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DomeLover3
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Five years ago, this program won 3 games. 3 games. Let that sink in.
A coaching change, and a few seasons later, we were 4 quarters away from being National Champions. We fell to the hands of a clearly superior team, a dynasty. The 23 seniors on this year's team did not deserve to go out this way. But you know what? I bet they wouldn't change a thing. They went down in the pursuit of a championship and I know I for one am grateful for the opportunity to see our University play for a title.
Notre Dame is not Alabama. Notre Dame is more than a football factory. We don't oversign, we don't have the athletes Bama has. We don't put our players into easy (or in some cases, not even real) courses. We prepare our young men for success in the real world. We prepare our young men for life beyond football. That is why we are the best program in America. I am proud of the combination of integrity, academics, and athletics. This football team has carried itself with class and represented everything that Our Lady's University stands for.
Proud to be Irish. It was a great season, what an amazing ride.
PS: Tonight was a tough pill to swallow. But it is not the end. This was not even supposed to be our year. We are a year ahead of schedule and will only continue to get better. Next year we add a consensus top 5 recruiting class and an excellent core to this years team. Question Kelly's play-calling tonight if you want, but we can all acknowledge we are watching something be built. Something special. Something that hasn't existed at Notre Dame in years. The future is bright.
We are ND.
A coaching change, and a few seasons later, we were 4 quarters away from being National Champions. We fell to the hands of a clearly superior team, a dynasty. The 23 seniors on this year's team did not deserve to go out this way. But you know what? I bet they wouldn't change a thing. They went down in the pursuit of a championship and I know I for one am grateful for the opportunity to see our University play for a title.
Notre Dame is not Alabama. Notre Dame is more than a football factory. We don't oversign, we don't have the athletes Bama has. We don't put our players into easy (or in some cases, not even real) courses. We prepare our young men for success in the real world. We prepare our young men for life beyond football. That is why we are the best program in America. I am proud of the combination of integrity, academics, and athletics. This football team has carried itself with class and represented everything that Our Lady's University stands for.
Proud to be Irish. It was a great season, what an amazing ride.
PS: Tonight was a tough pill to swallow. But it is not the end. This was not even supposed to be our year. We are a year ahead of schedule and will only continue to get better. Next year we add a consensus top 5 recruiting class and an excellent core to this years team. Question Kelly's play-calling tonight if you want, but we can all acknowledge we are watching something be built. Something special. Something that hasn't existed at Notre Dame in years. The future is bright.
We are ND.
