I hate Notre Dame

[Sir Lawrence]

Where is the display of animosity toward Notre friggin' Dame around here?  There was a time in MU's history when ND was "just a tad" less hated than UW.  Some years even more hated than Bucky.  They spanked Syracuse tonight, and they scare me more than G'town. 

[CTWarrior]

Not being from Wisconsin, I always thought that the biggest rivalry games we had were ND, DePaul and Dayton, in that order and with Dayton being a distant 3rd. 

I happened to go to ND high school and I remember gettng some serious grief over wearing some of my high school basketball practice jerseys at the rec center.  Everybody hated ND.

Doc Rivers hit that 35 footer at the buzzer to beat ND the first time I brought a co-ed with me to a game.  After that I figured she was good luck so I stuck with her and married her and am still happily with her 26 years later.  But I still hate ND.

[MilTown]

Why would we hate ND? We have owned them over the past few years. On the flip side, ND is looking for payback this year. A ND co-worker of mine started talking up this years game a few weeks ago.

[77ncaachamps]

I hate ND...

I hate all of those ND applicant rejects who said they "settled" for MU.

I hated them for cheering on ND more than MU basketball.

I can't stand the cocky Irish (from ND, that is).

We're gonna whoop them...just like old times.

[MUCam]

I hate:

(1) Wisconsin - Bo Ryan especially. I cannot stand that man. Nor can I stand his Franken-centers and Franken-Power Forwards.

(2a) Louisville - When run by Pitino. Even in down years, they are possibly the team I want to beat the worst (i.e. by the biggest margin). I still froth at the mouth re: that 50 point loss.

(2b) Notre Dame - Always has been a worst. Always will be a worst.

(3) University of Michigan Football - I hate how they win, recruit and lose with grace. I hate the color maize. I hate that my adopted U of Minnesota and Michigan State University will always be below U of Mich's big brother status in the Big Ten.

(4) Green Bay Packers - Brett Farve, hypocrisy and John Madden's man love.

(5) Pitt - Slowly climbing up the ladders.

(6) Indianapolis Colts and Chicago Bears - tied - Payton Manning, his nose, and his pompous little brother. Everything Bears, including the fact that along with the Colts they have ruined the Super Bowl for me.

(7) Dallas Stars - This spot actually is saved for Dallas as soon as Modano is let go, traded, or retires, as he is the only worthy remnant of the old North Stars. It should still be the Minnesota North Stars.

(8) Detroit Piston "Bad Boys" - From the nineties. Can there be a more intolerable duo than Isiah Thomas and Bill Lambeer; Even eventual freak Dennis Rodman looked soft on that team. At a time when a Minnesotan's basketball team was the Celtics (due to McHale's presence), the Pistons were awful.

(9) Wisconsin - See above.

(10a) Louisville - See above.

(10b) ND - See above.

Honorable Mentions: New York Yankees, pre-the curse is broken Red Sox, Green Bay Packers (again), Argentinian national soccer team, Matt Millen, Wisconsin Badgers (third time), Louisville (third time), ND (third time), any team that continues to play in a dome, or other enclosed field, excluding my Minnesota Twins and Minnesota Vikings (even though it pains me to know they play in the Dome), Indian National Cricket team and any cricket team they are playing for wasting so many hours of good sports TV on EuroSport when I was in Europe.

I feel a lot better now. Thanks.

[Wade for President]

Put the gun down MUCam....it's not worth it.

[jutaw22mu]

Personally, I don't hate Notre Dame.  Actually, I cheer for them all the time, just not when they play Marquette.  I always cheer for our fellow Catholic schools in the Big East to do well.

[marqfan22]

I don't cheer for ND unless it will help MU in the standings.  I also cheer for the Big East Catholic schools. Check out the enrollments of the Big East schools. It's quite a contrast.

[MilTown]

Wow, that was some rant MU cam! Do you like any team besides MU? Oh wait, I see the Vi-Queens and the Twinkies. Now I know why you are bitter.

I just looked up ND in our media guide. Historically, they hold a giant advantage over us, 75-32. We have dominated lately, but we have a long way to go.

[mu_hilltopper]

Personally, I don't hate Notre Dame. 

Blasphemy.  You are banned.

[mu03eng]

My sports hit list goes like this:

Bears
Miami Hurricanes
Notre Dame
Yankees
Pitt
UW Basketball
Louisville
Cincy
Cubs fans


These are the groups that if destroyed I would only not shed a tear I would openly rejoice and dance in delight over their demise

[WashDCWarrior]

Last year's T-shirts, "Notre Dame is French for Our Bitch" were classic.  Right up there with "Ann Arbor is a Whore." 

[mu03eng]

DUDE!!  DC Warrior, please tell me you know where I can get my hands on such a t-shirt???  That has to be the single greatest thing I have seen ever....about anything.  I have to get my hands on one of those for the ND roadtrip plus to just wear around my ND friends.

[Chili]

personally, I think the old school "Marquette #1 - ND FU" is a better shirt, but that is me.


anyway, my personal sports hit list is the following:

UW@Probation
DuhPaul
ND
Vikings
Bears
Cubs
Twins
Arizona State
UCLA
Tiger Woods
Yankees
Duke

I think that is all....

[MU Fan in Connecticut]

I happened to go to ND high school and I remember gettng some serious grief over wearing some of my high school basketball practice jerseys at the rec center.  Everybody hated ND.

I went to ND high school too.  Which one did you attend, the one in West Haven or the one in Fairfield?

I hate ND too.  I'm still mad about someone stealing my t-shirt that said Marquette on front with the finger giving the #1 sign and the back said Notre Dame with the middle finger.

[Wade for President]

Trailor trash Eric Devendorf was 0 for 11 last night...off the bench.  Ouch.

[IAmMarquette]

While we're hating things, here goes (by sport)

College Basketball
Louisville
Pitt
Wisconsin
ND
Duke

NFL
Bears
Vikings
Eagles
John Elway
Eli Manning
the AFC

MLB
Cubs
Sox (Red & White)
Yankees
Twins

College Football
ND

EPL
Chelsea

Miscellaneous
The entire states of Minnesota and Illinois (in terms of sports)
NBA Officiating
The Brett Favre retirement situation (I'm a huge Packers and Brett Favre fan)
East coast bias in sports reporting



Whew... I think that's all for now.  

[AlumKCof93]

Maybe its because I'm from Chicago, but my all-time most hated team is DePaul.  Not because they've beaten us, but because they have had the most thuggish and laziest bunch of guys over the past 15 or so years.  They had a power forward in the late 80's who initiated a fight in each game and Don Mengel and Dan Roan always blamed the other team for it.  I can't recall the guys name but he started the tradition that Tom Kleinschmidt, Lance Williams, and many others have carried on through the years.  Even when they have celebrated recruits, those guys underachieve.  Bobby Simmons was a huge recruit who never did much at DePaul then worked hard after graduation to finally get into the NBA then got a fat contract and resorted back to his DePaul ways and probably will never be heard from again.

Now I feel better and will once we beat them again on Feb 14th.

[AlumKCof93]

Speaking of ND, who would you rather have as the face of your program?  Dwayne Wade or Digger Phelps?  If I went to ND, I would cringe every time I saw Digger on TV with his matching highlighter.

[mu03eng]

I happened to go to ND high school and I remember gettng some serious grief over wearing some of my high school basketball practice jerseys at the rec center.  Everybody hated ND.

I went to ND high school too.  Which one did you attend, the one in West Haven or the one in Fairfield?

I hate ND too.  I'm still mad about someone stealing my t-shirt that said Marquette on front with the finger giving the #1 sign and the back said Notre Dame with the middle finger.

I have that shirt except its a Cincy shirt....think it reflects that different times we went to school

[MilTown]

Lots of anger out there. I guess I will vent some steam as well. I hate the following:

1) Pat Riley. I can't stand him. Even with Wade on the Heat, and the Heat winning last year, I still can't stand Pat Riley. This goes back to the Knick days and the classic battles of the Bulls vs. Knicks.

2) Pitino - He is the biggest ego maniac in the world. It's always about him

3) Sean Salisbury - what a douche!

4) Cameron Crazies - NERDS, enough said

5) ESPN's east coast bias - It never ends

6) Cheesy names for sections in the stadium and student sections. This includes MU. Why do our students and our student section need a lame ass name like the gold rush?

7) Steven A. Smith - just proves that any moron can get on TV

I have plenty more, but I will leave it at that.

[StillAWarrior]

Last year's T-shirts, "Notre Dame is French for Our Bitch" were classic.  Right up there with "Ann Arbor is a Whore." 

I probably don't want to re-start this debate, but please keep in mind that many Catholics, including myself, find this t-shirt very, very offensive.  Ann Arbor is not a person -- at least as far as I know.  "Notre Dame" (actual translation:  "Our Lady") is an real person that a lot of people don't really like to hear referred to in that way.

I know, I know.  I should lighten up, it's only a basketball game, etc.  I'm just saying...

[COS98]

I WOULD TAKE NORTH KOREA AND THE POINTS!

[WashDCWarrior]

DUDE!!  DC Warrior, please tell me you know where I can get my hands on such a t-shirt???  That has to be the single greatest thing I have seen ever....about anything.  I have to get my hands on one of those for the ND roadtrip plus to just wear around my ND friends.

Sorry, but don't know where to get my hands on one. (for me or you)  I saw a number of students with them when I went up for last year's ND game.  My guess is that some MU student entrepreneur had them made.

[WashDCWarrior]

Last year's T-shirts, "Notre Dame is French for Our Bitch" were classic.  Right up there with "Ann Arbor is a Whore." 

I probably don't want to re-start this debate, but please keep in mind that many Catholics, including myself, find this t-shirt very, very offensive.  Ann Arbor is not a person -- at least as far as I know.  "Notre Dame" (actual translation:  "Our Lady") is an real person that a lot of people don't really like to hear referred to in that way.

I know, I know.  I should lighten up, it's only a basketball game, etc.  I'm just saying...

Just remember, the shirt is aimed at the school (which happens to be named Notre Dame), their students, and the fact that we've pretty much owned them the last five years, not at "Our Lady."