Frazer Leaves ND for UConn

Quarterback Zach Frazer has decided that he will take his services from the University of Notre Dame to UConn, where he intends to help the Huskies win a Big East football title. This news comes from a few days ago, when Frazer’s father announced to the media that, although Frazer would have like to be the QB at Notre Dame, he has decided to transfer schools in order to get a shot at starting. Weeks ago Irish Coach Charlie Weis made it clear that Frazer was not one of the three players competing for the starting job.

So it has finally happened, The stage has been set for the future Notre Dame Fighting Irish-Connecticut Huskies football game wherein Frazer defeats the school that so painfully rejected him years ago. It is only a matter of time. When that day comes, that the Notre Dame schedule has UConn as a home game, you must get Notre Dame Fighting Irish football tickets at Stubhub.com to see the vengeance live. Frazer will have to sit out this year, as per NCAA rules, but after that, he will likely be the starting QB for the Huskies, with a chip on his shoulder and a score to settle with the Irish.

Permalink - Posted in General on July 5, 2007 - Post a comment

See the Real Rudy Play

If you are a true Notre Dame Fighting Irish fan, you probably have the movie Rudy in both VHS and DVD. You can probably tell people that you’ve memorized every line of the film, though a few of the beginning parts are fuzzy enough that, if called out on that claim, you can’t actually do it. No matter. You are well aware of the fact that at the end of the movie, you learn that this is the true story, though slightly exaggerated, about the story of Dan Ruettiger and his dream to play Notre Dame Football.

The film has a scene of him sacking the quarterback at Notre Dame’s last home game of the 1975 season. If you go on YouTube.com and type in Notre Dame or Rudy, there will be an actual game clip of that moment where Rudy sacks the Georgia Tech QB. The announcer does not know the players name, and thus fails to credit Rudy with the sack. In the film he is also in on the special teams play, but the kickoff went out of bounds, so you can see Rudy run for about 60 yards as well.

If you are interested in seeing some real life Notre Dame heroes, then you can get Notre Dame Fighting Irish football tickets at StubHub.com.

Permalink - Posted in General on July 3, 2007 - Post a comment

Notre Dame Adds to Legacy

With it being Monday and all, there ought to be a big of humor in today’s Notre Dame Fighting Irish blog. Now we can’t always count on Bill Simmons of ESPN to give up great sports humor as pertaining to the Fighting Irish, but one place that isn’t afraid of poking a little fun at Notre Dame is the online fake news website The Onion. There’s an article dating from October of last season explaining the Irish’s attempt to boost the one thing it clearly has over other college football programs: their storied legacy. Notre Dame plans on doing this by rewriting history, embellishing or just making up things that once happened at Notre Dame.

What I think the article was meant to poke fun at was the way that Notre Dame has seemed to slip in the polls and in terms of their national prominence, yet they still maintain such a loyal fan base because of their great history. Seemingly, the only way Notre Dame can beat other programs is through events that happened in the past. So why not make those events shine a little brighter? The list of things that the article suggests is pretty funny, and might hit a little close to home.

Of course, if your love of Notre Dame doesn’t come with a sense of humor, there is only one internet site you should go to, and that’s the Notre Dame Fighting Irish football tickets page at StubHub.com.

Permalink - Posted in General on July 2, 2007 - Post a comment

ND Makes Top 10 Great Moments List

ESPN has come up with yet another list, this one about the top 100 moments in college football history. The list seeks to find the best “moments,” which should not be confused with the best games, plays, people, teams or champions. Because the list is about great “moments,” the list does not necessarily reflect the importance of the game or even the popularity of any particular incident on the list.

It might not surprise you to find out that one of the top 10 moments in the list of 100 involved the University of Notre Dame. The team might not surprise you, but the moment probably will. Would you guess that the moment that was chosen was not the legendary “Win one for the Gipper” speech, but a 35-yard completion- one that accomplished no more than a late game first down? Well, in fact, the #7 greatest moment of all time cam during the 1973 Notre Dame-Alabama game, when Irish QB Tom Clements threw a 35-yard out pass to tight end Robin Weber with less than two minutes on the clock, with the Irish down and on their own 2 yard line.

It would have been great to get Notre Dame Fighting Irish football tickets to see this moment, but StubHub.com was not around back then.

Permalink - Posted in General on June 29, 2007 - Post a comment

Joe Montana Interview

Krik Bohls of “The Statesman” met with former San Francisco 49er and University of Notre Dame football legend Joe Montana the other day. The meeting did not produce much in the way of great commentary, except for a piece of second hand information about the current quarterback situation in South Bend. According to Bohls, who heard from Joe, who heard from Notre Dame Football coach Charlie Weis, the Fighting Irish might not be starting Jimmy Clausen next season. Instead, Weis specifically mentioned Demetrius Jones as a distinct possibility. Jones wears number 3 for the Irish, as Montana did when he was playing there.

Other than the comments about Clausen and Jones, Joe Montana had only a few words to say about former Notre Dame QB Brady Quinn. Like most everybody, he gave tentative high expectations for the Cleveland Browns rookie.

If the information from Joe Montana is accurate, you might just be getting Notre Dame Fighting Irish Football tickets (hopefully at StubHub.com) to a game where Demetrius Jones is starting.

Permalink - Posted in General on June 28, 2007 - Post a comment

Notre Dame Football Fantasy Camp

Time to take a break from my big Knute Rockne hug to talk about something special that is going on at Notre Dame right now. If you haven’t heard about it yet, a Notre Dame Football Fantasy Camp is being held in South Bend at the end of June and the beginning of July. People who participate in The Notre Dame Monogram Club’s Fifth Annual Football Fantasy Camp, will get to act like a real Notre Dame football player for a couple of days.

The end result is that they get to play in a scrimmage against other campers. Before the game though, the participants, mostly men in their 30s and 40s, will have two-a-day practices, eat in the dining halls, dress in the locker rooms, see the Football Hall of Fame, get advise from ND coaches and trainers and much more. The highlight for most of the campers will be getting to slap the “Play like a Champion” sign on the way out of the Notre Dame locker room as they charge into the tunnel.

Sounds like fun if you’ve watched a little too much Rudy. Still, this experience is probably the next best thing to actually being in the game or getting Notre Dame Fighting Irish tickets at StubHub.com.

Permalink - Posted in General on June 27, 2007 - Post a comment

More Laser-Like Concentration on All Things Knute Rockne

It’s the middle of the summertime, and all of the news in the sports world has to do with the NBA trade rumors and Major League Baseball scores. As a brief wrap-up, I’d just like to remind people that as far as the current state of the Notre Dame Fighting Irish season goes, the QB spot is still in question, highlighted by the fact that Jimmy Clausen just underwent some kind of medical procedure on his elbow.

Lately, I have been studying up on Knute Rockne, the legendary Notre Dame Football coach, in an effort to learn from his wisdom. Maybe Charlie Weis reads this blog and will get inspiration from ol’ Rock’s philosophical waxing. It is a good thing Rockne gave us, or more precisely his players, a list of “25 Commandments” to follow.

What is the number one commandment? Well, you might be surprised to learn that “Scholarship” occupies the number one position on the list. According to Rockne, “The player should first be a good student. Do not neglect your studies. Your first purpose should be to get an education.” And I for one think that is something that more coaches should hold as the number one requirement these days. You will be glad to know that Notre Dame often has higher academic expectations for their athletes than other institutions. You can see these great student-athletes by getting Notre Dame Fighting Irish football tickets at StubHub.com.

Permalink - Posted in General on June 26, 2007 - Post a comment

Coach Rockne Muses about Winning, Losing

As you have seen, the legendary Notre Dame Fighting Irish football coach Knute Rockne had some pretty deep thoughts about winning and losing, and how each of those situations ought to be handled. It is of some note, though, that Knute Rockne would have had far more experience at winning, rather than losing. He currently has the greatest winning percentage of any college coach, with an average that is well over .800 for his career. While he was in college, he played for a championship Notre Dame football team, and he set a record for Notre Dame in the indoor pole vault. Needless to say, Rockne seemed like a winner most of his life. What would he really know about losing?

Then there is this Rockne quote that might appear to be a contradiction about his feelings on the subject as stated in his “25 Commandments.” Said Rockne, “Show me a good and gracious loser and I’ll show you a failure.” Of course, he also said that one can be “a good but gracious loser.” He continued, “Any coach or team that cannot lose and treat their opponents with respect has no right to win.”

Perhaps Rockne is advocating some sort of middle ground in between respect, bitterness and graciousness. It is too bad we can’t ask ol’ Rockne about his thoughts. Instead, you can get Notre Dame Fighting Irish football tickets at StubHub.com and ponder winning and losing by yourself afterwards.

Permalink - Posted in General on June 25, 2007 - Post a comment

Taking a Page from Knute Rockne’s Book

Yesterday I told you about Knute Rockne’s list of 25 Commandments, literally 150% more than the amount of Commandments God gave Mosses to give to his chosen people. Rockne would have had to carry a total of four and a half tablets down from Mt. Sinai-Bend to give his people some structure, for crying out loud. One of the most interesting things about the Commandments is the way Rockne addresses winning and losing. Both of these commandments are much longer than the others, though they are No. 22 and 23 on the list. The “Losing” explanation goes like this:

“Losing: You can be a hard but good loser. Any coach or team that cannot lose and treat their opponents with respect has no right to win; a poor sportsman generally tries to amuse the spectators with his self-styled clever wit by making abusive remarks, which act as a boomerang by intelligent spectators.”

Don’t you just love the way this is written. Such eloquence. Monday, you will get to hear the other side of the story, the part about winning. Until then, you can occupy your time by searching for good Notre Dame Fighting Irish tickets at StubHub.com.

Permalink - Posted in General on June 22, 2007 - Post a comment

Critical Analysis of Rockne’s Commandments

There is a lot to discuss when you read the list of “Commandments” that Knute Rockne commanded his players to obey while they played football for the University of Notre Dame. A lot of them are fairly simple and straightforward. They usually consist of one word or a short phrase, and then a sentence of explanation. But what does this list of “Commandments” tell us about the man himself. What were Rockne’s sticking points? What made him tick? What did he really care about? The answers might just be found by reading into the content of his laws.

If you just glance at the list, the first thing you might notice is that rules number 22 and 23 have the longest explanation by far. Their placement and length are interesting to mote. You might be able to surmise that Rockne put the quality of being a god loser over that of being a good winner, simply because he made “Losing” number 22 and “Winning” number 23. One thing is for sure, he had a lot of thoughts about both winning and losing, and the proper way to handle those situations. For a guy who only lost 13 games in 12 seasons with Notre Dame, he was sure passionate about both sides. If you read his thoughts, they don’t really convey traditional wisdom on winning and losing.

Tomorrow we will dig deeper into the mind of Rockne. Until then you can get Notre Dame Fighting Irish tickets at StubHub.com.

Permalink - Posted in General on June 21, 2007 - Post a comment


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