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Article: Notre Dame legacy was off and running
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- The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)
- Article date:
- August 26, 1994
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CopyrightCopyright 1994 The Boston Globe. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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SOUTH BEND, Ind. -- Notre Dame football. Speak in hushed tones
if you wish when you are in the shadow of the Golden Dome and the
names of Leahy, Rockne and Gipp are mentioned.
Notre Dame football. Shout it out on a Saturday morning in
October when the smell of sizzling steaks on the quad, the sound of
"The Notre Dame Victory March" and a kaleidoscope of autumn foliage
overwhelm the senses as a prelude to an afternoon of football, played
on real grass at Notre Dame Stadium, very distinctive in this era of
generic, cookie-cutter venues.
Notre Dame football. Debate it with overbearing subway alumni
who think critiquing the Fighting Irish is a birthright and that
there are only two types of ...