And having grown up around a bunch of people from cork I'm sure you weren't at all surprised to
see the fighting Irish over your ways causing a bit of havoc
I hope the Irish win tonight in Philly to make it to the Elite 8 (and then on to the Final Four, which is in Houston — it would be so AWESOME to
see my Fighting Irish make it to my hometown)!
Not exact matches
Notre Dame coach Brian Kelly dismissed senior safety Max Redfield from the football team and suspended senior cornerback Devin Butler indefinitely Sunday following a weekend that
saw six
Fighting Irish players arrested over two separate incidents.
• Notre Dame's boy wonder, 26 - year - old Coach Terence Patrick Brennan, began his career with grimly adult assurance; the
Fighting Irish, led by Quarterback Ralph Guglielmi, got the Brennan regime off to a racing start by shutting out the tough University of Texas Longhorns, 21 - 0, while 57,594 cheered at South Bend (
see pp. 58, 59).
One indication of the change that Tyrone Willingham is bringing to Notre Dame can be
seen in the way the new
Fighting Irish coach tools around campus.
We
saw similar line movement in the NCAA Football National Championship game between Alabama and Notre Dame, where the
Fighting Irish received two - thirds of public bets, yet moved from 7.5 to 10 point underdogs at most books.
Since the start of the 2005 season, the
Fighting Irish have gone 25 - 16 ATS as an underdog and 38 - 53 ATS as a favorite, so it will be interesting to
see where this line closes.
As with Madden, the level of detail is astounding: Play a game at Notre Dame and not only will you hear the student band playing the Notre Dame
fight song, but you'll also
see banners featuring the
Irish mascot on the sideline.
We
see the story (adapted from Dennis Lehane's novel) through the eyes of Affleck's character Joe Coughlin, a Boston -
Irish bank robber who
fought in France in World War One and has returned a more jaundiced man, not inclined to take any orders from anybody.
We have been lucky enough to take several trips to
see both the
Fighting Irish as well as the Chiefs, and we are usually able to do it with very little out - of - pocket hotel costs by using our hotel points.