Comments on: Guilty! http://www.herloyalsons.com/blog/2006/10/23/guilty/ Just a few guys loving the same woman and talking Irish Football. Thu, 20 Nov 2008 17:31:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: BurbankSteve http://www.herloyalsons.com/blog/2006/10/23/guilty/#comment-440 BurbankSteve Wed, 25 Oct 2006 21:09:24 +0000 http://www.herloyalsons.com/blog/2006/10/23/guilty/#comment-440 The upside of the fact that the rabble-rousing, crazed, sprung-kneed blue and gold maniacs can't get tickets for a home game is that they arrive from all over the planet for road fixtures, where they take over the stadium and give the boys a taste of what it would be (should be) like at ND Stadium. Pick a venue like Stanford, where the Cardinal fans are so ambivalent about their team that I couldn't even GIVE away two tickets before the game there last year, and it's like being transported to the Emerald Isle and Notre Dame heaven. The upside of the fact that the rabble-rousing, crazed, sprung-kneed blue and gold maniacs can’t get tickets for a home game is that they arrive from all over the planet for road fixtures, where they take over the stadium and give the boys a taste of what it would be (should be) like at ND Stadium.

Pick a venue like Stanford, where the Cardinal fans are so ambivalent about their team that I couldn’t even GIVE away two tickets before the game there last year, and it’s like being transported to the Emerald Isle and Notre Dame heaven.

]]> By: domer.mq http://www.herloyalsons.com/blog/2006/10/23/guilty/#comment-431 domer.mq Tue, 24 Oct 2006 19:27:30 +0000 http://www.herloyalsons.com/blog/2006/10/23/guilty/#comment-431 Earl B., Thanks for your thoughts. I would never be disrespectful towards someone like Bob McBride. Heck, I'm never disrespectful towards anyone in the stadium. The thing is, I'll bet my bottom dollar there aren't 1000s of Bob McBrides in that stadium. And even if there were, there are still tens of thousands of "Buffys" and "Thomases" in there at the same time causing the real problem. Earl B.,
Thanks for your thoughts. I would never be disrespectful towards someone like Bob McBride. Heck, I’m never disrespectful towards anyone in the stadium. The thing is, I’ll bet my bottom dollar there aren’t 1000s of Bob McBrides in that stadium. And even if there were, there are still tens of thousands of “Buffys” and “Thomases” in there at the same time causing the real problem.

]]> By: Earl B. http://www.herloyalsons.com/blog/2006/10/23/guilty/#comment-430 Earl B. Tue, 24 Oct 2006 19:05:39 +0000 http://www.herloyalsons.com/blog/2006/10/23/guilty/#comment-430 The quiet stadium problem is a tough one. The stadium is quiet for a lot of reasons. The shallow bowl design and natural grass surface aren't conducive to a lot of noise. But the big problem is the crowd. The students are great. The remaining tickets generally go to alumni, many of who are old (or at least middle aged). The younger, crazy alumni don't get as many tickets. Lottery is stacked against them, they can't afford the tickets or the trip, etc... But don't be so quick to bag on that old guy sitting behind you who wants to see the game. That might be Bob McBride. He's an older guy, pretty short and stooped. He hasn't been happy with a Notre Dame coach since Frank Leahy, although Ara was okay. Bob can't stand up for as long as he used to, and he can't yell as loud as he'd like to. But Bob deserves to see the game as much as, and probably quite a bit more than, you do. Bob is an ND alumnus who served his country as a soldier in World War II, and nearly starved to death as a POW. After the war he came back to ND and played football for the Irish under Frank Leahy. He's a big Leahy fan. Bob sent his kids to ND, and many of his grandkids are Domers. The quiet stadium can be a problem, but the solution isn't to tell Bob McBride (or the thousands like him) to go cheer for another team or to take his tickets away. Bob has earned his seat, and you should be respectful of him when he asks you to sit down, even if you can't help but jump to your feet for every 2-yard run by Darius Walker on second-and-eight. The quiet stadium problem is a tough one. The stadium is quiet for a lot of reasons. The shallow bowl design and natural grass surface aren’t conducive to a lot of noise. But the big problem is the crowd. The students are great. The remaining tickets generally go to alumni, many of who are old (or at least middle aged). The younger, crazy alumni don’t get as many tickets. Lottery is stacked against them, they can’t afford the tickets or the trip, etc…

But don’t be so quick to bag on that old guy sitting behind you who wants to see the game. That might be Bob McBride. He’s an older guy, pretty short and stooped. He hasn’t been happy with a Notre Dame coach since Frank Leahy, although Ara was okay. Bob can’t stand up for as long as he used to, and he can’t yell as loud as he’d like to. But Bob deserves to see the game as much as, and probably quite a bit more than, you do. Bob is an ND alumnus who served his country as a soldier in World War II, and nearly starved to death as a POW. After the war he came back to ND and played football for the Irish under Frank Leahy. He’s a big Leahy fan. Bob sent his kids to ND, and many of his grandkids are Domers.

The quiet stadium can be a problem, but the solution isn’t to tell Bob McBride (or the thousands like him) to go cheer for another team or to take his tickets away. Bob has earned his seat, and you should be respectful of him when he asks you to sit down, even if you can’t help but jump to your feet for every 2-yard run by Darius Walker on second-and-eight.

]]> By: Bad Kermit http://www.herloyalsons.com/blog/2006/10/23/guilty/#comment-428 Bad Kermit Tue, 24 Oct 2006 14:45:22 +0000 http://www.herloyalsons.com/blog/2006/10/23/guilty/#comment-428 Q, awesome article. I can't believe someone actually told you to shut up. That is so Miles Davis. Honestly, they should only let dudes under 50 into ND Stadium (feminists and octogenarians can contact me at badkermit@gmail.com). That would solve most of our problems, and we wouldn't have to wear pants. Q, awesome article. I can’t believe someone actually told you to shut up. That is so Miles Davis. Honestly, they should only let dudes under 50 into ND Stadium (feminists and octogenarians can contact me at badkermit@gmail.com). That would solve most of our problems, and we wouldn’t have to wear pants.

]]> By: Trey http://www.herloyalsons.com/blog/2006/10/23/guilty/#comment-426 Trey Tue, 24 Oct 2006 06:09:45 +0000 http://www.herloyalsons.com/blog/2006/10/23/guilty/#comment-426 I agree. I've never been to a live ND game(making my first one on Nov 11), and I have to think that I make more noise yelling at my TV in texas than the entire stadium does AT a game. I fear this is what we get for allowing alumni and boosters first cracks at tickets. Hell, set aside 10,000 for them, another 10 for students, and leave the rest of the 60 open until 2 weeks before kickoff. Thatll get some of your drunk, crazy, bandwagoning, crazy fans to come and stir S** up! I agree. I’ve never been to a live ND game(making my first one on Nov 11), and I have to think that I make more noise yelling at my TV in texas than the entire stadium does AT a game. I fear this is what we get for allowing alumni and boosters first cracks at tickets. Hell, set aside 10,000 for them, another 10 for students, and leave the rest of the 60 open until 2 weeks before kickoff. Thatll get some of your drunk, crazy, bandwagoning, crazy fans to come and stir S** up!

]]> By: The Biscuit http://www.herloyalsons.com/blog/2006/10/23/guilty/#comment-425 The Biscuit Mon, 23 Oct 2006 23:08:25 +0000 http://www.herloyalsons.com/blog/2006/10/23/guilty/#comment-425 if you weren't married, i'd have said that you'd never seen a girl, which is why you made the mistake. and if your wife weren't so nice and obviously of the pretty-girl-type i would've said she looks like a man and that's why you didnt know it's a girl. in the end, i can't say anything, but now you know what my comeback would've been. and it would've been a SNAP response with vigor. take that. sad if you weren’t married, i’d have said that you’d never seen a girl, which is why you made the mistake. and if your wife weren’t so nice and obviously of the pretty-girl-type i would’ve said she looks like a man and that’s why you didnt know it’s a girl.

in the end, i can’t say anything, but now you know what my comeback would’ve been. and it would’ve been a SNAP response with vigor.

take that.

sad

]]> By: domer.mq http://www.herloyalsons.com/blog/2006/10/23/guilty/#comment-424 domer.mq Mon, 23 Oct 2006 21:19:59 +0000 http://www.herloyalsons.com/blog/2006/10/23/guilty/#comment-424 Ah. You're right. She is a girl. Takes one to know one. Oh Snap! Ah. You’re right. She is a girl. Takes one to know one.

Oh Snap!

]]> By: The Biscuit http://www.herloyalsons.com/blog/2006/10/23/guilty/#comment-423 The Biscuit Mon, 23 Oct 2006 21:03:04 +0000 http://www.herloyalsons.com/blog/2006/10/23/guilty/#comment-423 The 3rd bad guy from Krypton is a girl, not a dude. And quit yelling. Your capital letter typing is bothering me. I'm trying to enjoy the column you wrote. The 3rd bad guy from Krypton is a girl, not a dude.

And quit yelling. Your capital letter typing is bothering me. I’m trying to enjoy the column you wrote.

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