NOTRE DAME fUSBALL !

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  1. jif5

    jif5 Well-Known Member

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    Ive been watching ND football longer then anyone here. I go back to Johnny Lujack and beyond and Ive never seen anything like this year. Cant blame Charlie when the talent is not there. Admission standards will have to be relaxed, or the schedule downgraded even more then this years!
     
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    I say, let's let in a bunch of eggheads who can't play at all and call ourselves......Brown.
     
  3. Don Ballard

    Don Ballard Well-Known Member

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    jif,

    Do not be too sure of your being the oldest member watching ND. I can remember Johnny Lujack as well. I believe I was in the 5th grade at the time.

    Don :lol:
     
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    BROWN is taken...Oh I hear what you are saying...schedule Brown?
     
  5. jif5

    jif5 Well-Known Member

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    Don..probably you have me by a year or three. 1944 or thereabouts is where my memories begin. I remember ND getting destroyed by Army and Navy in back to back weeks that year. Remember Harry Wismer and Bill Stern in the pre TV days?
     
  6. Terry O'Keefe

    Terry O'Keefe Well-Known Member Administrator

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    Jif=gonzolite...Ignore him boys.
     
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    Gonzolite? 8)
     
  8. Don Ballard

    Don Ballard Well-Known Member

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    jif,

    Those were the days of Doc Blanchard and Glenn Davis as well.

    The years have really flown by haven't they?

    Don
     
  9. jif5

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    Don.. Yes Mister INSIDE and Mister outside. They were great. I cant remember the Quaterback's name in those years for Army..but he was a good one. Remember Barney Poole? All American at Army..and before he joined the Army he was an All American at Mississippi.
     
  10. Don Ballard

    Don Ballard Well-Known Member

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    Tucker?

    Don
     
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    Don! YES! Tucker..thanks, thats been bothering me!