[NU Sports] Cats at Wrigley

[Jim Bendat]

The back in the day ND games to which Jim L. refers led to ND being called the "ramblers" for a while. In my football program collection, the 1936 ND vs. Southern Cal game actually mentions that day's matchup as the Trojans vs. the Ramblers. -- Jim B.

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>From: Jim Leonard <jleonard518 at yahoo.com>
>Sent: Mar 3, 2010 8:38 PM
>To: Northwestern Wildcats <nwu-sports at tssi.com>
>Subject: [NU Sports] Cats at Wrigley

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>I hate to tip my hat to Notre Dame, but when Knute Rockne was at the helm they would take their team anywhere in the country to play a game (I believe the term was 'barnstorming' back in the day) at that exposure helped them build a strong national brand.