Does anyone remember the "Lonesome End" of Army? How about the "Golden Girl" of Purdue?
Am I the oldest guy on this board?
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The Golden Girl, The Girl in Black,
and The Sliver Twins...all twirlers with the Purdue band.
The lonesome Army end...no clue.
For me, it was that 1993 FSU vs ND game. i remember watching lou holtz (some tiny dude with dorky glasses) commanding the entire sideline full of huge ND football players -- and knowing there was something special about that coach and that program at that time and i've been following ever since. If you had a ND jersey or ND bomber jacket on in my neighborhood (LA, CA circa mid 90s) you were the cool kid on the block.
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First real memory was watching Jarious Jackson home against Purdue in 1998 when I was 6. I was hooked ever since.
I remember sobbing after the loss to Nebraska in 2000. Chewed holes in my T-shirt during the 2005 Bush Push. Watched the 2006 driving rainstorm MSU comeback on a 10in TV in my parents closet because I was superstitious if I left we’d lose. Graduated in 2015.
I’ve always joked us younger Irish diehards are the true warriors because we never got to experience the dynasty years haha.
I remember sobbing after the loss to Nebraska in 2000. Chewed holes in my T-shirt during the 2005 Bush Push. Watched the 2006 driving rainstorm MSU comeback on a 10in TV in my parents closet because I was superstitious if I left we’d lose. Graduated in 2015.
I’ve always joked us younger Irish diehards are the true warriors because we never got to experience the dynasty years haha.
Yes, but not sure how much I remember the lonesome end as an eight year old vs stories about the lonesome end years later.
Born in 81, so I vaguely remember the late 80s teams, specifically Rocket, Watters, Stonebreaker, Zorich. For some reason, I only really remember games vs Colorado.
Have better memories from the early 90s- Mirer, Bettis, Brooks, etc. Games vs PSU and USC, Michigan.
Then got absolutely hooked in 93. Loved that team. That season was a blast. Especially the Michigan game. That was supposed to be an awesome Michigan team and we kicked their asses.
I agree w Holycrossover: Our generation is perhaps the toughest group of ND fans. The last 30 or so years haven’t always been easy.
Have better memories from the early 90s- Mirer, Bettis, Brooks, etc. Games vs PSU and USC, Michigan.
Then got absolutely hooked in 93. Loved that team. That season was a blast. Especially the Michigan game. That was supposed to be an awesome Michigan team and we kicked their asses.
I agree w Holycrossover: Our generation is perhaps the toughest group of ND fans. The last 30 or so years haven’t always been easy.
My earliest memory is of Leroy Keyes returning a fumble that he caught in midair at the goal line for a TD in the 1966 Purdue game, only to have Nick Eddy return the ensuing kickoff for a TD. After that, it seemed like it was all Hanratty to Seymour.
I don't remember the Purdue Golden Girl specifically, but I do remember that big drum.
I don't remember the Purdue Golden Girl specifically, but I do remember that big drum.
Didn't Pete Dawkins win the Heisman when they were using the Lonesome End? I know it was another guy that played the position...saved a lot of running not having to get back to huddle after every play...but that was still a couple of years before my arrival...my first ND memory is crying at the end of the '64 USC game...
Both,
in 1957 I bet on my first football game, OU vs ND, with my new neighbor who just moved in from Beaumont, TX.
I didn’t know about point spreads and emptied my piggy bank and bet him straight up
in 1957 I bet on my first football game, OU vs ND, with my new neighbor who just moved in from Beaumont, TX.
I didn’t know about point spreads and emptied my piggy bank and bet him straight up
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Correct me if I’m wrong but that game was in Norman and ND won 7-0 , ending the 47 game OU winning streak. Is that accurate?
My first ND football memory was Charlie Wards pass being knocked down in the end zone to secure the ND victory against number than number one Florida Stare.
Yes remember them all.
My first ND game saw Hanratty to Seymour beat Purdue with Griese
I suspect there are a number of chaps here sporting disposable incontinence apparatus of some kind!
Notre Dame was a 3 touchdown underdog against Oklahoma In 1957.
What most forget is that ND was the last team to beat Oklahoma, which then began their 47 game win streak.
If I knew about the point spread I don’t know if I would have made that bet.
What most forget is that ND was the last team to beat Oklahoma, which then began their 47 game win streak.
If I knew about the point spread I don’t know if I would have made that bet.
I have retraced my first memory of ND football. It was 1989, we were wearing white jerseys, and my Dad said "if Notre Dame doesn't score a touchdown on this play they aren't going to win." We did not. Of course I did not know what a 'touch down' was and wondered why they didn't just touch the ball down on the ground.
I remember them all.
The first ND game I watched (on TV) was when ND wrecked Oklahoma's 47 game winning streak in 1957. Been a ND fan ever since.
Good thread. Makes me appreciate some of the posters on this board. First memories were Tim Brown during the '87 season. Team had a shot at the national title heading into the final two weeks of the season.
I’m 10 years older than you and even I have no memory of ND winning a meaningful bowl game. If it goes on too long we will become Yale talking about glory days.
Mentally ?
Still a 15 year old juvenile delinquent !
Physically ?
In my 80’s hoping to remain active until 90 ! 👍
I think Campbell gained about 120 yards in that game, but he did not score. The real story, I think, is that Texas turned the ball over way too many times, some forced, some not, to have any shot.
You're talking about Dick Kazmaier.
Yes, the Ivy League was good then. Penn tied ND 7-7 in 1952. They were ranked 12th and ND, 10th.
That was a great ND team which finished THIRD despite losing two games to go with the Penn tie, which, incidentally, occurred in the opener. But the reason ND finished so high that seasons is that IT PLAYED 5 TOP TEN TEAMS, beating FOUR OF THEM. It was like a SEASON-LONG playoff.
For the record, an unranked Penn also gave ND a scare in the 53 game, losing by only 28-20. And THAT ND team finished UNDEFEATED with one tie.
What I find interesting is that the Ivy League's fall from TOP FLIGHT COMPETITIVENESS occurred at PRECISELY THE SAME TIME Heisburgh and Joyce were installed at ND. Might they have been noticing what was going on in the Ivy League at the very time ND first talked about DEEMPHASIZING FOOTBALL?
In other words, was that the beginning of IVY LEAGUE ENVY and the first time the idea of PRIORITIZING ELITE EDUCATION OVER FOOTBALL arose? Was ND, in fact, trying to FOLLOW the Ivy League?
Mind you, it's just a QUESTION. But I also find it an INTRIGUING COINCIDENCE.
