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Rally, sons of Notre Dame…

Matt Bramanti — Fri, 25 Aug 2006 18:15:58 +0000

It’s just about time for football season, folks. Here’s the schedule for the 2006 campaign:

9/2 – At Georgia Tech
9/9 – Penn State
9/16 – Michigan
9/23 – at Michigan State
9/30 – Purdue
10/7 – Stanford
10/21 – UCLA
10/28 – at Navy
11/4 – North Carolina
11/11 – at Air Force
11/18 – Army
11/25 – at USC

Here are some excellent resources for following the Irish.

The House of Twelve: a blog by a bunch of my buddies from Notre Dame, including a former Observer sports editor.
FanBlogs’ Notre Dame Blog: a quick roundup of Irish news stories.
Blue-Gray Sky: Another great Irish football blog.
The Rankings: AP and Coaches’ polls.
ESPN Clubhouse: Roster, news, photos, standings, all that stuff.

By the way, here’s the Notre Dame Victory March as performed by the Dixieland Ramblers. Very New Orleans sounding, but without the gunfire and failed welfare state.

42 percent? Bullshit.

Matt Bramanti — Mon, 24 Apr 2006 01:55:42 +0000

I was up at Notre Dame this weekend, where I saw the following flyer in Lewis Hall:

The statistic wasn’t attributed to any source — how could it be? The very definition of the statistic makes it unknowable. Whoever wrote that statistic just made it up.

Rape statistics are often inflated in order to add urgency to the situation — particularly on college campuses. Unfortunately, this kind of ploy is destined to backfire if people do their homework.

Yes, rape is awful. Rape victims should come forward, and we should put rapists away for a long, long time. But artificially inflating the number only discredits women and may lead to a “cry wolf” situation in which legitimate rape accusations are doubted.

Notre Dame coach fulfills boy’s last wish

Matt Bramanti — Mon, 26 Sep 2005 15:57:00 +0000

I thought this kind of thing only happened in the movies:

After Craig Chambers fumbled at the 1-yard-line Saturday and the Huskies started lamenting an opportunity lost, Notre Dame coach Charlie Weis began thinking of a promise made.Weis revealed yesterday during his regular day-after news conference that he had met with a 10-year-old Notre Dame fan on Wednesday who was suffering from inoperable brain cancer, and that the boy had asked him to pass on the first play against UW.

The boy, Montana Mazurkiewicz of Mishawaka, Ind., died Friday, something Weis learned after the Irish arrived in Seattle.

Weis didn’t hesitate to follow through on Montana’s request, even though the Irish started its first possession of the game at its 1-yard-line following the UW turnover.

The play, a pass from quarterback Brady Quinn to tight end Anthony Fasano, turned into a 13-yard gain in a game Notre Dame won 36-17.

How ’bout them Irish.

Irish crack top 10 in AP poll

Matt Bramanti — Sun, 11 Sep 2005 23:14:00 +0000

Hell yeah:

Notre Dame is a top-10 team for the first time in three years, and Southern California has matched Miami for the longest stay at No. 1 in The Associated Press Top 25.Charlie Weis’ Fighting Irish are No. 10 in the AP media poll released Sunday, jumping 10 spots after upsetting Michigan 17-10 on Saturday to improve to 2-0.

“I think too many times rankings are based off of reputation, not off what really happens,” Weis said Sunday when asked if he thought he had a top-10 team. “So maybe if you go by what you see, maybe the answer is yes. I’m not there to judge that.”

Go Irish! Beat Spartans!