The past few years the NFL has scheduled a Saturday night game on its own network, the NFL Network, during week 15. This year, we are fortunate enough to have a great Saturday night week 15 matchup when the reeling Dallas Cowboys travel to the Bayou to take on the undefeated New Orleans Saints. The undefeated Indianapolis Colts survived a road trip to Jacksonville with a thrilling come from behind victory last night. Can the Saints survive unscathed as it awaits America’s team in a huge game for the Cowboys?
We all know the Saints’ story. It has been well-documented. Quarterback Drew Brees has had a monster season, and, with each passing week it seems he has a stronger grip on that NFL MVP trophy… though I’m guessing he would tell you that at the end of the season he would much rather have that Lombardi Trophy. While the Saints have not lost yet, they have definitely had some close calls, including a come from behind overtime victory two weeks ago in Washington, and a 26-23 victory over the Atlanta Falcons last week. Looking at the Saints’ schedule it is clear the team has thoroughly dominated some teams, much more than the Colts. The bad news for the rest of the league is that Reggie Bush, who has underachieved as a pro, may be on the right track, finally. He scored two touchdowns last week. It is already tough enough stopping Sean Payton’s high-flying offense… imagine the nightmare for opposing defenses if Reggie Bush shows the elusiveness he showed in college.
Meanwhile, over in Dallas, things are not as rosy. The good feelings presented by the 8-3 start have subsided due to losses the past two weeks to the Giants and the Chargers. Now, instead of being in excellent shape to win the NFC East, the Cowboys are struggling to stay in contention for the wild card. At this point, with a tiebreaker over the Cowboys, I am giving Green Bay that first wild card spot. That leaves the Cowboys competing with the Giants and other teams for the second wild card spot. Keep in mind that the Giants, while currently 7-6, also hold the tiebreak over the ‘Boys. I would not necessarily call Saturday night’s game a must-win for the Cowboys, but it’s darn close. Lose Saturday, and Dallas loses the ability to control its own playoff destiny. Lose Saturday, and Wade Phillips’ seat, which is already warm (which I addressed back in July), becomes smoking hot!!! What a disaster it would be for Jerry Jones to sit and watch the playoffs from the comfort of his million-dollar mansion (which really isn’t so bad) when he spent over a billion dollars on the new stadium. However, a win Saturday eases the tension in Dallas and would be a huge momentum boost.
Many of you do not have NFL Network. Fortunately, Loyal Homer does and has made plans to invite people over to watch the game. You should make plans to watch the game, too!
Read the arguments from Loyal Homer and Bleacher Fan about which games they believe are the best of the upcoming weekend or next week.
I am reaching beyond the confines of the upcoming weekend into Tuesday for what I believe will be the next best, must-watch game between the Cougars of BYU and the Beavers of Oregon State in the 2009 Las Vegas Bowl.
First, if you are a loyal TSD reader you know I am a big fan of the bowl games. No, the bowl system is not perfect, but it is great for the true college football game. Weird matchups, star players showcased, and every play in the playbook are on display during bowl games. Playing in a bowl game is the equivalent of a championship game for everyone of these teams, and while the teams do not have a home crowd to play in front of, each team plays with a passion and intensity found only in games with big implications.
These two teams present a great matchup for any offense-loving college football fan. BYU is ranked 18th in the country in offense while Oregon State comes in at number 28. The Beavers boast an excellent running game with Jacquizz Rodgers while the Cougars feature one of the more accomplished quarterbacks in the entire country in senior Max Hall.
Of the two offenses, BYU has an edge. Hall has completed nearly 68 percent of his passes on the season and tossed 30 touchdowns, including two – and a last second, game-winning drive – against then-third ranked Oklahoma to begin the season. Hall is capable of having a big game throwing to his favorite targets tight end Dennis Pitta, who has seven touchdowns and 51 receptions on the year, and receiver O’Neill Chambers who has added another 31 receptions.
While BYU has a great offense, Oregon State’s defense is also good, and has gotten progressively better as the season continued. Also, having navigated the offense-happy Pac-10 and still preserved a top 50 spot in total defense nationally is impressive. The key for Oregon State is putting pressure on Max Hall. The pressure mostly likely will come from defensive lineman Stephen Paea and Gabe Miller – who have four sacks between them – and linebacker Dwight Roberson on the blitz. Because Hall is so proficient at getting the ball out of his hands quickly and identifying the defensive weakness due to blitz, blitzes will have to come up the middle of the field, making Roberson the most likely blitzer of the bunch.
For once in a bowl game no coach is coaching his last game with a university and no interim head coach is at the helm. As a result, fans will witness two very well prepared teams compete at a high level in every aspect of the game. What more could a fan want?
The 2009 Las Vegas bowl will mark BYU’s fifth appearance in the last five seasons, with a record of 2-2. Max Hall’s personal record under center in this game is 1-1. To break the tie favorably Hall will have to handle the blitz, and the Cougars will have to contain a powerful offensive attack from the Beavers. The strong matchups, the lack of coaching drama, and the history in this game for Hall and the Cougars make this the best game of THIS week to watch!
Read the debate intro and arguments from Babe Ruthless and Loyal Homer about whether or not Brian Kelly should have coached the University of Cincinnati’s BCS bowl game.
It is not often that someone can win a debate by answering the debate question with another question. That is exactly what happened, and this time it worked in Babe Ruthless’ favor! Babe Ruthless posed the rhetorical question – “Would I drop everything at my current position if I was offered the job of my dreams?” My honest answer to that question is, “Yes, I would.” It is important to finish what you start… MOST of the time. Cincinnati’s former head coach, Brian Kelly, is not building a model airplane or remodeling his bathroom, though. Coaching Cincinnati was Brian Kelly’s job (note the past tense of that phrase). Kelly’s CURRENT job is to be the head coach of Notre Dame. As much as he may have been committed to seeing Cincinnati succeed (and I am sure he will be rooting for Cincinnati in the Sugar Bowl), his priority became the success of Notre Dame the moment that he signed his contract.
This is not an attempt to deny Bearcats players and fans their frustration, anger, or disappointment in Kelly’s decision. As Loyal Homer points out, it is a bitter pill to swallow when you have expected support from someone, then at the moment you perceive the greatest need for that person, they are either unable or unwilling to provide the promised support. The fact that they do not like his decision, though, does not mean it is the incorrect one.
Consider the implications had Kelly made the decision to coach Cincinnati in its bowl game. He would have been splitting his time between two universities, each with very different needs. As a result, he would be unable to fully commit himself to either. Notre Dame needs Kelly to focus on building a staff and recruiting to the university. How can he be expected to do that if he is studying film in Cincinnati? Likewise, how can he truly focus on preparing to take on the Florida Gators if his true employer is demanding his time elsewhere? It would be unfair to BOTH institutions if he were to try and split his focus between the two.
Kelly’s decision, although unpopular in the Queen’s City, was the right one to make. Notre Dame is his new home, and his new employer. Having contractually agreed to lead Notre Dame’s football program, he owes them 100% of his time and energy TODAY, not in one month after he coaches more for a school he no longer formally works for.
If it is any consolation to the Bearcat faithful, Rich Rodriguez’s absence on the sideline when the West Virginia Mountaineers took on Oklahoma in the 2008 Fiesta Bowl did not seem to have an impact at all, and Rodriguez has failed to even sniff a HOPE of playing in the BCS since leaving Morgantown. As fate has already seen fit to provide a little karmic payback for what Rodriguez did at West Virginia, perhaps the monkey’s paw has something similar in store for Kelly!
Cincinnati has been dealt a difficult blow, but the worst thing the team could do now is to wallow in self-pity. Instead, use the situation as motivation as they prepare for the Gators on January 1st!
Read the arguments from Babe Ruthless and Loyal Homer about whether or not Brian Kelly should have coached the University of Cincinnati’s BCS bowl game.
It was viewed as the height of treachery.
On December 17th, 2007, despite repeated denials that he was not leaving West Virginia, Rich Rodriguez announced that he would be the new head coach of the Michigan Wolverines. While there were many factors within Rodriguez’s exit from Morgantown that led to his vilification, one of the biggest reasons for the ill-will was his seeming abandonment of the Mountaineers as they prepared for a BCS Bowl Game. Instead of sticking around and coaching West Virginia in the biggest game of the season, he took the Michigan job and left the Mountaineers without a coach when they arguably needed him most.
In 2009, the University of Cincinnati Bearcats played to a perfect 12-0 record, won a second Big East Conference championship, and are scheduled to take on the Florida Gators in the Allstate Sugar Bowl on New Year’s Day. Like the Mountaineers of two years ago, though, the Bearcats will be without the head coach that led them to a perfect season. Brian Kelly, who just wrapped up his third season as the head coach of the Cincinnati Bearcats, accepted the position of head coach at Notre Dame and will not be on the sidelines for the Bearcats as they play to close out their season in perfect fashion.
Understandably, many of the Bearcats players are upset by Kelly’s decision. Quotes like “I’m fairly disgusted with the situation” and “He went for the money” and “It’s like someone turned their back on us” have been heard throughout Cincinnati’s locker room. After having successfully navigated through the entire college football season, it makes sense that the players would feel betrayed, used, or abandoned because their coach has left them for greener pastures. For Kelly’s part, he has defended his decision by stating that his job is now to build a successful program at Notre Dame. While he loved his time spent in Cincinnati, he had to shift his focus to his new job, which meant that he could not coach Cincinnati in January.
Thus, today’s topic – Should Brian Kelly have stayed to coach the University of Cincinnati in the BCS bowl game?
This is a very complicated question. Brian Kelly was forced to choose between two conflicting loyalties. On one hand, Kelly had spent the past three years building a program in Cincinnati, and those years of hard work finally paid off. After building strong relationships with his players and implementing his plan on the field, Kelly had elevated the Bearcat program as close to the pinnacle of success as it has ever been. It only seems right that Kelly should stick around and finish what he started.
On the other hand, he is now a hired employee of Notre Dame. As such, he is paid by the university to make the football program successful.
In debating this issue, Babe Ruthless will argue that Kelly made the right decision by deciding not to coach Cincinnati, while Loyal Homer will argue that Kelly should have stuck around to finish what he started before moving on to his new responsibilities in South Bend.
Burned bridges may be a Bear(cat) to deal with, but does the luck of the (Fighting) Irish make it all worthwhile?
Currently there seems to be a whole lot criticism of Brian Kelly for his decision to leave the head coaching job at Cincinnati for the head coaching job at Notre Dame before the big Sugar Bowl showdown with Florida. Sorry Cincinnati fans, but you are going to have to face the facts – Brian Kelly is gone and he had the right to leave.
Cincinnati needs to man up about the whole situation because I am starting to get a whole “woe is me” vibe from the Bearcats. That has no place in college football. (Crying?! There’s no crying in football!) In fact, Cincinnati fans should knock off the whole “he left us before our big game” act or else they are going to come off as hypocrites. Though it may seem like an eternity ago to Bearcat fans still riding the high of Cincinnati’s Kelly era success, just three years ago Kelly did the exact same thing to Central Michigan University, but I do not remember too many voices in Cincinnati questioning Kelly’s ethics then. What’s that Bearcats? Coach got your tongue? (Get it? They are cats… the Bearcats… whatever, you get my point.)
I am sure that many at Central Michigan felt equally “betrayed” and “abandoned” – if not more so – when the Chippewas lost the coach that brought the programs its first winning season in seven years for a bigger, flashier coaching gig. I am sure that many Chippewa players felt stabbed in the back when their beloved coach left them before their big game – the Motor City Bowl. But I do not remember too much sympathy coming from the Cincinnati fans. In my opinion, Kelly’s detractors can either admit that since Kelly left Central Michigan before their big game it is only fair that he leaves under similar circumstances or they can form a support group for hypocritical crybaby college football fans. I think they should choose the first option, though I find the latter far more interesting.
Kelly brought the Cincinnati program to the top of the Big East Conference. He brought them an undefeated regular season in 2009, and somehow he is the villain for using this success to get a promotion. All of Coach Kelly’s critics need to put themselves in his shoes. Sure, he might have made promises to the team that will now go unfulfilled. Yes, he is leaving them just before one of the biggest games in the school’s history, but would you really do anything differently? If you think Coach Kelly is selling out, ask yourself this question and really, really try to be honest about it: “Would I drop everything at my current position if I was offered the job of my dreams?”
Kelly has earned a promotion and, like anyone else, he has the right to accept it. If a Double A pitcher gets the call to move up to the majors during the minor league postseason, should he turn it down so he can stay with his teammates? No, that would be ludicrous because a shot at the big leagues is his ultimate goal. Similarly, Kelly’s ultimate goal should be to coach winning football at the highest level of competition possible. That is exactly what the job at Notre Dame offers him.
Brian Kelly is admittedly one of “my boys.” I have liked him since 2002. That year he was the head coach at Grand Valley State, a Division II school in Michigan. I was a junior at Valdosta State University when his Lakers beat my Blazers 31-24 in the national championship. I came away obviously upset that we lost the game, but I gained immediate admiration for Mr. Kelly. He ran my kind of offense, which is a pass heavy offense. I followed him from a distance at Central Michigan, and absolutely was a huge fan of his Cincinnati teams. I feel pretty confident that he will turn Notre Dame around. Despite the love fest for Kelly, he does not have my support on one thing. He has chosen to begin his duties in South Bend immediately, and for that, he most definitely does NOT have my support!
It really is a tricky situation when a coach leaves one team and goes to another in between the end of the regular season and the bowl game. It happens on a yearly basis with assistant coaches, but not as often with head coaches. The coach has to ask himself, “Do I stay and finish what I started?” or “Do I move on to my new job?” Kelly obviously felt the need to move on and therefore, left some very upset Bearcat players and fans behind. Several players have spoken out against him, and even some unruly fans decided to egg his house.
The bottom line is that Kelly owed the Bearcat players enough commitment to finish what he started. In three years Kelly and his staff recruited the majority of the team. He went into the homes of these players and told them and their families that Cincinnati, Ohio was the place to be. He told anyone that would listen that Cincinnati is no longer a “stepping stone.” In other words, he would not use Cincinnati to get another job. And then after the come from behind win over Pittsburgh to win the Big East title for the second consecutive year, he told his players that he was not going anywhere. Five days later, his bags were packed with a one way ticket to South Bend.
This group of Bearcats has a chance to play the all-mighty Florida Gators in the Allstate Sugar Bowl and finish the season undefeated. While the Bearcats will not win the national title, the team does at least enter a discussion amongst fans about which team is the best team in the country at season’s end the writers for (The Sports Debates had that very same discussion last night). I actually think the Bearcats had a very good shot at beating Florida before all of this happened. Now, I do not feel as strongly about that.
Kelly laid the foundation down. He oversaw the building of the house. And just as the house is nearing completion, he abandons it. Kelly heads out of Dodge just before the finished product is showcased to the world. That is what Brian Kelly has done here, and it is wrong. It is one thing to leave after the bowl game. It is quite another to leave at this point. Booooooooooooooooooo on you Coach Kelly!!! Boo on you for not being LOYAL to your team!
Notre Dame has one of those football teams most fans just love to hate. They bring passion out of fans that do not normally show much passion. When Notre Dame is winning, excuses are made as to why. “Their schedule is easy” or “NBC has it rigged” often come up. When they are losing or are inconsistent the haters come out in full force. “Notre Dame can’t compete with the big boys anymore” and “even with NBC money, they still can’t produce a winner.” These are comments I often hear out amongst the public.
Off the record, Bleacher Fan has not been shy about his dislike for the Golden Domers. That really comes across, in a respectful way, in the argument with a comparison of the Fighting Irish to the likes of Ohio State, Southern Cal, and the entire SEC (notice Bleacher Fan’s affection for the SEC). According to Bleacher Fan, it is still a marquee job… but it is not THE best job.
Babe Ruthless, on the other hand, believes the job still is the best in college football. Babe writes that while it is a challenging job, it is also a job that has many rewards. To an extent, I do agree with Mr. Ruthless when that, “The words ‘Notre Dame’ are synonymous with football.” Notre Dame has had decent basketball teams in the past several seasons while playing in the Big East, but everyone knows Notre Dame for one thing. Football.
While I appreciate Babe bringing up “Rudy,” as it’s one of my favorite sports movies, I have to side with Bleacher Fan on this one.
Mr. Fan successfully illustrates the success other programs have had in the past several years. While not discounting the history and tradition in South Bend, the numbers presented by Bleacher Fan prove the head coaching position at Notre Dame no longer reigns as the best.
I am not a Notre Dame hater. But even the most passionate Irish fans have to believe that there are many other head coaching positions that are better jobs. After all, hasn’t Urban Meyer defied Notre Dame on two separate occasions, first to become head coach at Florida and then remain at Florida? This is despite all of his ties to Notre Dame.
Supporters of a football program like Notre Dame demand success. Unfortunately, those demands have not been made recently. Thus, while still one of the top head coaching jobs in college football, it is not THE top job.
Flash back 20 years ago to 1989. Michael Jordan had not yet won an NBA title. The Oakland A’s were a dominant baseball team. The San Francisco 49ers were a dominant football team… and Notre Dame was “THE” program in college football. The Fighting Irish were coming off of a national championship in 1988 and nearly repeated the feat in 1989 under master motivator and South Bend legend Lou Holtz. The program was the king of the college football castle.
Now flash forward to the present day.
Michael Jordan won six NBA titles, the last of which was earned 11 years ago. Oakland and San Francisco hardly resemble championship caliber organizations… and the Irish… well… the success on the field has been limited lately.
The Fighting Irish have won 10 games in a season twice since 1993, in 2002 (10-3) and 2006 (10-3). Until last season’s victory against Hawai’i in, you guessed it, the Hawai’i Bowl, the Fighting (well, apparently not enough fighting…) Irish had lost nine consecutive bowl games dating back to 1993. The last three head coaches – Bob Davie, Tyrone Willingham, and Charlie Weis – have gone a combined 91-68 in the past 13 seasons. Combine that with Holtz’s 87-20 in his last nine seasons and it is quite obvious that the program has slipped, that it is not exactly “playing like a champion.” Notre Dame fans are hoping Brian Kelly is the man to right the ship.
However, Notre Dame football is still a draw. The fact that The Sports Debates is even having this debate today proves that Notre Dame football is still very much relevant in today’s college football landscape. How many other schools can boast an exclusive television contract? How many other schools have the tradition Notre Dame holds close? It’s hard to argue against the attention that Notre Dame gets in football.
That leads to today’s debate topic – Is Notre Dame still the best job in college football?
Bleacher Fan will argue that head football coach at Notre Dame is no longer the best job in college football, while Babe Ruthless will argue that it still remains the best job!
The winner of this debate gets the honor of leading the Fighting Irish band in the playing of the Notre Dame fight song! Ha!
Describing Notre Dame as the best head coaching job in college football is like saying that the best head coaching job in the NFL is with the Cleveland Browns. Both jobs are for storied programs with a great history (and exposure in front of a loyal, rabid fan base), and both are about as stable as a toilet-paper table in quicksand.
If you haven’t noticed, the revolving door has been spinning on high in South Bend over the past few years. During Notre Dame’s hey-day, coaches like Knute Rockne, Ara Parseghian, and even Lou Holtz, stuck around for 10-15 years at a time. Brian Kelly, who was just last week named the newest head coach of the Fighting Irish, will become the FOURTH head coach since Holtz retired 13 years ago. It seems to me that the best head coaching job in college football should be one that comes with a little stability.
Make no mistake, Notre Dame is a step up for Brian Kelly. With all due respect to the University of Cincinnati, he now has a marketing machine at his disposal to help him recruit talent to a more prestigious institution than Cincinnati. Do not confuse a step up in caliber from Cincinnati as being the best coaching job, though. There are too many other jobs in the NCAA that offer more pay, more support, success, and a LOT more security.
The Ohio State Buckeyes
The Buckeyes program offers just as much prestige and history as the Notre Dame Fighting Irish, but they have managed to remain relevant in the national conversation over the past 20 years. Unlike the Irish, who have not been able to claim a national title since 1988, Ohio State has won a national championship in the last 10 years, and has played in the championship game twice in the past five seasons. This season also marks the fifth consecutive season the Buckeyes are participating in a BCS bowl game. Notre Dame has been absent from the BCS since 2005 (where they were soundly throttled by the Buckeyes).
You want history? The Buckeyes played their first season in 1890, only three years after Notre Dame’s first season. If legacy is what you’re after, the Buckeye’s head coaching history competes very favorably with Notre Dame’s. The Irish may have had Knute Rockne and Lou Holtz, but the Buckeyes had Paul Brown and Woody Hayes. Both schools also boast seven Heisman Trophy winners, but none have come from Notre Dame since 1987, when Tim Brown won the award. Once again proving their ongoing relevance, the Buckeyes have seen two Heisman winners SINCE Brown won it over 20 years ago, with Eddie George and Troy Smith earning the honor in 1995 and 2006, respectively. As for fan support, the Buckeyes play in front of an average home crowd of more than 100,000 for EVERY home game!
University of Southern California Trojans
Like Ohio State, USC carries history and tradition to rival Notre Dame, and their national relevance today far surpasses that of Notre Dame. What else does USC offer that Notre Dame does not? The top paying coaching job in the country! Pete Carroll earned a whopping $4.4M this year, which was the top draw for any college football coach. Sure, Charlie Weis earned a very respectable $4.2M at Notre Dame, but it was not the HIGHEST paying job.
The SEC
The model of success in college football today comes from the SEC. In terms of recruiting, Alabama has had one of the two best recruiting classes in the nation for three consecutive years. Before that, Florida was at the top of the recruiting heap. In the time of Alabama and Florida’s recruiting dominance, Notre Dame has had one successful year of recruiting in 2008 when they were ranked as having the second best recruiting class of the year. Outside of 2008, Notre Dame has not had a recruiting class better than eighth.
How has that recruiting success worked out for the SEC? How about three consecutive national championships, with a possible fourth coming in January?! The SEC has provided some of the best talent to set foot on the gridiron over the past five seasons and all indications point to continued success for the foreseeable future. While Brian Kelly is tasked with trying to resurrect a Notre Dame program that has not seen championship-caliber football in twenty years, the coaches of the SEC seem to perennially experience nothing but victory.
All of these examples lead to the same conclusion – the head coaching position at Notre Dame is very impressive, but it is far from the best there is in the nation. There are plenty of programs with the history and legends that Notre Dame has. Whether the goal is to play in front of a monster-sized fan base (Ohio State), earn the highest paycheck in the country (USC), or to lead a program that successfully turns top-tiered recruiting classes into championship football teams annually (the SEC), there are better options than the Fighting Irish of Notre Dame.
At one time or another, most red-blooded American males have daydreamed about being a head football coach. Each week millions live vicariously through their most beloved play callers. But what do those lucky enough to actually be coaches dream about? I bet they dream of coaching for Notre Dame.
Notre Dame is by far the best coaching gig around. But, coaching at Notre Dame is not for everyone. If a coach is looking for a warm paradise to call home, then Indiana may not be at the top of the list. If a coach is looking for a soft schedule littered with pushovers, then I suggest continuing the search. And if a coach is hoping for a small market free from media intrusions, then Notre Dame is certainly not the right school. But if a coach seeks a challenging schedule, a team with an enormous national fan base, and a rich legacy steeped in the tradition of winning, then there is no place better than Notre Dame.
The perks of coaching for Notre Dame are phenomenal. Notre Dame literally sets its own schedule. The Irish are one of a few schools that compete at an elite level of college football without having to play in an NCAA-affiliated conference. Despite lacking a conference affiliation the Irish are still BCS bowl eligible. Heck, they have their own “Notre Dame rule” where they are guaranteed a BCS bowl if they simply finish in the top eight of the BCS.
On top of all of the football perks, Notre Dame is one of the premier schools of scholar-athletes. In an era of prima donna players that create media circuses (e.g. Exhibit A: LeGarrette Blount), Notre Dame has attempted to establish a bastion for the academically focused student-athlete – a seemingly dying breed. The Irish also benefit from a national appeal to Roman Catholics, Americans of Irish Descent, and fans of great football. Take me, for example. I grew up a world apart from Indiana, but being the grandson of someone named Patrick Francis O’Reilly, was their any doubt I was going to pull for the Irish? I don’t think so. Notre Dame’s immense following draws crowds wherever the team plays, opening doors for invitations across the U.S., thus, creating another perk by making the Irish even more profitable.
Notre Dame football boasts an impressive list of accomplishments. The Irish lay claim to seven Heisman Trophy winners and 48 players and coaches in the College Football Hall of Fame. The Irish also have an impressive list of All-Americans and national championships to boot. Sure, other schools (like the University of Southern California, the University of Michigan, and The Ohio State University) have accomplishments and accolades to brag about as well. What sets the Notre Dame apart is its unrivaled history.
Tradition defines a team, and today the words “Notre Dame” are synonymous with football history. The ghosts of the Gold and Navy are interwoven into football’s past. Legends like Knute Rockne and the Four Horsemen are not only Fighting Irish heroes but icons of football history. Do I even have to evoke the name of Daniel “Rudy” Ruettiger? (Once all the “Rudy!” chants have stopped I will continue.)
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