2012 NFL Uniform Thread - Nike takes over

[los panda]

Originally Posted by Monkeydad

They recently scraped some gold off the golden dome tower when they replated (reguilded) it and mixed the flakes in with the paint...made the paint even more metallic than it had been before. They've always used the 24k gold flakes in the paint but they have a new batch of flakes and reexamined the painting process, because they weren't happy with the shade they had over the last few years.

Gold Returns To The Notre Dame Football Helmets - UND.COM - University of Notre Dame Official Athletic Site

Notre Dame’s Helmets Now Equipped With 10000% More Gold | Kegs 'n Eggs Blog

boooo! i guess i didn't see any notre dame games last year, i didn't notice it until this season. i'm even less happy about it now that i know they discontinued the tradition of painting the helmets weekly.

and i'm not even a notre dame fan...