Grasshoppers. Imagine feeling jacked about another season over 50 years since graduation
In an age when so many suffer from sports adhd it feels so enriching to care about this generation’s Irish lads. I still see them as students at the school of our lady who toil and battle for our appreciation. At 78 I am still moved to watch them sway in sync at the end of every contest, win or lose, as they sing the Alma mater along with the student body. As the final words emphatically affirm, we LOVE thee, Notre Dame.
Corny right? It still feels good.
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Re: Grasshoppers. Imagine feeling jacked about another season over 50 years since graduation
85 years old. Irish fan since 1947.
No one roots for NF football to win more than me. I hope we never experience a loss at home,
let alone anywhere. The "singing and swaying" obviously is not enjoyed by the players after a loss. And the most important thing at the time, the players privacy moments after a loss is what I hurt for.. After a loss I am ticked, not at the players but often about our fans who give up too early or yell and swear at the players and coaches during the game. Singing and swaying after a win is fine by me.
When the players live just down the hall from you, it provides a much different perspective.
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Wish today's students could enjoy the experience of being jammed shoulder to shoulder in the old
Fieldhouse and feel the emotion while cheering till you're hoarse for the players and coaches at the beginning of the "Era of Ara"...
Here's to a New Era of Notre Dame Football...GO IRISH!
Fair enough but I wish we'd had night games with light shows and music back in ancient times.
On the other hand... I'm not crazy about staying in SB overnight.
A classmate of mine shies away from night games, and his wife flat out refuses to go to them...
...perhaps if Officer Tim McCarthy were still issuing PSAs about Traffic Safety after the third quarter, things would be a lot better ;-)
"May I have your Attention, Please..." (see link)
Link: https://fightingirish.com/may-i-have-your-attention-please-sergeant-tim-mccarthy/
Extremely corny for you...but not for someone like me who graduated over 40 years ago...
J/K. Enjoy it! Go Irish!
43 here (actually 39; grad school)…Go Irish!
Lot of old geezers here
We geezers always need to resist our maudlin tendencies.
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Not corny at all. ND is smart in staying independent and maintaining traditions.
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Not corny at all. Go Irish.
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58 years here. everything you said still holds true. go, irish!
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Awesome
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