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Notre Dame (football only discussion)

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BUCKYLE;1907145; said:
THAT'S who I was thinking of. Joe Montgomery.
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Confusing players you watched in your youth is a sign that you're getting old.

Trust me - I'm always getting Chic Harley and Gaylord Stinchcomb mixed up.
 
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BB73;1907198; said:
Confusing players you watched in your youth is a sign that you're getting old.

Trust me - I'm always getting Chic Harley and Gaylord Stinchcomb mixed up.
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But Ben Franklin didnt have as quick a release as Sam Adams...still, Sam could brew a killer grog of beer.
 
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BUCKYLE;1907114; said:
Rivalry?! Are you fucking kidding me?
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Yeah, its an older one. They haven't played in over 15 years, '95 was the last game they had where Northwestern upset them to start the season. I was just starting to go to games at this point, I barely remember us ever playing Northwestern. They've played nearly 50 games over the years. Heres what I found in a Wiki:

This rivalry began in 1889, one of the oldest in Fighting Irish football annals. It has been suggested that the nickname, "Fighting Irish," originated during that first meeting when Northwestern fans chanted, "Kill those Irish! Kill those fighting Irish!" at halftime. Northwestern University and Notre Dame had a yearly contest from 1929 to 1948, with the winner taking home a shillelagh[16], much like the winner of the USC-Notre Dame contest now receives. The Northwestern-Notre Dame shillelagh was largely forgotten by the early 1960s. Northwestern ended the series after 1948, as did several other schools who were getting tired of being beaten year in and year out by Notre Dame, and the two schools would not meet again until 1959. By then, Ara Parseghian was coaching the Wildcats, who notched four consecutive victories over Notre Dame between 1959 and 1962. After Ara came to Notre Dame, he posted a 9-0 docket against his old team. In fact, the Fighting Irish did not lose to Northwestern again until their most recent meeting in September of 1995, which was the beginning of a Rose Bowl season for the Wildcats. Notre Dame holds a 37-8-2 edge against the Wildcats
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I'm surprised they don't list Tennessee as a rival, I mean, hell, beating the 10-3 Volunteers team in 2004 was arguably their greatest football accomplishment of the past decade (and they beat them AGAIN in 2005, only the Volunteers ended up being 5-6 that year... but still- TENNESSEE).
 
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ulukinatme;1907228; said:
Yeah, its an older one. They haven't played in over 15 years, '95 was the last game they had where Northwestern upset them to start the season. I was just starting to go to games at this point, I barely remember us ever playing Northwestern. They've played nearly 50 games over the years. Heres what I found in a Wiki:
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tOSU has played NW over 70 times. We're in the same fuckin' conference. They've beaten tOSU as recently as...2004. They are NOT our fucking rival. Fucking ridiculous.
 
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