4...

Not even Billy's hating can deter my enthusiasm for this game. That being said, if he plans on taking his shots over the next few days they can't go unanswered. In case all the ladies who read our column were wondering what he looks like I've included his profile picture from his eHarmony page. This doubles as his picture in the sexual predator registry of Orlando, Florida. You need to click on the picture to zoom in and fully appreciate the mustache.

NOW, on to the task at hand. We have just four days until the biggest day of the year. Weather forecast is still calling for high 40's and a 20% chance of rain. Tailgating plans are slowly coming together through five different chains of emails...if there was a way I could wake up and have it be Friday I'd do it. The countdown rolls on...

NOTRE DAME-SOUTHERN CAL 2005 VIDEO OF THE DAY
Let's add another segment to this countdown. It's time to tear open those wounds and start specifically feeling the rage and emotions related directly with that fateful October day in 2005. Let's start with the moment that should be forever etched in Notre Dame lore...


NOTRE DAME PUMP-UP VIDEO
The greatest comeback I've ever witnessed.


NON-NOTRE DAME PUMP-UP VIDEO
If you aren't fired up at the end of this video go check and see if you have a pulse.


SONG ON LOOP IN MY CAR: HERE COME THE IRISH

BLAST TEXT OF THE DAY: “I've never experienced an atmosphere like this in all my years around college footbal...everything on paper says Notre Dame should lose this game and it shouldn't be close...but there's something special in the air...I believe: Notre Dame wins this game." -Kirk Herbstreit on College Gameday 10/15/05

BEST EXCHANGE OF THE DAY: A conversation with my buddy and former Irish Guardsman Ringer.

Me: How jacked up are you on a scale of 1-10, 1 being ND-Navy '07, 7 being ready to punch a hole in the wall at The View, 10 being ready punch a hole in the wall of O'Neill Hall.
Ringer: 13, I think I could punch a hole in the wall of the Basillica.

USC FAIL OF THE DAY
A little field rush to whet the appetite.


HERE COME THE IRISH...
HERE COME THE IRISH...
HERE COME THE IRISH...
HERE COME THE IRISH...



HERE COME THE IRISH