Official Root Against ND Thread
I'm so sick of the media falling all over the Irish. I certainly would rather not hear about them every day for the next month.
Can a freshman QB lead the Trojans to a win? Does Marquise Lee make a Heisman statement tonight? Does the complete sham of ND's undefeated season come to an end tonight? Is it wrong for me to want ND's fans to feel the kind of sadness I feel after The Game today?
NO BORGES TALK IN THIS THREAD PLZ
November 24th, 2012 at 11:29 PM ^
November 24th, 2012 at 11:32 PM ^
Yeah, isn't that great that we lost to the 2 undefeated teams in the country, the other presumed team in the nat'l championship game, and perhaps even the B1G's team (hell, maybe the winner) in the Rose Bowl?
Fuck us, right?
November 25th, 2012 at 9:48 AM ^
First, I have hated Notre Dame since I was a small boy. I attended nearly every Michigan home game from the time I was 6 or 7 until I graduated from U of M and moved out of state. Some of my worst sports memories are the close losses to them in the 80s, and I especially remember listening to Ufer lose it when Harry Oliver beat us with that miracle kick. I went to Catholic schools from K to 12th grade and always was surrounded by Irish fans who gloated about their glorious Irish. I hate their arrogance. I hate their circus fight song. I hate their stupid mascot. I think Brian Kelly is a first rate a-hole. I have been rooting for them to lose all season.
But then something happened yesterday that made me realize they are far from the lowest of the low. Watching Jim Tressel get a standing ovation from the ohio fans and then get carried of the field by his former players made me realize that there is something much much worse than Notre Dame: the arrogance of cheating coaches and athletic departments and the "poor me" attitude of their fans. Gene Smith and Gordon Gee are still laughing their ways to the bank and denying that they did anything truly wrong. Alabama and the SEC play by different rules as well, and they and their fans believe bending (and sometimes outright breaking) the rules is just part of the game. The worst thing is that much of the media (especially the ohio media) has an "everyone is doing it, so it's not a big deal" attitude.
Notre Dame is arrogant, but if they go undefeated, two things will be certain: 1) Ohio has absolutely no shot at the AP championship or claims to any mythical championship; and 2) the SEC's streak can be halted.
This is not a perfect world, and sometimes you have to pick the lesser of two evils.