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How to watch the 1990 Orange Bowl with Notre Dame greats tonight

Notre Dame spent New Years Day 1990 knocking off No. 1 Colorado, ending the Buffs title dreams. Relive that game with some ND legends tonight!

Thursday night offers a pretty cool experience for Notre Dame fans looking for something different to do.  Not only can they re-live a classic Fighting Irish performance by watching No. 4 Notre Dame end No. 1 Colorado’s title dreams in the 1990 Orange Bowl, but they can watch that with a few of their favorite former Irish stars, too.

The game will be re-shown at 9:30 p.m. ET on NBCSN. Originally airing on NBC, we’ll get a good look at a younger Bob Costas doing pre-game while Dick Enberg is on the play-by-play.

You can also take in the game with the audio down and your internet up as Chris Zorich will be hosting a Q & A on Facebook with some of his former teammates during the game.  I don’t know exact names of those who will join him but it should bring back some good memories of an incredible run Notre Dame was in the middle of come the end of the 1989 season.

Also airing Thursday evening will be the 1992 “Snow Bowl” versus Penn State, which starts at 7:00 p.m. ET.  The night caps with the 1991 Orange Bowl between Colorado and Notre Dame again.

Maybe this time they won’t call a phantom clip.

 

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Notre Dame Prevelant in Awkwardly Bad All-Time Bowl List

Congrats to all at CFB for compiling a list, now maybe next time they can make it a somewhat-acceptable one.

Quick, off the top of your head what is your favorite memory of Notre Dame in a bowl game?

If you’re of a certain age it may be Jerome Bettis plowing through Florida’s defense en-route to an upset win in the Sugar Bowl.

Perhaps it was Joe Montana leading an inprobable comeback victory over Houston in the Cotton Bowl.

Or maybe it was Tom Clements finding Robin Weber to seal the deal against Alabama in the 1973 Sugar Bowl.

Did any of you immediately think of Notre Dame’s last-second win over LSU in the 2014 Music City Bowl?  If you thought of Notre Dame/LSU you probably thought of Miles Boykin, not the last-second field in Nashville.

The Football Bowl Association (FBA) came out with their 25 greatest bowl games of all-time this week, honoring 150 years of college football by putting together a list.

The only problem is I’m not sure those who put the list together actually watched more than a few of these games.

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The ’73 Sugar Bowl and ’79 Cotton Bowl were both legendary, whether you’re a Notre Dame fan or not.

How about that No. 17 ranking for the 2014 Music City Bowl, however?

Was it a fun game?  Sure.

Did it come down to a last-second kick?  Absolutely.

Was it at all legendary?

Uhh…

So if I’m going to rip this list at all I have to offer something to replace what I don’t like on it, right?

Where is the 2002 National Championship between Ohio State and Miami?

That two-overtime thriller that ended with a big-time upset after an incredibly controversial call led to it doesn’t belong in the top-25?

In terms of Notre Dame I think the 1991 Orange Bowl deserves to be on the list long before 2014’s Music City Bowl, even with the absurd flag that was thrown on Rocket Ismail’s punt return.

I could go on a while but you get the point.

Congrats to all at FBA for compiling a list, now maybe next time they can make it a somewhat-acceptable one.