Texas-Notre Dame Football Series Is On

Awesome.

Cool, three of those are openers. I did not realize that.

“Uh-oh….hell-o”

Awesome! I’m so pumped I need my crocs and cell phone…

I remember well that hit Westbrook delivered.

I also remember Paulus (sp?), who was supposed to win 2 or 3 Heismans per Beano Cook, crying like a baby to the refs about the noise. (Remember, these were the days when people arrived late, wore white, and sat on their hands & behinds practically the entire game.) Incredibly, the ref gave a warning to the crowd! That’s when I truly grew to hate ND.

I love that they broke the series up so that’s not 4 games in a row as well.

So what. About 30% of the guys my age will be dead before the 4th game is played.

We’ve got a couple of scores to settle, for 1-1-71 and 1-1-78. Can’t wait.

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BTW. The Westbrook hit is great and all that, but the thing I most remember from that game is losing it in the last minute or so. Bottom fucking line. Still makes me a bit angry if I dwell on it.

So I’m moving on.

Wow, the last game is on my birthday…I turn 60. Shit…

Look at all that white in the stands.

Wow! The rivalry shirt is already out for the 2015 showdown of these two legends of the game.
A nicer take on the “Catholics vs…” theme. Showing respect it seems for Mack Brown and the program. This time, Catholics vs. Cattlemen. An tip of the hat to the ranchers of the Texas prairie.
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I will be 40 years old (and a man) when we play that last game.

That feels kind of fucked up.

This symbolizes everything that is good about college football. Four games as season openers? This will be awesome.

Making the series season openers is a damn good move — the loser in such a high profile matchup will have plenty of opportunity to work their way back into the BCS.

2015 and 2016 we open the season with ND and Cal. That could be a pretty brutal way to start off.

Wow, that is so far away that any player in the current recruiting class that doesn’t redshirt will be gone.

What was the final score?

At least now we know Brown will be gone sometime before 2015. That’s not a non-conference two game minefield he would approve.

Regarding ND exposure in Texas and effects on recruiting, how much of the past peak success ND had recruiting in Texas was attributable to Lou Holtz ? And how much of Holtz’s success recruiting Texas talent was a continuation of the inroads he made while at Arkansas ?

A north/noreast lifer like Brian Kelly leading an ND team into Texas doesn’t seem to carry the same weight for recruiting.

Scip- I definitely see it as a win-win. Both schools will benefit not only from the games themselves but from the relationship the ADs seem to have developed. This could become an extremely powerful alliance.

As for the games themselves I am more excited about this than the recently renewed ND vs. Miami series. I can’t tell you how psyched I am to see ND putting these types of games back on the schedule. It doesn’t get bigger than Texas. This has the potential to be very, very cool.

This move perfectly replaces Nebraska on our schedule for 2012- and beyond.
Who we got to replace Colorado now? BYU??

Still scarred from 1/1/78. Ridiculously, psyched to have a few more chances to exorcise those demons, even 37(!) years later.

They should go ahead and play a back to back neutral field series in 17 and 18. The Location you ask? Estadio Azteca! I would personally love to throw some bags of piss on the Domers.

What’s with this win-win nonsense. I see it as four wins (and I’m not talking ski boats).

I’m with many on here. I’ll be 42 for the last game, and that’s depressing. I’ll like, probably be growed up with my shit together by then. Maybe even a father or something.

For those scared of ‘78, don’t be. Who was there QB then? That guy isn’t coming back anytime soon.

Chip Kelly will have Notre Dame finishing regularly in the top 10 and competing for BCS Bowls within three years, if not less.

Notice how stunned Darnell looks that one of his defenders actually hit somebody hard? The irony of the Westbrook play is that shitty tackling cost us that game…4th and goal option run for the winning score. Watchng our defense during those years was worse than a root canal. Of course, that was not entirely Gary Darnell’s fault.

That said, this is a great move for us and ND. Hope I live to see ’em all.

I guess this makes the hard line with Minnesota/BTN more sensible. Not that the year necessarily line up but I am sure we needed some wiggle room.

Confused,

I hear you on Darnell’s defenses. A bunch of good players assembled with no clear instructions. It was like watching a pickup game played in a zone D.

I hear you on Darnell’s defenses. A bunch of good players assembled with no clear instructions.

He would have had more good players except Mackovic raided that side of the ball regularly.

And he had 14 tight ends at one time or something like that until one of them (whose name I don’t recall) apparenltly broke ranks and went over to the Dark Side. Mackovic never even considered the defense…thus my original post.

It was painful to watch the opposing offenses, no matter how inept, just keep on moving the ball all game long. Like Rice in his last year in DKR. Gawd!!!! Wandering in the wilderness, we were.

Life is good these days, no?

Fuck Gary Darnell in the ear with a fencepost.

This is great news! I like this scheduling.

The two AD’s are forward thinking.

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