The team website says the following about the role of the leprechaun: The Notre Dame logo features a side view of the figure with his dukes up, ready to battle anyone that comes his way.

Scrawled around the edges of its face are four words, all in capital letters: NOTRE DAME NATIONAL CHAMPIONS. At its center is a green shamrock emblazoned with the school’s trademark logo — ND ...

Among those in a celebratory mood was former Fighting Irish quarterback Ian Book, who shared a symbolic post featuring multiple Shamrock leaf emojis on X. Notre Dame fans are very much familiar ...