My family is Irish and Catholic. I am the only one who is not really a big fan of ND, although I do respect Coach Weis a lot. Sister and brother-in-law both went to ND, and father is sickeningly obsessed with them.
Having gone to a few games with them (lots of ND-Navy games, seems I was always pulling for the underdog Middies), I can tell you there fan base is largely white Catholics. They go to mass en mass, and you wouldn't believe the amount of private Catholic schools there are in some parts of the country. Just about every kid wants to go to ND.
Having gone to a few games with them (lots of ND-Navy games, seems I was always pulling for the underdog Middies), I can tell you there fan base is largely white Catholics. They go to mass en mass, and you wouldn't believe the amount of private Catholic schools there are in some parts of the country. Just about every kid wants to go to ND.
haha you are correct billsfan...billsfan said:Dsethi is......and I have the fight song as my ring tone
been a diehard fan all my life, now a student there for a few more months.
immediate family have all become fans as well, once you take in a game at Notre Dame Stadium and tour the campus, it's hard not to like the place...
Sister Mary Penguin was not just in the Blues Brothers. I grew up in the pedophile system before I put my foot down (4th grade). What an absolute bitch....I thought I had already gone to hell.
Knowing what I know now, sounds like I got out with just a couple years to spare before getting my nuggets juggled.
Screw ND, screw NBC for starting the "every one of their games on tv" crap, and screw the pervs running the church.
Knowing what I know now, sounds like I got out with just a couple years to spare before getting my nuggets juggled.
Screw ND, screw NBC for starting the "every one of their games on tv" crap, and screw the pervs running the church.
If you grew up Irish Catholic--or just plain Catholic--in the Northeast in the seventies, the only college football team you know is Notre Dame, as they were one of the two college games that might be on TV on a particular Saturday. Boston College was irrelevant until the Flutie era in the mid-80's. (College football really isn't that big in the Northeast anyway.)
I grew up an ND fan, but didn't really jump on the bandwagon until the '88 national championship run. I was dating my (now) wife at the time and she had gone to high school with ND's quarterback at the time, Tony Rice.
Since then, I must be living in the opposite world as the J-man. I can't get away from Notre Dame fans. I've had three roommates/officemates during my time in the Navy that were ND grads and I've had ND grads for neighbors. Both my boss and one of my direct reports are huge ND fans.
I grew up an ND fan, but didn't really jump on the bandwagon until the '88 national championship run. I was dating my (now) wife at the time and she had gone to high school with ND's quarterback at the time, Tony Rice.
Since then, I must be living in the opposite world as the J-man. I can't get away from Notre Dame fans. I've had three roommates/officemates during my time in the Navy that were ND grads and I've had ND grads for neighbors. Both my boss and one of my direct reports are huge ND fans.
ope: :lolBIG:
