My Fighting Irish
Well, spring practices have begun for the greatest sport left in the world today...college football. The competition level in college football is continually high, and those boys give it their all. It's not about the money, the fame, the popularity...it's about good, old-fashioned football. Yeah, there are some bad apples who do it for the NFL, the future money, the glitz, etc...but they're mostly just teams from Florida and are gangsters and thugs anyway. Not true with the greatest bastion of sports on the planet, the Fighting Irish of Notre Dame. I have been a Notre Dame fan as long as I can remember. My best friend and I still reminisce about things like Tim Brown winning the Heisman, the 1992 drubbing of Florida State, the knocked down Steve Walsh pass, I could bore you forever. The bottom line is, you can't find a more storied past, or a more classy present and future. Sure, ND has its problems...they all do. But with the hiring of Tyrone Willingham, things are back on the right track. Nowhere else will my heart skip a beat, my hands shake with anticipation, and tears form in my eyes than a Notre Dame football game. Touchdown Jesus, the Golden Dome, the Four Horsemen, the Gipper, First-down Moses...the list goes on and on. It has been a lifelong dream to make the trip to South Bend for a Notre Dame game, and one day I'll do it. For now, I'll be content to watch in my living room, yelling and screaming with the best of them:) So if you have the TV tuned to NBC one fall Saturday, and you see those golden helmets shining, say a quick prayer for the Irish...I know I will be.
Posted by Josh Melton at April 21, 2003 10:22 AM