Inspired by Larz’s tremendous piece a few weeks ago and as anticipation builds for the 2016 opener, I’ve been thinking a lot lately about the win over Texas to open 2015. Walking out of the stadium that warm September night, it felt so damn satisfying – defeating a storied program, seemingly answering all kinds of offseason questions and concerns, and fueling overwhelming optimism that this year could be special.
And while in the past we may have developed a reputation for looking back on misery, with series ranking the worst losses in Notre Dame Football history and of the Charlie Weis era, I wanted to look back at some of the happier moments – the games that were most satisfying to watch.
As you’d expect, these rankings are extremely subjective – much of it stems from background, personal grudges, and how the ebbs and flows of the football program match up with our lives. I’ve ranked both the most satisfying games I’ve attended in person and watched remotely here – interested in hearing about others experiences in the comments as well. You’ll notice these are all relatively recent, since my Notre Dame fandom didn’t truly begin until 2005, so I’m sure some folks have much different (but equally awesome) lists.
Top Three Most Satisfying Games
Attended:
3. Notre Dame 38, Texas 3 (2015)
Opening games bring limitless possibilities – there’s a natural giddiness that after a nine month hiatus that football is back, and after week one there’s always the natural rush to judgment to crown new contenders and declare any team that struggled overrated. In recent years results have been cause for both deserved (Navy 2012) and undue (Nevada 2009) optimism, and of course crushing defeats (Georgia Tech 2007, USF 2011).
Some of those crushing defeats caused me to become mostly paranoid of opening games – what if playoff chances are shot after one week? And then Notre Dame just came out are demolished the Longhorns. Sure, I knew a big part of this was that Texas wasn’t very good, but the Irish answered every offseason question with an exclamation mark. The defense (even the pass rush!) looked strong, Malik Zaire was near-perfect, and I realized CJ Prosise at running back was going to be much better than I ever imagined.
I’m fortunate enough to have family that lives in South Bend – close enough to Notre Dame that walking is actually much faster than driving to or from campus with game-day traffic. I watched the game with my brother-in-law, who afterwards went to go hang out with some friends, so this time I walked back alone. And that 25 minute walk last year was just about perfect – thinking we had a special team this season, walking by campus landmarks lit up at night, and the electric atmosphere from the game trickling across campus as groups of students went back to dorms to find food and Natty Light to celebrate with.
2. Notre Dame 13, Michigan 6 (2012)
Losing to Michigan is the worst. It took me approximately 0.1 seconds of time attending a Notre Dame-Michigan game to develop an unyielding hatred for Michigan. Their song sucks, maize looks to be the result of a mission to make yellow as annoying as possible, and I cannot comment on their fanbase without this escalating into a 14,000 rant. (Sidenote: one of the best things about 18 Stripes is that we have yet to be discovered by Michigan commenters who love to visit ND blogs. Cherish these days.)
Prior to this game, I had attended three games against Michigan in person – 2006, 2009, and 2010. Those games featured Mario Manningham running towards me for a lot of touchdowns, a last-second loss to Tate Forcier at the Big House, and Denard Robinson becoming a Heisman favorite. I was studying abroad and missed being there the one year we got them as a student, and this was the year after the infamous “Under the Lights”/Denard/Gary Gray game in 2011.
So there were a lot of reasons to be anxious going into that game, chief among them being terrified of Denard Robinson (I really didn’t know the 2012 defense was going to be great quite yet). That night, every interception felt like redemption. I jumped around and screamed myself hoarse yelling “He’s not a quarterback!” with every pick. Unfortunately the Irish offense slogged through the game too, but when Tommy Rees hit Tyler Eifert for the game-clinching first down it was just pure relief.
1. Notre Dame 41, Penn State 17 (2006)
This was my first game in Notre Dame Stadium as a freshman, and it was incredible. This team as you’ll remember was ranked #2 in most preseason polls, but had struggled a bit in the opener at Georgia Tech. The Nittany Lions were ranked 19th at this point, and it seemed like an inflection point at the time – was this Notre Dame team a real contender?
There’s just no way to ever replicate the first time walking into the stadium – taking in the atmosphere, history, and crowd of game day. Unsure of the usual protocol, I showed up about 45 minutes early for the first game, with pretty good results from the student ticket lottery – row 25 or so (which ended up being by far the best I had in my four years). To just sit for a few minutes, taking everything in – that was the real freshman orientation.
Then I had the privilege of taking in an absolute stomping of Joe Paterno and company from the student section. Notre Dame led 20-0 at the half and 34-3 entering the fourth quarter. It was everything I expected and more. All the stars did star-like things, with Brady Quinn throwing for three scores and no picks, Tom Zbikowski scored on a fumble recovery, and the team just made it look really easy all day.In my mind, they were destined for a national championship.
Any first game in Notre Dame Stadium is a special experience, and that one just cemented my love for this team. College football is the best, we were really good, and would definitely be great for the next four years – Charlie Weis was bringing us back to the glory days of Irish football, right? At that point there was no reason to think otherwise
On TV:
1. Notre Dame 37, Michigan 0 (2015) – no explanation necessary.
2. Notre Dame 20, Stanford 13 (2012) – I watched this game alone, and at several points thought someone would eventually stumble upon me days later, dead of a heart attack. The defensive struggle featured the best and worst of freshman Everett Golson, Tommy Rees lofting up critical passes late, critical field goal attempts in the rain, and of course the epic goal line stand.
3. Notre Dame 30, Oklahoma 13 (2012) – This game coincided with a work Halloween party, which I put minimal effort towards (my wife and I dressing up as a “bees” with a black shirt and yellow tape) while wearing a green #5 Notre Dame jersey underneath as I had every game of the 2012 season. I found a few other Irish fans that I became quick friends with as we watched this game, aka the one where it became realistic to start talking about a national championship game appearance.
Great idea for a thread since ‘satisfying’ can mean different things to different people.
I think my pick for games I’ve been to is 2002 Michigan. I’ve been to more important wins and more exciting wins, but after ND had sucked 2 out of 3 years prior to ’02 (and hadn’t scored an offensive TD in a 2-0 start), beating a good Michigan team created a definite ‘something’s happening here!’ kind of feeling in the stadium. (Note: In reality, as we now know, nothing was actually happening.) I also got to storm the field after the game because I was sitting right behind the students, which for a 15-year-old Irish fan, was pretty much the best thing that could ever happen.
Last year’s Georgia Tech game would definitely be up there for answering post-Zaire questions with authority, and 2009 MSU and 2011 MSU are clear candidates too for, respectively, ending the 6-game home losing streak vs MSU and beginning to wash the awful taste of the first 2 games out of my mouth.
You guys are soooooo young.
Attended:
4) 2010 – Notre Dame 28 – Utah 3 : Really just a cathartic win at a very dark time for ND football. Like if Maverick had pulled out of the flat spin before poor old Goose bought it.
3) 1998 – Notre Dame 36 – Michigan 20 : Knocked off the defending National Champions (in one of, sadly, all too many We’re-back! games)
2) 1992 – Notre Dame 17 – Penn Sate 16 : The Snow Bowl. Probably the most exciting ending in ND football history. Seeing Joe Pa shrug on the sideline was PURE GOLD. Was there with some Penn State fans and I was absolutely merciless after the game. Strangely, we don’t keep in touch anymore.
1) 1993 – Notre Dame 31 – Florida State 24 : I think I bought a ticket for about $200. Seemed like a fortune at the time. That’s what they’ll be charging for Bowling Green in a few years.
Honorable Mention: 1990 Notre Dame 29 – Miami 20
“The defending National Champions”… I love that split title that they’re so proud of. Does anyone doubt that Nebraska would’ve mopped the floor with them? I mean those teams weren’t even close to each other.
I twitched as I typed that. But it does make the win sound better.
’93 ND/FSU would be my #1 as a TV fan. I vividly remember that one from my parents house.
This line is classic:
Made better by the fact that you could replace “maize” with “Michigan” and “yellow” with “anything,” and it would still be true.
For me, in-person games would have to be:
On TV, I’d have to say the 2002 victory over Florida State, the 2006 comeback against Michigan State, the 2010 USC game, the 2012 Michigan and Stanford games, and the Music City Bowl against LSU. All made statements of various kinds, even if in hindsight (looking at you, 2002) they were phony.
I was at the MSU comeback. It was so miserable there that even with the ending I would have rather not gone.
The best part of the MSU comeback HAS to be the post-game though. I make it a ritual every year we play Sparty to go back and listen to Mike Valenti go absolutely bonkers that next monday.
“YOURE THROWING TO JEHUU CULCRICK IN A MONSOON!!!”
Love it
WHY ARE YOU RUNNING THE OPTION IN HURRICANE KATRINA
On TV for me:
3. USC 2012. Brian Kelly takes ND to the national championship with many of his own players. We can finally stop talking about ND “being back,” even though they got thrashed a month later.
2. Florida State 2002. The first time ND had a good season and beat a top tier team while I was a fan.
1. Michigan 2014. Watched it with 2 Michigan fans and they left my place practically in tears. Glorious.
In person would have to be:
3. Pitt 2012. Not necessarily a convincing win, but it was the only game I attended in 2012 and I am forever thankful that they pulled out the W. I would have banned myself from attending future games (maybe).
2. Texas 2015. Lofty expectations, and the team still exceeded them. Just an all around butt whooping.
1.. USC 1999. I was an 8-year old kid fighting a cold on a miserable day. I was woefully unprepared for the weather and was shivering, coughing, and couldn’t stop my running nose. I tried convincing my parents we needed to go home at halftime with ND down 24-3 and we were actually on our way to the exit when the couple sitting next to us stepped in. They gave me a green flannel blanket, gloves, and a black beanie that I still have somewhere in my parents’ house to this day. I was able to stick out the second half comeback to watch ND win 25-24 against their rivals. That was the first college football game I ever attended, and that is how you make a fan for life.
These aren’t specific games, and a couple aren’t even wins, but they are the best moments/memories I have.
05 – Beating Michigan in the big house. I just sat in the big house after the game for so long, absorbing what had happened. It looked to be the beginning of something great after a couple bummer years (I started in 03).
05 – beating USC for a minute or so. Watching the clock tick down in the stands was amazing. Unfortunately it turned into probably the single worst moment of my NDFB experience.
06 – Army, final home game as a student and dominating win. My friends and I won the lottery that year. Our seats were first row behind Frank Eck. This game was so much fun in the stands.
11? – first under the lights game against USC, before things went bad. My first night game at ND and those helmets. It was the most electric atmosphere I’d ever experienced.
12 – OU. OU’s jumbotron was amazing and constantly gave me chills, and that was them playing their own highlights. We also established ourselves as a great team.
13(ish) – walking into Sun Life stadium, a little buzzed, knowing there was a slim chance I could be about to watch ND win a natty (single best ND moment I have experienced). Sadly the game happened.
37-0 – chanting Na Na Hey Hey Goodbye with 80,000 friends was easily the most satisfying (perfect word to describe it) experience I have ever had with ND football
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Three immediately jump out in my mind for games attended:
3. Navy 2012 – Being in Ireland helps this one a lot. Even though we stomped the option that day I still remember the conversation with my buddy’s at the pub revolved around how we needed to “clean some things up.” Obviously, we weren’t prepared for what happened that season.
2. Stanford 2014 – It was my first, and only game at the stadium so far (I’m from California but a lifelong fan) but will not be the last. The weather was … ummm, less then ideal. At halftime, my wife (married into fandom) had complained so much about it that I snapped at here and told her I needed her to “Shut up about it already and let me watch the game.” Still feel bad, but I think she understood and she was cheering harder than I was when Koyack brought down the catch.
1. USC 2012 – I HATE going to the Coliseum. It is an awful place to watch a football game. I was going to stay home and watch but my wife pulled strings and got us free tickets. So glad I went. Walking out of the stadium, I just kept thinking, “Holy crap! We are going to the National Championship!!!” I basically couldn’t speak. I just kept giggling to myself about how surreal the whole season had been.
In person: ’95 Navy – (ND 35, Navy 17) I like that we’re apparently going to get the entire ’95 season up here. One of my earliest and strongest sports spectator memories was trailing Navy 14-10 at half with the win streak against Navy and a “good season” on the line. We came out in the second half and Derrick Mayes caught two third quarter touchdown passes to put the Midshipmen in the rear view mirror for good. Our once and current friend Autry Denson cleaned up in the fourth dragging the Middies around until the clock ran out. The only signature by any sports player, celebrity, or anyone else that I own is one of Derrick Mayes who I grew up believing was the greatest receiver of all time, it would be difficult to disabuse me of that notion even now. ’02 Michigan – (ND 25, UM 23) In hindsight the Willingham era didn’t go as well as we would have hoped immediately following the 3-0 start in 2002. Becoming a sports fan during the Davie years this felt like we were returning to the ND the then in their mid-thirties fans reminisced about. ’07 Duke – (ND 28, Duke 7) This is a joke, but not a very funny one. These were, at least, the easiest to get ND tickets to any game in history. ’12 BYU – (ND 17, BYU 14) I’m a huge fan of BYU, they seem like a program that does everything The Right Way. They’ll travel the country to play anyone, anywhere, anytime, and they do it with a smile and some of the most pleasant fans in the world. I know some ND fans balk at the idea of talking about BYU because of BYU’s desire to be a kind of “Notre Dame of the West”, but I think we could do far worse than to deepen our relationship with a program like BYU. Anyway, back to the point, BYU came into the house of the 7-0 #5 ranked Irish and took a 14 to 10 lead into the fourth quarter. With the sun setting on the overcast day Tommy Rees took the field outlined against the blue-gray October sky and the feeling of 82 years of victories in The House That Rockne Built swept through the stadium and I told my brother to relax because there was no chance of us losing that game. And I was right. ’14 Michigan – (ND 37, UM 0) I think other people covered this one, I just wanted to remind everyone to Remember the Six. ’14 Stanford – (ND 17, Stanford 14) The ’12 Stanford game was the last home game I missed, so suffering through the icy rain was pleasant penance for me. Our tickets were being used by family friends and my brother and I had relocated to the shadow of the press box above the students for the game, with 61 seconds left on 4th and 11 we had two of the best seats in the house to… Read more »
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I fixed it up for you. Isn’t there an edit button for users? I thought it lasted for a while…
I didn’t see one, but I’ll check again. Thanks for the help, boss man.
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Re: Sun Bowl
You have no idea how cold it REALLY was that day. They wiped all the snow off the field before the game, but my dad and sister and I got there about 2 1/2 hours before kickoff that morning and we went to walk around and talked to the chain crew that was working the game(they were officials from the El Paso chapter so I had something in common with them). We got to get right up to the tunnel and you wouldnt believe how much snow there actually was on that field. It was made even worse because the night before it had been RAINING, so it was a wet snow and just absolutely miserable. Wind was blowing like a mofo. I hadnt brought ANYTHING warm because it’s in El Paso for crying out loud and I was living in San Antonio at the time and it was like 50-60 while we were there so totally wasnt expecting this. Luckily, I had a fleeze jacket and a couple long sleeve T-Shirts I layered. But it was sooooooooo miserable with the weather. If we hadnt blown the barn doors off Miami, it would definitely have been worse but the win took all the pain away.
Side story, I had thought I left our tickets in SA and didnt realize it until about 1am the day of the game. I woke up from a sleep thinking, “Oh my God, where are the tickets? Did I pack em?” I got up and looked in my bag but couldnt find em…”oh no, oh no. oh no.” Called my wife in the middle of the night, no answer. Looked up the number for ticketmaster and thought well since I bought through them maybe they can cancel the ones I have and have some for me at the stadium in the morning. They’re not open, naturally. “crap crap crap.” While Im on the phone my wife calls back and I tell her what happened. “Oh, yeah your dad got them before you left. He has them in his bag.” OH thank Jesus…
Best games I’ve been to
1. Sun bowl 2010, weather was atrocious, city was barely better, but a great game and felt like a launching off point for great things to come. Plus we were with a Miami fan and michigan fan, so great for them to have to watch an nd romp
2. Vs purdue in 2006
3. First shamrock series vs army in 2009
With regards to 2 and 3, I don’t see nd win much so most memories are losses (fiesta bowl vs osu, michigan state 2005, at Stanford for Andrew lucks senior day, GA Tech in 07). Thus 2 atrocious games make it to my top 3
I was at the Sun Bowl too, and it tops my list too. It felt like the beginning of great things to come for the BK era, even though 2011 was a frustrating season. Spending New Years in El Paso was certainly…interesting.
I’ve also had the same experience with watching a ton of ND losses. Of course, 2011 was the one season I was able to get to a significant number of games at Notre Dame Stadium and my lone game that I attended growing up was in 1997 in West Lafayette…where a loss at Purdue led the #12 Irish to lose 5 of 6 games to set the tone for the Bob Davie era.
1988 Convicts vs Catholics
I’ve only seen about 1/2 dozen games in person, so the pickings are slim, so my most satisfying in person: Baylor 1998. I shared why in the comments on Larz’ piece. I won’t rehash and will let that one stand, but needless to say it was my most satisfying ND football experience in person for very personal reasons. USC 2015. This was my first “big” ND game in person. Everything about it was tremendous from the atmosphere, to the game itself, to finally meeting in person one of those message board friends we always tend to make to taking my kids to their first on campus game (as opposed to Shamrock Series or Spring Game). Purdue in Indianapolis. Granted, I’ve seen a couple more better games in person, but this was my kids’ first game beyond a spring game. I coached my oldests’ team for four years and a couple years ago we came off the field after a Saturday game and surprised the kids with tickets. We threw them in the car pads and all and high-tailed it to the hotel in Indy (Easy drive from Cincinnati) in time to clean up the biggun and head to Lucas Oil proper for all of the pregame festivities. On TV: USC 1988. That season had some many great games and Miami is the one that sticks out, but I thought USC was when they really looked the most like champions. I can still hear the loudmouth with the microphone on the sideline yelling “Roooooooodneeeeeey!!!!” in between playings of Conquest. It was a smug, satisfying feeling watch the Irish nail that one down and lock up a shot at the title. Michigan 2014. Maybe it was fools gold with regard to the defense, but following all the chicken jokes and the see saw that has been the Michigan series, it just felt good to watch. It exorcised some demons and the best part is that Michigan still hasn’t scored. USC 2010. It was just needed. The California road game every Thanksgiving weekend coincides with my family’s traditional household Christmas tree hunt. My the fourth quarter, they were all dead tired and out cold. Not me. I was on the phone “whisper screaming” with my brother the entire second half. I’m not sure I slept another wink until Christmas after that game. Special “follow along” edition Florida St. 1993. Thank God for the programmable VCR of the 90s, and for my dad. I played a couple years of DIII college football. That game coincided with a late-season cold home game in my second year when I was honestly kind of burning out on playing. It was cold and wet and I remember hanging out on the sideline as we were taking a pretty good beating but silently celebrating with a fellow Irish fan every time the PA announcer game ND updates throughout our game. Hey, it was a Catholic college. They knew this crowd had interest and it was before the days of smart phones.… Read more »
Ok, I have a few that have been mentioned and a few that havent.
In person:
2006 @Air Force – My first ever ND game in person. You never forget your first time, right? There HAS to be some others on this site that were at that game, we absolutely FILLED that tiny stadium.
2012 @ OU – Obvious reasons. Chris Brown’s bomb, Manti’s INT to seal it, Gameday, freezing your butt off in Norman and coming out with a win and listening to local sports-dork radio and the callers-in commending ND for a great win but “they’re still overrated.” LOL
2008 Meatchicken – First ever game AT ND. Lou spoke at the prep rally the night before, stadium was completely electric and we beat the holy living hell outta the Skunks.
TV:
1993 FSU
2012 USC
1988 Miami
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Welp, I tried to fix it for you, but there’s something funky about those links. Looks like they’re coming off Facebook – there might be some kind of permissions problem.
Anyway, the other thing is that you don’t have do all the HTML code stuff anymore – we adjusted the comment system so you can just paste in the image address itself, no <img src=”[image address]” /> needed. So just find a picture you like, copy what’s in the address bar, and paste it into your comment. It should end in .gif, .jpg, or .png, or the system won’t know it’s a link to a picture.
I remember watching and wishing I was at that AF game.
Well, OK you youngsters –
(1) First of all, GREAT idea for a thread, and
(2) GREAT comments each and every one of you. Having seen almost all of those games, either there or on TV, how can I thank you collectively for evoking so many memories? Love this blog.
(3) But to enlarge the collective memory a bit, here are three more from the Vault:
— The Irish take down Miami at home — again!! — in 1990. Catholics vs Convicts and the Canes really were all of that that year (see their disgraceful bowl game at the end of the season). And watch again and again as The Rocket slips a bit and runs… that…kick… right down their throats. Aaahhh…
— 1973, Sugar Bowl, New Year’s Eve, up against Alabama and Bear — no one in the world gives us a chance (no team speed, right?)— two heavyweights in superb condition trading magnificent blows. But the best was that damn Clements 3rd and 8 pass out of our end zone, if we punt Bama is gonna win, right in front of yours truly, and my dad (ND ’36, his birthday on NY’s Eve, me just back from another overseas deployment, and Bourbon Street awaiting if … Clements can just… complete the pass… to who? 2nd string tight end? Oh my. National Titles don’t come any better.
— And finally, this one makes nobody’s list ever, because it was not on TV: ND beats the Trojans in 1957, 40 to 12.
Yes, 40- to 12.
Now yes, it was vs one of the crappiest USC teams ever, so what was so great – besides it being a total beat down? The weather: a late November snow storm, a foot of snow and ice, bright sunny day, freezing bitter cold, and the So Cal ends just kept … dropping the ball right in their hands… and they just… tucked their tails between their legs and… quit. At the age of 11 I knew that this was a very good thing. Not only that, because of this game, two years later USC itself quit: “no more games in South Bend at the end of the season or we will just take our ball and stay home.” Which is why so many of you have memories of USC games in October. May they all be glorious victories!
Attended in person:
1) 1973 USC – My senior year. Penick goes 85 yards for the TD on ND’s first play from scrimmage in the second half to make the score 20-7 (final score 23-14). I helped tear down the south end zone goalpost, which we carried to the steps of the Golden Dome and left it there (where else you going to go with the crossbar on campus?).
2) 2015 USC – are you sensing a theme about how I feel about games I attend in which ND beats USC? I sat in the stands, as cold as it was, for a really long time after the game just so I could continue staring at the scoreboard.
3) 2012 Stanford/1989 Air Force at Air Force (tie) – Stanford was the OT victory in the deluge (I was in the field seats in the south end zone). The Air Force game featured defending national champion Notre Dame vs. 20th ranked Air Force at the Academy. The cadets and their announcers were the most rude crowd I’ve ever seen at an ND away game (although the Air Force game won with Tom Krug at QB after Powlus got hurt was a close second – Air Force is just plain rude). However, they STF after the Rocket took a punt to the house right before the end of the first quarter to make it 21-0.
Clearwall, I was at the 2006 Air Force game. It was total domination by ND. Remember that Quinn completed two long passes to the Shark on the first two plays from scrimmage to score a TD? Then, in the 2nd Quarter, Air Force dominated the time of possession, allowing us to run only 3 offensive plays, and we still outscored them in the quarter by blocking a FG attempt and running it back for a TD. Total domination. A friend of mine was sitting next to a friend of his who was an AF cadet who played on the team but couldn’t dress for the game. The cadet told him (after the Shark scored that first TD) that AF didn’t have a chance once he saw how fast the ND receivers were.
Regarding the previous post:
Correction, I helped tear down the north end zone goal post.
I may have consumed and ingested various substances during that game that affected my sense of direction. I am correct, though, that we deposited the cross bar on the front steps of the Golden Dome. It’s hard to miss that shiny thing.
Another game that I was at that was really fun and ND-related?
KState @ Baylor 2012. Earlier in the day, ND had blown the barn doors off Wake and was a pretty dull game. #1 Kstate came into Waco looking to cement themselves in the NC game. Actually, most of y’all on here are the reason I went because it was in the ND gamethread over on OFD I opinied whether I should go to the game or not. Most of yall said, go for it, send pics. So I drove the 1:30 from Dallas to Waco. Parked somewhere and walked up to the stadium. This was back before Baylor became OMGBAYLOR!!! so it was in the old stadium. Tons of people for a Baylor game because it was a top 3 matchup. But I got a ticket for $20 easy. Walked in and the entire upper bowl was completely empty. By the end of the night, I was down in the student section watching the obliteration of the #1 team in the country. During the night, Oregon also lost to UCLA(i think) which allowed Grace Hall to be lit up after Baylor beat Kstate. We all stormed the field, and I actually saw a few ND shirts down there with me.
Hey, you got it! And as for that game… Baylor may have cost us a national title. I was so stoked at the time, and in hindsight, dammit, Seastrunk.
Apparently you cant link FB photos. I had to copy this to imgur and load that link to get it to work.