10-30-2023, 01:51 PM
I'm glad this strange new re-entry policy didn't exist in 2001. My son (then 11 years old) and I watched the Notre Dame home game on tv. It was a late kickoff on Thanksgiving weekend, I believe, and it was quite rainy and windy that day.
LSJU defense did well in the 3rd quarter and when the rain subsided, we decided to head over to the stadium and were allowed in, for free, for the 4th quarter! I just looked it up to confirm - LSJU scored 2 TDs in the 4th quarter and won 17-13! It was then on to the Seattle Bowl.
From GoStanford.com:
"Kenneth Tolon scored on a 1-yard pitch with 1:08 to play as No. 13 Stanford's slumbering offense woke up just in time for a rain-soaked 17-13 victory over Notre Dame on Saturday night.
Driving winds, intermittent rain and two hyped-up defenses created miserable conditions for both offenses. Stanford's Randy Fasani and Notre Dame's Holiday and Matt LoVecchio all had games they would rather forget - but Fasani got the ball to his running backs late in the contest, who carried the Cardinal to victory.
Holiday threw a first-quarter touchdown pass but finished the night 1-for-16 for Notre Dame, which wasted an outstanding defensive game with an equal amount of offensive ineptitude. As Holiday's miserable night wore on, he saw the Irish's bowl hopes disappear with his completion percentage.
"It's just one of those things you dream about, but you hope it doesn't ever happen," said Holiday, speaking of his performance but also describing Notre Dame's season. "It's not anybody's fault. We just didn't get any plays that we needed to get."
Casey Moore also scored on a late run as the Cardinal (8-2), ranked fifth in the nation in scoring and ninth in total offense, plodded unsuccessfully through the first 3 quarters under Fasani, whose return after a month out with injuries was fairly dismal.
"Our offensive line started dominating in the fourth quarter," Fasani said. "Those last couple of drives, it was great to hand the ball off."
Stanford put together two impressive scoring drives in the fourth quarter to end the bowl chances of Notre Dame (4-6), which fell to 1-9 in night games under coach Bob Davie.
Tank Williams intercepted LoVecchio's pass with 54 seconds left to seal the victory. Notre Dame completed two passes all night."
LSJU defense did well in the 3rd quarter and when the rain subsided, we decided to head over to the stadium and were allowed in, for free, for the 4th quarter! I just looked it up to confirm - LSJU scored 2 TDs in the 4th quarter and won 17-13! It was then on to the Seattle Bowl.
From GoStanford.com:
"Kenneth Tolon scored on a 1-yard pitch with 1:08 to play as No. 13 Stanford's slumbering offense woke up just in time for a rain-soaked 17-13 victory over Notre Dame on Saturday night.
Driving winds, intermittent rain and two hyped-up defenses created miserable conditions for both offenses. Stanford's Randy Fasani and Notre Dame's Holiday and Matt LoVecchio all had games they would rather forget - but Fasani got the ball to his running backs late in the contest, who carried the Cardinal to victory.
Holiday threw a first-quarter touchdown pass but finished the night 1-for-16 for Notre Dame, which wasted an outstanding defensive game with an equal amount of offensive ineptitude. As Holiday's miserable night wore on, he saw the Irish's bowl hopes disappear with his completion percentage.
"It's just one of those things you dream about, but you hope it doesn't ever happen," said Holiday, speaking of his performance but also describing Notre Dame's season. "It's not anybody's fault. We just didn't get any plays that we needed to get."
Casey Moore also scored on a late run as the Cardinal (8-2), ranked fifth in the nation in scoring and ninth in total offense, plodded unsuccessfully through the first 3 quarters under Fasani, whose return after a month out with injuries was fairly dismal.
"Our offensive line started dominating in the fourth quarter," Fasani said. "Those last couple of drives, it was great to hand the ball off."
Stanford put together two impressive scoring drives in the fourth quarter to end the bowl chances of Notre Dame (4-6), which fell to 1-9 in night games under coach Bob Davie.
Tank Williams intercepted LoVecchio's pass with 54 seconds left to seal the victory. Notre Dame completed two passes all night."