Going into the game, Notre Dame had a five game home losing streak to USC. A history with former players, Heisman Trophy winners and nominees, great stadiums/ coliseum, fight songs ( ND, USC), coaches, celebrities, and more. And, they’ve been doing it for a long time.īoth teams have such a history. Rockne spoke to her husband and on December 4, 1926, USC became an annual fixture on Notre Dame schedule.” Whatever the story is on how they started playing each other, they did. Rockne that a trip every two years to sunny Southern California was better than one to snowy, hostile Nebraska. #JEWELED SHILLELAGH SERIES#On that day (Nebraska 17, Notre Dame 0) Knute Rockne resisted the idea of a home-and-home series with USC because of the travel involved, but Mrs. USC dispatched Wilson and his wife to Lincoln, Nebraska, where Notre Dame was playing Nebraska on Thanksgiving Day. As the story goes, the rivalry began with USC looking for a national rival. In fact, many sports writers often cite this popular story as the main reason the two schools decided to play one another. A story has been told– “The origin of the series is quite often recounted as a ‘c onversation between wives‘of Notre Dame head coach Knute Rockne and USC athletic director Gywnn Wilson. How that game began in 1926 would not had possibly happen without the wives of the coaches not had gotten involved. This rivalry started in December 1926, with a 14-10 victory for Notre Dame. Of course, there was some hype about this game. So, “listen up.” Also, the “Silent Cheer” didn’t really happen at the game.) Also, here is the actual video of pep rally, starting with Digger giving his speech. (Here is the actual video of Lou Holtz giving his speech. The band marches and squeezes into the tunnel as well while chanting, “Here Come The Irish” on gameday.) We walked around campus on Friday night, waiting for the outdoor Pep Rally where Lou Holtz and Digger Phelps would make a speaking appearance. There are a lot of videos of the behind scenes of people taking a tour of the locker room which empties to the tunnel. (This is the only video I can find of someone walking down the tunnel. It’s called the “ Stadium Tunnel Tour” and it’s located at the north tunnel. They give the fans the opportunity to do this before every home game, usually 10:00am-5:00pm the Friday before the game. What I wished we could’ve done was walked down the tunnel that the teams walked down from the locker rooms to the field. After making our way over to Indiana, we dropped off our bags at his father’s house, and he drove us to the campus to walk around waiting for the Pep Rally that would take place outside the Notre Dame Stadium. I packed my bags, picked up my friend at his house, and we left late morning from Cincinnati, Ohio to South Bend, Indiana, on a Friday. Here is one entry about my visit to Notre Dame. I told my friend, “I would like to go to a Notre Dame game sometime with you, but I want to go to a good rivalry game if I could.” Next thing you know, I got tickets to the Notre Dame vs. My friend’s father got tickets to many ND games. The history, appearances, music, Irish guard, and the plaid colors make the Notre Dame band a top in all the college marching bands. The band is well known throughout the country, and now with Notre Dame playing games across seas in places like Ireland, it can be said they are well known throughout the world. He also played the saxophone for the football marching band. A guy at my church that I attend, is an alumni of Notre Dame. The fall of 2013, I had the opportunity to go to a Notre Dame football game in South Bend, Indiana.
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