Hate ND

[HutchwasClutch]

This good-looker.

Who is Hagrid then??

[vogue65]

it was 1980, my first year at MU.
had brought our family's second vehicle from Jersey to WI at the holiday break-
'76 Chevy Vega Kamback... manual- ran basically on 3 of the 4 cylinders.

McCormick pal Britty was from Kettering, OH and had a bunch o' pals who went to ND.
we played ND at the Joyce, February- cold and nasty.
Vega had little to no heat complementing the lack of any zip from the engine whatsoever.

regardless, we crammed a crap ton of guys-  in the back of the Vega, backseat down and splayed head to toe, toe to head... squeezed in necessities like Strohs, Hamms or whatever was cheap along with enough clothes not to stink too badly and off we went.

Britty had us set up with some pals in the dorms- 
guys were stiff, girls were preppy beyond comprehension.
they did not know what to think or do with guys named Chester the Molester, Animal, Lurch, Boston Bob or C-dell Ball.  borderline appalled, I'm going with.

still, we were promised a great party and they had the 12pak to prove it.
3 minutes and 12 empties later, we were off to find a bar and a Denny's or something.
plenty of Denny-like places... not so much on the bar front.
managed to survive the night in our Warriors gear with mostly sneers and down-the-nose looks.

game day- Britty scored tickets, but none of us knew the campus or how Joyce was situated.
found the facility, but no clue how to get in, especially with the big ass Foster's Lager cans shoved in our winter coats.
saw a pack of big dudes heading toward an entrance of sorts, so our posse just hooked up and followed along.  some angry oldish dude was leading the procession.
we were led to a service door I guess and just kept going.
Chester, blitzed since 10am, starting laughing and freaking out some- Britty pummeled him good.

Got to the door, Old guy waved to the security guard-
guard says, hey Coach... Faust.
we waltzed right in.
so a handful of drunken MU students, ratty, smelly and only athletic/bulky looking cause we had on massive parkas with huge beer cans shoved in every pocket, cruised into the arena as prized ND Football recruits with one of the most recognizable college coaches in the biz.
the irony was just too much...

icing on the cake that we got to enjoy Dean Marquardt's best game of his life in taking down the hated leprauchauns sitting in the middle of the student section- way to score those tickets, Britty!
empty Foster cans rolling down toward the court finally was enough to get us booted, but the victory was sealed and we did more than our part.

the dormsters weren't happy we returned, but lightened up when we said we'd take care of the beer that night-
you'd think that they'd never seen beer kegs before when we rolled them out of the Vega into the hall.
a 12 pak?  right.

bonus memory-
I believe it was the next day... Olympics- Miracle on Ice- legendary call by Al Michaels.
all in all, a great weekend and college memory.
and the Vega got us back to Milwaukee.

Veni, vidi, vici

[warriorchick]

we are 21.5 point favs


   is notre dame that bad or are we that good??

[warriorchick]

A fellow Marquette parent told me several years ago that before his kid committed to MU, they went on a campus visit at ND.

He asked an administrator about the availability of academic scholarships, who scoffed and said, "Well, since everyone who gets accepted to Notre Dame  is smart enough to get an academic scholarship, it's already baked into the tuition."

Not sure what got ND crossed off the list quicker, the hubris of that statement or the fact that their tuition was $15K a year more than Marquette, even with the "baked in" scholarship.

[muwarrior69]

it was 1980, my first year at MU.
had brought our family's second vehicle from Jersey to WI at the holiday break-
'76 Chevy Vega Kamback... manual- ran basically on 3 of the 4 cylinders.

McCormick pal Britty was from Kettering, OH and had a bunch o' pals who went to ND.
we played ND at the Joyce, February- cold and nasty.
Vega had little to no heat complementing the lack of any zip from the engine whatsoever.

regardless, we crammed a crap ton of guys-  in the back of the Vega, backseat down and splayed head to toe, toe to head... squeezed in necessities like Strohs, Hamms or whatever was cheap along with enough clothes not to stink too badly and off we went.

Britty had us set up with some pals in the dorms- 
guys were stiff, girls were preppy beyond comprehension.
they did not know what to think or do with guys named Chester the Molester, Animal, Lurch, Boston Bob or C-dell Ball.  borderline appalled, I'm going with.

still, we were promised a great party and they had the 12pak to prove it.
3 minutes and 12 empties later, we were off to find a bar and a Denny's or something.
plenty of Denny-like places... not so much on the bar front.
managed to survive the night in our Warriors gear with mostly sneers and down-the-nose looks.

game day- Britty scored tickets, but none of us knew the campus or how Joyce was situated.
found the facility, but no clue how to get in, especially with the big ass Foster's Lager cans shoved in our winter coats.
saw a pack of big dudes heading toward an entrance of sorts, so our posse just hooked up and followed along.  some angry oldish dude was leading the procession.
we were led to a service door I guess and just kept going.
Chester, blitzed since 10am, starting laughing and freaking out some- Britty pummeled him good.

Got to the door, Old guy waved to the security guard-
guard says, hey Coach... Faust.
we waltzed right in.
so a handful of drunken MU students, ratty, smelly and only athletic/bulky looking cause we had on massive parkas with huge beer cans shoved in every pocket, cruised into the arena as prized ND Football recruits with one of the most recognizable college coaches in the biz.
the irony was just too much...

icing on the cake that we got to enjoy Dean Marquardt's best game of his life in taking down the hated leprauchauns sitting in the middle of the student section- way to score those tickets, Britty!
empty Foster cans rolling down toward the court finally was enough to get us booted, but the victory was sealed and we did more than our part.

the dormsters weren't happy we returned, but lightened up when we said we'd take care of the beer that night-
you'd think that they'd never seen beer kegs before when we rolled them out of the Vega into the hall.
a 12 pak?  right.

bonus memory-
I believe it was the next day... Olympics- Miracle on Ice- legendary call by Al Michaels.
all in all, a great weekend and college memory.
and the Vega got us back to Milwaukee.

Veni, vidi, vici

Where in Jersey was home?

[Galway Eagle]

A couple years ago my hurling team had an exhibition against their hurling/Gaelic Football club, nothings more fun than getting an excuse to whack a couple domers with a wooden stick and throw some elbows and shoulders while I'm at it.


Turns out the fighting Irish didn't have much fight in the national sport of Ireland

[TVDirector]

Where in Jersey was home?

Ocean County. 
Born in Lakewood- most of my youth on Long Beach Island

[Viper]

A couple years ago my hurling team had an exhibition against their hurling/Gaelic Football club, nothings more fun than getting an excuse to whack a couple domers with a wooden stick and throw some elbows and shoulders while I'm at it.

perfect!

[Boone]

Nice spot, TVDirector. Uncle had a place on LBI until Sandy swept thru in '12 (I'm from Bergen County).

[Dr. Blackheart]

Who is Hagrid then??

Huh? I know ugly white Domers look the same but Hagrid is a special breed of mouthbreather ugly.

[TVDirector]

Nice spot, TVDirector. Uncle had a place on LBI until Sandy swept thru in '12 (I'm from Bergen County).

Sure is.   Great place to grow up, Summers for sure!
Lots o' North Jersey make the trek to MU.
I was the first if not one of the first from my HS to venture to the Midwest.  Not many from Ocean County at all-  tho I sure did a lot of recruiting. 

Got my masters up by you at Wm Paterson. 

[MU1in77]

I still hate Kelly Tripuka!

[88Warrior]

Who is Hagrid then??

SHREK!

[mileskishnish72]

I still hate Kelly Tripuka!

So do I, but not nearly as much as I hate Laimbeer.

[warriorfred]

I didn't know much about ND when I went to Marquette and didn't think much about the school.  Marquette actually gave me exposure to ND alums and students . . . whew, talk about arrogant and condescending.

True story, ten (10) years ago during the summer we were driving back from New England and stopped near South Bend for lunch.  My wife wanted to see Notre Dame, so we drove around the campus and walked-around with the kids.  We were waiting in-line to get on the toll road (Interstate) and my wife asked men why I disliked Notre Dame.

"It's the students and alumni, they are bright idiots.  Totally unfit to operate normally in society."

"What does that mean?"

Her words were hanging in the air when the driver door opens on the car in from of us.  The guy blocking the toll boot area obviously didn't have an EZ Pass or I Pass, and then didn't have the correct money or change.  So he gets out of the car, goes into his trunk, and gets a wallet or purse.  As he slams the trunk I notice the "NOTRE DAME ALUM" bumper sticker.

"That right there is the perfect example of a Notre Dame graduate."

[Boone]

TVDirector, check your inbox

[JWags85]

Harangody was the perfect opponent to hate.  Begrudging respect for his ugly but effective game, but also infuriating cause you knew he was gonna have no big time career after.  Even getting drafted you knew he wouldn't be an NBA regular, but he didn't even go and put up numbers in Europe, pretty sure he never averaged double digit points his entire career.

[TVDirector]

TVDirector, check your inbox

Thanks Boone!!
Awesome!!!!

[Its DJOver]

Harangody was the perfect opponent to hate.  Begrudging respect for his ugly but effective game, but also infuriating cause you knew he was gonna have no big time career after.  Even getting drafted you knew he wouldn't be an NBA regular, but he didn't even go and put up numbers in Europe, pretty sure he never averaged double digit points his entire career.

I think the thing I hated the most was it seemed like we could never get him in foul trouble. We never had a dominant post presence on offense when he played and he would always just concede everything to our guards so even if you drove at him you'd never get anywhere.

[Galway Eagle]

I think the thing I hated the most was it seemed like we could never get him in foul trouble. We never had a dominant post presence on offense when he played and he would always just concede everything to our guards so even if you drove at him you'd never get anywhere.

Lazar might disagree with the idea we had no dominant post presence 

[Its DJOver]

Lazar might disagree with the idea we had no dominant post presence

Lazar was a 6'-6" forward with a three point shot. He was not a post presence on the offensive end, much less a dominant one.

[willie warrior]

I didn't know much about ND when I went to Marquette and didn't think much about the school.  Marquette actually gave me exposure to ND alums and students . . . whew, talk about arrogant and condescending.

True story, ten (10) years ago during the summer we were driving back from New England and stopped near South Bend for lunch.  My wife wanted to see Notre Dame, so we drove around the campus and walked-around with the kids.  We were waiting in-line to get on the toll road (Interstate) and my wife asked men why I disliked Notre Dame.

"It's the students and alumni, they are bright idiots.  Totally unfit to operate normally in society."

"What does that mean?"

Her words were hanging in the air when the driver door opens on the car in from of us.  The guy blocking the toll boot area obviously didn't have an EZ Pass or I Pass, and then didn't have the correct money or change.  So he gets out of the car, goes into his trunk, and gets a wallet or purse.  As he slams the trunk I notice the "NOTRE DAME ALUM" bumper sticker.

"That right there is the perfect example of a Notre Dame graduate."

Why would your family walk around the No Dick campus? Were they giving away free steak dinners?

[willie warrior]

No Dick is the most hated school in the country. Period.

[muwarrior69]

Ocean County. 
Born in Lakewood- most of my youth on Long Beach Island

Still take my dogs there when we go to the shore. I live in the Princeton area.

[Uncle Rico]

No Dick is the most hated school in the country. Period.

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