“It was probably right around when ‘Rudy’ came out so there’s Touchdown Jesus…and this kind of aura of Notre Dame and I’m figuring I’ve never been to the stadium. There was a wedding in Chicago that I was a part of so on the way back to Ann Arbor from Chicago I drive by and see signs for South Bend. It’s about a month before we’re playing so I’m thinking I’ll stop in to see what it’s like so when I go down here and run onto the field for the first time it’s not the first time I’m here and getting used to the environment.” – Brady to NFL Films
He didn’t call it “The most beautiful sight these eyes have ever seen” like Rudy’s dad did in the film but it does certainly sound a lot like Rudy when he first finds his way onto the Notre Dame Stadium grass.
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