Soon. We’re targeting a launch later this year, and we’ll announce exact timing when it’s locked. Tap the notify me button on this page and drop your email — we’ll message you the moment the Dry One is available to order for Notre Dame. First in line, no guesswork.

Actually waterproof. Not water-resistant, not “repels light rain.” The Dry One uses a Toray three-layer waterproof breathable membrane fabric rated at 20,000mm/10,000g, the same spec you’d find on a premium ski shell or a high-end fishing jacket. Every seam is sealed with waterproofing tape. The zippers are YKK AquaGuard, which block water at every entry point. We’ve tested it through full games in sustained downpours. It doesn’t leak.

It’s the first of its kind. Until now, fans who wanted a real rain jacket and fans who wanted to rep their school had to make tradeoffs in one direction or the other. The Dry One ends that tradeoff. It’s gear officially licensed by Notre Dame that’s built to the same standard as a premium ski or fishing shell, with a Toray three-layer waterproof breathable membrane fabric, fully taped seams, YKK AquaGuard zippers, an adjustable storm hood, and pit zips for ventilation. The colors are exact. The construction is real. There hasn’t been a jacket like this in college team gear before.

Breathable. The 10,000g number in the rating is the breathability spec, and it’s the same standard used in technical ski and hiking shells. The three-layer membrane lets vapor escape from the inside while blocking rain from the outside. Pit zips give you extra ventilation when you’re moving or when the temperature climbs. You stay dry from the rain and dry from your own sweat.

The Dry One is a shell, which means on its own it blocks rain and wind but doesn’t insulate. That’s the right design for South Bend’s fall rain games, when temperatures are in the 40s and 50s and you need a jacket that breathes. For genuinely cold weather and Notre Dame winter snow, layer any insulating piece underneath — a fleece, a puffer, or an insulated jacket of your choice — and the Dry One becomes a high-performance outer shell. It’s sturdy enough that a lot of customers use it as a full ski shell on the slopes. Same jacket, two jobs.

Yes. Every Notre Dame Fighting Irish product is officially licensed through the University of Notre Dame. The logos, colors, and trademarks are all authorized. We use exact Pantone color matching, not approximations, for every piece. We also donate 10% of Notre Dame product sales to support student athletes. BCKR isn’t a brand that licenses some logos. We’re a brand committed to making gear at the standard Notre Dame fans expect.

Different product entirely. Most Notre Dame jackets use basic materials and construction. They’re fine for what they are. The Dry One uses Toray’s Dermizax three-layer membrane, fully taped seams, and YKK AquaGuard zippers. These are the same materials in a $500 ski shell or a premium fishing jacket. You’ve just never seen them in Notre Dame navy before. The Dry One is more like an Arc’teryx or Kuiu or Simms shell that happens to come in Notre Dame’s exact Pantone colors, and there’s never been anything like it for fans until now.

All BCKR jackets use unisex sizing ranging from XXS to 3XL. Women typically go down one size. A Men’s/Unisex Small fits like a Women’s Medium. The Dry One is cut with room for layering underneath, so if you plan to wear a heavy insulating layer inside, order in your typical size and you’ll have room to work with. A lot of our customers are women, and the fit feedback has been great. Women’s-specific cuts are on our roadmap. We don’t currently offer kids’ sizes.

Heck no. The Dry One is built for the kind of weather Notre Dame Stadium throws at you, which means it’s built for a lot more than four hours at the house that Rockne built. People wear it hiking, skiing, fishing, biking, and traveling. The color is Notre Dame navy. The construction is premium outdoor. We built this so your team jacket could also be the best jacket you own, not something that sits in your closet between Saturdays.

BCKR builds gear as a system. The Dry One is the rain piece, a Toray three-layer waterproof shell for the kind of downpour that turns a South Bend Saturday sideways. It joins the Cool One, our UPF sun layer for hot, sunny weather, in the Notre Dame lineup. More BCKR pieces are on the horizon for Notre Dame, including insulated options that will layer directly under the Dry One for cold-and-wet conditions. Each piece stands alone. Together, they’ll cover every kind of weather South Bend throws at you.

We’re an independent brand, no corporate parent, no Super Bowl ads yet. We were founded by outdoor industry veterans, including the team that helped scale YETI from a regional cooler company into a global brand. We’re based in Austin, we ship every order ourselves, and we include a handwritten note in every package. We started BCKR because fans of major college programs had no real outdoor gear in their team’s colors. They had souvenir jackets that didn’t perform and premium outdoor gear that didn’t represent. So we made the gear that should have existed all along, and we made a whole system around it. You’re hearing about us now because the word is getting out.

Because embroidery would put thousands of needle holes through the waterproof membrane and create a point of weakness. We use a permanent, performance-grade screen print instead. It holds up to washing and weather without compromising the waterproofing. The look is sharp, the colors match the school’s exact Pantone, and the application lasts.