Notre Dame football insider reveals TRUE STORIES from the program's GLORY DAYS

Published 2024-07-30
Notre Dame football is defined by its storied tradition, and few people have been able to witness it up close like Tim Prister, Senior Editor of Irish Illustrated. Tim joins Tyler Wojciak for part two of a special edition interview in which they reflect on Tim’s 40+ years on the Notre Dame football beat.

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All Comments (12)
  • @bigd9443
    I never followed college football until my brother entered ND in 64. I was only 10 and suddenly ND football was my life - words can’t express it. If you love Notre Dame you know what I’m talking about
  • @rickhenry3884
    I did not attend ND although I was born and raised in South Bend (Rockne Drive). Always a big fan and so was my son. When my son was 10 he was diagnosed with a brain tumor. We were devastated. Before his surgery we wrote a letter to Lou asking if he would send Mike a note. He sent a letter in the ND football envelope with the gold helmet on the upper left corner and said that while they think football is the most important thing in life he said that he and the entire ND football team would say a prayer for Mike in his battle. It was signed by Lou, not a secretary. I think it was instrumental in Mike's recovery. God bless Lou!
  • I'm from CT, but was at the Orange Bowl when Rocket returned the punt against the Buffs. The headline in the paper the next day was, as I remember, "A Tip and a Clip", as I remember ND had a FG blocked and Rocket's return called back. I was also at the Orange Bowl for ND vs Miami in 1989 as described by TP. It really was a hostile environment for ND fans and the team really came out flat after Holtz broke up a pre-game showdown that could have erupted into a brawl. ND just didn't have it that day and the Miami fans were brutal.
  • @chrisboyer2077
    I'm not a Weis fan, BUT, in his third year is when Ty's last two classes were Juniors and Seniors...it was known going into '07 that would be a down year because of how poor Ty's recruiting was.
  • @chrisboyer2077
    Just keep in mind about Kelly, if he had gotten the offer he would have been gone "during" NC preptime in the 2012 season...he also spent the first 11 years of his time at ND with a lower win % at ND than our all time average win %. ...so, context.
  • No Qb’s, No WR. Had the easiest schedule his last year. Tried getting freeman and other coaches to follow him to LSU which would have dismantled ND… Kelly left the program just how he found it… except it was freeman that recruited the great defense we have now. Kelly never recruited or developed
  • @ericward7499
    Zero credit to Kelly so glad he is gone won nothing