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Notre Dame Fighting Irish (official thread of bowl failures)

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College Football Hall of Fame leaving South Bend, heading to the football mecca ... Atlanta.

College Football Hall of Fame moving to Atlanta - ESPN

Hall moving from South Bend to Atlanta

SOUTH BEND, Ind. -- The College Football Hall of Fame, which never managed to attract the number of visitors its organizers hoped for after moving it to South Bend in 1995, is being moved to Atlanta to bring it more exposure, organizers told the city.

The National Football Foundation notified the city of South Bend in a letter Tuesday that it is terminating its agreement with the city when its current lease ends on Dec. 31, 2010.

"We take this action not because of any failure on your part, but because we have an opportunity to take the exposure of the Hall of Fame to an entirely new level," wrote Archie Manning, chairman of the National Football Foundation and the College Football Hall of Fame.

South Bend Mayor Stephen Luecke said Wednesday that he met with football foundation officials on Tuesday and they told him that the move would be announced at a news conference Thursday in Atlanta. Officials with the National Football Foundation and the Hall of Fame did not respond to telephone messages Tuesday and Wednesday seeking comment.

Luecke said he was told a group in Atlanta had put together an impressive package, "including some sponsorships that we were never able to develop here in South Bend."

The hall moved to South Bend from Kings Mills, Ohio, in 1995 to take advantage of its proximity to Notre Dame. Supporters predicted it would attract more than 150,000 visitors a year, but it drew about 115,000 people the first year and about 60,000 annually after that.

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Bye Bye Miss American Pie



A long long time ago
I can still remember Touchdown Jesus made me smile
And I knew if I had my chance
That I could take a three point stance
And maybe they'd be happy for a while
But then the fat man made me shiver
With every paper I'd deliver
Bad news on the doorstep
I couldn't take one more step
I can't remember if I cried
When I read about our injured pride
But something touched me deep inside
The day the football died
{Refrain}
So, bye-bye, Miss American Pie
Drove my Chevy to the levee
But the levee was dry
And them good old boys were drinkin' whiskey and rye
Singin' this'll be the day that I die
This'll be the day that I die

 
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cincibuck;1546604; said:
"Maybe Notre Dame should bring its own refs to away games.

And it should staff the booth with its refs in home games.

I'm not talking about Big East refs. I mean referees paid by Notre Dame. Maybe Army and Navy if they want in.

The conference teams can bitch, but that's an admission of the conflict of interest this presents. If a Michigan or a Stanford refuses to play ND because of it, we'll play someone else. Notre Dame has to do something -- this or some other bold move." Domer Poster

Great find, Ord.

Maybe ND should join a conference. The Big East would be a perfect fit. No one to worry about except WVU. Puts them in a BCS Bowl even when they have a down season. Their own refs... as if their own network, their own PR firm, their own BCS rules, weren't enough. Oh, and Just ask Chris Collinsworth what happens when you say a discouraging word about ND on the air.
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I missed it...what happened to Collinsworth and what did he say?
 
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Bucklion;1549017; said:
I missed it...what happened to Collinsworth and what did he say?
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He made the mistake of trying to be an objective analyst on NDTV.

His willingness to be critical didn't sit well with NBC executives, Fighting Irish fans or even coach Lou Holtz, who became so upset with the commentaries that the two got in a screaming match in the team's offices one day. Holtz stormed off and walked into the men's restroom, and Collinsworth followed right behind him, still hollering as Holtz stood at the urinal.

"I even had priests unhappy with me," he says, shaking his head.

That's why I like Collinsworth. :biggrin:

Cincinnati Magazine
 
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Yesterday while I was at work, my wife took the rugrats to the newly opened IHOP for breakfast. As she (and our 9-year old son) explained to me, when they pulled in, they arrived right after another family, so were waiting patiently for the other family to get out of their car so my wife could pull into the parking space beside them. The woman in the other car finally got out and shot my wife a pissed-off look. No real reason for it, my wife even sighed, 'Wipe that pissed off look off your face, I'm not running over your husband and kids.'

That's when our boy, in the back seat, notices the interlocking ND on her jacket and proclaims, "She's probably just pissed off because she's a Notre Dame fan!"
 
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Dryden;1568818; said:
Yesterday while I was at work, my wife took the rugrats to the newly opened IHOP for breakfast. As she (and our 9-year old son) explained to me, when they pulled in, they arrived right after another family, so were waiting patiently for the other family to get out of their car so my wife could pull into the parking space beside them. The woman in the other car finally got out and shot my wife a [censored]ed-off look. No real reason for it, my wife even sighed, 'Wipe that [censored]ed off look off your face, I'm not running over your husband and kids.'

That's when our boy, in the back seat, notices the interlocking ND on her jacket and proclaims, "She's probably just [censored]ed off because she's a Notre Dame fan!"
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Classic. Purely classic. I can only hope my future children have the same "it" factor.

And uh, Lancaster has an IHOP!? C'mon Columbus, we gotta do better.
 
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Dryden;1568818; said:
That's when our boy, in the back seat, notices the interlocking ND on her jacket and proclaims, "She's probably just pissed off because she's a Notre Dame fan!"
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That's an astute observation from a nine year old. :lol:
 
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Dryden;1568818; said:
Yesterday while I was at work, my wife took the rugrats to the newly opened IHOP for breakfast. As she (and our 9-year old son) explained to me, when they pulled in, they arrived right after another family, so were waiting patiently for the other family to get out of their car so my wife could pull into the parking space beside them. The woman in the other car finally got out and shot my wife a [censored]ed-off look. No real reason for it, my wife even sighed, 'Wipe that [censored]ed off look off your face, I'm not running over your husband and kids.'

That's when our boy, in the back seat, notices the interlocking ND on her jacket and proclaims, "She's probably just [censored]ed off because she's a Notre Dame fan!"
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...at which point she ran them over, right? I do believe it's no longer a crime to run over ND fans (or, possibly, I just haven't been caught doing it yet).
 
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Merih;1568819; said:
Classic. Purely classic. I can only hope my future children have the same "it" factor.

And uh, Lancaster has an IHOP!? C'mon Columbus, we gotta do better.
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Don't know what happened to them, but Western Pancake House in Columbus used to be a better chain than IHOP and the guy that owned it Joe Skaggs was a real Buckeye fan. Hated Notre Dame.
 
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Looks like Charlie can celebrate the second biggest win of his ND career after today's 34-27 loss to USC in South Bend. Indiana pizza shops are on high alert.
 
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Steve19;1570218; said:
Don't know what happened to them, but Western Pancake House in Columbus used to be a better chain than IHOP and the guy that owned it Joe Skaggs was a real Buckeye fan. Hated Notre Dame.
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All gone, but Joe just opened a new shop right here in Grove City. Really need to get over there some morning.
 
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