Notre Dame is again going to stream an old game this Saturday night but it will most likely be one from long before Brian Kelly’s run with the Irish began.
Last week Notre Dame debuted their rebroadcast of the 2015 opener against Texas on their Facebook page and had Brian Kelly, Malik Zaire and others commenting along the way during the 38-3 blowout of Texas. I’ll admit right away that the blowout type of game that was didn’t hold my attention for too long and the pier pressure of having not yet seen “Tiger King” at that point led me seven hours of watching that instead.
This weekend I have no “Tiger King” however and unless I’ve missed something, there isn’t a new binge-worthy show that’s been released in recent days.
How convenient, because Notre Dame is again going to stream an old game this Saturday night but it will most likely be one from long before Brian Kelly’s run with the Irish began.
Voting is open now on the Notre Dame Football Twitter page for which game they’ll show with two from the Lou Holtz era, one from Charlie Weis’ second season and a last-minute thriller from last year among the candidates.
I voted for 1993 Florida State. Not just because it’s in the Final Four of our own greatest game tournament here at FIW, but because of a few other reasons:
1. 2019 Virginia Tech is still way too fresh in our minds. Had it been a year that the win saved a big-time bowl appearance then I’d be on board but at the end of the day it was “just” a thrilling come from behind victory (on the day my newborn daughter came home from the hospital).
2. The 1992 win over Penn State is probably a huge reason I became the Notre Dame football fan that I am. I loved Bettis and Brooks in the backfield and was a Rick Mirer apologist when the Bears traded for him years down the road. I did however just have this on in the background while working from home last week so it’s a bit too fresh in my mind.
3. The UCLA comeback was a thriller that saved a BCS berth (that ended in a rout). That said, a couple of Notre Dame legends connecting late for a game-winning touchdown when just minutes earlier it appeared all hope was lost is great. This was a classic and had it not been stacked against biggest win of my Notre Dame watching life, I’d have picked it.
4. Notre Dame vs. Florida State in 1993 was nothing short of awesome in every way. The hype, NBC’s “Main Street” introduction to the broadcast, Florida State taking the early lead before the Irish take complete control the majority of the afternoon before the eventual Heisman Trophy winner leads an epic near-comeback that gets batted away by Shawn Wooden. Yeah, inject it into my veins, please.
You have only a couple hours left to vote on that on the Notre Dame Football Twitter page so go ahead and do that and in the meantime, if you haven’t already, go ahead and vote in our Final Four as we determine the best Notre Dame game (had to be a win) since 1986.
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