At the Tbogg abode…we HATE Notre Dame. Not really sure why, but it is serious a bonding experience. GO SWORDS!!!

I didn’t know that kid was AD’s son. That just makes it even a little sweeter.

I always liked Adrian when he was in the NBA. He put up with a lot of guff from that asshole Frank Layden.

LOL, TBogg.

It just so happens that I was having this very conversation with an old pal tonight, a very happy OU graduate and groupie, and we disagreed a bit about the Domers.

While we both agreed that their graduates and football fans were the biggest dicks in the Universe, I, being the softie, wished them well, while my pal wanted a lifetime of suck for the Golden and Silver Spoon Touchdown Jesus fans.

I guess I’m too big a fan of tradition and stuff.

I am always uneasy until Notre Dame has lost their third or fourth game of the season and can’t worm their way into a decent bowl game. It’s all the more satisfying when they are beaten by hapless teams that don’t have an unlimited supply of Chicago Catholic school homunculi to recruit, who are brainwashed to believe that they are going to win one for the Gipper (or Jesus). Fuck Notre Dame! Fuck them every year in every game and fuck every one of their obnoxious fans and alumni.

I liked the movie “Rudy”, but the prayer scene before the Big Game was a buzz kill.

We know what Steve Gilliard would say.

I got to be in the stands for the Navy game last week — Navy came this close to making up a 20 point deficit in 43 seconds. The funny thing is that the ND fans I was with saw it as a win-win — either ND beats Navy or Weiss gets fired — either outcome would be as satisfying.

College football? Meh. Why are the channels filled with this dreck on Saturdays, yet I can’t get a single cricket match on the tube without shelling out big pay-per-view bucks?

…of course, as a native-born Idahonian, I have a certain interest in Boise State (although, as a once-proud University of Idaho graduate – before Sarah Palin came along – I’m not THAT big a fan of the BSU Bronco’s). Out here in the wilds of Orygun, though, the Best. Bowl. Game. Ever. was, of course, the 2001 Fiesta Bowl. Before the game, the “Fighting” Irish incessantly whined about being matched against an unworthy opponent like the Oregon State University Beavers. THAT was “Fail” of epic proportion…

Hey there captphealy,
Perhaps if they trimmed the cricket matches down to 3 or 4 days, they wouldn’t cost as much on pay-per-view.

Notre Dame? I believe I heard some faint squeaking from that direction through the roar of the Sooner monster truck crushing Texas Tech today.

If you truly hate Notre Dame, then this will make you smile: Notre Dame fans throw snowballs at own team!

Mmm… schadenfreude.

Great post TBogg!

Hardly anyone is headlining Brown and Harvard tying for the Ivy football title. I wonder why that is?

In our household, there are two events guaranteed to brighten any day:

1. Notre Dame losing.
2. The Mets losing.

grumpyforester,
Beaver fever is not just a social disease. The 2001 Fiesta Bowl was indeed an ass kicking/epic fail for ND. One more win and its off to Pasadena.

Fuck the fucking Irish.

So Capt’ how about cricket as an Olympic sport?

I had a friend in college who was a ND Superfan, I don’t think for any other reason than they were near his hometown. He was ecstatic when he got a job there (I think as a nameless cog in the admin office, or maybe food services management? Don’t remember), but a few years later I heard from him and he pretty much echoed everyone’s sentiments on here – seeing the beast from the inside was too much for his Superfandom to survive.

Fuck the fucking Irish.

Me and my ancestors would greatly appreciate it if you’d be more specific.

And to WeirdDave: That might actually get me to watch some Olympic coverage, (Or Tivo it, depending on the broadcast hours…)

That ND hasn’t won a bowl game since 1994 proves that they don’t belong there.

A friend is a Penn State grad, and his wife recently asked him what gave him more pleasure, a PSU win or ND loss. He had a hard time deciding.

Um, I guess the only way I can relate to this post is to say I feel the same about the Trojans at USC. And the Dodgers.

That was in response to a comment up thread, “We know what Steve Gilliard would say.” And since they are the “Irish” of ND…

Danon Activia (The Yogurt That Makes You Poop!©)

After watching the J.Lee Curtis ads without the sound, I got the impression that it was (The Yogurt That Makes You Horny) or maybe (The Yogurt That Cures a Yeast Infection).

I’m calling on Bill Donohue to denounce you all for your anti-Catholic bigotry!

At least I would be, if I didn’t hate Notre Dame too. A friend of mine wrote them a scathing letter when she applied there back in the 80s and found out that they provided the guys with laundry service but didn’t even offer it to the girls. Probably they’ve changed since then, but I don’t care enough to find out.

There hasn’t been laundry service for the guys at ND since the laundry burned down in the 80’s. I went there in starting in ‘72 when ND went co-ed. We envied the women because they had washers and dryers and we had to use the crappy laundry service that was stuck in the 50’s, starched jeans anyone.

Hating Notre Dame is like belonging to the Ulster Union, you are born into it.
When I was a teen, I had some success as a football player at a Catholic HS(1969) no less(maybe the 6′6” 265LB thing helped, who knows). I had a short list of schools that I saw myself playing for, ND included. That is until I got a visit from the Irish “recruiter”. The arrogance of this guy was shocking. He gave me a list of “must have” attributes, or don’t even express interest in ND. I mentioned that many schools were expressing interest in me more than the reverse, to which he replied: yah, but they aren’t ND now are they.
Looking back, there are some similarities in the hubris and heavy-handedness of the Golden Domers back then and bushco today. I sincerely hope that we as a country do not have to parallel all the way to a Weis era.

It’s always a good day when any of these teams lose, and a great day if its in an upset:

A. New York Yankees.
B. Dallas Cowboys.
C. Montreal Canadiens.
D. Manchester United.
E. Los Angeles Lakers.
F. Notre Dame Fainting Irish.
G. University of Arizona Mildcats.

I’ve been pissed at Notre Dame ever since that day when I was watching the teevee and ironing my only decent pair of pants in preparation for a Really Big Date, and Bob Gladieux broke free for a long run against Southern Cal, and I was so horrified by the scene I froze up and stopped moving the iron and burned a perfect iron base into my only decent pair of pants and I had to hustle out and spend precious bucks on a new pair of decent pants, which from then on were known as the Bob Gladieux Memorial Pants. The Big Date was a bust and I didn’t get laid and to this day I blame Bob Gladieux.

And rightly so…