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Article: Where coaches are canonized -- and earn millions. (Column).(University of Notre Dame)(Brief Article)
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- National Catholic Reporter
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- February 15, 2002
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Recently, I went to the University of Notre Dame to witness their final home game of the season. Notre Dame is the Hogwarts of Catholic football. The sport is their version of Quidditch, the major sport at Hogwarts. It is attended by some 86,000 faithful muggles (non-wizards).
The head coach at Notre Dame is said to hold the second-most important job in the church. Indeed, no true fan would blanch if they numbered their coaches like popes, that is, Knute I, Frank II, Ara III, Lou IV, and so on. At this writing, the university has just closed a secret conclave to find a new head wizard. On New Year's Day, a plume of white smoke went up from the Dome to signal that ...