TEXAS 831, NOTRE DAME 830

Posted by Deleted: Friday, November 28, 2008 12:04 AM

The Longhorns just defeated Texas A&M, 49-9. Mack Brown and the kids are probably more elated over the fact that they remain in the race for the BCS championship game, but the victory also means that Texas moves ahead of Notre Dame into 2nd place in all-time wins with 831. The last time that the Irish were neither No. 1 nor No. 2 on the all-time wins list was 76 years ago.

Great way to kick off the Thanksgiving weekend for the Notre Dame football program.

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Best sign at the Lone Star State Rivalry on Thanksgiving night: "JORVORSKIE LANE ATE MY OTHER SIGN."

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Caught a Friday Night Lights episode the other night--inexplicably, I've never seen it--and heard my new favorite expression for scoring a touchdown: "He's in the barn!"

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I wonder if Jason Whitlock will wake up Friday morning and decide to write a column criticizing Chris Fowler on his performance in the ESPN Turkey Bowl.

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Classic Dr. Lou during halftime of the A&M-Texas contest, addressing Mark May: "I'm thankful for you and I love you and...I'm thankful for the troops. And I wish you were with them."

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Today's Abe Lincoln bit of tid (for those who haven't been following, I'm reading me a book on the 16th president and thought I'd share some of the more interesting bits of tid): Thanksgiving had been celebrated after the harvest for more than two centuries, but it was never a formally recognized holiday until Lincoln made it so in 1863. Lincoln did so in part to recognize the sacrifices made in the Battle of Gettysburg, which took place in July of that year. In fact, the Gettysburg Address was given on Nov. 19, 1863, just days before the first Thanksgiving.

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Interesting name one friend passed on to me in terms of the possible candidates Notre Dame should look at in case they make a change. This coach was on the field when Lou Holtz suffered the most ignominious home loss (or so it was thought that afternoon) of his tenure in South Bend. Any idea who it is?

(Answer after the jump)

This guy.

The last time Notre Dame poached a head coach from this school it worked out fairly well.

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2 Comments

G.A. said:

Looking forward to when a Lincoln bit of tid is in fact a bit of Tad, or a bit of (Mary) Todd.

If I were AD at a high-level college program and needed a head football coach, I think I'd give a long look at Pat Fitzgerald.

And it's a bit annoying to have Whitlock going on and on about inherent bias in journalists, then to drop in "we" about Ball State. What's the point of having a soapbox to stand on if it's painted in a school's colors?

November 28, 2008 9:11 AM

gyms in college station said:

I think that texas needs to be scared of A&M we have been hitting the gyms in College Station really hard and are ready for them.

January 8, 2009 3:58 PM