Comments on: My Stop’s Coming Up

By: Aaron

Aaron — Mon, 28 Jul 2014 12:58:40 +0000

Whocares….as long as we are winning like we were in the Mid to late 80s and early 90s when the last time ND was relevant in College Football.!!! When ND was REALLY fighting for National Championships, then you ll get all the AMAZING experience you ll only dream of or hear the “oldtimers” talk about great wins in the House that Rockne Built over Miami ’88, Penn St (as you mentioned above) and FSU ’93. But in ordr to get there and have that experience, the team needs to be relevant like it once was. As a longtime ND fan, there are generations of ND fans, students, alumni (younger) that are happy with an 8-4, 9-3, 10-2 going to be a BCS Bowl and getting blown out by an LSU. THAT WOULDN’T HAVE BEEN STOOD FOR IN THE HOLTZ’S years!!!! We would have won those games!!! Lastly, i feel ND will rise again and be a relevanf program like the past! When that happens, i would love to see the nay sayers like ESPN, BIG TEN ( like those schools up north!)!! scramble!!!

VIVA GOD-COUNTRY-NOTRE DAME FOREVER!!!!

By: CC2012

CC2012 — Sun, 27 Jul 2014 19:47:21 +0000

In reply to BQ. Seconded.

By: mpsND‘72

mpsND‘72 — Sun, 27 Jul 2014 16:43:32 +0000

Time marches on. The Notre Dame Football “Experience” isn’t what it used to be 40-years ago; that will be completely forgotten 40-years from now, and; current changes to the stadium will seem old and outdated to many. The fact is, more importantly, with all the concern about injury, the game itself will undoubtedly be different. And with over-done and unnecessary PC-edness, the “Fighting Irish” will probably be called the Fighting Iris. Too bad I won’t be around to see the Iris vs. the Cardinal!

By: skeptic

skeptic — Sun, 27 Jul 2014 14:56:47 +0000

I also agree. I’m done with ND Stadium. As the tickets become unconscionably expensive, the experience itself is cheapened and degraded to something available just down the street.

By: 2014

2014 — Sat, 26 Jul 2014 17:16:37 +0000

yeah, my days of going to games are up too. The days of the entire stadium locked into the actual game on the field are over. It’s more about following than being unique. Even the players look at the TV all the time in that Jerry Dome. I remember going home from games remembering specific plays that happened on field, and never seeing it on TV. They have a different target market in mind.

By: Patty O' Furnature

Patty O' Furnature — Sat, 26 Jul 2014 14:05:53 +0000

Sadly, My last game was a loss.

At one point, I was travelling to away games as well. The worst experience was to the Jerry Dome in Dallas. I found myself watching the damn video screen, instead of watching the game live.

Some of the comments above claiming that “the video isn’t live so you won’t miss the game”, are off the mark.

I sat there at half-time thinking to myself, “Why spend all that money and come all this way, just to watch on the big screen?”

At ASU and at USC may be my last two games to travel to. I doubt I’ll ever set foot back in Notre Dame Stadium.

By: Noelle

Noelle — Sat, 26 Jul 2014 11:31:25 +0000

I also was at the snow bowl(on the 20 yd. line where Reggie caught the 2 pt. conversion) with friends that were Penn State graduates.Years later I was in Philly on business staying at the same hotel as the Redskins when they were in town and run into Reggie and Henry Ellard in the elevator.I mentioned to Reggie that I was from Pa. and was at the game with Penn State grads and I always took a beating at State Penn when we lost to them.Well, he said that he usually wears contacts but had them out on that play! Henry Ellard said”maybe you should take them out now,you might be able to catch a pass” !

By: Camarillo Brillo

Camarillo Brillo — Sat, 26 Jul 2014 02:11:11 +0000

No jock rock or electronic video replay prompting could have made the roar of the crowd at Notre Dame Stadium when Eric Pennick scored on his historic 85 yard touchdown run against Southern Cal any more spontaneous or gigantic.

Even in 2012,when I had a similar moment like the one El Kabong related at the Snow Bowl…when ND’s defense made its goal line stand against Stanford, I was on the opposite end of the stadium. I could not tell if the running back had crossed the goal line on fourth and goal in overtime. But the roar of the crowd and the fans leaping to their feet in the end zone stands was unbelievable. No audio or video augmentation could have made that moment any more special.

Notre Dame does not need this. And the alumni, subway alumni and fans do not deserve to have their Notre Dame game-day experience turned into something you can see at Wake Forest.

By: Irish Tool

Irish Tool — Fri, 25 Jul 2014 21:56:27 +0000

In reply to Patrick. A. It is more the norm for a jumbotron to show live action than to not.

By: 92er

92er — Fri, 25 Jul 2014 20:05:20 +0000

Funny how people poke fun at the older alumni for treasuring these memories, and yet don’t really have anything nearly as epic of their own to offer up. Except for 2012, all of the highlights from the last 20 years are against mediocre opponents (I love Quinn/Shark vs UCLA, but really, that was one series against a crapiocre team) or from losses It’s hard to convey to someone who has seen a loss to Syracuse that yes, the game itself can be fun….