If you’re a Notre Dame hata, then this Charlie Pierce piece is right up your alley. It’s all enjoyable, but here’s a tasty sample:
… And, last, but most important of all — good god, can they be insufferable. They’re like sacramentalized Yankees fans. I have to say, I really enjoyed that 12-year stretch from 1995 to 2007 when they lost nine bowl games in a row, and when the average margin of defeat in those games was north of 17 points.
Yeah, baby.
Bonus points for the Rudy bashing (“a passel of unreconstructed mythopoeic bullpucky”). I can’t stand that flick. Or the real-life Rudy, for that matter.
Get The Picture 
Mea culpa: I love “Rudy”. I find the actual Rudy to be pretty insufferable from what I’ve read and from seeing him speak in person. But man, I do love that flick. I hate Notre Dame, but for some reason I can watch the movie without my Notre Dame entering the equation.
Besides, Georgia Tech gets beaten at the end. What could be better than that?
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A meteor smashing the stadium and leaving a gaping, smoking crater in its place works for me. 😉
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I can’t hate on Notre Dame. I find Rudy insufferable and many of their ‘fans’ are just awful. However, there is something very special about gameday in South Bend. I went to the ND v. Ohio State game in 1996 at the apex of Ron Powlus glory…and still am in awe of the whole experience. The atmosphere, the weather…the way the leaves on the trees in early autumn reflected off the St. Joeseph’s River. Anyway, as obnoxious as their fan base can be…it’s hard for me to knock Notre Dame. (Ohio State…well, that’s an entirely different matter all together…having no expirience with gameday at Nebraska…I can tell you that in the Midwest/Big 10 the three best places to go for a game are Madison, South Bend, and Ann Arbor while the worst place is Columbus…just awful)
Also, Rudy allowed Jon Favreau and Vince Vaughn to meet…and I’m pretty sure the world (at least of movies) is a better place thanks to that.
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Having a relative who coached under Tom Osborne in Lincoln, I highly recommend gameday there. Almost as good as the SEC.
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That’s why I put the caveat…I’ve heard really great things about Lincoln and Iowa City, for that matter. Both are on the bucket list.
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I used to live right outside Lincoln. They do as good a job on gameday as any SEC school. It’s a lot of fun.
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“I can’t hate on Notre Dame.” It’s never too late to learn.
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The best possible scenario: ND manages to go undefeated, K-State and Oregon lose and UGA beats Bama in the SECCG. Then UGA plays a paper tiger ND in the BCSNCG, UGA wins the BCS National Championship and pisses on ND by 40 in doing so. All would be right with the world!!!!
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From your lips to God’s ears, Mayor.
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Barookh ‘Atah Adonai’ Elohaynoo.
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Haha very true. And Rudy is a real asshat in person. Narcissistic self aggrandizing loser on so many levels. All I could do not to backhand that buffoon when I met him
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“Can I get an Amen!”
You got one from me.
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Hallelujah!
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I’m with you.. this is the event I hope for more than anything. UGA vs Notre Dame in Miami.. wow I’d be in heaven..
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Beating Notre Dame for the MNC AGAIN would be awesome. Twice in my lifetime is almost too much to ask.
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I’ll be in Miami.
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Jesus came back to life in 3 days….Touchdown Jesus? Well..a good bit longer.
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Awesome. Totally. +1 fo sho
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Absolutely. This year’s BCS race is the year to be in the hunt. One team will have the chance to play for it all against a hilariously over-rated ND team. If Georgia does make it, I would rank ND as the 4th hardest team on their schedule. In what year of the BCS championship would any team get such weak competition?
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That might cause Lou Holtz to drown in his own slobber
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+1. Beating ND would also be the best revenge against that asshole for all the snide remarks and Dawggrading from him over the years.
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I can dig it. And consider this…
Even if Georgia loses to Alabama, the scenario would still play out pretty nice with ND having to face the Tide.
If ND loses and Georgia doesn’t make it to the MNC game, maybe they still meet…
My Christmas wish is for a Ga/ND matchup in the MNC game, if that doesn’t happen, let it be AL/Nd…if that can’t happen let it be GA/ND somewhere. If that can’t happen I’ll settle for a weekend in the Bahamas with an Italian movie starlett.
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Sucks to be you there, Bugtussle.
Harsh but fair, Kansas State.
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That is awesome, so glad to hear I’m not the only college football fan that hates that movie
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All of my in-laws are ND fans. It irks me to no end that my FIL is constantly harping that ND is “the only team that doesn’t cheat”. You cannot imagine how it would make my day/year/lifetime for UGA to pound them.
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Erin, I hope your father in-law never has the opportunity to have a long talk with Lou Holtz, or his “only team that doesn’t cheat” theory may go down in a blizzard of thpittle.
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Booyay right there with the thpittle. +1Booyahzillion.
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You don’t need to cheat if the Refs do it for you.
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I just don’t understand how hearing that song makes this guys teeth itch. How does ones teeth itch. Weird…..
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Charlie Pierce FTW! A National Treasure.
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I’m a UGA and Notre Dame alum but I’m a Georgia native so the Dogs come first. Folks at Notre Dame, like Yankee fans, don’t mind the hate/envy, it comes with the territory so they expect it. But if you hate Notre Dame, don’t talk with your mouth full. Their tradition and history is really what made college football a national sport and none other than our own Harry Mehre (Butts-Mehre Building) was an assistant coach under Rockne at Notre Dame. So, go Dogs but give a little due to ND, the game wouldn’t be where it is today without their history. And if you ever get a chance, visit the campus and their football museum/heritage center, many of the greats of college and pro football are there and I consider myself to have the perfect pedigree from Georgia and Notre Dame, the two best programs in college ball.
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Irish Dog you de Man. A fighting Irish Bulldawg …Love it 🙂
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Prima Donnas, even institutional ones, are easy to hate.
I usually take the easy route.
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