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Comments on: A Fan Too Far https://dev.ndnation.com/a-fan-too-far/ The Independent Voice of Notre Dame Athletics Fri, 11 May 2018 15:05:17 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: 2014 https://dev.ndnation.com/a-fan-too-far/#comment-15673 Fri, 25 Jul 2014 00:35:19 +0000 https://dev.ndnation.com/?p=4598#comment-15673 Am I the only one not excited about Rice and field turf? Hate to be Debbie Downer, but it’s been 21 years since ND was truly relevant. Could care less if they played on dirt with buildings made of toothpicks, just want to be really good again. Besides a few 1 year wonders, the road appears very long.

]]> By: Boomer80 https://dev.ndnation.com/a-fan-too-far/#comment-15670 Wed, 23 Jul 2014 17:25:26 +0000 https://dev.ndnation.com/?p=4598#comment-15670 So many losers out there consider “their team” to be an extension of themselves, often to an unhealthy extent. They seem to think that it makes them superior to you when their team beats yours. They are often a supreme embarassment to their favored teams.

]]> By: atlantadomer https://dev.ndnation.com/a-fan-too-far/#comment-15669 Wed, 23 Jul 2014 16:30:14 +0000 https://dev.ndnation.com/?p=4598#comment-15669 Hilariously after reading this and posting my satirical channeling of the man who named his children literally “Bear Bryant Updyke” and “Allie Bama Updyke”, I read an article about how FORMER LSU QB Zach Mettenberger was sucker punched in a Nashville bar by a fan who yelled “Roll Tide” before throwing the punch and hitting him in the face. Apparently “because LSU” is enough of a reason to do this.

]]> By: Clarinet https://dev.ndnation.com/a-fan-too-far/#comment-15668 Wed, 23 Jul 2014 15:19:16 +0000 https://dev.ndnation.com/?p=4598#comment-15668 A Notre Dame supporter since 1944, I can list a number of universities whose football teams stimulate my willingness to despise the “enemy.” But when I meet their supporters, I am always happy to shake their hands in the fellowship of fandom. Nor do I resent their despising ND’s teams. Fair’s fair. I suspect that it is the devoted supporters–not the self-identifiers–whom I’d like to have on my side in any strenuous endeavor.

]]> By: NASA4ND https://dev.ndnation.com/a-fan-too-far/#comment-15667 Wed, 23 Jul 2014 01:25:41 +0000 https://dev.ndnation.com/?p=4598#comment-15667 Toomer’s Corner and Spike 80DF… You Stay Classy Tuscaloosa!

]]> By: atlantadomer https://dev.ndnation.com/a-fan-too-far/#comment-15666 Tue, 22 Jul 2014 20:15:40 +0000 https://dev.ndnation.com/?p=4598#comment-15666 I read your piece, and I truly question your commitment.

Roll Tide,
Harvey Updyke

]]> By: Geoffrey '73 https://dev.ndnation.com/a-fan-too-far/#comment-15664 Mon, 21 Jul 2014 22:18:11 +0000 https://dev.ndnation.com/?p=4598#comment-15664 Every healthy sporting team depends on healthy rivalries in order to thrive. Rivalries are not the same as enmities.
If all of a college football team’s opponents are enemies and none of them are rivals, they will surely suffer.
As a fan, I value Stanford and Navy as opponents. I would value Purdue and Northwestern, if they were on the schedule.
Livingstone’s attitude does nothing for the enjoyment of sport.

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