Ahhh, a good old pissing contest about how great a Notre Dame fan you are and what a vast storehouse of Irish informtation you posses...allow me to toss my credibility cap into the ring...
(It's times like these that I miss Oldbender's input...for those of you around awhile, you remember him...perhaps the most knowledgably and informative poster on here...right up there with the dear, departed Mr. Somogyi)
Anyway...are you a credible Notre Dame source on which to judge how big a spanking yesterday was? Future has seen 150 games all over the damn country (I assume none in Ireland?), whereas:
1) I obtained my graduate education at Notre Dame;
2) I have seen over 175 games around the country (with the tick stubs to prove it - see #8 below);
3) I obtained tickets for my parents to see the 1996 game in Dublin (had to work couldn't make it);
4) A distant (3rd or 4th cousin) from the Pennsylvania side of the family emigration from Ireland taught at Notre Dame for two years during WWII;
5) During my time at ND, I played catch for 30 minutes with Tom Clements on his way out of the Law School, during which time we discussed his career with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats, and his destruction thereof in the 1984 Grey Cup;
6) Bought Terry Andrysiak beers at a bar in Hamilton, Ontario while he was QB for the Tiger-Cats;
7) Had Lou Holts inquire as to my availability to walk-on while I was kicking and punting a few balls around the intramural fields one Sunday morning...he was crushed when I informed him I could not because I was a grad student and had no more eligibility;
8) I have 1135 catalogued pieces of Notre Dame memorabilia including programs, ticket stubs (see #2 above), jerseys, pennants, mini-footballs, min-helmets...
So, I think I am qualified to say this was one mo-fo ass-kicking, comparable to the 1996 Rutgers massacre at Notre Dame stadium (62-0), during which, by-the-way, I was installing a Notre Dame-themed ceiling fan in my parents' basement...
One must think like a child to address a child...
