[The Franchise]

Originally Posted by DJ's left nut

I hopped on towards the end of the Holtz era. Growing up, ND was good and watching football with my dad and my grandpa generally revolved around ND being good. My dad tended to root for OU, my grandpa rooted for anyone from the B1G.

They never really rooted for ND, I just knew they were supposed to win. Then suddenly they weren't winning very often and that just didn't seem right to me. So I started rooting for ND to win.

Then came Bob Davie. I've rarely been as angry with anyone as I was when Davie decided it would be brilliant to send a sellout blitz against Michigan State while leading by more than a FG and having your opponent pinned inside their own 20 with about a minute left in the game. I hate you Bob Davie. Oh how I hate you.

As I went off to college (that wasn't ND), the Domers took on a clear second fiddle status to Mizzou. That said, I'll still root for them over anyone else because by God, college football is better when Notre Dame has that bullseye on their back.

****ing truth.