Notre Dame’s Joe Cool: Part One

Since the regular season of college football is still months and months away, spring football ended a few weeks ago, and about the only thing going on for Notre Dame football news is that a few high schoolers are making decisions, I though that maybe a little Fighting Irish history might be in order. There is a lot to cover with Notre Dame, but I’ll try to cover a few of my own favorite players, traditions, movies, personalities, coaches and games. Yesterday you got a little bit of coverage about the famous “Win One for the Gipper” game. One could write a book about that quote, let alone a few sentences in the Notre Dame football blog. I might get back to it. Right now, though, we will focus on Joe Montana.

In light of the current quarterback situation with the loss of Brady Quinn, I though that making a few comparisons and talking about previous great Notre Dame QB’s would be in order. The very first one to come to mind- for whatever reason- was Joe Montana. Everybody is well aware of Joe Cool’s NFL exploits (four Super Bowl victories, NFL MVPs, records, legendary comebacks…) but what was he like at Notre Dame?

While you’re thinking about the great Notre Dame players of yore, you can imagine yourself getting Notre Dame Fighting Irish tickets at StubHub.com to watch them play in their prime. StubHub wasn’t around in Montana’s day, of course, but hey, it’s your fantasy; you figure it out.

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