Rasputin's non-football observations from the Blue-Gold game weekend:
1. Indiana's new laws prohibiting fitness, fruits and vegetables seem to be a big success. 3XL is the new Medium in South Bend.
2. If the Boy Scouts of America every truly want to be relevant again they need to ditch the "helping an old lady cross the street" badge and introduce a "helping old people with the new automated food ordering tablets and kiosks". The Rasputins observed a couple in their early 60s struggle with the Subway tablet in LaFortune for over 20 minutes rejecting all offers of assistance. In that time, a father and son in line behind them downloaded the Subway app, ordered and received their food.
3. Probably due to the iffy weather, for the first time ever the Rasputin entourage enjoyed a very private, quiet moment of reflection at the Grotto on Friday night. Needed and necessary. Still tearing up just thinking about it.
4. Everyone should watch a baseball game at Frank Eck Stadium. What a glorious baseball field for a wonderful team. And it's free!!
5. Two ND students sat near the Rasputins for the 1st half of the game. This Rasputin thought they were rehearsing for the full feature movie version of the SNL skit "Guy Who Owns a Boat.". So many Brahs, and Bro, Dude and Totally. Gross.
6. On a completely different note, the rest of the ND student body could not have been more gracious all weekend.
7. Apparently the State of Indiana also banned sunscreen. On Saturday night, the Eddy Street Commons was full of of people sporting what could best be described as a "fire alarm red tan".
8. As the Rasputins drove home and observed the hundreds of dead raccoons lying on the side of the interstate, one could not help draw comparisons to Drew Pyne's chances of being QB1.
That is all.