GUEST COLUMNIST: TOMMY KILBORN, NOTRE DAME STUDENT
by Orson on Oct 12, 2007 12:15 PM EDT
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Hello, all. I'd like to thank Orson for giving me the chance to address all of you on an important topic today: our upcoming game against Fredo. I mean, Boston College. It's so hard to stop saying that! Because we're the Godfather, and don't you forget it. GO IRISH!
To begin, let me say that I cannot agree more with my compatriots and fellow Golden Domers in urging our fellow students to not storm the field when--and I did just say that--when we beat Boston College tomorrow. In fact, I couldn't agree more unless I disagreed with the idea that there was even a game tomorrow. That's just how little we should pay attention to Boston College. So there, I'm saying it: there's not even a game tomorrow. We shouldn't even field a team, so obviously superior are we to the number 4 ranked team in the nation.
You see, they're not even another football team, really. In fact, going to the game would be an acknowledgment that they even existed. We shouldn't even watch the game tomorrow, or check a score, or even think about enjoying it win or lose.
Our game against whom, you ask? Good question. I forgot what I was talking about completely! If you'd like to use the Notre Dame football field tomorrow, intramural squads, go ahead. The field will be completely open, because no one will be there.
In fact, I don't think we have a game until Navy, and then USC after it. So tomorrow, whew, do I have some free time on my hands as a Notre Dame football fan! I was thinking of doing a little lawn bowling if anyone would care to join me. I'm pretty competitive when I get going, so you are warned--I'm Tom Zbikowski fierce when I get going!
There's Evan Almighty at the dollar theater, too. That Steve Carell's a hoot! I think I'll bring some candy into the theater with me, too--probably Twizzlers. I'll bite the end off, and stick it in the drink like a straw while I watch Morgan Freeman play God. Then I'll eat it. It'll be all hard from the cold, but I'm tough. I'll chew through it like a champion would.
Or perhaps I'll watch some other football, even. Sure, the teams won't be the Irish, with our 11 consensus national titles and seven Heisman Trophy winners. But I could watch Alabama! Oh, they're so cute when they paw after the ball and have to rely on colors to name their plays. It's like they can't even read! That Nick Saban and his huge salary are just indicative of the rampant, feckless bowing to Mammon some college football teams are all about these days.
A weekend without football will be hard, but it'll be worth it, Irish fans. Go Irish! Beat Navy!
Sincerely,
Tommy Kilborn
Guest Columnist, EDSBS
GO IRISH!!!
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damn you Orson…
just when I thought I had gotten out of hating Notre Dame… you pull me back in
by Futbawl Fan on Oct 12, 2007 12:27 PM EDT reply actions
I appreciate the effort, but it would be a challenge for your writing to be less amusing. Sorry the Irish are down this year, but I kind of expected better.
by Beardguy on Oct 12, 2007 12:27 PM EDT reply actions
Since the field will be empty, you could go lawn bowling at Notre Dame stadium!
PS – I just watched Bob Barker’s final Price Is Right, and I am more than slightly moved.
by dudis41 on Oct 12, 2007 12:27 PM EDT reply actions
there’s sexy…and then there’s red haired, freckled, and drunk with ego hotness.
by suicidewatch on Oct 12, 2007 12:29 PM EDT reply actions
In that column, the writer says BC is nicknamed “Fredo” because they are the “whining, younger brother.” This suggests that the kid hasn’t actually watched the Godfather. From a buddy of mine:
" Fredo " was the OLDER brother in the movie if you recall. He talked loud, was arrogant, and wore garish clothes meant to to impress people ( bringing out the Green Jersies ?). He had a sense of entitlement by virtue of birth. ( ND ? ) His YOUNGER brother ( BC ? ) preferred to work quietly behind the scenes, drawing future alliances, ( ACC ?) and working smartly and silently to improve himself in the pecking order. The older Brother, " Fredo " ( ND ?)never saw his younger brother’s emergence until it was too late. Fredo’s independent streak and loud talk to everyone in the end was his undoing. He ultimately was upstaged by his younger Brother. ( BC ? ) And All the while, if you recall, poor " Fredo" in the movie never saw it coming. Keep in mind he was never much liked by his own shaky alliances because of his independent coming and goings ( Big East ? ). And that independent streak by Fredo brought resentment among many. Fredo was too distracted and disorganized too. He spent too much time talking about " how good the old days used to be " around everyone. ( ND ? ) He ultimately died. But not in a group or alliance shootout with his gang. He died alone, in a canoe. And as was said, he never saw it coming ( Nat’lChampionship future aspirations killed off.. and forever by BC….. in 1993 upset ) until it was too late. Now, you tell us…. who sounds more like " Fredo " again in that movie ?
Now I await Edsall is God’s frothing anti-BCdiatribe….
by xhack on Oct 12, 2007 12:29 PM EDT reply actions
“If you’d like to use the Notre Dame football field tomorrow, intramural squads, go ahead. The field will be completely open, because no one will be there.”
Finally a Golden Domer who has the guts to admit that one of this year’s intramural squads shown on NBC tomorrow is led by the Number 1 QB recruit in history.
by MeytonPanning on Oct 12, 2007 12:32 PM EDT reply actions
“I appreciate the effort, but it would be a challenge for your writing to be less amusing.”
Victoire! Victoire! Victoire!
by Orson Swindle on Oct 12, 2007 12:34 PM EDT reply actions
Hubris will kill you faster than drinking and loose women, but is not as fun.
by Anonymous IV on Oct 12, 2007 12:36 PM EDT reply actions
I hear Jags has promised BC the same level of success Weis has brought to Notre Dame…
by Herb on Oct 12, 2007 12:36 PM EDT reply actions
This is the most rediculous crap I have ever read. Notre Dame fans are the only people that can have a terrible season and still point there nose in the air thinking they are better than everyone else. You think BC is a nobody. Bet you will change your mind on Saturday when Ryan throws all over that pop warner D of yours. But that will be irrelevant seeing how BC will only need to put up two touchdowns to get a win. Notre Dame fans know your role and go crawl in a hole, and don’t come out talking smack till you actually get a football team!!!!!!!!!!!!
by theREALUT on Oct 12, 2007 12:36 PM EDT reply actions
Bwahahahahhaaahahaaa! He said “when the Irish beat Boston College”. Now that’s funny. Note to Timmah… What, his name is Tommy? Oh. Note to Timmah: BC is not starting a Sam’s Club Greeter this week ala UCLA. Matt Ryan is a tested senior QB who will not gift wrap 7 turnovers. BC covering the spread 34-10.
by Hemlock Philosopher on Oct 12, 2007 12:36 PM EDT reply actions
I think it is high time we gingerfolk all lay down our sharpened electrons and have a great, big, red, and freckly group hug at ND Stadium tomorrow.
by AllWhoYonder on Oct 12, 2007 12:41 PM EDT reply actions
What does every Boston College student have in common?
They couldn’t get into Notre Dame.
by Edsall is God on Oct 12, 2007 12:42 PM EDT reply actions
I kept waiting. I kept waiting, and waiting, and waiting for the hook where he admits that there might be a hell of a game tomorrow. Except it never happened. Either this is fine work by Orson, or that incredible (cough) win caused someone to put on their big boy pants.
But if it’s the first one, then Bravo good sir.
by TattooedMess(iah) on Oct 12, 2007 12:44 PM EDT reply actions
I believe the Observer column was written from the POV of Sonny Corleone, not Michael, which is apropos when one thinks about it.
Xhack is right in saying that BC is behaving more like Michael than Fredo.
by PJ from NU in SF on Oct 12, 2007 12:45 PM EDT reply actions
That guest writer for the ND Observer defies satire insofar as he embodies every negative stereotype of an ND alum in one package. How sure are the Observer staff that this wasn’t a BC plant?
That’s all, by the way. I’m in no position to talk trash this week.
by DC Trojan on Oct 12, 2007 12:46 PM EDT reply actions
If Boston College is “BC” then Notre Dame is “AD”.
Theologians take note.
by domerdana on Oct 12, 2007 12:46 PM EDT reply actions
xhack,
Great post, you should have a blog if you don’t already.
by John on Oct 12, 2007 12:49 PM EDT reply actions
ND plays USC on the 20th, Navy the week after. At least i read it as he thought they played Navy before USC.
by Andy on Oct 12, 2007 12:51 PM EDT reply actions
Hey…So if Notre Dame has 12 NC, that means you have one less than us you fucking ginger.
Roll Tide.
PS. Whoever is Fredo/Michael in the relationship between BC/ND….who plays Sonny? Holy Cross?
by SpookyJuice on Oct 12, 2007 12:54 PM EDT reply actions
Kids like this are reason #1 why I hated most of the kids I went to school with. Same goes with the guy who wrote the original column.
Way to keep it classy boys, you make the rest of the alumni proud.
by ND '05 on Oct 12, 2007 12:54 PM EDT reply actions
13 – Edsall you disappoint me. I was expecting more. And that joke was true 15-20 years ago, but check the admissions stats now, apples and apples.
19- Can’t claim credit for that piece, there. A friend of mine sent that along with that article about not storming the field after ND…… wait why would the students rush the field after a loss?
by xhack on Oct 12, 2007 12:55 PM EDT reply actions
“What? Me Worry?”
It can’t hurt to lower the bar every once in a while I guess.
by SonofSamford on Oct 12, 2007 12:56 PM EDT reply actions
This motherfucker looks like the ‘Shermanator’ from ‘American Pie’
by SpookyJuice on Oct 12, 2007 12:57 PM EDT reply actions
oh man Orson…shit is gettin’ real rediculous around here. More rediculous than I ever imagined. Folks calling out BC AND ND is the rediculousist.
by Jerkwheat on Oct 12, 2007 12:58 PM EDT reply actions
5 – I have been asked for an anti-BC diatribe and I will gladly comply.
Boston College is nothing. In its own region, its own state, its own city, no one cares about Boston College. You could spend three years in Boston and never once hear about BC. Their athletics mean absolutely nothing to anybody. The newspapers don’t cover the team. And when they do, it’s either another story about Flutie or the kicker that beat ND 14 years ago.
As a football team, they are the definition of mediocre. Wow, they won the bowl in Charlotte again. Ooohh, big win in Boise. They will never play in a BCS bowl. They may never again play on New Year’s Day. They will lose at least two games this year, as they do every year.
In regard to the staff of BC, they are the lowest form of scum you can imagine. Their AD single-handedly tried to rip the Big East apart. What happened? BC is getting slightly more money from the ACC, money that is probably wasted on the insane travel costs. In the process, they have lost every single one of their true rivals (UConn, Syracuse, the like) and have become even more irrevelant in the Northeast. All from a money grab. A money grab that has led to embarassing attendance at football games when “rivals” like NC State come to town.
Boston College, is in essence, operates in a vacuum. Their secluded campus in Chestnut Hill is a dump, their football stadium is a joke and their academics place it fourth or fifth best…in the city of Boston alone.
I attended one football game there, UConn’s first Big East game in 2004, and it was disappointing. I’ve been to other stadiums, other atmospheres (Army is #1 for sheer awesomes) and BC was by far the lamest. The students have copped just about every cheer Notre Dame does. The loudest cheer of the game was for a Red Sox run, that was shown live on the jumbotron. What? Football is being played? And the BC fans? You will not meet a bunch of ruder, drunker, more annoying fan base in the country. The opposite of class, the opposite of fun, the opposite of what college football should be.
In short….Boston College is lame.
by Edsall is God on Oct 12, 2007 1:00 PM EDT reply actions
I’m not alone…
http://www.barstoolsports.com/article/hate/307/
“I think the University of Michigan football team best summed up alumni stadium during the mid-nineties. After arriving in Chestnut Hill, the Wolverines took a tour of the campus, including a stop at Alumni Stadium and the players were very impressed, saying "that is a really nice practice facility."
by Edsall is God on Oct 12, 2007 1:02 PM EDT reply actions
will those sports-radio guys from DC treat this as a real story as well? Please? PLEASE!!!??
hayley LeFontaine is giggling somewhere (she also stole Les’ daily delivery from the Saltwater Taffy Man).
by jon on Oct 12, 2007 1:03 PM EDT reply actions
Don’t quote Donizetti at me. This isn’t a slaughter of the survivors here, it’s calling out poorly written unfunny satire. The metaphors don’t make a lick of sense and the hubris, while tongue in cheek, is a hallmark of why Notre Dame and its fan base are widely despised.
by Beardguy on Oct 12, 2007 1:08 PM EDT reply actions
uhhh, Edsall, being 4th-best school in Boston behind Harvard, MIT, and BU is not a put-down of BC.
I’m a Big East fan and all, and I attended a mediocre-at-best public school (Louisville), but shouldn’t you be putting your bile behind truly fun taunts like BC’s continuing gambling problems?
by jon on Oct 12, 2007 1:09 PM EDT reply actions
is tommy the brother of craig??
hey tommy, it’s the weekend bro…get wild…undo your top button and show off both of your red chest hairs.
by gerry dorsey on Oct 12, 2007 1:10 PM EDT reply actions
Actually, Tommy is the distant, smarter cousin of Subcommandante Wayne.
by Orson Swindle on Oct 12, 2007 1:12 PM EDT reply actions
33 -
Dammit, I messed up the academic insult. I was going for something else and it came out wrong. It’s tough writing really quickly because your boss likes to sneak up in your office and your back faces the doors.
The gambling is too easy. Besides in Connecticut, the ACC/Traitor thing is all we care about. After Jim Calhoun called out BC (’We’ll never play them again!‘), a Cold War of sorts has broken out. If we ever played in football again, I’m pretty sure a riot would break out. It’s tough to quantify the hatred UConn people have for BC. Remember, if the BIg East did fall apart because of BC, those millions spent on football would have be in vain. It was our state’s Attorney General that sued the ACC/BC back during that time.
by Edsall is God on Oct 12, 2007 1:13 PM EDT reply actions
Has the world gone mad? BC fans bashing Notre Dame? A UConn fan bashing BC? Where Duke at? Y’all niggaz betta represent.
by Biggus Rickus on Oct 12, 2007 1:13 PM EDT reply actions
If LSU is a werewolf with a chainsaw for a dick, then Boston College is a dacshund with a dick so tiny it could fuck a cheerio.
When your claim to fame is having a midget QB win the Heisman based on a single heave against a noticeably high Miami team (Kosar = drunk) back in 84… .I mean come on.
by atlanta domer on Oct 12, 2007 1:14 PM EDT reply actions
I sure hope this kid is not an English or Journalism major…“to NOT storm the field…” Huh?
Son, do you know what a split infinitive is? If this is what ND is producing, I’m not hiring.
by yoyofutbawl on Oct 12, 2007 1:18 PM EDT reply actions
The kid who wrote this article is an embarrassment to Notre Dame: not funny, numerous errors, arrogant, not funny.
What a douche. Most ND fans aren’t like this guy. Sorry.
by IrishRyan05 on Oct 12, 2007 1:19 PM EDT reply actions
yoyofutbawl,
Since when do you have to know how to write in order to work as a journalist?
by Biggus Rickus on Oct 12, 2007 1:19 PM EDT reply actions
I love that Orson very obviously just did a Google image search for “redheaded guy” and used the first picture. I myself would have gone with “drunken Irishman,” but I see where he’s coming from.
by Land of Os(borne) on Oct 12, 2007 1:29 PM EDT reply actions
This kid looks like me. I hate notre dame. The one year I dressed up as a leprechaun (and carried around a box of lucky charms) for halloween, and was getting “Fuck you Notre Dame” yelled at me the whole time. I guess I shoulda thought that one through a bit at the ol’tOSU.
PS. I was serious. I know this kid does not get laid, and if he does, what is he slipping in their drink.
by bhors on Oct 12, 2007 1:31 PM EDT reply actions
As a Notre Dame fan, let me just say this:
I totally understand that this guy, in a few short paragraphs, has completely personified exactly the reason why a lot of people hate Notre Dame and, thus, their fans. We are not all like that, I promise. Yeesh. Reading that was embarrassing.
Oh, and USC comes after Boston College on the schedule, not Navy. Asshat. Yeah, you’re totally a true fan…you don’t even know when we play our rival.
by Jade on Oct 12, 2007 1:32 PM EDT reply actions
We’re glad to have BC in the ACC. Isn’t it obivous from the way we keep sending ‘em to frigging Boise after 8-10 win seasons? Maybe Charlotte if they whine enough. The Peach Bowl if for southern teams y’all, with, you know, speed and um…fans.
by Herb on Oct 12, 2007 1:32 PM EDT reply actions
Wait…there are NOTRE DAME fans who think this “guest columnist” is real? Good lord. I always knew the football program sucked, but I figured the students were relatively bright…
by Lamar Biakubutuka on Oct 12, 2007 1:35 PM EDT reply actions
37 – I love the amount of hatred you spit all in defending a school you didn’t even go to. Made my day.
42 – We know. Most ND alums are great people. It’s the people who grew up rooting for ND – because their great-great-grandmother’s uncle was Irish – but never went there that usually give you guys a bad name.
by xhack on Oct 12, 2007 1:37 PM EDT reply actions
Orson – funny shit man. funny shit.
- Spookyjuice – My thoughts exactly.
by Out of Conference on Oct 12, 2007 1:39 PM EDT reply actions
This article is not real. It is a funny parody of Notre Dame fandom. If you think it is genuine, you are a retard.
IrishRyan05, you are a retard.
You too, yoyofutbawl.
by SirPresentable on Oct 12, 2007 1:39 PM EDT reply actions
I think it’s Ferguson from Clarissa Explains It all, a ’98 ND Grad and saxophonist extraordinaire.
by Schnitzengruben on Oct 12, 2007 1:40 PM EDT reply actions
I have been a very loyal reader of this blog … no more. This idiot who wrote this piece of garbage doesn’t even know what he’s talking about.
Oh, and Even Almighty was not nearly as funny as the first one.
by Fightin' Englishman on Oct 12, 2007 1:40 PM EDT reply actions
Wow, Orson really brought out the idiots this time. Well done.
by Rob G on Oct 12, 2007 1:41 PM EDT reply actions
“Let’s make a statement during the game and scream louder than we have since the 2005 game against Southern Cal, giving our team the second-half energy they will need to earn a win.”
Fuck me if I am wrong but didn’t they lose that game..oh wait moral victories count in South Bend.
by Mitch Cumstein on Oct 12, 2007 1:43 PM EDT reply actions
BTW, anyone who believed this is a genunine article and not a fabrication . . .
YOU FAIL AT LIFE.
by that 5.0 guy @ work! on Oct 12, 2007 1:46 PM EDT reply actions
I can not believe how many people out there don’t understand that this column is a satire, written by Orson and not some ND kid. Please, it doesn’t take an ND degree to pick up on that.
by Mons Venus Flytrap on Oct 12, 2007 1:47 PM EDT reply actions
Re #45: I know this kid does not get laid, and if he does, what is he slipping in their drink.
Whatever Frank Solich is having.
Can’t wait for Wayne to weigh in on his smarmy-ass cousin.
by DevilGrad on Oct 12, 2007 1:47 PM EDT reply actions
This article is as real as my pec implants are.
by Orson Swindle on Oct 12, 2007 1:47 PM EDT reply actions
No worries…A Modest Proposal was misunderstood in its day. Well-crafted piece capturing the essence of what it is to be a douchebag fan
by Schnitzengruben on Oct 12, 2007 1:50 PM EDT reply actions
I think some people are referencing the actual article Orson linked when talking about the moronic ND student.
Xhack – George Washington doesn’t have a football team so I get to be a crazy UConn fan. Sadly, the actual UConn students seem to be unaware that we have a football team too. They (sigh) care about women’s basketball and it infuriates me.
by Edsall is God on Oct 12, 2007 1:52 PM EDT reply actions
Spooky, Alabama can take credit for as many NC’s as they want, they’re the only ones that recognize them and are very well known for taking credit for others. ND only recognizes consensus champs, otherwise we could claim more. Believe what you want but your statement has as much truth as Bryant had success against ND, very little.
by 808Man on Oct 12, 2007 1:53 PM EDT reply actions
Im not sure Who will win this game, but their students are losers already in my opinion.
by Brian on Oct 12, 2007 1:55 PM EDT reply actions
Just when I thought seeing ND get thumped by BC couldn’t get any better…
by immikfefazz on Oct 12, 2007 1:55 PM EDT reply actions
Wow. Well-executed satire flies over the heads of red-ass football fans of all stripes. Hilarity ensues.
by Papa Lou BSU on Oct 12, 2007 1:55 PM EDT reply actions
We need a picture of Bob Griffin, Class of 2007 – author of the “Don’t Storm the Field Article”. Lawyers with free time and a plethora of billable numbers at your disposal, I’m looking at you.
by Out of Conference on Oct 12, 2007 1:56 PM EDT reply actions
They’re just jumping into the boat Orson. You don’ t even need a hook.
by Pat on Oct 12, 2007 1:56 PM EDT reply actions
I voted for Natty Light. I sure do hope it wins.
by Schnitzengruben on Oct 12, 2007 1:56 PM EDT reply actions
Edsall, you went to GW for college and because they didn’t have their own football program you decided to become a UCONN FOOTBALL fan?
Uhh, methinks the truth is that you jumped on the Uconn bball bandwagon and then by extension, the football bandwagon.
by Alex on Oct 12, 2007 1:57 PM EDT reply actions
Hey, has anyone mentioned that this article isn’t real yet? I haven’t seen anyone point out that it may be fake yet, so i figured i’d do us all a favor and do so. Oh, by the way, it may be fake. Just puttin that out there in case someone didn’t know. If you did, sorry for wasting your time…but I hadn’t seen anyone post it before this. So…..I guess i’ll be hitting the dusty trail…not literally….yeah….
by SpookyJuice on Oct 12, 2007 1:57 PM EDT reply actions
Oh and another thing about the article that guy from The Office is not nearly as funny as Jim Carrey! I mean give me a break!
I’m sorry, but this Tommy Kilborn guy is a MORON
by Fightin' Englishman on Oct 12, 2007 1:57 PM EDT reply actions
1. “Edsall is God’s frothing anti-BCdiatribe” would be a great name for a band.
2. Hey, what’s with the redhead hate? Oh, except for that asshole’s picture up top. Fuck that guy.
by Holly on Oct 12, 2007 1:57 PM EDT reply actions
Orson-
[multiple] Fish on!!! Snook, as in “snookered”.
by Irwin Fletcher on Oct 12, 2007 1:59 PM EDT reply actions
Orson, you sir, are a fucking genius.
I also thought it was one of the lunatics from NDNation posting. If you think this column is not funny, you haven’t read NDNation yet.
by Tacopants on Oct 12, 2007 2:01 PM EDT reply actions
He looks like that guy who coughed up the bullett.
by PROTHRO'S GOOD LEG on Oct 12, 2007 2:01 PM EDT reply actions
44,
Orson still hasn’t told us how he originally found the Hayley LaFontaine picture, which is actually a picture of a boy.
by John on Oct 12, 2007 2:02 PM EDT reply actions
What can be gleaned from all of this hype/vitriol here today, kids?
Notre Dame is 1-5 and still considered “relevant.”
by The Contrarian on Oct 12, 2007 2:02 PM EDT reply actions
I hear Tommy is quite pissed that The Black Donnelleys didn’t get renewed.
Also, this is nearly as amazing as when people on Hogville thought Fire Mark May was real and written by Trev.
by Jerkwheat on Oct 12, 2007 2:03 PM EDT reply actions
Idiot BC fans bitching about BC, and Idiot Notre Dame fans who think this column is real.
Is it wrong that all of this made me slightly aroused?
P.S. Edsall is God is the smartest man alive.
P.P.S. Okay…one of the smartest men alive…Orson’s pretty high up there too.
by Boston Nick on Oct 12, 2007 2:05 PM EDT reply actions
The real tragedy here is that lost in the shuffle of all of this hullabaloo is the fact that this is a “Silly Trophy Game.” The trophy was created to try to quell some of the “bad blood” between the two schools.
“The Ireland Trophy is intended to inspire a spirit of sportsmanship and friendly competition between the schools.”
Obviously, it is working.
by AllWhoYonder on Oct 12, 2007 2:05 PM EDT reply actions
i am the only person hungry for cheesecake today. i went salad at lunch. everyone knows you don’t make friends with salad. need cheesecake.
other than the zwinky chick in the sidebar.
by rut on Oct 12, 2007 2:06 PM EDT reply actions
Wait, somebody just told me that this article is a fake. Did you guys know that?!
But still, this Tommy Kilborn kid is still an idiot. He’s probably just a USC or Michigan troll trying to stir up trouble!
by Fightin' Englishman on Oct 12, 2007 2:07 PM EDT reply actions
808Man, eat a dick, sir. We could claim 17 if we wanted…and your fuck-stick tie with Notre Dame NC should have went to us anyway.
You show me one of Alabama’s National championship years where there was clearly a better team in the nation.
Here is the fact, when people talk about Notre Dame they mention 11 NC, when they talk about Alabama they mention 12NC….not just Alabama people…ALL PEOPLE.
by SpookyJuice on Oct 12, 2007 2:08 PM EDT reply actions
66 – Boston College is the one topic that really, really gets me riled up. UConn is still nothing in college football so nothing is really a big deal. No one is upset the team isn’t ranked, we’re just pumped someone voted for us. The Motor City Bowl experience in 2004 would be like Illinois going to the Rose Bowl, that’s how big it was. And Detroit the day after Christmas sucks monkey balls.
Stewart Mandel is on the bandwagon, with obligatory basketball jokes.
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/writers/stewart_mandel/10/12/weekend.pickoff7/index.html
by Edsall is God on Oct 12, 2007 2:08 PM EDT reply actions
Well, real or not, this is about as fun as listening to Phil Hendrie, where the jokes on the callers and the guest are fake. But ya cant get any more Irish than that pic of that red headed picture of evil that is displayed on this here page. Bravo, well done, ghost writing at its best.
by Mr Pelican Pants on Oct 12, 2007 2:10 PM EDT reply actions
If you don’t know any ND grads, you can’t appreciate just how close that is to the way these guys think.
Orson – you must not know too many or you wouldn’t have made comment #36!
by OhioDawg on Oct 12, 2007 2:13 PM EDT reply actions
I really want BC to win, especially after reading that stupid Observer article, but somehow this game has a “wake up the echoes” vibe to it in which all logic and rationality tells you BC wins big but somehow you doubt it.
by John on Oct 12, 2007 2:13 PM EDT reply actions
70 – I was raised in Connecticut. I followed UConn basketball until college, when GW replaced them. I moved back to CT after college to begin my illustrous journalistic career (I’ve been on the radio twice!) in 2003, which was the same year UConn opened the new stadium. Took my Dad (the Domer) for the first game and we’ve been hooked. The thought of UConn & ND playing someday might make his poor old man brain explode.
Our tailgating crew is up to 10…we’re easily noticable because of our superstitions. Those include two shotguns of beers (one for Edsall, one for Orlovsky) and a dance party to Rick Astley’s “Never Gonna Give You Up.” That’s no lie.
by Edsall is God on Oct 12, 2007 2:14 PM EDT reply actions
Sorry for the bad news but ESPN is reporting: GAINESVILLE, Fla. — A walk-on defensive back for the Gators was killed early Friday when the motorcycle he was driving hit a median at a high rate of speed, police said.
Michael Guilford, a 19-year-old redshirt freshman from Quincy, was not wearing a helmet. Neither was passenger Ashley Slonina, a Florida junior from Lynn Haven who also died in the crash.
by sanchozules on Oct 12, 2007 2:14 PM EDT reply actions
BTW Holly, we all love you [despite your misguided choice of that cult you call ‘university of tennessee’] and you(and other red haired women…cute ones anyway) are safe when the government starts their ginger-extermination project.
by SpookyJuice on Oct 12, 2007 2:14 PM EDT reply actions
Hell, I didn’t know the “Shermanator” wrote a football blog?!?!
by Touchdown74 on Oct 12, 2007 2:15 PM EDT reply actions
SpookyJuice –
“Here is the fact, when people talk about Notre Dame they mention 11 NC, when they talk about Alabama they mention 12NC….not just Alabama people…ALL PEOPLE.”
They also always mention that the Bear could never beat ND. Golden Flake and the Golden Dome, two things that owned Bryant’s ass.
by atlanta domer on Oct 12, 2007 2:15 PM EDT reply actions
Great article Orson…I was among those who read this the firstt time and became so upset that I didn’t even think about whether this was a goof or not. Like someone mentioned in a comment earlier, this is just how you expect ND people to think, and an article like this is not out of the realm of possibility. I just couldn’t figure out why you would let this guy write it.
Well played, sir…Well played, indeed.
by Dave on Oct 12, 2007 2:16 PM EDT reply actions
UF walkon died this morning….
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/football/ncaa/10/12/floridaplayer.killed.ap/index.html
by fred on Oct 12, 2007 2:17 PM EDT reply actions
Good Lord. This thread is an argument for just surrendering the country to Ahmedinijad the next time he visits New York.
Getting back to the actual football point – this all stems from one of these internicene fan arguments about whether a particular team is a “rival” or not. Many ND fans, particularly older ones only consider USC and Michigan true rivals. Younger fans have started to refer to BC as a rival, something offensive to the other camp. It’s the kind of semi-ridiculous football fan argument that Orson probably appreciates, which has spilled into the open due to the linked letter.
by ProfKid93 on Oct 12, 2007 2:18 PM EDT reply actions
Play us now then…oh thats right…..we offered and Weis had an appointment with a buffet and a stomach staple scheduled that day.
If you’re scared say you’re scared.
by SpookyJuice on Oct 12, 2007 2:21 PM EDT reply actions
808Man – I think Princeton and Yale both have more titles than ND. The similarity is that all three schools can only talk about their history.
Cue fatuous Ivy League comparisons……NOW!
by OhioDawg on Oct 12, 2007 2:23 PM EDT reply actions
Boston College – Notre Dame Questions:
1) Why the hate between the schools? I do not understand this, since both are Catholic.
2) City Mouse vs Country Mouse: Why the hate, since both seem to target a different type of student? Some students like living in quiet, rural areas, while others prefer the dynamics of big city life.
3) Is not asking ND fans NOT to storm the field if ND wins, as the original Observer writer recommended, feeding the stereotype of Domers being arrogant, even in down years?
Eating humble pie every once in a while is good for the soul, though it leaves a bitter after taste, judging from my experience recently with the Tree people.
by Stacy Keibler Luvs Me on Oct 12, 2007 2:23 PM EDT reply actions
98 –
Dammit! Who keeps letting the crazy Alabama fans in here? Will somebody lock the door!
by Edsall is God on Oct 12, 2007 2:25 PM EDT reply actions
Edsall, I’m not a crazy Alabama fan, i promise. I’m actually a pretty logical guy and I’ll admit that the last two post were homerific(I played the role of a vicious homer) but the Notre Dame/Alabama argument always gets me into that mode because I don’t see why northern based media outlets(which influence the rest of the country) get off calling them the greatest college team ever. I think it’s at least an argument with a few other teams thrown in: USC, Oklahoma, Nebraska, Michigan, etc.
by SpookyJuice on Oct 12, 2007 2:30 PM EDT reply actions
I never cease to be amazed at how naive people can be…and on so may levels. Yoyofutbawl @ 40 makes a subtle jab at Orson’s grammar disguised as a gullible poster and then gets blasted @ 51 by someone who is intelligent enough to recognize Orson’t satire, but not Yoyofutbawl’s.
BTW Orson, the twizzler paragraph was magnificent.
by PW on Oct 12, 2007 2:38 PM EDT reply actions
i think the reason so many people thought this column was real is because…well, this IS real.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nt41kGcF0nM&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Eatleagle%2Eblogspot%2Ecom%2F
by CK on Oct 12, 2007 2:38 PM EDT reply actions
100 -
1) The BC/ND hate is a relatively new phenomenan brought on by the football rivalry. ND people always dismissed BC as just another school while BC fans got all pissy about the disrespect. The 1993 football game took things to a whole other level.
2) The joke about all BC kids failing to get into Notre Dame had some merit at one time, maybe still does. Again, it’s more jealously about ND’s status. Let’s be honest…most BC kids wish they went to Notre Dame.
3) The tone of the “not storm the field” article is arrogant but accurate. If you’re a big school (think Ohio State, Michigan, the like), you shouldn’t rush the field for anything. The point was that ND fans shouldn’t rush the field except in extreme circumstances. Beating a #4 team in October that hasn’t beaten anyone yet isn’t extreme. Replace Boston College with South Florida and the article would be the same. The fact it’s BC changes the dynamic.
by Edsall is God on Oct 12, 2007 2:39 PM EDT reply actions
- 1978, I watchedUSC drag Alabama up and down Legion Field. USC, on that day, was clearly superior to the “Tide.”
by not-so-innocent bystander on Oct 12, 2007 2:46 PM EDT reply actions
- 1978, I watched USC drag Alabama up and down Legion Field. USC, on that day, was clearly superior to the “Tide.” Both were “awarded” MNC’s after the season.
by not-so-innocent bystander on Oct 12, 2007 2:47 PM EDT reply actions
That was an atrocious column, and I am as ardent an ND fan as there is.
In my view, in addition to winning, Notre Dame stands for such qualities as sportsmanship, behaving in a classy manner, and giving a worthy opponent his due.
One would think that – with all the un-due hatred heaped on Notre Dame through the years – ND fans would spare us the kind of drivel we read above.
Additionally, I’d like for the larger college football world to know that, actually, most ND fans are classy and demonstrate the kind of sportsmanship that none other than Rockne himself called us to. I’m sorry that Mr. Kilborn missed out on that….
by Joseph Casper on Oct 12, 2007 2:48 PM EDT reply actions
You are a fuckin tool. Your school sucks and your team sucks. Nice of you to forget that.
by Fuck You on Oct 12, 2007 2:49 PM EDT reply actions
106: Yes, post 51 is pretty amusing. The best response yet. I’m actually giving most of the “gullible” posters the benefit of the doubt as ones playing along. It’s those that responded to the gullible posters that crack me up. Then again, maybe post 51 was itself in jest. A joke within a joke within a joke.
I’m tired.
by Fightin' Englishman on Oct 12, 2007 2:49 PM EDT reply actions
This has to be the most successful post in the history of EDSBS. One Hundred Kudos to you, Mr. Swindle.
by Bear's PR Agent on Oct 12, 2007 2:59 PM EDT reply actions
Please! Everyone! This Column is NOT REAL! You are embarrassing yourselves!
by Dr KennethNoisewater on Oct 12, 2007 3:01 PM EDT reply actions
This ND/BC dicussion is great and all but the real question is:
Is Charlie going to have The Gipper on the sideline this week decked out in green?
by Bully Van De Graaff on Oct 12, 2007 3:03 PM EDT reply actions
number 109 and 110, and i’m not going to be a vicious homer, just stating facts, the question was…in that year…was their a team that was better. I think not. On that day, yes. But Auburn was a better team than Florida one day last year. Where they the better team? No. Was Michigan or Notre Dame that tied better than an undefeated Alabama team…I personally don’t think so.
by SpookyJuice on Oct 12, 2007 3:04 PM EDT reply actions
The Sherminator is not particularly attractive to me, but I take great umbrage with the claim that red headed men aren’t hot or sexy.
Don’t worry, ginger guys, we ladies haven’t let David Caruso poison the well. Much.
by The Conscience of a Nation on Oct 12, 2007 3:04 PM EDT reply actions
You show me one of Alabama’s National championship years where there was clearly a better team in the nation.
1925, 1926, 1930, 1934- Hard to say, but in each of those years there was a team with at least as good a record (if not better). Plus, these titles were awarded retroactively. “Yea! We won the 1925 National title- in 1937!”
1941- Are you kidding me? “Yeah, we got shut out by Vandy and Mississippi State, but someone awarded us one, so we’ll claim it!” Also retroactive.
1961- Completely legit.
1964- Awarded national title before losing bowl game to Texas. (Kinda like if OSU were awarded the NC last year before playing Florida). Arkansas, who had a perfect record and won the Cotton Bowl, beat Texas in the regular season. So Arkansas or Texas were better, with Arkansas being the best.
1965-Michigan State had a better record, but it’s hard to say if they were any better.
1973- see 1964, except the team was ND, who also claims the title (I think I’ll side with the Domers on this one).
1978- Hmm, lets see, Alabama loses to USC in Birmingham, Alabama shares NC with USC… Something doesn’t add up here.
1979-Legit
1992-Legit
I will concede that Bama got jobbed in ’66.
by MiseanAuFan on Oct 12, 2007 3:09 PM EDT reply actions
You truly, honestly look like a head-shaven Carrot Top just found out he had a penis, and the white, pallid complexion is a gut reaction to the horror.
Go BC!
by ohigotchya on Oct 12, 2007 3:15 PM EDT reply actions
The only reason a 1-5 team of a supposed power school should ever storm the field is if they managed to come up with a cure for cancer using various sideline supplies…"WE’RE TWO AND FIVE!! OMFG…
And Holly, scientifically speaking:
Redheaded males= Howdy Doody-esque targets of ridicule…
Redheaded females= omg sooooo hot freckly goodness…
by Pants McPants on Oct 12, 2007 3:15 PM EDT reply actions
I’m a Notre Dame grad, and that was fking weak. This is one dork writing…..he doesn’t represent the bulk of ND grads/students. Look, the bottom line is that BC has dominated the series recently. We (ND) can make all the excuses that we had two horrendous coaching choices in Davie and Willingham, but that is ultimately our fault. The issue that most of us ND grads have with BC is that they have made what should be a friendly rivalry of 2 schools that are not all that dissimilar (solid academics, graduate players, Irish Catholic background) and made the series an ugly one. NOT by beating ND, but by continuing to exhibit classless, punk-ass behavior both home and away during this series. We both like to drink, and we both have a sports-knowledgeable fanbase, but BC students and grads act like complete jags (no pun intended) when they visit our campus, and when we visit theirs. This is is not the whine of a wuss ND grad. We understand drunken smacktalk, ribbing, etc. BC fans/students know what I’m talking about. We all have close BC friends who are exceptions to the rule, but the bulk of the BC fanbase acts like the new drunk kid invited to the party for the first time, trying to get the attention of the upperclassmen. We get it — you’re a solid program and a good school. No reason to act like dicks when you visit us or when we visit you. I’m sure you’ll all outdo yourselves this weekend. You all seem to have sprouted nuggets now that you’re #4 and we’re fielding the weakest Notre Dame team in recent memory, so you’re all flying out here to grace us with your presence. Maybe in the years to come you can a) sell out a home game b) delink your season tickets package from the ND home game, mandating that people buy the entire package to get ND tickets. I hope it’s a great game tomorrow, and that everyone get drunk. Just try to exhibit a modicum of class when you’re on our campus. Oh, and relay to your players that if you beat us again, there’s no need to rip up our field and trash the visitors locker room again. That is solid fking work outta you clowns.
by Bender on Oct 12, 2007 3:35 PM EDT reply actions
Am a ‘75 ND grad. This guy sounds like such a little twit. Not that I have any fondness for BC, but give them their due. They’ve beaten ND the past four times. Let’s just shut up and kick their asses and stop sounding like a bunch of whiney, arrogant assholes.
by paul furey on Oct 12, 2007 3:39 PM EDT reply actions
I saw this joke somewhere
—
What’s common between maggots and Bama fans?
They can both live off a dead bear for 30 years.
by Tacopants on Oct 12, 2007 4:05 PM EDT reply actions
33: whoa, maybe BC is 4th best in Boston behind Harvard, MIT and Tufts, but NOT BU. BU is even’t in the top 50 of US News and World Report. BC is #35.
by Will on Oct 12, 2007 4:12 PM EDT reply actions
101 FOR ALL OF YOU…
1) Following column was written by a ND grad in a student newspaper urging fans not to storm the field when ND wins because a win against BC is not that great ( keep that in mind that ND lost last 4 vs BC )
http://media.www.ndsmcobserver.com/media/storage/paper660/news/2007/10/09/Viewpoint/Dont-Storm.The.Field-3020178.shtml
2) ESPN’s First take had a face-off between 2 sports editors of the student newspapers. The ND guy comes of a douche-geek and the BC guy takes the moral high ground
http://youtube.com/watch?v=Nt41kGcF0nM
3) This column by Orson is NOT REAL. It is a fictional piece based on mostly the above 2 incidents..
by Tacopants on Oct 12, 2007 4:12 PM EDT reply actions
I hope #111 is a spoof as well. ND – football at least, maybe it’s different with basketball – players trash talk and taunt more than most. Last year they were at or near the top in unsportsmanlike penalties.
And Rockne was so classy that he didn’t even go to some of their early games if he was confident they would win.
Overrated in every
by OhioDawg on Oct 12, 2007 4:13 PM EDT reply actions
Do they not teach you about satire in the lit classes at Notre Dame?
by Jerkwheat on Oct 12, 2007 4:13 PM EDT reply actions
I thought everything posted on the Internets was true.
Oh, and Edsall, you’re an idiot. The point is not whether or not BC students would rather get into ND than BC, or whether or not ND fans will want to storm the field. The point is you are in no position to talk about BC or ND as an authority since you aren’t an alum nor are you a fan of either school.
by Alex on Oct 12, 2007 4:13 PM EDT reply actions
122 – I personally don’t think BC fans have exhibited any classlessness toward ND students. Maybe you’ve had a different experience. If so, I’m sorry. I’ve always had a great time with ND kids out in South Bend and when they visit us, I try to extend the same courtesy.
But once and for all…. this turf ripping stuff. Really? You guys have whined about it for 5 years now since 2002 and not one Domer has said ANYTHING about the fact that your team did the same thing to FSU’s field THE WEEK BEFORE.
Honestly, don’t whine about it. You guys keep claiming to be great football fans but don’t look like it when you bring up crap like that constantly.
by xhack on Oct 12, 2007 4:13 PM EDT reply actions
This post is one of your funniest this year, Orson. That so many people are posting before engaging brain makes it even better.
Pants McPants, you’re close. IMX…
Red-headed males = crazy, belligerent substance abusers
Red-headed females = crazy, belligerent substance abusers to whom I am strangely attracted.
by PJ from NU in SF on Oct 12, 2007 4:19 PM EDT reply actions
Brilliant work, Swindle. One of your best. If this wasn’t your blog, I’d be tempted to label it a troll, and a damned fine one at that.
I haven’t read the Observer article but I believe the gist of it still stands: If the Irish win on Saturday the students should not storm the field. They would be a whole 2-5 after a win, and a 2-5 team’s fans shouldn’t storm the field when they went to BCS bowl games in the past two years. They should be happy about the win, and thankful, because it makes it far more likely that the the team will make a bowl game, but they shouldn’t be storming the field.
Let’s put it this way – if Florida started the season 0-5 next year and beat an undefeated Clemson for the 2nd win of the year, would it be appropriate for the students to rush the field? Hell no, because 2 years ago they won the NC, and the year before that they were pretty damn good too.
PAK, ND ’00
by PAK on Oct 12, 2007 4:23 PM EDT reply actions
Whoa… Dan motha fuckin Rather has joined the crowd and weighed in. That shit IS real!
ND guy, defend your honor!
BC guy, you have been wronged!! step up and take a swipe fucker!
by skinnyphatman on Oct 12, 2007 4:25 PM EDT reply actions
Hey, edsall is god.
I do’nt think anyone can truly understand how loathsome BC people are.
If I ever get confused about it, I just replay the mental image of drunken ND rejects tailgating in our parking lotand pouring beers on litle kids throwing a football around. I lost all respect for that classless college then, and they’ve never done anything to restore any decent image.
by wooderson on Oct 12, 2007 4:30 PM EDT reply actions
+ 1,000 cocktails to Orson for duping so many people even after many screamed “IT’S A FAKE.”
by Signal to Noise on Oct 12, 2007 4:41 PM EDT reply actions
We need weekly columns from Tommy Kilborn. That boy has the ability to speak to people like no one else I’ve ever seen. This is incredible.
by Lamar Biakabutuka on Oct 12, 2007 4:47 PM EDT reply actions
I don’t have time for this shit. Fuck the sherminator.
by rtide on Oct 12, 2007 4:53 PM EDT reply actions
An excellently baited hook Orson; 1000 cocktails to you.
As for hating BC, it has nothing to do with my going to ND and everything to do with all the assholes I knew in high school who ended up there.
by NDTom on Oct 12, 2007 4:56 PM EDT reply actions
Not the best parody of a domer (see Domer Maximus posts on various rivals boards) but still pretty funny. I wouldn’t be too hard on those who didn’t catch the joke. Domers are so utterly ridiculous as to defy easy satire.
by I'm Already Drunk on Oct 12, 2007 4:56 PM EDT reply actions
S2N,
You should know by now that the followers of the Vatican West are a hard headed group. Then you throw in the Alabama fans arguing with them about MNCs and you have a psuedo-Crusades on your hands
by Knute Rockne's stewardess on Oct 12, 2007 5:06 PM EDT reply actions
Building on my previous post…classic Shermanator!
Sherman: “I am the Sherminator, a sophisticated Sex-Robot sent through time to change the future for one lucky lady.”
Nadia: “And I am lucky lady?”
Sherman: “Nadia, you’ve been targeted for Shermination. Come with me if you want to live.”
by Touchdown74 on Oct 12, 2007 5:07 PM EDT reply actions
How many times do you think Charlie had to wait in the hall because Joe Montana had “put the sock on the doorknob”?
by Knute Rockne's stewardess on Oct 12, 2007 5:15 PM EDT reply actions
Great post & comments. That observer article was a little bit more subtle in satirizing the ND mindset though.
As a neutral in ND vs BC, I’ve always thought the “Fredo” comments were way lame.
On the redhead issue- as a guy I’m frequently surprised by what women consider attractive. But I know for a female, redhead is about the hottest single characteristic I can think of (except maybe “good rack”). I don’t think anybody can really answer the male vs female issue though unless they are someone willing to go to bat for either team, so to speak.
by oc phil on Oct 12, 2007 5:26 PM EDT reply actions
Memo to Party Poopers:
When a gag is working great, such as the writing on this post, DO NOT jump in and try to spoil the fun by “outing” the writer, Mr. Orson “War of the Worlds Wells” Swindle. The irate responses were great to read.
by Stacy Keibler Luvs Me on Oct 12, 2007 5:31 PM EDT reply actions
On behalf of all Catholics, I would like to apologize for the ND-BC bitchfest. Mainly cuz I’m a Michigan fan.
by Dave on Oct 12, 2007 5:32 PM EDT reply actions
The “Fredo” thing was kind of funny 4 years ago, the fact that people are still carrying on with it is pretty stupid.
by NDTom on Oct 12, 2007 5:33 PM EDT reply actions
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_hair
Tommy Kilborn’s wikipedia entry
by Tacopants on Oct 12, 2007 5:34 PM EDT reply actions
Do the idiots on this site think that is real or something?
(Irish fans included)
by daviehamsufferer97 on Oct 12, 2007 5:36 PM EDT reply actions
Alex – I was an ND football fan until UConn went I-A. I still am to a degree, but not the top team anymore. Dad, uncle, cousins, blah blah all went to ND, all crazy Domers. So I know the gist of it.
by Edsall is God on Oct 12, 2007 5:40 PM EDT reply actions
OC Phil, Comment No. 145:
Women are easy. They consider anyone with big money, big fame or big power attractive.
While we men are probably more honest about the attractive issue than women and focus on those key issues such as racks, rumps and legzz and stuff…..
Redheads are very attractive, though, many do not tan well and a lot of them do seem to be hot heads, like the cliche. But, I digress…..
by Stacy Keibler Luvs Me on Oct 12, 2007 5:47 PM EDT reply actions
redheads = perfectness. there can be no denyingthis.
by wooderson on Oct 12, 2007 6:03 PM EDT reply actions
Orson,
I have to say, when I first read this post I thought it was your least funny work in quite some time.
Yet it has incited the most amusing responses in months. I won’t question you again. (that was somehow a compliment)
by PistolPete on Oct 12, 2007 6:06 PM EDT reply actions
SpookyJuice,
I don’t want to thread jack. But very quickly -
In 1941 Alabama finished 8-2 and 20th in the AP Poll. They were beaten by 16th ranked Miss St and unranked Vandy. They had 939 1/2 less votes than true champion Minnesota.
Yet your football program claims this as one of its “12” championships. There are other examples, but I guess ignorance is bliss.
by PistolPete on Oct 12, 2007 6:16 PM EDT reply actions
Bud Light Presents, “Real Men of Genius” (Reaaaaal Men Of Genius)
Today we salute you, Mr. Delusional Notre Dame Fan. (Mr. Delusional Notre Dame Faaaaaan!) Season after season, year after year, you try to justify your absurdly high preseason ranking. (Clutching at straws!) You scramble to make futile attempts at damage control when the Irish lose to a grossly inferior opponent (How’d Navy score fifty fouuuuuur?) Inevitably, you’ll bring up the past, and boast of National Championships won 40 years before you were born. (Those were the daaaaaays!) You will point out that you have more wins than any other program as though that is relevant to the current season. (Been playing since the 1870s!) Go on, ignore that home loss to your archrivals in the regular season finale and continue to believe that you’ll defeat your bowl opponent with striking ease. (We’ll win by thirteeeeeeey!) So crack open an ice cold Bud Light, oh Emperor of Excuses, and take comfort knowing that when you don’t finish in the top 25, you’ll be back to number three when the preseason polls come out next year. (Mr.Delusional Notre Dame Fan!)
by Mr Pelican Pants on Oct 12, 2007 6:38 PM EDT reply actions
Christ Almighty, what a day to not read the interwebs. After catching up on the first 157 comments, I am tired, and will retreat to my sofa for a Makers before commenting (if at all).
PS—-you are ALL idiots in my book, but I still love you.
by Domer Guy on Oct 12, 2007 6:48 PM EDT reply actions
To everyone bashing having to go to Boise for a bowl game:
Go to Boise once and go to a football game. You’ll be pleasantly surprised.
And yes, BC deserved better that year. But that was a great game to see live.
by fattus on Oct 12, 2007 6:57 PM EDT reply actions
#160, I refuse to watch a game, any game, on that smurf turf. It’s an assault on my eyes. Not unlike those retro Philly uniforms, or Carrot Top.
by Brian O'Blivion on Oct 12, 2007 7:08 PM EDT reply actions
All the same, Mr. Weiss, if you’re not confused, you don’t know what’s goin’ on.
The Irish say the word “win”, but at the end of the day, all they want is surrender.
Don’t look for a happy ending. It’s not an American story. It’s an Irish one.
by Rory Devaney on Oct 12, 2007 7:18 PM EDT reply actions
what? you are a notre dame student and you dont know the football schedule? you DO know we play USC next week… and THEN navy… right?
by Rob on Oct 12, 2007 9:24 PM EDT reply actions
The leprechaun mascot can also simultaneously blog on their loss to BC? sweet
by Growwler on Oct 13, 2007 2:52 AM EDT reply actions
my god, a ginger kid AND a Domer
that’s too much to handle
by J. Peterman on Oct 13, 2007 5:58 AM EDT reply actions
This just reminds me how much I hate gingers. I regret my prejudice, but is usually warrented.
by Geauxrilla Chainsaw on Oct 13, 2007 8:28 AM EDT reply actions
You lose at home again, cocksucker. Eat it. BC 27, Our Ladies 14.
BTW – A dude as ugly as you has no business being so arrogant. Go blow your roomate.
by Eagle 1 on Oct 13, 2007 10:05 PM EDT reply actions
Jesus…where do these commenters come from? Call me a commie, but sometimes I believe the proletariat shouldn’t have access to the Internet. Or ZILs. Nope, nothing but Elektronika-BKs and Ladas for you guys.
by PeteJayhawk on Oct 14, 2007 10:31 AM EDT reply actions
“[Notre Dame] shouldn’t even field a team” against B.C….. wait… Notre Dame HAS been fielding a football team this year?
by ThWard on Oct 15, 2007 9:19 AM EDT reply actions
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