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I think that's how the grammar goes for the Life cereal commercial. I really don't know.
Either way, Charlie Weis finally gets Notre Dame Football. Sure you gotta recruit and you need to bring in money and all that business jazz. But something Willingham never got and something Davie never really showed: childhood.
Let me first say one thing. Last week I ranted about the whole "Crank me up" thing going on. This week, on second thought, I'm in love with it. Maybe its a little corny for a bunch of upper-class Notre Dame students to be chanting the name of a rap song, but the defense loved it. Hell, the whole team fed off of the newly created momentum starter.
Yesterday I got cranked up big time.
This past Saturday I had the pain pleasure of joining thousands of other Irish fans in witnessing the much-discussed victory over San Diego State University. Let me first say that I am generally in the ilk of people who say that "an ugly win is better than a hard-fought loss". I'm ready to move on but there are a few glaring problems that are bugging me.
Weird phrase, isn't it?
I'm embedding a video of Al Pacino's speech from the movie "Any Given Sunday". I don't care if you liked the jerky camera or not - this speech is perfect. It goes beyond any average pre-game speech and applies to life as a whole. (note: In case you're curious, the song is called "Peace" by Paul Kelly)
With the fine staff of BGI dilligently keeping us informed on fall camp, I've found it somewhat difficult to successfully write an original article the past few days. It seems like every idea I have gets covered a day earlier and with far more professionalism. Therefore, I've reverted to every writers Plan C: predictions.
