It’s early September and that means one thing, college football season is underway! To start out I would like to point out the Hokies are 1-0, after putting up an impressive win over Appalachian State 66-13.
With that being said, let me move on to the point of this post, and that is the recent failures of the beloved Notre Dame fighting Irish.
First, a little background on my college football fan hood. Growing up in a family full of Notre Dame fans (typically of most Catholic families), I started the early years of my life cheering for them. But, that all changed when my brother decided to choose Virginia Tech as the college he was going to attend. After attending my first Hokies football game, my mindset changed to, “Notre Dame who?”
Ever since that faithful day, Notre Dame football has never been the same. Coincidence or not, I like to believe that my hatred for them led to their turmoil, but my sports knowledge knows better. The Irish have steadily been declining since the early 2000s and the most recent failure put the cherry on top of my successful first week of college football.
For those who are unaware, Notre Dame lost on Saturday 23-20 to the University of South Florida, in a lightning delayed game. But, it wasn’t the lightning that sparked headlines; it was the tirade coach and scumbag Brian Kelly threw on the sideline every time a mistake was made. Here is a link to an article that has the video of Kelly yelling embedded in it. http://www.thedetroitsportssite.com/2011/09/09/brian-kellys-embarrassing-behavior-not-just-limited-to-sidelines/6052.
Now, as a “practicing,” Catholic I am offended by the language used…. I am totally kidding, but there are plenty of people in the Notre Dame community, who will feel that exact way. Kelly has recently apologized for his actions and made a promise to be calmer on the sidelines. We’ll just see how that holds up when Tommy Rees throws an INT in the red zone. “God Speed,” Brian (OH ZING!).
My question I ask you is: when will Notre Dame stop receiving such national attention? I thought last year we were figuring it out when I didn’t see them in the top 25. But, leave it up to the BCS to go right back to tradition to fill their rankings. So here is my letter to them; Dear BCS: Lou Hotlzsssssss (in his words) is no longer there, they are no longer competing at a top level, they play NO ONE but, when they do they lose, and I reiterate what I hinted at; they suck!
This weekend, TRADITION SQUARES OFF AGAINST TRADITION (give me a break!), when The Irish travel to Ann Arbor to play Michigan in the first ever night game in the “Big House.” Let me start by saying, what a waste of a site for College Gameday, and sorry to all the fans of each team who read this, but this is far from a premier match-up, especially when Alabama is playing Penn State in the same weekend. But, I’m just happy that everyone will get to see (if they don’t already watch NBC every Saturday), Notre Dame lose another game and start their “come back” season 0-2. So, I say http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-aJROW6cuEM&feature=related
Oh, and GO HOKIES!
