wanted to join me. He said he would have loved to but he was headed out of town. Father Ted was made famous by his warning to ND students in 1969 that they could demonstrate for 15 minutes but if they did not "cease and desist" after that, their student ID's would be taken. Upon getting good PR, Nixon named him to the head of the Civil Rights Board. Little did he know he was getting a liberal who either had demonstrated arm in arm with Dr. King or would shortly in the future.
As far as being a football fan, he was but not a super strong fan. Ironically he once said he looked forward to the time Navy would beat us once but hoped it was not this year. He referred to that many years.