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Why Notre Dame
Is Back on Top
Wall Street Journal, by Stephen Moore
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Original Article
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Posted By:tocsin, 1/6/2013 7:41:44 AM
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| The first time I met Lou Holtz was three years ago at a Republican policy retreat—he´s a friend of House Speaker John Boehner. At the time, Notre Dame was a mediocre football team following a string of disappointing seasons. Yet here was a former coach of the team—when it had last been a national power, from the mid-1980s to the mid-1990s—predicting a return to the glory days from a newly hired coach. Brian Kelly "will have Notre Dame back in the national championship game," Mr. Holtz said. "The man is a winner."
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Comments:
ROLL TIDE!
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Reply 1 - Posted by:
delsol, 1/6/2013 8:12:48 AM (No. 9101234)
Roll Tide!
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
starbaby, 1/6/2013 8:20:19 AM (No. 9101243)
I´ll add my two cents worth...Roll Tide!
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
smcchk, 1/6/2013 8:35:04 AM (No. 9101265)
Love Lou and love thee, Notre Dame! I was a freshman in ´73 and hoping for a repeat 40 years later.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
mominNoCA, 1/6/2013 8:35:25 AM (No. 9101267)
Go Irish!
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
fysammy, 1/6/2013 8:37:20 AM (No. 9101270)
ND has about 36 hours to revel in this discussion, then Alabama will send them back to the dust bin of runnerups.
Roll Tide, GO SEC!!
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
mitzi, 1/6/2013 8:37:41 AM (No. 9101272)
Go Irish!
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
TunnelRat, 1/6/2013 8:40:47 AM (No. 9101282)
Notre Dame 12-0
Alabama 12-1
If ´Bama wins, Ohio State will be the only remaining unbeaten team...
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
cartcart, 1/6/2013 8:41:37 AM (No. 9101283)
I was a Notre Dame fan as a kid, and I am still a fan as a Grandpa. I am also a fan of Alabama going back to the 1960 era. Most of all, I am a fan of great football and this should be a great game no matter who wins.
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
Hobbiest, 1/6/2013 8:57:02 AM (No. 9101309)
For a while I disliked Notre Dame football because the fan base had become quite arrogant and entitled. A very long dry spell has knocked that out of them. Go Irish!
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
wilko, 1/6/2013 9:38:34 AM (No. 9101388)
I just hope it´s a good game. I get up early so if it looks like an early blow-out I´m going to bed. I lasted 5 minutes with Florida-Louisville.
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
jalo1951, 1/6/2013 9:40:21 AM (No. 9101391)
I was born and raised in So. Bend not far from ND. My grandparents were big fans and went to all the games and I had an uncle who was on the ground crew. I have had the pleasure of viewing several games in the ND stadium. 61 years later I am still a big fan. Lou was always my favorite coach and I continue to enjoy him as a commentator. I will be cheering for the Irish.
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
Peaches, 1/6/2013 9:45:22 AM (No. 9101404)
I absolutely hate Nick Saban, but I hate Notre Dame football even more. Roll Tide!
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
King of all trolls, 1/6/2013 9:51:11 AM (No. 9101412)
Roll Tide! Forgive me, Lord.
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
BeatleJeff, 1/6/2013 9:57:00 AM (No. 9101418)
Notre Dame is back on top because they play a patsy schedule. The Tide should roll pretty easily in this one.
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Reply 15 - Posted by:
Tusker, 1/6/2013 10:07:12 AM (No. 9101433)
Roll Tide!
"In nomine Patris, et Filii, et Spiritus Sancti."
Amen.
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Reply 16 - Posted by:
lakerman1, 1/6/2013 10:11:08 AM (No. 9101446)
Notre Dame is a second rate academic institution, supposedly Catholic, whose president chose to honor President Zero, the abortionist in chief.
Separate from that, Notre Dame beat Syracuse in 1960 with a favorable ruling from an in the tank official, handing ND the victory after time ran out.
Finally, Notre Dame has an automatic advantage in recruiting, and has not done much with it for several decades.
On the other hand, I don´t like Alabama either.
So I hope they both lose. That´s the kind of guy I am.
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Reply 17 - Posted by:
smcchk, 1/6/2013 10:27:47 AM (No. 9101465)
"Hate" Notre Dame? I despise Obama and Democrats for ruining our country, lives and prosperity but I rarely say ´hate´. Let´s keep some perspective. It´s a football game. Some of us are alumni of these schools. I haven´t read one ND supporter´s comment say they ´hate´ Alabama. This shouldn´t be spiteful.
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Reply 18 - Posted by:
RPool, 1/6/2013 10:40:34 AM (No. 9101481)
Kelly abandoned his Cincinnati players as, they prepared for bowl play, to take this job. Character counts.
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Reply 19 - Posted by:
Baracks Sox, 1/6/2013 11:24:51 AM (No. 9101539)
My senior year at ND included that wonderful 1973 championship game against the Tide. For what it´s worth, I always liked Bear Bryant.
I hope the years ahead will include more ND Tide games in the regular season . As an aside, I did stop my donations to ND after the Obama fiasco.
Nonetheless, Go Irish!
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Reply 20 - Posted by:
mitzi, 1/6/2013 11:30:27 AM (No. 9101547)
#11 - I´ve been to several games at ND also. Last time was in 2006 ND beat Purdue 35 - 21. I still have the game shirt ... I wear it to the gym.
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Reply 21 - Posted by:
fayebeck, 1/6/2013 11:35:14 AM (No. 9101557)
Is Notre Dame the only team with a National Network?
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Reply 22 - Posted by:
Philipsonh, 1/6/2013 11:55:53 AM (No. 9101597)
Hey, I am a Cleveland Browns fan. How do you think I feel ? Its tough to hang in with a losing team for 50+ years.
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Reply 23 - Posted by:
kanphil, 1/6/2013 12:25:59 PM (No. 9101640)
I can´t say one bad thing about Lou Holtz. But ND?? If you read the article carefully, you´ll see hints that the school has weakened academic stardards in order to broaden sports recruiting. They have become a stellar football school with decent academics rather than what they used to be, a stellar academic school with a decent sports program. A close friend, an ND graduate, no longer recommends the school for academics.
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Reply 24 - Posted by:
DaBigGuy, 1/6/2013 12:31:59 PM (No. 9101652)
#14 - Strength of schedule: ND 12, Bama 30.
Want to compare the number of bowl teams each played?
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Reply 25 - Posted by:
lakerman1, 1/6/2013 12:33:21 PM (No. 9101653)
second post apologies, but-
Notre Dame has never had a stellar academic reputation. They are second tier, at best.
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Reply 26 - Posted by:
Hotrod, 1/6/2013 1:39:20 PM (No. 9101735)
Roll Tide! Nick Saban is a great coach. He is strict with the players on integrity, honor, teamwork and academics.
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Reply 27 - Posted by:
jmeyer310, 1/6/2013 6:34:42 PM (No. 9102057)
Just wondering. The start of the article says the game is on Tuesday, but that´s the 8th. My online TV guide says it´s on at 5:30PM PST on Monday, the 7th.
My 14 year-old has soccer both evenings. What should I set my DVR to record, Mon. or Tue.?
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Reply 28 - Posted by:
smcchk, 1/6/2013 7:34:36 PM (No. 9102140)
Monday!
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Reply 29 - Posted by:
BeatleJeff, 1/8/2013 9:39:21 AM (No. 9104685)
#24 - I believe my comment was vindicated last night. What was it again that Mark Twain said about statistics?
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