The Irish debuted some alternate uniforms for Wednesday night’s game against Michigan State. We can safely say that fans will either love or hate the new threads.

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They’re bold and a definite departure from the traditional uniforms — polarizing enough that there are probably few fans who don’t immediately conjure up a personal opinion, good or bad.

One thing I’d like to point out: This yellow? It’s not gold. It’s mustard yellow. Maybe just regular yellow. It needs to be more iridescent.

Take their shoes, for example.

That is very obviously gold.

College athletics: forever inventing new school colors.