[NU Sports] Notre Dame

[John Labbe]

I actually did see our 1995 win at Notre Dame mentioned, I think during  
one of the ESPN shows.  They put up a list of the biggest  
season-opening upsets in recent college football history.  Our game was  
one of about 6 on the list and the commentators briefly discussed it.


On Sep 2, 2007, at 5:04 PM, SjT (Stephen J. Truog) wrote:

>> I don't know if the ASU upset was the biggest in
>> history, but I almost feel
>
> I'm a bit surprised our 1995 win in South Bend wasn't
> mentioned. I guess I wasn't surprised Musburger failed
> to mention it while yakking up the ASU game during
> Cal-Rocky Top ... but still, there were a lot of
> similarities. ND was top 10, at home and in an opener
> where they were huge, mega-huge favorites over a team
> just about everyone considered a cupcake. ASU had come
> off two I-AA titles at least, where NU was coming off
> decades of nothingness.
>
> Plus, looking back it was a pretty major turning point
> in two programs. NU went on to capture 3 Big Ten
> titles in six years and launched an era where Wildcat
> football is no longer irrelevant and where fans expect
> victory or at least to be able to compete in the Big
> Ten.
>
> And it remains a turning point where Notre Dame has
> become somewhat irrelevant by their standards. In
> 1993, the Irish were essentially national champions,
> having beaten champ FSU but fallen to BC and to the
> "let's give po' ole Bobby a title" sympathy ... but
> that 1995 opener marked the end of Lou Holtz' glory
> years and the Irish have been struggling ever since.
> Sure, their name and kind schedule have earned them a
> few BCS bowls, but they have been soundly spanked in
> those bowls and out of the title hunt by early October
> pretty much every year.
>
> Yesterday was a huge upset, but I wouldn't vault it to
> the top right away. It reminded me a lot of Boise
> State's win last year - a big upset to be sure and a
> monumental win, but also a sense that this unbeaten
> WAC team or two-time I-AA champ wasn't getting the
> respect it felt it had earned.
>
> Northwestern had earned absolutely nothing heading in
> to the land of Touchdown Jesus and the Golden Dome to
> face a top 10 Notre Dame team on their network. But
> the result, and the way we led wire to wire, was
> something that absolutely astounded the rest of
> America. It certainly deserves a place right up there
> with ASU-UM.
>
> GO CATS!!!
> -SjT
>
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