You didn’t think that arguably the most-hyped national championship game of the BCS era would be played without the production of cheeky t-shirts, did you?
On Monday, former Notre Dame QB Jimmy Clausen tweeted a photo of a t-shirt he received “previewing” the Irish’s Jan. 7 mega-matchup with Alabama, with the slogan “Catholics vs. Cousins.” The Irish’s Leprechaun strikes the Heisman pose on the left side, while a rendering of a stereotypical yokel clutching a jug of Moonshine is on the right.
We think it’s pretty funny and a nice nod to the famous “Catholics vs. Convicts” shirts printed in advance of the 1988 Notre Dame-Miami game. Alas, enough people responded unfavorably to Clausen’s tweet that he felt compelled to remove it from his feed.
Which isn’t to say that Clausen regretted posting it.
Some people have to much time on your hands! It’s a shirt people lol
— Jimmy Clausen (@JimmyClausen) December 17, 2012
The shirt was sent to me! I was saying THANK YOU #calmdownpeople
— Jimmy Clausen (@JimmyClausen) December 17, 2012
