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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.

Matt Bramanti | August 25, 2006 at 1:15 pm
Posted to Audio, Sports, Blogging, Notre Dame

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Rally, sons of Notre Dame:

Expectations will be sky high in coach Charlie Weis’ second season. Brady Quinn to Jeff Samardzija should again be one of best passing threats in nation, and RB Darius Walker should shine on ground. Defense should be better with nine starters, including DB Tom Zbikowski, back. Season finale at Southern California could be Irish’s most important game in years.

That’s probably true. The later it gets in the season, the more a loss hurts. But that’s not peculiar to ND/USC.

Simply put, a lot of Trojans fans are going to be disappointed this season. USC will have a fine year, but they won’t make a run at the national championship. USC is going to disappoint a lot of people this year. Don’t get me wrong, it’s a hell of a team, but there are problems. They’ve just lost too much talent and they still have to figure out the quarterback role.
That said, they’re still a force to be reckoned with, and anything can happen in the ND/USC game.

Matt Bramanti | August 4, 2006 at 4:02 pm
Posted to National, Sports

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Every once in a while, you get to see something really cool on video — like a man going insane right before your eyes:

Matt Bramanti | June 27, 2006 at 11:02 am
Posted to Bizarre, Video, Sports, Stupidity

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The president will outline his horrible, poorly-thought-out immigration policy this evening, and I’m gonna need a drink or nine. With that in mind, I give you the Open Border Drinking Game!

Directions:
For each time the president mentions the following words or phrases do the following…

- Welcome- Salt Glasses
- Welcoming Society- Swig from “XX” Drink!
- Jobs Americans won’t do- down one “XX” Drink!
- Nation of immigrants- Tequila shots Drink!
- Family values don’t stop at the Rio Grande- Drink, Si?
- Good-hearted people- Bottle of “XX” Drink!
- Path to citizenship- Beer bongs! Drink!
- Vicente Fox- Beer bong! One “XX” Drink, Si?
- The distinguished senator from Massachusetts- Chew tequila worm, Swallow!
- This is not amnesty- Naked pyramid,… tequila, chug!

I’ll watch the speech tonight and report back tomorrow morning at some point. Buena suerte, gringos!

Matt Bramanti | May 15, 2006 at 3:27 pm
Posted to Food & Drink, Sports, Blogging, Products, Immigration

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These guys are pretty good:

Matt Bramanti | May 12, 2006 at 9:55 am
Posted to Video, Food & Drink, Sports

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Whether it’s magic tricks, amazing athleticism, or crazy ninja stuff, it’s always fun to watch people do stuff I could never do:

Matt Bramanti | April 15, 2006 at 6:47 pm
Posted to Video, Sports

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