Matt Leinart loses bet to Brady Quinn, sports full leprechaun outfit on Big Noon Kickoff set

One of the things that makes college football so great is the rivalries, and there have been some good ones so far this year. Notre Dame‘s upset of USC last week ranked up there with one of the bigger rivalry upsets, with a pair of analysts watching in Matt Leinart and Brady Quinn.

And it came with a cost for at least one of the Big Noon Kickoff analysts.

On Saturday, Leinart, the former USC quarterback graced the Big Noon Kickoff stage in full blown leprechaun attire after losing a bet to fellow Big Noon Kickoff analyst Quinn, a former Notre Dame quarterback.

“Leprechaun never looked so good boys!” Quinn taunted as Matt Leinart came on stage. “You look good in green. You look good in green.”

Leinart walked all the way up to the stage, cane and all, before taking his seat. Once he sat down he kicked his legs up on the desk and relished in his new role a bit.

“I feel like I should be on the cover of Lucky Charms,” Leinart said. “Hey, I’m going to milk this if I have to wear this awful thing, I’m going to milk this all the way into the ‘A’ block.”

You can check out Matt Leinart‘s grand entrance below.

Notre Dame battled through tough stretch

You would have a tough time finding a team with a harder four-week stretch this season than Notre Dame. Four straight ranked games came in a row for the Irish, with USC being the latest last week. Coach Marcus Freeman saw his team go 2-2 but end on a high note with a rivalry win against the Trojans.

There was a little bit of everything in the four games for Notre Dame too. They were on both sides of a blowout while breaking the heart of Duke. Everything began with a heartbreak of their own against Ohio State in South Bend.

So, how did Notre Dame get through the four games? Freeman made sure his team was mentally tough on a weekly basis.

“It took a lot of execution,” Freeman said via NBC. “It took taking a deep dive into what we’re doing and why we’re doing it and how we’re doing it. As I told this group, elite competitors don’t care what happened the week before.

“It’s our choice to make sure we have the mental discipline and mental toughness to do what it takes to have success. Credit to these players, they worked their tails off. And these coaches.”

Notre Dame returns to action on next Saturday on Oct. 28 against Pittsburgh, a game that begins at 3:30 p.m. ET on NBC.

On3’s Griffin McVeigh also contributed to this report.