Here’s a fun fact about me: I love game shows. Like, really love game shows. I’ve loved them for about as long as I’ve been alive. In fact, I’d be pretty upset if they all went away.
Our fearless leader, Nick Shepkowski, knows this about me. Otherwise, he wouldn’t have had me cover a Notre Dame student’s disastrous performance in this year’s Jeopardy! National College Championship. I don’t know how many game show fans come to this site, but if you are one of them, follow me on my Twitter handle listed at the bottom of this story. I’d love to get to know you.
Being a student of game shows, I usually have Buzzr on my TV during the day. For the uninitiated, that’s a channel that shows old game shows all day every day, usually from the ’70s and ’80s. Not long ago, it aired a 1989 Classic Concentration episode of a Notre Dame alumnus winning a car. It actually took him two episodes to seal the deal, but being on the show more than once allowed him the opportunity to win more prizes.
This week, Notre Dame representation came to Buzzr again. This time, it was a 1985 College Week episode of Press Your Luck. An appropriately-dressed student competed against ones from USC and Columbia. How awesome would it be if this classic college rivalry could take center stage at the end when it came down to two players?
Here’s the episode in its entirety. I’ll briefly discuss the episode below the video, so stop reading here if you want to watch it first:
So yeah, it went about as badly as it could for our Notre Dame student. The good news is the Trojan didn’t come away with the win either. Go figure that someone from the Ivy League would walk away with the cash and prizes though. But hey, at least the Irish are undefeated against the Lions in basketball.
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