Third & Gold: Jim Lefebvre on Notre Dame-Green Bay ties ahead of Shamrock Series season opener

Jim Lefebvre, executive director of the Knute Rockne Memorial Society, author of Loyal Sons and Coach For A Nation and a columnist for Blue & Gold Illustrated, discusses the Rockne-Lambeau Football Festival in Green Bay, Wisc., that starts Sept. 3, the origins of the ties between Notre Dame and Green Bay, how Green Bay has embraced hosting the Irish, experiencing Lambeau Field, the Knute Rockne Spirit of Sports Awards, Blue & Gold's upcoming book and more. Then Eric Hansen and Tyler James answer questions from X/Twitter and The Lou Somogyi Board (27:48). Learn more about The Rockne-Lambeau Football Festival here: https://rocknesociety.org/ 💸New BlueandGold.com subscribers get 75% off the first year of an annual subscription during our fall camp sale. Deal expires soon: https://www.on3.com/teams/notre-dame-fighting-irish/join/?utm_source=publisher&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=subscriber_referral&ref=1041164 🏈Order Blue & Gold Illustrated's 2026 Notre Dame Football Preview magazine here: https://simplecirc.com/subscribe/notre-dame-football-preview-magazine 📗Order BGI's upcoming book — The Gold Standard: The Best of Notre Dame Football, 1976–2025 — here: https://bluegoldonline.com/store/The-Gold-Standard-The-Best-of-Notre-Dame-Football-1976-2025-p838457929 Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.