I'm Irish and Catholic, raised by ND fans, and my sister went there.

I didn't get in. Went to Xavier.

GoChiefs;1332659 wrote:Serious question, how does your love of a team just fade away? Especially during successful times? I dunno, I just can't imagine a scenario that would make me lose the desire to support the teams I root for.

Wondering that too. I came out of the RRod years still a Michigan fan. I'm pretty sure I'm a fan for life.

WebFire;1332723 wrote:Wondering that too. I came out of the RRod years still a Michigan fan. I'm pretty sure I'm a fan for life.

Same here.

And a Browns fan.

Sigh. Shoot me now.

Laley23;1332711 wrote:Went to Indiana University. Born in Ft. Wayne. Catholic. Try being from Northern Indiana, Catholic and NOT root for ND lol.

Isn't that sad? Your parents indoctrinate you in certain aspects like religion and school affiliation and you are "punished" for not following suit.

sleeper;1332657 wrote:I know zero people that go to ND. My friend got a scholarship offer from there and turned it down to go to Ohio State. Best decision of his life.

"Also, I have a friend who goes to Notre Dame and ironically says the same thing about the football players there. They bang every chick in sight, cheat in the classroom, and seem to get all sorts of "benefits" not given to other players.But no, it only happens at Ohio State. :rolleyes:"
Post 81 in this thread. LULZ.http://www.ohiochatter.com/forum/showthread.php?37164-who-would-win/page4

GoChiefs;1332724 wrote:And a Browns fan.

Sigh. Shoot me now.

Good god, we have something in common. Shoot ME now.

Rotinaj;1332748 wrote:"Also, I have a friend who goes to Notre Dame and ironically says the same thing about the football players there. They bang every chick in sight, cheat in the classroom, and seem to get all sorts of "benefits" not given to other players.But no, it only happens at Ohio State. :rolleyes:"
Post 81 in this thread. LULZ.http://www.ohiochatter.com/forum/showthread.php?37164-who-would-win/page4

his friend came to his sense and transferred OSU duh

Rotinaj;1332748 wrote:"Also, I have a friend who goes to Notre Dame and ironically says the same thing about the football players there. They bang every chick in sight, cheat in the classroom, and seem to get all sorts of "benefits" not given to other players.But no, it only happens at Ohio State. :rolleyes:"
Post 81 in this thread. LULZ.http://www.ohiochatter.com/forum/showthread.php?37164-who-would-win/page4

My friend was Declan Sullivan.

Tiernan;1332643 wrote:Its very common knowledge that 99.9% of Irish "fans" did not attend ND. And 95% of that 99.9% couldn't find South Bend on a map if you gave them it was in Indiana.

Pretend like a really large chunk of all Buckeye fans didn't graduate from OSU.

FatHobbit;1332794 wrote:Pretend like a really large chunk of all Buckeye fans didn't graduate from OSU.

You can walk in any sports bar in America yell "OH" and someone will yell "IO" back and usually that person or a family member went to OSU. Not so with ND. They will give you some obtuse answer about being Catoleigh or Irish or their Dad almost went there, but have no real affiliation.

Tiernan;1332842 wrote:You can walk in any sports bar in America yell "OH" and someone will yell "IO" back and usually that person or a family member went to OSU. Not so with ND. They will give you some obtuse answer about being Catoleigh or Irish or their Dad almost went there, but have no real affiliation.

Ohio State has ~57,000 undergrads. Notre Dame has ~11,000

Tiernan;1332842 wrote:You can walk in any sports bar in America yell "OH" and someone will yell "IO" back and usually that person or a family member went to OSU. Not so with ND. They will give you some obtuse answer about being Catoleigh or Irish or their Dad almost went there, but have no real affiliation.

Those answers aren't any more obtuse than "Well...I'm from Ohio, so of course I cheer for Ohio State." Because that's the answer I hear from a lot of OSU fans.

So what's the verdict?

1 ND grad? I'm shocked! :laugh:

Irish-Catholic who wasn't smart enough to get into ND.
But as you can see by my pic I spent some great years there.

Automatik;1332851 wrote:So what's the verdict?

1 ND grad? I'm shocked! :laugh:

Why is that shocking? Only about 24% of the people that apply to Notre Dame get accepted. Then if you do happen to get in, you're looking at costs of around $55,000/year. So unless you get a boat load of financial aid, you are going to struggle to pay the bills there.

But only people who went there are allowed to be fans. Better tell all those people in Youngstown that never went to YSU to quit cheering for the Penquins.

martyirish;1332852 wrote:Irish-Catholic who wasn't smart enough to get into ND.
But as you can see by my pic I spent some great years there.

And witnessed zero BCS bowl wins.

martyirish;1332852 wrote:Irish-Catholic who wasn't smart enough to get into ND.

Oh man, really? :rolleyes:

sherm03;1332854 wrote:Why is that shocking? Only about 24% of the people that apply to Notre Dame get accepted. Then if you do happen to get in, you're looking at costs of around $55,000/year. So unless you get a boat load of financial aid, you are going to struggle to pay the bills there.

But only people who went there are allowed to be fans. Better tell all those people in Youngstown that never went to YSU to quit cheering for the Penquins.

Don't get so mad.

sleeper;1332856 wrote:And witnessed zero BCS bowl wins.

Too bad OSU wont be able to pwn them again this yr in a bowl game.

http://i.a.cnn.net/si/2007/sioncampus/04/23/monday.awards/p1_quinn.jpg

Talk about a joke

Automatik;1332858 wrote:Don't get so mad.

Not mad man. It takes a lot more than that to get me mad. Just pointing out that it isn't all that shocking that a lot of Notre Dame fans aren't graduates of the University given the circumstances.

Now if they accepted just about any dumbass that applied, and it was affordable to go there, then it would be shocking. But that's not the case.

That post was sarcasm. I'm aware that about 1% of ND fans are graduates.

Only 1 grad? LOL not surprised.

Unfortunately, I am not a Notre Dame alum. Graduated from Franciscan University in Steubenville. Have been to 3 Notre Dame Spring Practice games in 1990, 1991, 2007 and football camp back in 1994. Been to 1 regular season game which was the last game at old Pitt Stadium (ND lost).

Funny thing about camp....got to meet Lou Holtz and take a picture with him. I told him my name and where I was from and he said,"Steubenville, huh? Tell Reno I said hi." As many of you probably know, Reno Saccoccia is the head coach at Steubenville Big Red. I attended High School at Steubenville Catholic Central (us and Big Red had a heated rivalry on the gridiron at that time). Needless to say, I never relayed the message to Reno.

I know...cool story, bro.

killer_ewok;1332965 wrote:Unfortunately, I am not a Notre Dame alum. Graduated from Franciscan University in Steubenville. Have been to 3 Notre Dame Spring Practice games in 1990, 1991, 2007 and football camp back in 1994. Been to 1 regular season game which was the last game at old Pitt Stadium (ND lost).

Funny thing about camp....got to meet Lou Holtz and take a picture with him. I told him my name and where I was from and he said,"Steubenville, huh? Tell Reno I said hi." As many of you probably know, Reno Saccoccia is the head coach at Steubenville Big Red. I attended High School at Steubenville Catholic Central (us and Big Red had a heated rivalry on the gridiron at that time). Needless to say, I never relayed the message to Reno.

I know...cool story, bro.

lived 20 mins south and still went to SCC? lol. Why no BSJ?

Pick6;1332972 wrote:lived 20 mins south and still went to SCC? lol. Why no BSJ?

I lived in Steubenville. Not sure why I would go all the way to Bellaire St. John's for High School...?