An Open Letter to the Team

Fellas,

I know you’re caught up in a lot right now. Potential coaching changes. The media and “fans” all up in your mix. A season that looked promising not going the way you’d hoped.

Just wanted to let you know: there are thousands, hundreds of thousands, MILLIONS of TRUE Notre Dame fans out there supporting you. Cheering you on. Pulling for you.

The guy that attacked Jimmy? The psychos that talk trash on you on internet forums? The dude that puts up a childish billboard? The people that boo you and your coach? That’s a a small though vocal minority. They make a lot of noise, but those people do not in any way represent what the true Notre Dame fan thinks, feels, or does.

We support you guys. We recognize how much heart you have, how much hard work you put in. We recognize that you’re fighting til the end in each game. And we know you’ve chosen a road more difficult than some others – that you’re balancing a class schedule and difficult academics with a grueling practice, game and ‘life’ schedule. We know that you’re busting your butts to represent Notre Dame well on and off the field. And we know you’re the ones that are most dissatisfied with the results. We know that it’s killing you that the results haven’t been what you, and the fans, wanted. And we know you’ll keep working hard to make it right.

So please, don’t forget the vast majority of us out here that have your backs. If you can, try to ignore the losers that only attack and have negative things to say. And focus your energy on beating Stanford and getting better every day.

Because one day we’ll all stand together with Notre Dame football back atop the College Football Hierarchy, and while those disingenuine ‘fans’ will celebrate and pretend like they’ve supported you all along, we’ll all know who the true warriors are, and we’ll know which fans had your back through the good times AND the bad.

Go Irish. Beat the living crap out of Stanford.