NOTRE DAME BLUE-GOLD WEEKEND The 125th edition of Notre Dame football will commence with the annual Blue-Gold game on Saturday. There will be a number of former players on campus, including Super Bowl Champion Justin Tuck (who played I had the pleasure of meeting two years ago at Cedarbrook Country Club in Blue Bell, PA). On Friday, Tuck visited a South Bend elementary school to read his new children’s book,…
LET’S SET THE STAGE… The 1976 campaign finished on a very positive note as ND defeated Penn State 20-9 in the Gator Bowl in Jacksonville (the current home of several distinguished ND graduates and classmates). Just as for many of the players, this “minor” bowl was a good first experience for many of us (non-players) in attendance… but we still aspired to a National Championship during our stay at ND….
ND Air Force Wrap A great offensive outpouring and a fine defensive showing Dan Devine now stands among legends at the Stadium Two Rocks “Broadway” Joe Carey and Nils Rockne Pathetic tailgater without Maureen…needed to crash Flynn’s instead Nicest guy in America: Danny Romano Plenty of Miller products at Flynn tailgater The Nuns stole the Jameson!
While this has nothing to do with Air Force, there is something always irresistible about a Chicago-style Kosher hot diggity dog diggity…Friday afternoons at the Morris Inn Courtyard hosted by the Sorin Society. Yum. It was an absolutely beautiful Friday Fall afternoon on campus with families leisurely strolling around the sites stopping for photo memories, kids throwing their miniature footballs and co-eds sunbathing on beach towels on the quads. It…
FALCONS FLY IN FOR A BEAUTIFUL FALL WEEKEND It is an absolutely beautiful Fall Friday here in South Bend with full sun and temperatures in the 70’s. The forecast becomes unseasonable and USF-like a few weeks ago–in the 80’s for tomorrow’s kickoff. The campus seems a bit quiet…perhaps sedate in anticipation for the USC Trojans in two weeks. There are not too many Air Force fans to be seen on…