHIRT that is my personal all-time favorite is the 2007 shirt -- and it's purely a biased opinion. My son Jimmy Small '08 -- then a junior and an Irish Guard -- was included in the montage on the back of THE SHIRT that year. I believe that year they sold around 135,000 of the shirts and then coach Charlie Weis gave away another 5,000 of THE SHIRT to our troops in Afghanistan and Iraq -- during his tour.
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For some reason -- there has been very little "chatter" online about the COLOR of this year's shirt. I'm guessing it just might be a WHITE shirt this year -- just a guess.
If you'd like to read about the history of THE SHIRT -- check in on some of the previous designs -- or, just place your order -- check out the links below:
LINK: THE SHIRT PROJECT -- 2011
LINK: THE HISTORY OF THE SHIRT
LINK: PREVIOUS SHIRTS