# Fighting Irish: Quit Embarassing Yourselves **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [September 16, 2006, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fighting-irish-quit-embarassing-yourselves/373006 "2006-09-16T22:28:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Knorf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/58956e/32.png) [@Knorf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knorf)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2006, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fighting-irish-quit-embarassing-yourselves/373006/21 "2006-09-17T20:24:00Z")
Ha-ha! [/Nelson Muntz] What’s horrifying to me is that all the ads at the bottom of this thread are for purchasing ND _ring tones_. I can’t imagine anything more horrifying. Oh the humanity! Re: the UofO vs. UofO game. Get over it. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2006, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fighting-irish-quit-embarassing-yourselves/373006/22 "2006-09-17T22:38:36Z")
[QUOTE=Knorf] Re: the UofO vs. UofO game. Get over it. [/QUOTE] I’ll complain all I want to, thank you very much. Won’t affect anything anyways, so what do you care? :dubious: A bad call by a ref in the first half is bad, but at least a good team can overcome it. They have the time. A bad call in the last 80 seconds of a close game, tho, and one team is fucked, pure and simple. Doesn’t matter who it is, it still sucks to see that happen. And yes, I would say the same thing even if it went against Nortre Dame. Bad calls that decide the fate of a close game suck. Period. A close football game should be decided how it usually is. By a cheap ass field goal from a guy who played all of 39 seconds the entire game. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Fugazi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f08c70/32.png) [@Fugazi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fugazi)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2006, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fighting-irish-quit-embarassing-yourselves/373006/23 "2006-09-18T02:52:52Z")
[QUOTE=adam yax] I wanted ND to win. The idea of a potential national championship berth on the line between USC and ND in November would have been fantastic. I guess that 'SC will just have to go it alone now 🙂 [/QUOTE] No worries. The Buckeyes will be there to hand the Trojans their asses. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2006, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fighting-irish-quit-embarassing-yourselves/373006/24 "2006-09-18T03:21:13Z")
[QUOTE=mhendo] As someone who knew nothing about college football when i arrived in the US, and who still doesn’t really care about it, i’ve still managed to develop an irrational dislike for Notre Dame. [/QUOTE] It’s only irrational if you forget to save some of that dislike for Ohio State. And of course the N.Y. Yankees. ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2006, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fighting-irish-quit-embarassing-yourselves/373006/25 "2006-09-18T03:38:30Z")
[QUOTE=Jackmannii] It’s only irrational if you forget to save some of that dislike for Ohio State. And of course the N.Y. Yankees. [/QUOTE] Well, i’ve got the Yankees covered. I am an Orioles fan, after all. My main beef with Ohio State is the apparent idiocy of their fans, who seem compelled to destroy the campus and town whenever they win or lose a big game. Must be lots of dopey moron students in those Ohio State classrooms, methinks. ---
**Author:** ![Yookeroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yookeroo/32/323_2.png) [@Yookeroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yookeroo)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2006, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fighting-irish-quit-embarassing-yourselves/373006/26 "2006-09-18T05:41:49Z")
[QUOTE=NoClueBoy] I know, “A good team shouldn’t be in a position to let the refs decide a game,” will be said now. Hey, IT WAS A CLOSE GAME. Between two pretty good squads. The refs should not decide the outcome of a game by making bad calls. Happened against the Ducks in the first half, led to a Sooner TD. Happened to the Sooners in the closing moments, leading to a Ducks TD. [/QUOTE] Was the Duck’s TD worth more points? ---
**Author:** ![oy\_vay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/258eb7/32.png) [@oy\_vay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/oy_vay)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2006, 6:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fighting-irish-quit-embarassing-yourselves/373006/27 "2006-09-18T06:28:01Z")
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**Author:** ![Mince](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecd19e/32.png) [@Mince](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mince)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2006, 7:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fighting-irish-quit-embarassing-yourselves/373006/28 "2006-09-18T07:19:52Z")
[QUOTE=Walter Windchill] I look forward to a quintessential college football matchup. I don’t care who wins, so long as it’s a good game. Then Notre Dame decides to puke all over themselves, making the game unwatchable past the first quarter. Stupid Irish. [/QUOTE] Quit embarassing themselves? What do you suggest? Quiting altogether? I’m sure they tried as hard as they could. ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2006, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fighting-irish-quit-embarassing-yourselves/373006/29 "2006-09-18T13:03:28Z")
ND wasn’t as bad as they looked nor was Michigan as good as they looked. Sometimes it’s just that one team executes and another doesn’t. I just hope that Notre Dame doesn’t recover until after the Michigan State game. ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2006, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fighting-irish-quit-embarassing-yourselves/373006/30 "2006-09-18T13:09:25Z")
[QUOTE=Gatopescado] Damn good weekend: USC wins, Florida teams lose, Pac-10 edges out Oklahoma and ND gets is ass handed to them. [/QUOTE] Florida won, those other two teams lost. Oh, South Florida won also, beating out Central Florida. ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2006, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fighting-irish-quit-embarassing-yourselves/373006/31 "2006-09-18T13:11:23Z")
[QUOTE=hey alright] Stupid drunk Irish. [/QUOTE] I must protest such language. Most of my drunk Irish friends are highly intelligent. Besides, they prefer to be called _drunken_ Irish. ---
**Author:** ![Cluricaun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bb73d2/32.png) [@Cluricaun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cluricaun)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2006, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fighting-irish-quit-embarassing-yourselves/373006/32 "2006-09-18T13:37:52Z")
[QUOTE=Beware of Doug] Besides, they prefer to be called _drunken_ Irish. [/QUOTE] Actually “Cluricaun” works just fine my good sir. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Antinor01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecae2f/32.png) [@Antinor01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antinor01)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2006, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fighting-irish-quit-embarassing-yourselves/373006/33 "2006-09-19T16:31:07Z")
[QUOTE=mhendo] Well, i’ve got the Yankees covered. I am an Orioles fan, after all. My main beef with Ohio State is the apparent idiocy of their fans, who seem compelled to destroy the campus and town whenever they win or lose a big game. Must be lots of dopey moron students in those Ohio State classrooms, methinks. [/QUOTE] One of the big reasons I’m very glad to not live anywhere near OSU campus anymore. It was a frightning experience. ---
**Author:** ![kidchameleon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/898d66/32.png) [@kidchameleon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kidchameleon)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2006, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fighting-irish-quit-embarassing-yourselves/373006/34 "2006-09-20T02:38:23Z")
[QUOTE=Jackmannii] It’s only irrational if you forget to save some of that dislike for Ohio State. [/QUOTE] Whoa, careful a Buckeye might correct you at some point. I swear they all call it THE Ohio State University. ---
**Author:** ![audiobottle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bc8723/32.png) [@audiobottle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/audiobottle)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2006, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fighting-irish-quit-embarassing-yourselves/373006/35 "2006-09-20T02:48:49Z")
As a Michigan alumnus, Saturday was a great day. Ahhh… if we can beat OSU this year, or at least spoil their chances for a National title like we did a few years back, it will make the entire season. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2006, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fighting-irish-quit-embarassing-yourselves/373006/36 "2006-09-20T04:23:33Z")
[QUOTE=adam yax] I wanted ND to win. The idea of a potential national championship berth on the line between USC and ND in November would have been fantastic. I guess that 'SC will just have to go it alone now 🙂 [/QUOTE] Yeah, that would be good, but if I had a gun to my head and was told the trigger would be pulled if nd lost, I would still, if not secretly, root for the other team. Even if it was Al Queda. 😉 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fighting-irish-quit-embarassing-yourselves/373006.md?page=1)