[97fan]

Given all the hate for Bill Plaschke here, I'm surprised no one has posted his latest embarrassing column:

The bookmakers have made Alabama a nine-point favorite, surely making Notre Dame one of the biggest unbeaten underdogs in title-game history.

But there is one bit of Notre Dame lore for which Alabama has no answer. It occurred during another time the Irish faced a situation so dire. Notre Dame was 4-2 and facing an unbeaten Army team. The year was 1928, and maybe you've heard the story about the halftime speech when Coach Knute Rockne recounted the words of a former player.

"Some time, Rock, when the team is up against it, when things are going wrong and the breaks are beating the boys . . ."

Yep, Notre Dame and Rockne won one for the Gipper that day, beating Army, 12-6. It may sound corny, it may feel forced, but almost 85 years later, it's still kids, and it's still football, and the stage is set for a similar upset Monday.

The reality is that Rockne, who lost only 12 of the 122 games he coached, was usually right.

"Yes, I know that you feel you are not strong enough; that's what the enemy thinks too," Rockne once said. "But we're gonna fool them."

It's gonna happen again, Notre Dame fooling everyone with a victory in a game that feels like a Gipper speech. And, yeah, not to get all maudlin about it, but 12-6 sounds about right.

http://www.latimes.com/sports/college/fo...560.column

I actually don't have anything against Brian Kelly or Manti Teo or Everett Golson, so I found this column a great reminder on why I hate ND!

[97fan]

Given all the hate for Bill Plaschke here, I'm surprised no one has posted his latest embarrassing column:

The bookmakers have made Alabama a nine-point favorite, surely making Notre Dame one of the biggest unbeaten underdogs in title-game history.

But there is one bit of Notre Dame lore for which Alabama has no answer. It occurred during another time the Irish faced a situation so dire. Notre Dame was 4-2 and facing an unbeaten Army team. The year was 1928, and maybe you've heard the story about the halftime speech when Coach Knute Rockne recounted the words of a former player.

"Some time, Rock, when the team is up against it, when things are going wrong and the breaks are beating the boys . . ."

Yep, Notre Dame and Rockne won one for the Gipper that day, beating Army, 12-6. It may sound corny, it may feel forced, but almost 85 years later, it's still kids, and it's still football, and the stage is set for a similar upset Monday.

The reality is that Rockne, who lost only 12 of the 122 games he coached, was usually right.

"Yes, I know that you feel you are not strong enough; that's what the enemy thinks too," Rockne once said. "But we're gonna fool them."

It's gonna happen again, Notre Dame fooling everyone with a victory in a game that feels like a Gipper speech. And, yeah, not to get all maudlin about it, but 12-6 sounds about right.

http://www.latimes.com/sports/college/fo...560.column

I actually don't have anything against Brian Kelly or Manti Teo or Everett Golson, so I found this column a great reminder on why I hate ND!