While looking through videos to embed for my response to the great thread below about favorite USC plays, I came across this gem.
I had never heard this story before. If you had Emil, you will appreciate this. USC week was a big deal to him. I remember him talking up the game all week in class the year I had him. Pretty awesome stuff.
Faust gets a lot of criticism, but this serves as a good reminder that he certainly had some big wins. Unranked ND going on the road to knock off #1 Pitt in November is about as big as it gets.
randomly from his Fri AM reviews, and we went to the Morris Inn both times. Good memories.
alumni club dinners and was an absolute charming joy.
He was a gigantic icon.
Link: https://magazine.nd.edu/stories/the-excellently-extraordinary-iconic-emil-t/