Well stated and very astute observation. Thank you for sharing. I couldn’t agree more.

Sure, whatever you say. It’s my opinion and I am entitled to it. And, to say that I know nothing about the game or its history is a bit preposterous. But, apparently you feel you know more based on your real snoozer of a post.

Thank you John. I enjoy reading your articles. God bless you and Happy Thanksgiving!

I agree with your sentiments and appreciate that you took the time to articulate them so well.

I understand that there are other sports happening that may prevent the pep rallys being held in the basketball arena, for instance: volleyball, basketball, and now the north dome of the Joyce Center is unavailable because the fencing team is in there now, and it is also unavailable to the fans on Saturdays.

Having a pep rally at Eddy St. Commons is just to promote Kite Realty’s newest projects and way overpriced condos and houses to the multi-millionaire clients.

I have been to the last 3 pep rallys that were held in the Compton Family Ice Arena. The Virginia Tech one was a week after the melt down at Michigan. The hype video did not play and BK had that deer in the headlights look and did not have any of the players talk at the rally.

Last week before Navy, BK brings in 3 of the players who had season ending injuries and tells the fans that the rest of the team is back at the hotel eating and getting ready for Navy. (Lame excuse for not bringing the team). Maybe BK was upset that the game was not going to be a sellout and decided to not bring the team. Not fair to the fans who filled the hockey arena for the team. That is the reason why you have the pep rally; it is about the TEAM!
Today, I went to the final pep rally. The band was there, Mike Brown, the former leprechaun back in 2001, does an outstanding job, introducing the pom squad and band and getting the fans excited about the pep rally, a class act. Leprechaun Sam and the cheerleaders and pom squad, all do a fantastic job!

Then BK comes in with just the senior walk ons. They had a hype video and it was great to see the walk ons there, but this was the final pep rally before the final home game and the whole team should have been there, and all the seniors on that team should have been honored. BK did not mention why the team was not there this time. I think it was a slap in the face to the fans who came out to support the team. I tried to sit in the center of the arena and the usher said it was reserved for students. I said the students do not come to the pep rallys anymore except the first one of the year and maybe a big game like U$C. Anyway… I sat somewhere else and when I looked to the student section, there was not a single student there. SAD.

I am being sarcastic when I say: I like what Jack Swarbrick had to say about the stadium not being filled: He would rather have 75,000 raucous fans, than a quiet full stadium. Maybe if they did not charge outrageous prices for the tickets and parking and food etc. It is getting to where they are catering to the big time people who can afford the suites and luxury boxes, (they have a 10 year lease with them).
I am not a fan of Fr. Jenkins. I think he is spineless and needs to go. He just got another 5 year term. Jack Swarbrick is arrogant and pompous and needs to go.

Brian Kelly says all the right things, but treats the football program like a business and nothing he says comes from the heart. He is like a politician spewing what people want to hear, but lacking heart. Lou Holtz understood Notre Dame, and when he talked, it came from his heart.

I know God put our eyes in front so we keep looking forward and not looking back. I am looking forward to the day when we can get a man of integrity like Fr. Ted back to lead Notre Dame, a class act like Moose Krause who understood Notre Dame, and a coach like Lou, Ara, Knute, who coached from the heart.

Our Lady of Victory, Pray for us! GO IRISH, BEAT EAGLES!!

St. Anthony, find us a great president to lead ND, a great Athletic Director and a great coach!

ND beat FSU and then the next game they couldn’t defend their home turf against the 17th ranked team in the country. Meanwhile FSU beat 5th ranked Florida on Florida’s home turf.

If you can’t defend your home turf you don’t deserve to be ranked #1, and it’s as simple as that.

Flutie said, however, that “without the Hail Mary pass I think I could have been very easily forgotten”.

I think you mean Doug Flutie.

It’s one thing to not like him because he is a “Fredo” grad who had a lucky play and hates Notre Dame and sucks as a broadcaster and shouldn’t call Fighting Irish games because he is a biased hack. Although that is an “opinion”, most of the people on this board would probably agree with it as a valid opinion. At least it isn’t Mark May or Keith Jackson calling the games.

But… to say he was a “virtual nobody” because of one lucky play 35 years ago just proves that you know nothing about the game, or the history of it.

Many would consider that Brady Quinn is probably the best starting quarterback that Notre Dame has had in the past 20 years. Easily arguable, and probably the best since Rick Mirer. Brady Quinn’s career, (which included invites to the Heisman Trophy ceremony twice, two All American designations, and the Maxwell Award), included 95 touchdowns, a 58% completion rate, and nearly 12,000 yards. His “Passer Rating” (the standard by which all passing quarterbacks are compared) for his career was 134.36 (his senior year when he had 37 TD’s was a blistering 146.65). I think we can agree that those are rather impressive numbers – enough to be drafted in the first round of the 2007 NFL draft.

Doug Flutie (the biased hack that spews forth nonsense for seven Saturday’s every fall) had a career passing rating of 132.18, which included a PR of 152.91 for his senior year. Even if you extract that “one really lucky play”, his senior year PR was still an impressive 151.14. Better than Quinn’s.

So, are you sure you want to call him a “virtual nobody”?

Oh, and that “NoBody Cares” network that televises Notre Dame games so that people can complain about “virtual nobodies” like Doug Flutie – they fund a very large number of non-athletic scholarships of the University. Notice how not many people around the country were able to watch the Duke game this year – that’s one game out of 13 that isn’t televised nationally. Without NBC, I doubt ND would get more than six nationally televised games each year – and that’s probably being generous.

Yes, we all have to endure the insufferable Doug Flutie because NBC refuses to hire good, qualified, former Notre Dame players as analysts and color commentators. But Flutie wasn’t a slouch, and at least we get to watch Notre Dame Football on TV for more than half the season. We fans can all suck it up for one day out of the year and endure 3+ hours of bleating goats for the sake of cheering on our team.

Go Irish! Crush the “Fredo”

He was far from a virtual nobody. He brought BC to National relevance and was beyond exciting to watch especially in big games. The Hail Mary was certainly fortunate but he was immense in that game. That said, Go Irish!!!