Remember when “sucks” was almost a curse-word and children were reprimanded for using it? Well, now it is in our vernacular and it is very concise and descriptive.  I was in line at Wawa the other day (a fabulously successful family-owned regional convenience store with over 600 locations primarily in PA and NJ). An 80-year old great-grandmom turned to a young guy wearing a Cowboys hat and said, “Dallas sucks!”…

    ND SEASON OPENER       Scream if it makes you feel better…   September 3, 2011 After an earthquake in Philadelphia last week (5.9 on the Richter), followed by pounding rains and gale-force winds from Hurricane Irene with several tornado residuals, who could have predicted stranger weather ramifications for South Bend in September…until ND Stadium was threatened by cloud-to-ground lightening strikes and the place was evacuated for the first time in…

It was quite an emotional day  for ND administrators, coaches, players and fans. And it was very difficult to analyze a situation that was so seemingly unstructured and unpredictable.

Our spots are staked-out at Joyce Lamp Post #3 at 6:07 am  by Assistants Maureen (SMC ’81) and Clare (Villanova ’12) The day portends to be very sunny and hot. Officials remain concerned for the possibilities of temperatures dropping, lightening strikes and  heavy rains sometime during the game. Tailgaters will not be deterred. We will be open for business at 11:00am (or as soon as Joan & Gary ND ’71 Kessler…

We are launched… my Friday countdown blog from from ND where it is extremely warm and muggy. There is concern for weather conditions on Saturday. Two well-placed University sources shared ND’s concern for “Game Management” if lightening becomes an issue and stadium evacuation is required. It is possible that game-time kickoff temperatures will be 92 degrees and will drop 30 degrees quickly by halftime. Such a situation with rain in the forecast…