It is the basis of a tradition that crosses generations to bind alumni to one another and to the University. We fear that through years of neglect this bond is eroding to the point that current and future generations will lose their rightful link to our University's storied past. It's obvious from my brief correspondence at NDToday that the link we talked about in the letter has already been lost for many/most current students. The fact that so few experience the unique relationship between the university and the football program is the reason the letter was written. It is a link that is being needlessly broken through neglect and incompetence. When the university excels at all levels there is magic... but most will never know. You can't miss what you never had and most current students have never experienced it.
Take a moment and share your stories here and we'll find a way to get the word out.
ND is a very different place when the football team is winning. There is a different magic in the air, and a different spirit in the eyes of the students. One feels as though anything is possible and nothing is beyond one's reach.
And that feeling needs to return. gmurphy
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Memories of my grandfather - Karl(1of1) 2005-11-09 01:07:26 Family, Faith, Football - JC 2005-11-09 01:07:26 I'm going to take you to a special place - BeijingIrish 2005-11-09 01:07:26 It's always been...Notre Dame - IrishInVa 2005-11-09 01:07:26 ND tradition to me - Rocket7 2005-11-09 01:07:26 How 25 cents became priceless - CountyKerry 2005-11-09 01:07:26 It started with a little blue book - mkovac 2005-11-09 01:07:26 Notre Dame Moments... - FourLeafDomer 2005-11-09 01:07:26 A tradition that can define a family - ndslc 2005-11-09 01:07:26 A two-boater's tale - JPH 2005-11-09 01:07:26 Going to the Notre Dame school in London in '93.... - JHND 2005-11-09 01:07:26 A tie that binds family... - zahm77 2005-11-09 01:07:26 Born blue and gold - Rocket88 2005-11-09 01:07:26 It is who we are. . . - ndoldtown 2005-11-09 01:07:26 ND Football is for life - Jvan 2005-11-09 01:07:26 First dates - eric(the1) 2005-11-09 01:07:26 love - stanford_07 2005-11-09 01:07:26 Magic - ndirish 2005-11-09 01:07:26 Where to begin... - RJD 2005-11-09 01:07:26 For me it really started in 1966 - EmilT76 2005-11-09 01:07:26 A Passion of My Soul - The Flash 2005-11-09 01:07:26 For me it started.... - 77IRISH77 2005-11-09 01:07:26 That's Notre Dame Grass Ya Know - Reagan 2005-11-09 01:07:26 Even(maybe especially)during tragedy ND stands tall - IrishJoeinnc 2005-11-09 01:07:26 Intresting...a lot of these posts seem to have... - bluengold07 2005-11-09 01:07:26 A long trip - THEHULKSTER 2005-11-09 01:07:26 It means everything to me - The Holtz Room 2005-11-09 01:07:26 Mine is sad and sums up the last 10 years - OITLinebacker 2005-11-09 01:07:26 A story that needs to be on this thread... - OhioRudy 2005-11-09 01:07:26 ND tradition for 56 years and counting - longtimeirish 2005-11-09 01:07:26 Alone and ND Football - Buddy Jeans 2005-11-09 01:07:26 Born a Polish Catholic in Chicago and... - 47Bolcar 2005-11-09 01:07:26 I am Canadian and came to ND as a grad student... - ndalberta 2005-11-09 01:07:26 My dad, my grandfather. ND24 Ala23 ND38 Tx10 * - packyp 2005-11-09 01:07:26 ND means FAMILY - ndaero93 2005-11-09 01:07:26 irishfarmboy's post - SEE 2005-11-09 01:07:26 Memory from a game. - tdiddy07 2005-11-09 01:07:26 Senior year of high school, 1984, - Irish88 2005-11-09 01:07:26 My Dad taught me about N.D. football when I was - OmahaRic 2005-11-09 01:07:26 Since you asked - Old Man 2005-11-09 01:07:26 Football is the soul of Notre Dame - XNDX 2005-11-09 01:07:26 Don't know why I didn't die in '48 I believe it was. I was 13 and - IrishJoeinnc 2005-11-09 01:07:26 I have a photo of my Dad circa '49 or '50.... - Denver Jim 2005-11-09 01:07:26 A Subway alum from an early age - Sec21 Atlanta 2005-11-09 01:07:26 1955 - Serge 2005-11-09 01:07:26 ND Fottball=Oxygen! * - NDinVA 2005-11-09 01:07:26 I'm 68 years old and watching ND football made me so tough that when - IrishJoeinnc 2005-11-09 01:07:26 Here's mine... - Oldomer 2005-11-09 01:07:26 ND football is integrally entwined with ... - Golden Dome 2005-11-09 01:07:26 Lindsay Nelson on Sunday Night - ugoirish 2005-11-09 01:07:26 One of my earliest childhood - ND84 2005-11-09 01:07:26 Board Ops: this thread is priceless * - scal_irish 2005-11-09 01:07:26 Football keeps a legacy going - frickerdog 2005-11-09 01:07:26 I'll mention my Dad as well - jonny 2005-11-09 01:07:26 Age 4 to Age 36: from father to son - 31-30 2005-11-09 01:07:26 Remember that article in SI last year? - tdiddy07 2005-11-09 01:07:26 Wow!!! - NDTOM 2005-11-09 01:07:26 Its what I wanted to be since I was 10 years old - tbsone 2005-11-09 01:07:26 The Tears of a retired Marine - Col. Stephens 2005-11-09 01:07:26 Mine are unique yet a piece of everyone elses' pop up in mine. - NCIrish 2005-11-09 01:07:26 ND and my Dad... - racerx 2005-11-09 01:07:26 My experience is different from most here... - ufl 2005-11-09 01:07:26 I have mentioned what ND has meant to me too many times,so I won't - IrishJoeinnc 2005-11-09 01:07:26 My reply... - ND8486 2005-11-09 01:07:26 "The Spirit of Notre Dame.... - stedsman 2005-11-09 01:07:26 September 17-18, 1982 - pggnd88 2005-11-09 01:07:26 Lessons - Gator77 2005-11-09 01:07:26 I'll paraphrase..... - BIGSKYND 2005-11-09 01:07:26 I had never heard of Notre Dame until I - Fr.LangeBoy 2005-11-09 01:07:26 ND51SC0 - nd51sc0 2005-11-09 01:07:26 My dad..... - Cliff Claven 2005-11-09 01:07:26 First televised sporting event I can sort of remember. - Fantom 2005-11-09 01:07:26 Pray for the boys from the Golden Dome - IrishArmy 2005-11-09 01:07:26 My family - TerryD 2005-11-09 01:07:26 Student memory from 1993 - Sammer 2005-11-09 01:07:26 Subway Grandfather - Hipster 2005-11-09 01:07:26 My Grandfather - JTB_ND01 2005-11-09 01:07:26 My dad. - scal_irish 2005-11-09 01:07:26 my dad - morrisseydad 2005-11-09 01:07:26 To expound on what I said below... - gmurphy 2005-11-09 01:07:26 To be honest, I hated ND growing up... - Domer99 2005-11-09 01:07:26 Grandmother's prayers - ahaubtx 2005-11-09 01:07:26 Irish Sports Camps in the `70s and Joe Yonto.... - MississippIRISH 2005-11-09 01:07:26 Pat O'Brian wanted to talk about X's, O's, and about Walsh... - bluengold07 2005-11-09 01:07:26 My father - Khaddafi 2005-11-09 01:07:26 Bobby Satterfield - Pitbull 2005-11-09 01:07:26 I wish - Hipster 2005-11-09 01:07:26 My Largest Connection to My Father - DAngelotti 2005-11-09 01:07:26 Dad - Chuck84 2005-11-09 01:07:26 It has meant - John88 2005-11-09 01:07:26 the earliest memory I have of sports - bergen 2005-11-09 01:07:26 My story - HTownND 2005-11-09 01:07:26 How do they think ND became a 'national' school? - FourLeafDomer 2005-11-09 01:07:26 I'll repost what I posted over there - FightOnForMorrissey 2005-11-09 01:07:26