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Plenty of Irish Love.</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://firstandgold.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17788714/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://firstandgold.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>FirstandGold</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06313019236083671140</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>47</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17788714.post-116319165665058911</id><published>2006-11-10T14:42:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2006-11-10T14:47:36.663-06:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>http://dietler.net/nd/videos/&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17788714-116319165665058911?l=firstandgold.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://firstandgold.blogspot.com/feeds/116319165665058911/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=17788714&amp;postID=116319165665058911' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17788714/posts/default/116319165665058911'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17788714/posts/default/116319165665058911'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://firstandgold.blogspot.com/2006/11/httpdietler.html' title=''/><author><name>FirstandGold</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06313019236083671140</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17788714.post-116236809741534542</id><published>2006-11-01T01:59:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2006-11-01T02:03:31.376-06:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/84/1730/1600/DSCN0613.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; 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margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/84/1730/320/Charlie_swingers%20cover.2.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;[4 months ago]&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Answering Machine: Hi, this is Jimmy. Leave a message.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pete Carroll: Hi. Uh, Jimmy, this is Pete.  I met you at the, um, at the 5 Star Football camp, uh, tonight.  Uh, I just called t-to say that I had a great time... and you should think about USC and call me tomorrow, or in, uh, t-two days, uh, whatever.  Anyway, uh, my number...[Beep!] is...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Answering Machine: Hi, this is Jimmy. Leave a message.&lt;br /&gt;Pete Carroll: Hi, uh, Jimmy, this is Pete again.&lt;br /&gt;I just called 'cause it sounded like your machine might've cut me off... when, uh, when I... before I finished leaving my number.  Anyway, uh... And also, uh, sorry to call so late,&lt;br /&gt;but you were still at the 5 Star camp talking to Coach Weis before I left to throw more dummies off the USC campus buildings, so I knew I'd get your machine.  Anyhow, uh, uh, my number's...[Beep!]&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Answering Machine: Hi, this is Jimmy. Leave a message.&lt;br /&gt;Pete Carroll: 213-555-USC(#)2.  That's it. Just wanna leave my number.&lt;br /&gt;I didn't want you to think I was weird, desperate, basing our franchise solely on 2 players for the past 3 years, or being out-recruited from my own backyard-d... We should just, uh, hang out... for the next four years or so and, uh, see where it goes.  'Cause I’m nice, and, uh, you know, we have no more national title e-expectations.  So, okay? Thanks a lot. Bye-bye.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Answering Machine: Hi, this is Jimmy. Leave a message.&lt;br /&gt;Pete Carroll: I just got out of a four-year relationship with another quarterback who might be auditioning to be the 5th member of 98 degrees okay?  That should help explain why I'm acting so weird. I just wanted you to know that.  It's not you, it's me.  Do you like Snoop Dogg and Jimmy Fallon…?  I can set-t … set that up… nevermind… I'm sorry… &lt;br /&gt;Pete Carroll: … This is Pete.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Answering Machine: Hi, this is Jimmy. Leave a message.&lt;br /&gt;Pete Carroll: Hi, Jimmy, this is Pete. Could you just, uh, call me when you get in?  I'm gonna be up for a while trying to find a quarterback who isn’t named after a slang word for a part of a person’s anatomy or one who isn't sexually harrassing coeds and I'd rather speak to you in person... instead of trying to fit it all into [Beep!] ... F**k!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Answering Machine: Hi, this is Jimmy. Leave a message.&lt;br /&gt;Pete Carroll: Uh, Jimmy? M-Pete.  It's, uh, uh... It's just, uh... This just isn't working out.  I- I think you're great, but, uh, I-I... can’t handle the pressure of molding quarterback talent.  Maybe we should just take some time off from each other.  It's not you, it's me. It's what I'm going through.  All right? Uh, i-i-it's, it... It's only been 4 months since my last quarterback...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jimmy: Pete?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pete Carroll: Jimmy! Great! D- Did you just walk in, or were you listening all along?&lt;br /&gt;Jimmy: Don't ever call me again.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;[Click]&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pete Carroll: Wow. I-I guess you're home.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;a skylar novak joint&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17788714-115051614165466416?l=firstandgold.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://firstandgold.blogspot.com/feeds/115051614165466416/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=17788714&amp;postID=115051614165466416' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17788714/posts/default/115051614165466416'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17788714/posts/default/115051614165466416'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://firstandgold.blogspot.com/2006/06/swingers.html' title='Swingers'/><author><name>FirstandGold</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06313019236083671140</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17788714.post-114749295129854359</id><published>2006-05-12T22:58:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-05-14T12:25:02.600-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Big Charlie Style</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/84/1730/1600/coach%20smith%202.3.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/84/1730/400/coach%20smith%202.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;Woo&lt;br /&gt;Uh, uh, uh, uh&lt;br /&gt;Ha ha, ha ha&lt;br /&gt;What, what, what, what&lt;br /&gt;Ha ha ha ha&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;On your mark ready set let's go&lt;br /&gt;Offense pro&lt;br /&gt;I know you know&lt;br /&gt;I go psycho&lt;br /&gt;recruitin' big name kids&lt;br /&gt;Just won't quit&lt;br /&gt;Gotta get Jimmy wit it&lt;br /&gt;Ooh that's it&lt;br /&gt;Now gun-it gun-it out wide&lt;br /&gt;N-F-L type&lt;br /&gt;Offense you will thrive&lt;br /&gt;You gotta&lt;br /&gt;Golden&lt;br /&gt;Arm with a lotta&lt;br /&gt;Zing on it&lt;br /&gt;Bring us 4 rings&lt;br /&gt;Let's spin&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Everybody lookin' at this&lt;br /&gt;new Heisman bid&lt;br /&gt;Wishin they Irish dancin' a jig&lt;br /&gt;Here with this handsome kid&lt;br /&gt;Blue chip-a chip-a right from Cali-forn-ia&lt;br /&gt;We don't fight it&lt;br /&gt;He's got the look&lt;br /&gt;Now let's sign him&lt;br /&gt;Best Irish catch since Mo at Navy&lt;br /&gt;Givin out TD's&lt;br /&gt;Bringin heat on gameday&lt;br /&gt;Yo his spikey hair's infinite (ha ha)&lt;br /&gt;Big Charlie Style's all in it&lt;br /&gt;Gettin' Jimmy Wit It&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Na na na na na&lt;br /&gt;Na na na na na&lt;br /&gt;Gettin Jimmy wit it&lt;br /&gt;Na na na na na&lt;br /&gt;Na na na na na&lt;br /&gt;Gettin Jimmy wit it&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Private Team Jet if you need a lift&lt;br /&gt;Wanna learn from the best?&lt;br /&gt;Who else B. Quinn&lt;br /&gt;Living that life some consider a myth&lt;br /&gt;Rock from South Quad to Finn-i-gans&lt;br /&gt;Recruits used to tease me&lt;br /&gt;Commit to me now nice and easy&lt;br /&gt;Since I moved up like Mack and Pete-y&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/84/1730/1600/bling%20dynasty.4.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/84/1730/200/bling%20dynasty.3.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Dream to the maximum&lt;br /&gt;I be asking em&lt;br /&gt;Would you like to bounce&lt;br /&gt;with the brother&lt;br /&gt;that's platinum???&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Never see Lloyd attractin em&lt;br /&gt;Rather play ball with Chad and them&lt;br /&gt;Michigan...&lt;br /&gt;Psyche&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Irish&lt;br /&gt;You thought we took a spill&lt;br /&gt;But we didn't&lt;br /&gt;Weis callin all the shots we're winnin&lt;br /&gt;Touchdown Jesus so rich with tradition&lt;br /&gt;Gug for the team on the outskirts of Ivy&lt;br /&gt;You tryin to flex on ND?&lt;br /&gt;Don't be silly&lt;br /&gt;Getting Jimmy wit it&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/84/1730/1600/jimmy%20and%20coach%20glasses.0.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/84/1730/400/jimmy%20and%20coach%20glasses.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- First and Gold&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17788714-114749295129854359?l=firstandgold.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://firstandgold.blogspot.com/feeds/114749295129854359/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=17788714&amp;postID=114749295129854359' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17788714/posts/default/114749295129854359'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17788714/posts/default/114749295129854359'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://firstandgold.blogspot.com/2006/05/big-charlie-style.html' title='Big Charlie Style'/><author><name>FirstandGold</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06313019236083671140</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17788714.post-114662832357931439</id><published>2006-05-02T22:34:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-05-03T23:58:40.813-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Classified</title><content type='html'>Charlie: Thank you. Hello. We will be dealing with USCs and PSUs as our simulators. Now, then, as most of you know, USC's recruits doesn't have the TD-to-INT ratio that Clausen has. And, it doesn't bleed blue and gold while running a 4.43 40-time like Walker. However, our offense does have a problem with its 2nd quarter point totals. It won't put up the 21+ points we need. The latest intelligence tells us that the most it will do is one touch --um-- Excuse me, clausen. Is there something wrong?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;clausen: Yes sir, the data on our high powered offense is inaccurate.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/84/1730/1600/Clausen%20Classified.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/84/1730/400/Clausen%20Classified.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Charlie: How's that, sir?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;clausen: Well, I just happened to be like a MiG 28 the way I throw touch....&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;O-Line: We!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;clausen: Uh, sorry O-Line. "WE" happened to be like a MiG 28 that can put up 40 pts a quarter.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Charlie: Where did you see this?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;clausen: Uh, that's classified.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Charlie: It's what?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;clausen: It's classified. I could tell you, but why dont i just show&lt;br /&gt;you the national championship.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- First and Gold&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17788714-114662832357931439?l=firstandgold.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://firstandgold.blogspot.com/feeds/114662832357931439/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=17788714&amp;postID=114662832357931439' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17788714/posts/default/114662832357931439'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17788714/posts/default/114662832357931439'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://firstandgold.blogspot.com/2006/05/classified.html' title='Classified'/><author><name>FirstandGold</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06313019236083671140</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17788714.post-114365207755161875</id><published>2006-03-29T12:07:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-03-29T12:09:56.156-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>Sweet September: Can't Come Fast Enough&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object width="425" height="350"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/pQw1JBAnOpk"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/pQw1JBAnOpk" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="425" height="350"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;ND Football Highlights 2005&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17788714-114365207755161875?l=firstandgold.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://firstandgold.blogspot.com/feeds/114365207755161875/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=17788714&amp;postID=114365207755161875' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17788714/posts/default/114365207755161875'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17788714/posts/default/114365207755161875'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://firstandgold.blogspot.com/2006/03/sweet-september-cant-come-fast-enough.html' title=''/><author><name>FirstandGold</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06313019236083671140</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17788714.post-114175821708952462</id><published>2006-03-07T14:00:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-03-07T14:16:15.330-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Brokeback University (USC)</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/84/1730/1600/Carroll%20gay%20celebrate.1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/84/1730/320/Carroll%20gay%20celebrate.1.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;[Somewhere in the Raging Ghetto of South Central Los Angeles]&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pete Carroll: Tell you what, we coulda had a good life together! F**kin' real good life! Coulda had us more National Championships. But you didn't want it, Reggie! So what we got now is a “one-peat” at Brokeback University! Everything's built on that! That's all we got, boy, f**kin' all. So I hope you know that, even if you don't never know that I could only win one national title with your amazing talent! You count the damn times that you saved our ass these past three years and you measure the short &lt;br /&gt;f**king leash you keep me on - and then you ask me about, and you know that the possibilities of me every winning a national championship again is close to zero without you by my side.  You have no idea how bad it gets! I'm not you... I can't make it on a coupla national championships once or twice a century! You are too much for me Reggie, you sonofawhoreson bitch! &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pete Carroll: … I wish I knew how to quit you&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/84/1730/1600/Carroll%20hugging.1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/84/1730/320/Carroll%20hugging.1.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Reggie Bush: (Crying) Well, why don’t you?  Why don’t you just let me be?  I’m going on to be the Texans first round draft choice and I’m looking forward to finding out first hand what David Carr knows already, and that is what the flavor of the turf at Reliant Stadium tastes like.  Get the f**k off me!  I can’t stand you taking credit for all the hard work that I’ve done these past few years… sure we’ll always have Brokeback University, but I can’t stand being Poodle’s pet anymore… &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;[What happens next can most amply described by Poodle Pete’s decline into obscurity while Mr. Bush continues to go find out that his amazing talent is egregiously outshadowed by the poor skill level of his new Texan linemen]&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17788714-114175821708952462?l=firstandgold.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://firstandgold.blogspot.com/feeds/114175821708952462/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=17788714&amp;postID=114175821708952462' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17788714/posts/default/114175821708952462'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17788714/posts/default/114175821708952462'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://firstandgold.blogspot.com/2006/03/brokeback-university-usc_07.html' title='Brokeback University (USC)'/><author><name>FirstandGold</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06313019236083671140</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17788714.post-113746966138777431</id><published>2006-01-16T22:43:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-01-16T22:47:41.416-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>"Yaaaay!!! A Touchdown!!!!!"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Not so fast, sweetheart...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/84/1730/1600/USCcheerleaderfails.0.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/84/1730/400/USCcheerleaderfails.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;They say a picture is worth a thousand words...&lt;br /&gt;This one says "&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;USC Sucks&lt;/span&gt;" 500 times&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17788714-113746966138777431?l=firstandgold.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://firstandgold.blogspot.com/feeds/113746966138777431/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=17788714&amp;postID=113746966138777431' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17788714/posts/default/113746966138777431'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17788714/posts/default/113746966138777431'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://firstandgold.blogspot.com/2006/01/yaaaay-touchdown-not-so-fast.html' title=''/><author><name>FirstandGold</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06313019236083671140</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17788714.post-113503885891299979</id><published>2005-12-19T19:33:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-12-19T19:34:18.926-05:00</updated><title type='text'>ND v. Syracuse</title><content type='html'>New Syracuse Video is up...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.youtube.com/?v=0va7IogBi9k"&gt;ND v. Syracuse&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17788714-113503885891299979?l=firstandgold.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://firstandgold.blogspot.com/feeds/113503885891299979/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=17788714&amp;postID=113503885891299979' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17788714/posts/default/113503885891299979'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17788714/posts/default/113503885891299979'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://firstandgold.blogspot.com/2005/12/nd-v-syracuse.html' title='ND v. Syracuse'/><author><name>FirstandGold</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06313019236083671140</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17788714.post-113495918549664250</id><published>2005-12-18T21:26:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-12-18T21:26:25.576-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Brady Bunch</title><content type='html'>Here's the story of our brand new coach,&lt;br /&gt;Who was boasting three glistening bowl rings.&lt;br /&gt;All of them were from the pros, the super bowl,&lt;br /&gt;The newest one last year.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here's the story, of our quarterback Brady,&lt;br /&gt;Who was struggling under mediocre coaching.&lt;br /&gt;He was with our tem, losing all together,&lt;br /&gt;Yet they were all alone.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Till the one day when Charlie met this Brady,&lt;br /&gt;And they knew that it was much more than a hunch.&lt;br /&gt;That this group would somehow form a championship.&lt;br /&gt;That's the way we all became the Brady Bunch.&lt;br /&gt;The Brady Bunch, The Brady Bunch.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17788714-113495918549664250?l=firstandgold.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://firstandgold.blogspot.com/feeds/113495918549664250/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=17788714&amp;postID=113495918549664250' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17788714/posts/default/113495918549664250'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17788714/posts/default/113495918549664250'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://firstandgold.blogspot.com/2005/12/brady-bunch.html' title='Brady Bunch'/><author><name>FirstandGold</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06313019236083671140</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17788714.post-113485827843669883</id><published>2005-12-17T17:20:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-12-18T00:59:01.883-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Power Hour DVD</title><content type='html'>This post has nothing at all to do with Irish football.... but it does have something to do with being Irish...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I have taken the idea of Power Hour to the next step and created a Power Hour DVD... take a look:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object height="203" width="250"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/pL7FYLXvCFE"&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/pL7FYLXvCFE" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" height="203" width="250"&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch.php?v=pL7FYLXvCFE"&gt;Skylar Novak's Power Hour DVD&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;enjoy.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;- A Skylar Novak Joint&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal;font-size:85%;" &gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Macromedia Flash 8.0+ &lt;a href="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer/"&gt;Required&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17788714-113485827843669883?l=firstandgold.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://firstandgold.blogspot.com/feeds/113485827843669883/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=17788714&amp;postID=113485827843669883' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17788714/posts/default/113485827843669883'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17788714/posts/default/113485827843669883'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://firstandgold.blogspot.com/2005/12/power-hour-dvd.html' title='Power Hour DVD'/><author><name>FirstandGold</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06313019236083671140</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17788714.post-113470614919473558</id><published>2005-12-15T23:06:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-12-16T18:01:50.996-05:00</updated><title type='text'>ND 'Twas the Night Before Christmas</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/84/1730/1600/Santa%20Weis.0.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/84/1730/320/Santa%20Weis.0.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;"Twas the night before Christmas, when all through South Bend&lt;br /&gt;Not a creature was stirring, neither Zombie nor Pyro"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The banners were hung on the stadium with care,&lt;br /&gt;In hopes that St. Charlie soon would be there&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The alumni were nestled all snug in their penthouse condos,&lt;br /&gt;With dreams of Leahy and Holtz in their heads;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;While the students at the Grotto, down by the lake,&lt;br /&gt;Were just giving thanks for a long winter break,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;When out on those quads there arose such a clatter,&lt;br /&gt;I sprang from my bed to see what was the matter.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Away to the window I flew like a flash,&lt;br /&gt;Tore open the shutters and threw up the sash.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Dome with a crest of new-fallen snow&lt;br /&gt;Gave a luster of mid-day to our campus below&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;When, what to my wondering eyes should appear&lt;br /&gt;A high-powered offense: the Champions of every year!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;With a large and proud leader, so friendly and nice&lt;br /&gt;I knew in a moment it must be Coach Weis&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As fast as Four Horsemen, onward they came&lt;br /&gt;He whistled, and shouted, and called them by name:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"Now Hoyte, Now Samardzija, Walker, Fasano&lt;br /&gt;On Stovall, On Shelton, Wooden, Anastascio"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;To the top of the rankings, to the top of them all&lt;br /&gt;"Now throw a-way, run a-way, and dive for the ball!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We will move like the wind, our runners will fly&lt;br /&gt;And just for balance, we'll take to the sky!"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So up to the top of the rankings they flew&lt;br /&gt;With a big book of plays, and Brady Quinn too&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And then in a twinkling, to the sound of their cleats,&lt;br /&gt;Their scoring, and their wins; I forgot all thier past defeats&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As I drew in my hand, and was turning around,&lt;br /&gt;Down the chimney, Coach Weis came with a bound&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;He was dressed with his rings, and headset to boot&lt;br /&gt;And his clothes were all drenched with Gatorade and Fiesta loot&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A number of victories he carried on his back&lt;br /&gt;And he smiled as he turned and presented a sack&lt;br /&gt;of trophies--how they twinkled! Like heaps of gold treasures&lt;br /&gt;His cheeks were like roses, his wisdom past measure&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Weis commanded the team on fourth downs to throw&lt;br /&gt;Through hail and through fog, through sleet and through snow&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;His genius caused points in the forties and fifties,&lt;br /&gt;to hearten alumni and keep our stats spiffy&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Weis had a broad face and a little round belly,&lt;br /&gt;That shook, when he laughed, like a BCS bowl-ful of jelly.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;He was chubby and plump, and so sure of himself,&lt;br /&gt;That I cheered when I saw him, in spite of myself;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A wink of his eye and a twist of his head&lt;br /&gt;Soon gave me to know, Ohio State would soon be dead&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;He boasted not a word, praise makes not his day&lt;br /&gt;But all now know, for the title we'll play&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And laying a finger to the side of his nose,&lt;br /&gt;And giving a nod, up the rankings we rose&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;At his departure I heard Trooper McCarthy say;&lt;br /&gt;If your sleigh flight looks fishy, you'll be the catch of the day!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Weis sprang to the roof, to his team gave a cheer&lt;br /&gt;And away to a victory in the Fiesta next year;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And I heard him call plays, for winning that game&lt;br /&gt;"Merry Christmas to all. And love thee Notre Dame!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- Submitted by &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Anonymous&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Thanks for the sumbission Anonymous, &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;First and Gold&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Have a clever post? You can &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a style="font-style: italic;" href="mailto:firstandgold@gmail.com"&gt;submit&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt; yours too.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17788714-113470614919473558?l=firstandgold.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://firstandgold.blogspot.com/feeds/113470614919473558/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=17788714&amp;postID=113470614919473558' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17788714/posts/default/113470614919473558'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17788714/posts/default/113470614919473558'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://firstandgold.blogspot.com/2005/12/nd-twas-night-before-christmas.html' title='ND &apos;Twas the Night Before Christmas'/><author><name>FirstandGold</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06313019236083671140</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17788714.post-113453804447560858</id><published>2005-12-14T00:24:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-12-14T13:33:39.893-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Carr Grants Dying Wish</title><content type='html'>ANN ARBOR, Mich – Lloyd Carr usually doesn’t let anyone else run his Michigan Wolverine team.  However, for 10-year-old Desmond Dierdorf Jones he made an exception.  The Michigan coach met last week with Desmond, who had been told by doctors weeks earlier that he might only have weeks to live. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/84/1730/1600/Lloyd%20Carr2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/84/1730/320/Lloyd%20Carr2.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;“He was a big Michigan fan in general, especially football, and especially of the greatest quarterback in this modern era – Chad Henne,” said his mother Mrs. Jones.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Carr showed up at the Jones’ home in Ann Arbor, Michigan and talked to Desmond Dierdorf about old pranks that he used to pull on Tom Brady back when he coached him at Michigan.  He told Desmond that he would intentionally make Brady run wind sprints at the end of practice, then Carr would sneak out and slit Brady’s tires with a broken beer bottle so he couldn’t get home at night.  Then he would do little things like place used chewing gum in between the pages of Brady’s play book and take all his clothes out of his locker and throw them in the pool while Brady was at practice.  Then as the ultimate prank, Carr said that he decided to bench Brady behind Drew Henson because he always thought it was funny to see Tom (Brady) leaving practice in tears.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/84/1730/1600/Lloyd%20Carr.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/84/1730/320/Lloyd%20Carr.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;“While there I gave him an opportunity to hammer me on getting blown the f**k out in last years Rose Bowl to Texas and single handedly launching Vince Young’s Heisman campaign for this upcoming year,” said Carr.  “He (Desmond) got me pretty good, and it reminded me of my wife when she called me a big fat loser after the debacle and took my two dogs and kicked me out of the house.”&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Before leaving, Carr asked Desmond Dierdorf a question.  He asked him if there was anything that he could do for him.  Desmond responded that his only request on his deathbed was for Chad Henne to start at quarterback for two straight years no matter what.  Even though Carr had highly sought after QB recruit Matt Gutierrez waiting in the whim to help save a dismal Wolverine team, Carr granted the wish and said that Chad Henne will start for the next two seasons under all circumstances.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Desmond Dierdorf never got to see Chad Henne lead Michigan to a painful 7-4 season and Pre-New Years Day Bowl game.  He also missed out on Chad Henne’s often outrageously bad performances against Notre Dame, or when he slipped without being touched and fell down, like a school child who fell off the monkey-bars during recess, on the last play of an excruciating Wisconsin loss.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And when Michigan faced a grueling Ohio State defense and a healthy, robust, athletically superior Gutierrez could have won the highly touted rivalry game the question was raised, “what are we going to do?”  Carr responded, “we have no choice, put Chad in the game.”  The end result was a loss to the Buckeyes and the crippling of a once proud program, but it’s a message that reached all the way back to a family in Ann Arbor, Michigan.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A Skylar Novak Joint&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17788714-113453804447560858?l=firstandgold.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://firstandgold.blogspot.com/feeds/113453804447560858/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=17788714&amp;postID=113453804447560858' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17788714/posts/default/113453804447560858'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17788714/posts/default/113453804447560858'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://firstandgold.blogspot.com/2005/12/carr-grants-dying-wish.html' title='Carr Grants Dying Wish'/><author><name>FirstandGold</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06313019236083671140</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17788714.post-113458505238739201</id><published>2005-12-13T13:11:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-12-14T13:32:31.550-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Thanks Boston College</title><content type='html'>Robert Moses&lt;br /&gt;Chair - Hiring Committee First and Gold&lt;br /&gt;443 Irish Hall&lt;br /&gt;University of Notre Dame du Lac&lt;br /&gt;College Hill, IN 79443&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Dear Boston College,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thank you for your flow chart of November 16. After careful consideration, I regret to inform you that I am unable to accept &lt;a href="http://www.bceaglesfootball.com/ndfan.htm"&gt;your lame ass flow chart&lt;/a&gt;, or any of the arguments contained therein.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This year I have been particularly fortunate in receiving the usual large number of ridiculous arguments and general pundit speak, of our jealous critics. With such a varied and promising field of candidates it is impossible for me to accept all absurd arguments.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;That fact that your University has absolutely no outstanding qualifications and previous experience in original thought, I find that your flow chart does not meet even the lowest standard of human thought. Therefore, I will assume that this was really just the product of an experiment conducted in your social sciences department on underdeveloped apes. I look forward to reading the &lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/84/1730/1600/For%20Boston.jpg"&gt;report in Nature&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Best of luck in living in the shadows of a far superior University, mine.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sincerely,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Robert Moses and Taylor Creed&lt;br /&gt;First and Gold&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17788714-113458505238739201?l=firstandgold.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://firstandgold.blogspot.com/feeds/113458505238739201/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=17788714&amp;postID=113458505238739201' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17788714/posts/default/113458505238739201'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17788714/posts/default/113458505238739201'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://firstandgold.blogspot.com/2005/12/thanks-boston-college.html' title='Thanks Boston College'/><author><name>FirstandGold</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06313019236083671140</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17788714.post-113432529794352931</id><published>2005-12-11T13:21:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-12-11T13:21:37.983-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Thank you, Ivan Maisel</title><content type='html'>"1. Thanks to all the Notre Dame fans who marked the one-year anniversary of my eulogy for Irish football, written after Urban Meyer left the university standing at the altar and eloped with Florida. The column holds up -- well-written, clever -- with one exception. It's wrong. Not only wrong, but loud wrong. Oh well."&lt;br /&gt;- Ivan "The Terrible" Maisel&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ivan, you know who else died and came back to life?  Jesus.  That is right, Jesus Christ.  Don't worry Ivan "The Terrible", many people made the similar mistake, but there was only one Doubting Thomas.  Thanks for the redaction Doubting Ivan "The Terrible".  Next time, just don't say loud wrong because that doesn't even make sense.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-Robert Moses&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17788714-113432529794352931?l=firstandgold.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://firstandgold.blogspot.com/feeds/113432529794352931/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=17788714&amp;postID=113432529794352931' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17788714/posts/default/113432529794352931'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17788714/posts/default/113432529794352931'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://firstandgold.blogspot.com/2005/12/thank-you-ivan-maisel.html' title='Thank you, Ivan Maisel'/><author><name>FirstandGold</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06313019236083671140</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17788714.post-113428041255506407</id><published>2005-12-11T00:40:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-12-11T00:53:32.570-05:00</updated><title type='text'>In a sweeping landslide</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/84/1730/1600/2005%20OSU%20Quinn%20Heisman.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/84/1730/320/2005%20OSU%20Quinn%20Heisman.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;During his acceptance speech of the Heisman, Quinn just couldn’t believe what he was feeling.  "Oh man, this is amazing," Quinn said, a row of former winners lining the stage behind him. "It's truly an honor to be elected to this fraternity. I've been in college for three years and it's the first time I've been invited into a fraternity.  In fact we don’t even frats at ND, actually I usually just sit in my dorm playing Halo all day.  Well no, sometimes we like to steal ice out of the ice machine and throw it on peoples’ doors.  Oh, or my favorite, we use the emulator online and prank call people using Arnold Schwarzenegger’s voice, man I love that."  In fact, that is probablly what Quinn was thinking about when they called his name.  "I was in shock because Vince Young and Matt are such great... great….  Well they aren't actually all that good.  I mean Matt fell apart again us, and all but lost the game till he screwed up and saved USC ass by fumbling the ball.  And Vince is barely a QB, I mean he hardly throws, so I guess no I wasn’t in shock at all, I mean they really weren’t competition for me." Quinn said.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- Taylor Creed reporting from New York.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17788714-113428041255506407?l=firstandgold.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://firstandgold.blogspot.com/feeds/113428041255506407/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=17788714&amp;postID=113428041255506407' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17788714/posts/default/113428041255506407'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17788714/posts/default/113428041255506407'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://firstandgold.blogspot.com/2005/12/in-sweeping-landslide.html' title='In a sweeping landslide'/><author><name>FirstandGold</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06313019236083671140</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17788714.post-113425195344096347</id><published>2005-12-10T16:58:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-12-10T19:09:19.970-05:00</updated><title type='text'>PAC-10: The Merry-Go-Round of Inferiority</title><content type='html'>&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;Although this post lacks the parody-like nature that you are accustomed to, this falls into the "plenty of irish love" category, and I feel that it is necessary to get a few words out there...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;Those of you that know a Pac-10 fan, you know that they are "beautiful individual" (Lou Holtz reference to Mark May during the &lt;a href="http://bluegraysky.blogspot.com/2005_12_01_bluegraysky_archive.html#113362897587451063"&gt;ND football banquet&lt;/a&gt;) and you also know that they are one of those people who has been having the wool pulled over their eyes by the Pac-10 by being made to think that they are a reputable conference. However, last time I checked, having only one football team that can win in your conference didn't exactly turn you into a "power division." Just for fun... lets look at a few things...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt; &lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;Pac 10 record against top 25 teams: 4 - 25.... granted, Ty did his part in racking up those losses, but are you kidding me - TWENTY FIVE LOSSES. And i have news for you, USC has three of those wins; but perhaps it takes away a little when we see that 3 of those 4 wins have been against pac-10 teams that shouldn't be in the top 25 anyway (USC over ranked Oregon, USC over ranked UCLA, and Arizona over ranked UCLA)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;In fact, to make it simple, here is AN ALL INCLUSIVE LIST of non-Pac-10 Top 25 Teams that the Pac-10 was able to beat this year:&lt;br /&gt;1) USC over Notre Dame...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;that is all&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt; &lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;So what you are telling me, is that you have a power conference because one of the best teams of alleged college lore was able to get flat out, out played and win a football game by LUCK in the last :07 seconds? - There i said it!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt; &lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;See, the problem with the pac-10 is that everybody sucks, save for one team. However, don't get me wrong, they all suck equally though. There is no logical connection within the conference... eg. UCLA beats Cal, Cal beats Zona, then Zona beats UCLA... now this has been going on all year long but none of "experts" seem to realize it.... now in evaluating how good a team is you can pretty much do it on two levels. One you can sit down and watch every gut-wrenching, boring pac-10 game that is on TV because you live on the west coast and that is the only option you have and you can actually see that they are not good teams just in the way that they flat out objectively play... or you can do what I call the "ESPN Method" and just look at what a couple numbers say on the paper you are reading... eg. "Oregon has one loss, Notre Dame has 2, Oregon should go to the BCS." - Tony Cornheiser (PTI)... while we're at it, lets send TCU (only one loss) to the BCS bowl Tony... the fact of the matter is, is if you want to evaluate a team using the "ESPN Method" you need to take a look at the numbers in the context in which they lie... now everybody knows that when you conduct an experiment, it is always proper to have a "control" experiment and a "variable" experiment. The variable is the one that you are testing, but it doesn't mean anything unless you have a proper control to compare it to. That means, that if you are going to look strictly at the numbers and use the "ESPN Method" you should also make sure that there is a proper variable in your experiment. See the problem with the Pac-10 is that it isn't using any "variable" in the experiment. It only has a control - and that is the pac-10 playing each other and nobody else. So from this experiment, we know that the pac-10 can beat up on each other pretty good; however, we can't measure the strength of their football programs if they choose only to play this "round-robin" like season against one another only. We need to see a variable, such as scheduling a non-conference game maybe against Florida, Miami, at least even or Pittsburgh please.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt; &lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;Instead here are the non-conference teams that they selected:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt; &lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;Arizona: Utah, North Arizona, Purdue (and they got schlacked)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt; &lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;Oregon: Houston, Montana, Fresno (who are these teams)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt; &lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;UCLA: San Diego State, Rice, Oklahoma &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt; &lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;Cal: dear Lord Sacramento State, Illinois, New Mexico St.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt; &lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;Arizona State: Temple, LSU (who they lost to), Northwestern&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt; &lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;Stanford: Navy, UC Davis (D 1-AA team they lost to), ND&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt; &lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;Oregon St: PORTLAND ST!!!, Boise St, Louisville (thank you - btw State, you got dominated in this one)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt; &lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;Washington St: IDAHO, Nevada, GRAM ST (do they even have football teams?)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt; &lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;Washington: Air Force, IDAHO, ND&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt; &lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;And then&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt; &lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;USC: Hawaii, Arkansas, ND, Fresno&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt; &lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;Okay, so what we have here is Pac-10 teams that schedule very, very weak non-conference games and the semi-tough ones that they do schedule (ND, LSU, Lousiville) they get a well deserved beating handed to them.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt; &lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;Now, one of those beautiful Pac-10 individuals, perhaps a lowly Ducks fan before packing his bags for San Diego for his lovely pre-New Years Holiday Bowl will likely say… “oh yea ND, well we killed Stanford, and you only barely beat them.”…. wow… isn’t that so cute.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;I think I remember having an argument like that before when I was on the swing set during recess in 1&lt;sup&gt;st&lt;/sup&gt; grade.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Now in addressing just one of these lovely Pac-10 arguments, it is important to note that this method of arguing is circular and leads to no affirmative conclusions (eg. ND barely got by Stanford who Oregon whalloped... yet they fail to take into consideration that Oregon barely beat Arizona (by 3 points) who had lost to Stanford earlier in the year.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;So first off, anyone who tries to argue through disjunctive syllogisms (look it up Oregon fans) in sports would probably be best apt to do it back on the playground at Windom Elementary (I’ll give you directions if you need them). If history has taught us 2 things they are as follows:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;!--[if !supportLineBreakNewLine]--&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;!--[endif]--&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;1) the Holocaust was a bad thing, and&lt;br /&gt;2) Using logically premised syllogisms to express the quality of a sports&lt;br /&gt;team simply DO NOT work.... especially when the Pac-10 is concerned (See above analysis).&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--&gt; &lt;!--[endif]--&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;So in conclusion, the Pac-10 sucks (except for USC) and their records are grossly inflated because they are not tested outside their already terrible conference, so if you want to play the "ESPN Method", you must look at the context of the numbers, because numbers will lie to you... right TCU?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt; &lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;Skylar Novak is currently a failing law student because he spends all his time writing about college football and manipulating the minds of young ladies at the bar. His views and expressions in no way shape or represent the views of FirstandGold but he can be reached at &lt;a href="mailto:firstandgold@gmail.com"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: normal;"&gt;firstandgold@gmail.com&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17788714-113425195344096347?l=firstandgold.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://firstandgold.blogspot.com/feeds/113425195344096347/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=17788714&amp;postID=113425195344096347' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17788714/posts/default/113425195344096347'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17788714/posts/default/113425195344096347'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://firstandgold.blogspot.com/2005/12/pac-10-merry-go-round-of-inferiority.html' title='PAC-10: The Merry-Go-Round of Inferiority'/><author><name>FirstandGold</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06313019236083671140</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17788714.post-113408590378729628</id><published>2005-12-08T18:48:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-12-08T19:55:46.996-05:00</updated><title type='text'>I Believe we can touch the Blue Gray Sky</title><content type='html'>And for your pleasure, here is the Believers [&lt;a href="http://files.mirrorme.org/2449649e7877"&gt;Vid&lt;/a&gt;] that hyped the USC v ND game.....&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I used to think that ND could not get recruits&lt;br /&gt;And life was gonna be nothing but an earful from the pundits&lt;br /&gt;But now I know the meaning of Irish Glory&lt;br /&gt;I'm looking up to Touchdown Jesus’ arms&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If I can brag about it, then ND can do it&lt;br /&gt;If I just believe it, there's no one to stop us&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I believe ND can fly&lt;br /&gt;I believe ND can touch the blue gray sky&lt;br /&gt;I think about it every night and day&lt;br /&gt;Unleash my wide outs and score again&lt;br /&gt;I believe ND can soar&lt;br /&gt;I see Darius running through that open hole&lt;br /&gt;I believe ND can fly&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;See I was on the verge of breaking down&lt;br /&gt;Sometimes the silence of no Heisman talk can seem so loud&lt;br /&gt;There may be a Hawk, but lets not forget Blue Steel&lt;br /&gt;But first I know it starts inside of Weis, oh&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If I can brag about it, then ND can do it&lt;br /&gt;If I just believe it, there's no one to stop us&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hey, cuz I believe in ND, oh&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hey, if I just let Fasano go&lt;br /&gt;ND can fly&lt;br /&gt;If I just use my wide outs&lt;br /&gt;ND can fly&lt;br /&gt;If I just let Darius soar,&lt;br /&gt;Fly-eye; your next on the list Buck-eye&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Go Irish&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- Taylor Creed&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17788714-113408590378729628?l=firstandgold.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://firstandgold.blogspot.com/feeds/113408590378729628/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=17788714&amp;postID=113408590378729628' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17788714/posts/default/113408590378729628'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17788714/posts/default/113408590378729628'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://firstandgold.blogspot.com/2005/12/i-believe-we-can-touch-blue-gray-sky.html' title='I Believe we can touch the Blue Gray Sky'/><author><name>FirstandGold</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06313019236083671140</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17788714.post-113385019494188460</id><published>2005-12-06T00:49:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-12-08T19:07:12.463-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Fiesta Bowl (Remix)</title><content type='html'>After the season it's the selection party and&lt;br /&gt;After the party, our bowl seasons startin' and&lt;br /&gt;After the Jones then it's Darius, and&lt;br /&gt;After the Insight it's the B-C-S...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Walker, Samard-zija, Fi-es-ta&lt;br /&gt;Remix with the Charlie from the Mid-West Side&lt;br /&gt;Game recognize, Ducks dont pretend&lt;br /&gt;You could get this invite from the cupcake Pac-10&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/84/1730/1600/black%20album%20-%20charlie.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; cursor: pointer; text-align: center;" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/84/1730/320/black%20album%20-%20charlie.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So Bucks, pop yo toasters&lt;br /&gt;But don't ask for no sympathy&lt;br /&gt;Bringin pain every down&lt;br /&gt;Corey Mays &amp;amp; Zibby&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Catches envelop&lt;br /&gt;Racin Quinn's quota&lt;br /&gt;Box up the trophy, back to South Bend&lt;br /&gt;and we'll boast it&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Whoever come closest - you've been warned&lt;br /&gt;But OSU won't get the picture 'till the TDs is thrown&lt;br /&gt;Make us wait 10 years, baby, "Bucks it's on!"&lt;br /&gt;And we'll be stickin' it, Six in the Endzone&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Droppin back for a pass to MoMo&lt;br /&gt;Poppin blocks on the edge with MoMo&lt;br /&gt;Put the CB on his ass with MoMo&lt;br /&gt;Throwin balls up for grabs for MoMo&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Cause it's about the Guinness flowin'&lt;br /&gt;We gonna be drinkin 'till the whistle blowin'&lt;br /&gt;Scorin high "Here come the Irish Bowlin"&lt;br /&gt;Three-hundred yards before we even get goin'&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Weis, Weis, Weis, Weis&lt;br /&gt;Every time they see the big guy on the sideline&lt;br /&gt;They say - Weis, Weis, Weis, Weis&lt;br /&gt;Is what they all say when the Eighteen-Twelves on&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Well y'all gotta Walker runnin draws and screen-as&lt;br /&gt;Got'cha Bucks sayin "Have you seen our Defense?"&lt;br /&gt;Yeah, "We ND" on the low&lt;br /&gt;no we don't split our dough&lt;br /&gt;gettin paid Tos-ti-tos&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Fiesta&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Fiesta, Fiesta&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- JT Bishop&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17788714-113385019494188460?l=firstandgold.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://firstandgold.blogspot.com/feeds/113385019494188460/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=17788714&amp;postID=113385019494188460' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17788714/posts/default/113385019494188460'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17788714/posts/default/113385019494188460'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://firstandgold.blogspot.com/2005/12/fiesta-bowl-remix.html' title='Fiesta Bowl (Remix)'/><author><name>FirstandGold</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06313019236083671140</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17788714.post-113234321073090172</id><published>2005-11-18T14:39:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-05-29T19:04:50.520-05:00</updated><title type='text'>The Sound of Nasty</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;A Special Feature brought to you by:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;First and Gold&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;The 2005 Video Highlights*&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer/"&gt;Macromedia Flash 8.0+ Required&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;"&gt;Update&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;:  &lt;/span&gt;Check out the &lt;a href="http://firstandgold.blogspot.com/2005/12/power-hour-dvd.html"&gt;Power Hour DVD 2K5&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Pitt - Episode I: Welcome Home Charlie&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object height="206" width="250"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/IyLVOFGjWqs"&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/IyLVOFGjWqs" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" height="206" width="250"&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.ndirishmusings.com/Videos/welcomehome_high.avi"&gt;[Vid]&lt;/a&gt; [.avi] [70.9mb]&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Michigan - Episode II: Big House Big Coach Big Deal&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object height="206" width="205"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/j37gABD08l8"&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/j37gABD08l8" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" height="206" width="250"&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.ndirishmusings.com/Videos/Episode2michigan_oldie.avi"&gt;[Vid]&lt;/a&gt; [.avi] [84.3mb]&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Washington PreGame - Pass Right&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object height="206" width="250"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/wVzOR258qGM"&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/wVzOR258qGM" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" height="206" width="250"&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Washington - Episode III: The nasTY Bowl&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object height="206" width="250"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/CrI0YRCEdDo"&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/CrI0YRCEdDo" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" height="206" width="250"&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.ndirishmusings.com/Videos/Episode3washington_oldie.avi"&gt;[Vid]&lt;/a&gt; [.avi] [66.5mb]&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Purdue - Episode IV: Wakey Wakey Echoes and Brady&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object height="206" width="250"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/CO1iNiSV6Sk"&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/CO1iNiSV6Sk" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" height="206" width="250"&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.ndirishmusings.com/Videos/episode4.avi"&gt;[Vid]&lt;/a&gt; [.avi] [45.8mb]&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;USC PreGame - Believers&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object height="206" width="250"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/XMTMH5_BxWU"&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/XMTMH5_BxWU" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" height="206" width="250"&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;USC - Episode V: Darth Poodle&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object height="206" width="250"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/wx1ikgvklGg"&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/wx1ikgvklGg" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" height="206" width="250"&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://files.mirrorme.org/d5fe5f9498db"&gt;[Vid]&lt;/a&gt; [.wmv] [32mb]&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;BYU - Episode VI: Mission: Quinn Shark Stovall&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object height="206" width="250"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/lsOa91vjt5Q"&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/lsOa91vjt5Q" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" height="206" width="250"&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a ref="http://www.ndirishmusings.com/Videos/Oldie_BYU%28divx%29.avi"&gt;[Vid]&lt;/a&gt; [.avi] [42mb]&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Tenn - Episode VII: Bargain Shopping&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object height="206" width="250"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/_gzsocBmT34"&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/_gzsocBmT34" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" height="206" width="250"&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://files.mirrorme.org/e8adcc7fe00a"&gt;[Vid]&lt;/a&gt; [.mvv] [14mb]&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Navy - Episode VIII: You're Not Bad Yourself&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object height="206" width="250"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/I_EhBO8bMpo"&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/I_EhBO8bMpo" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" height="206" width="250"&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://files.mirrorme.org/262dd2f7fa4d"&gt;[Vid]&lt;/a&gt; [.wmv] [38mb]&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Stanford - Episode X: Whoa Nelly III&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object height="206" width="250"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/vGuRO-tnAkU"&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/vGuRO-tnAkU" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" height="206" width="250"&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://files.mirrorme.org/56ab22721ae2"&gt;[Vid]&lt;/a&gt; [.wmv] [36mb]&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Fiesta Bowl: ND v. OSU&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object height="206" width="250"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/r3_lVlRzIWY"&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/r3_lVlRzIWY" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" height="206" width="250"&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Notre Dame 2005 Highlights&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object height="206" width="250"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/pQw1JBAnOpk"&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/pQw1JBAnOpk" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" height="206" width="250"&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;"&gt;Update&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;:  &lt;/span&gt;Check out the &lt;a href="http://firstandgold.blogspot.com/2005/12/power-hour-dvd.html"&gt;Power Hour DVD 2K5&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.firstandgold.blogspot.com/2005/10/latest-news.html"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thanks for your help.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Created by: Nevin O'Donnell&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Hosts: Andy Dietler,&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Notre Dame Club of Memphis,&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;    IrishMusings,&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;    Tim, Scott, Brian, Dave, Ryan, Drew, Brian, Kim, and All of the other Anonymous Mirror Sites&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;    &lt;a href="http://video.google.com/videosearch?q=firstandgold&amp;btnG=Search+Video"&gt;Google Video&lt;/a&gt; and,&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;    &lt;a href="http://www.youtube.com/profile_videos.php?user=firstandgold"&gt;YouTube&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;This has been A Special Feature brought to you by:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;First and Gold&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Return Home&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sending you a better day,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-First and Gold&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17788714-113234321073090172?l=firstandgold.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://firstandgold.blogspot.com/feeds/113234321073090172/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=17788714&amp;postID=113234321073090172' title='10 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17788714/posts/default/113234321073090172'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17788714/posts/default/113234321073090172'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://firstandgold.blogspot.com/2005/11/sound-of-nasty.html' title='The Sound of Nasty'/><author><name>FirstandGold</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06313019236083671140</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>10</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17788714.post-113207983374038882</id><published>2005-11-15T13:35:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-11-15T18:19:24.350-05:00</updated><title type='text'>A Tale of Two Programs</title><content type='html'>Book I, Chapter 1&lt;br /&gt;The Period &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/84/1730/1600/2005%20SU%20Two%20Cities.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/84/1730/320/2005%20SU%20Two%20Cities.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It was the beginning of the best of times, it was the beginning of the worst of times, it was the age of Irish wisdom, it was the age of Gator foolishness, it was start of an epoch of belief in Irish Glory, it was the epoch of an incredulous return to useless swampland, it was the season of Weis, it was the season of Meyer, it was the spring of discredit and quiet study for Weis, it was the spring of over hyped glory for Meyer, the Irish had everything before them, the Gators had nothing before them, as expected all the Irish were going directly to a BCS bowl, however, the Gators were all going directly back to their mud huts in the swamp — in short, the period was so far like past periods, that some of the noisiest ESPN ‘authorities’ insisted on its being received, for good or for evil, in the superlative degree of comparison only, because it was time for the Irish to be back on top. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There were a coach, who some called a king, with 5 large jewels on his hand and a quarterback, who some called a Heisman candidate, with huge arms; running the show in South Bend; there was a bum, who some called an over hyped lucky *** with a large jaw, that many of his subjects wanted to punch and a team that played like queens without any spirit or discipline, at the throne in the swampland. In both countries it was clearer than crystal to the lords of the Universe had restored the loaves of victory and fishes of celebration back t the Irish, yes, things in general were settled for ever, the Irish will always be dominant.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- Taylor Creed&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;See Also: &lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;Thanks Urban, Thanks &lt;a href="http://home.sandiego.edu/~bmichalek-07/Pancake%20House%20Picture.jpg"&gt;[Pict]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;The Loyal Gator Fans &lt;a href="http://www.firecoachmeyer.com"&gt;[Site]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17788714-113207983374038882?l=firstandgold.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://firstandgold.blogspot.com/feeds/113207983374038882/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=17788714&amp;postID=113207983374038882' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17788714/posts/default/113207983374038882'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17788714/posts/default/113207983374038882'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://firstandgold.blogspot.com/2005/11/tale-of-two-programs.html' title='A Tale of Two Programs'/><author><name>FirstandGold</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06313019236083671140</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17788714.post-113174614249613213</id><published>2005-11-11T16:37:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-11-11T23:58:57.690-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Show me the National Championship</title><content type='html'>[&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Coach Weis has just told Brady Quinn he will continue to be the Coach of the University of Notre Dame for at least 10 more years, putting away all talk of only filling in at ND until a better pro offer comes along. Weis must now convience his, clearly NFL bound, team stay in college....&lt;/span&gt;]&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Brady Quinn:&lt;/span&gt; Oh... That's great. I'm very... happy.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Coach Weis:&lt;/span&gt; That's what I'm gonna do for you. Now this is what you're gonna do for me. You listening?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Brady Quinn:&lt;/span&gt; Yeah, yeah, well what can I do for YOU, Coach?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/84/1730/1600/2005%20Navy%20Maguire%201.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/84/1730/320/2005%20Navy%20Maguire%201.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Charlie Weis:&lt;/span&gt; It's a very personal, very important thing. Hell, it's a family motto. Now are you ready? Just checking to make sure you're ready (&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Charlie turns his boom box real low&lt;/span&gt;) here it is - "show me the National Championship". (&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;He now blasts the boom box at full level&lt;/span&gt;) OHHH! SHOW! ME! THE! National Championship! Doesn't it make you feel good just to say that, Brady? Say it with me one time brother!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Brady Quinn:&lt;/span&gt; um...Show you the National Championship.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Charlie Weis:&lt;/span&gt; Oh, come on, you can do better than that! I want you to say it brother with meaning! Hey, I got Lou Holtz on the other line I better hear you say it!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Brady Quinn:&lt;/span&gt; Yeah, ye - no, show you the National Championship!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Coach Weis:&lt;/span&gt;  AH! Not show YOU! Show ME the National Championship!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Brady Quinn:&lt;/span&gt;  Show me the National Championship!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/84/1730/1600/2005%20Navy%20Maguire%202.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/84/1730/320/2005%20Navy%20Maguire%202.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Coach Weis:&lt;/span&gt;  Yeah, that's it brother but you got to yell that shit!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Brady Quinn:&lt;/span&gt;  Show me the National Championship!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Coach Weis:&lt;/span&gt; Louder!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Brady Quinn:&lt;/span&gt; Show me the National Championship!!!!!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-- John "you had me at Nasty" McAvoy&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(Thanks for the submission John, First and Gold)&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17788714-113174614249613213?l=firstandgold.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://firstandgold.blogspot.com/feeds/113174614249613213/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=17788714&amp;postID=113174614249613213' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17788714/posts/default/113174614249613213'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17788714/posts/default/113174614249613213'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://firstandgold.blogspot.com/2005/11/show-me-national-championship.html' title='Show me the National Championship'/><author><name>FirstandGold</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06313019236083671140</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17788714.post-113164557024376984</id><published>2005-11-10T12:56:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-11-11T23:59:19.360-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Charlie Weis: Gettysburg Address (2006)</title><content type='html'>Four score and seven years ago our fathers, Gipp and Rockne, brought forth on this University, a first national championship, conceived in Greatness, and dedicated to the proposition that no other college teams were created as equals.&lt;br /&gt;Now we are engaged in a great war, testing whether that University, the only University so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure. We are met on a great battlefield of war pitted against inaccurate ESPN pundits and unintelligible race-wheeling, bed-wetting derelicts.  During this war, we have come to dedicate a piece of that battlefield, as a final shameful resting place for those who came and failed in attempt to thwart the destiny of that University.  This is altogether fitting and proper.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/84/1730/1600/2005%20Navy%20Address.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/84/1730/320/2005%20Navy%20Address.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But, in truth, those who have truly dedicated – those who have truly consecrated – and given their lives on this hallowed ground are the brave Irish -- those of Montana, Lattner, Lujack, and Quinn -- those who have established that University of unfathomable power.  The world will little note, nor long remember what we say here, however it will never forget what that University did here.  It is for us, the Irish faithful, to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who so valiantly fought here have thus far so nobly advanced -- that from these honored, we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion -- that we here highly resolve to return that University to the Greatness that it was conceived in and -- that this great University, under God and Weis, shall have a new birth of Glory -- and that the regal new government of the Irish, by the Irish, for the Irish, shall not perish from the college rankings, but reign true for all eternity.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- a skylar novak joint&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17788714-113164557024376984?l=firstandgold.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://firstandgold.blogspot.com/feeds/113164557024376984/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=17788714&amp;postID=113164557024376984' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17788714/posts/default/113164557024376984'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17788714/posts/default/113164557024376984'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://firstandgold.blogspot.com/2005/11/charlie-weis-gettysburg-address-2006.html' title='Charlie Weis: Gettysburg Address (2006)'/><author><name>FirstandGold</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06313019236083671140</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17788714.post-113122829587016829</id><published>2005-11-05T17:03:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-11-06T19:33:04.586-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Genesis 1: The Beginning of Weis</title><content type='html'>In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Now the earth was formless and empty, having only mediocre football teams, such as Army and the Wolverines, while the magnificent Spirit of Notre Dame was hovering over the waters. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And God said, "Let there be a real University," and then there was Notre Dame. God saw that Notre Dame was good, and He separated Notre Dame from the darkness of short-winded façade-like winning streak universities.  God called Notre Dame the "Irish," and the darkness he called ridiculous versions of over-sized bubble head mascots, like Badgers, Orangemen, and Trojans. And there was a first national championship for the Irish, and there was a second – these were the Rockne days …… then came the first game of Weis…..&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/84/1730/1600/2005%20Ten%20Genesis.gif"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/84/1730/320/2005%20Ten%20Genesis.gif" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And God said, "Let there be an expanse between these two former NFL coaches to separate an offense mastermind from a tag-a-long coach that only could win with Ricky Williams."  So the Irish made many advances and separated the pathetic panthers from the ranks of the AP top 25.  And it was so.  God called the advances "Nasty" And there was another night celebrating at underage bars, and there was Sunday morning chilling in Fitz – then came the second game. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And God said, "Let all the Irish under the sky be gathered to one place, and let us all gather at the Big House so we can all see just how strong my Irish are." And it was so. God called Charlie Weis’ new offense the "Playstation Offense" And God saw that it was good. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Then God said, "I never liked the third game, so let’s not talk about the third game.  See how I have treated the Spartans; they have a horrible stadium, and no fan base, but now I am done with them.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And then God said, "Let there be lights on the beautiful Dome and Basilica to show all that visit how Notre Dame is different from other places, and let them serve as signs to mark winning seasons and days and years, and let those light on the Dome and Basilica give light on the earth." And it was so. God made these two great buildings —the Dome to govern the day and the Basilica to govern the night. He also made the stars, you know like, Quinn, Fasano, Samardzija, and Walker. Weis set them in his “Playstation Offense” and gave them the training necessary to govern the likes of Michigan, Tennessee, and other unworthy football “programs.” And God saw that it was good. And there was a great domination of Washington—the fourth game. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And God said, "Let the Irish produce a break-out game, to show the World how strong they are, they will, run, pass defend and catch, each according to its kind." And it was so. Purddont was soundly defeated.  God made the Irish Offense according to wild tigers, the Defense according to angry hyenas, and all the fans that cheer them along according to His angles. And God saw that it was good, for he never liked Pudue. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Then God said, "Let us make Weis in our image, in our likeness, and let Weis rule over the entire league, let him rule them like God does the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the livestock, over all the earth, yes Weis will rule the coach like the unintelligent fish mongers that they are." &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So God created Weis in his own image, &lt;br /&gt;in the image of God he created him; &lt;br /&gt;male and dominate he created Weis. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;God blessed the Irish and said to them, "Be fruitful and increase in number your victories and National Championships; fill the earth with Heisman candidates. Rule over the Trojans of the SC and the Wolverines of the Michigan and over every college football team that moves into the NCAA." &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Then God said, "I will give you a powerful SC opponent to have the whole world how strong you are. They will be yours for food.   You will outplay them.  And to all the fans of the earth and all the ESPN pundits of on air and all the Coaches that move on the ground, everything that has the breath of life in it — I will give them a great game to show that you are the best team in the country." And it was so. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;God saw all that he had given the Irish, and it was very good. But he must also give them humility, so he let them lose on the last play of the game.  And there was sorrow, and there was mourning, but the Irish became stronger — the sixth game.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thus the Irish and Weis were completed in all their vast glory. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;By the seventh game God had finished the work he had been doing; so on the seventh game he rested from all his work  And God let the Irish feast on the seventh game and made it a holy game, Mormon’s vs. Catholic’s, and we all know how that was going to turn out. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;--Taylor Creed&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17788714-113122829587016829?l=firstandgold.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://firstandgold.blogspot.com/feeds/113122829587016829/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=17788714&amp;postID=113122829587016829' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17788714/posts/default/113122829587016829'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17788714/posts/default/113122829587016829'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://firstandgold.blogspot.com/2005/11/genesis-1-beginning-of-weis.html' title='Genesis 1: The Beginning of Weis'/><author><name>FirstandGold</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06313019236083671140</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17788714.post-113104434995465619</id><published>2005-11-03T13:59:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-11-03T13:59:09.996-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Good Ol' Notre Dame...Notre Dame Fighting Irish</title><content type='html'>Glad that I went to Notre Dame&lt;br /&gt; Down in the Fighting Irish hills&lt;br /&gt;Aint' no losing at ol' Notre Dame&lt;br /&gt; Ain't no unnasty teams&lt;br /&gt;Once we had a coach at Notre Dame&lt;br /&gt; Half bear, other half cat&lt;br /&gt;Wild as a mink,&lt;br /&gt; but sweet as soda pop &lt;br /&gt;God how we love you Charlie.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Notre Dame you'll always be &lt;br /&gt;Home sweet home to me&lt;br /&gt;Good ol' Notre Dame&lt;br /&gt;Notre Dame Fighting Irish, &lt;br /&gt;Notre Dame Fighting Irish&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Once two strangers climbed ol' Notre Dame &lt;br /&gt;Lookin' for a legendary status &lt;br /&gt;Davie and Ty ain't going back to Notre Dame &lt;br /&gt;Reckon they never will&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Notre Dame you'll always be &lt;br /&gt;Home sweet home to me&lt;br /&gt;Good ol' Notre Dame&lt;br /&gt;Notre Dame Fighting Irish, &lt;br /&gt;Notre Dame Fighting Irish&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Losses won't grow at all on Notre Dame&lt;br /&gt; Dome’s too goldy by far&lt;br /&gt;That's why all the folks on Notre Dame&lt;br /&gt; Get their wins from Weis&lt;br /&gt;Notre Dame you'll always be &lt;br /&gt;Home sweet home to me&lt;br /&gt;Good ol' Notre Dame&lt;br /&gt;Notre Dame Fighting Irish, &lt;br /&gt;Notre Dame Fighting Irish &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I've had years of so called racism &lt;br /&gt;Written by a hack with a pen&lt;br /&gt;All I know is he’s from Ball State &lt;br /&gt;Couldn’t get into Notre Dame&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Notre Dame you'll always be &lt;br /&gt;Home sweet home to me&lt;br /&gt;Good ol' Notre Dame&lt;br /&gt;Notre Dame Fighting Irish, &lt;br /&gt;Notre Dame Fighting Irish&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17788714-113104434995465619?l=firstandgold.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://firstandgold.blogspot.com/feeds/113104434995465619/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=17788714&amp;postID=113104434995465619' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17788714/posts/default/113104434995465619'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17788714/posts/default/113104434995465619'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://firstandgold.blogspot.com/2005/11/good-ol-notre-damenotre-dame-fighting.html' title='Good Ol&apos; Notre Dame...Notre Dame Fighting Irish'/><author><name>FirstandGold</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06313019236083671140</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17788714.post-113103557622014284</id><published>2005-11-03T11:28:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-11-03T11:32:56.233-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Saving Privates Ryan..., and Walls, and Frazer, and Jones, and...</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/84/1730/1600/10104037.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/84/1730/320/10104037.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;Worried about “racism” negatively affecting recruiting? Worried some blue chippers might boycott ND after Whitlock’s comments? I wouldn’t be. Check out Weis’ latest inspiring speech to his recruits…:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"Brady? What's the pool on me up to right now? What's it up to? What is it, three hundred dollars -- is that it? Three hundred? I'm a football coach. I coach football in this little town called South Bend, Indiana. For the last seven games, I've been at the University of Notre Dame. I was founder of a NPO to fight autism in my off time. Back home when I tell people that Notre Dame is not racist, they think, well, that, that figures. But in the media it's a big, a big mystery. So I guess we've changed some. Sometimes I wonder if the media has changed us so much that the alums are ever gonna recognize us whenever it is they get back here -- and how I'll ever be able to tell them about days like today. Whitlock -- I don't know anything about Whitlock. I don't care. Man means nothin' to me. It's just a name. But if -- you know -- if getting a 10-year extension and recruiting a team of nasty mo fo’s, if that earns me the right to get ND back to glory -- well, then, then that's my mission. You wanna leave? You wanna go off and fight the racism war? Alright. Alright, I won't stop you. I'll even put in the paperwork. I just know that every coach I embarrass Saturday afternoon, the closer to glory I feel."&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17788714-113103557622014284?l=firstandgold.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://firstandgold.blogspot.com/feeds/113103557622014284/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=17788714&amp;postID=113103557622014284' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17788714/posts/default/113103557622014284'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17788714/posts/default/113103557622014284'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://firstandgold.blogspot.com/2005/11/saving-privates-ryan-and-walls-and.html' title='Saving Privates Ryan..., and Walls, and Frazer, and Jones, and...'/><author><name>FirstandGold</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06313019236083671140</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17788714.post-113053570755867641</id><published>2005-10-28T16:41:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-10-31T22:23:36.126-05:00</updated><title type='text'>BCS Can't Handle the Truth</title><content type='html'>&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&lt;/b&gt;SKYLAR&lt;br /&gt;When you learned of Notre Dame’s near loss to USC you had a meeting with, your Harris Poll representatives.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&lt;/b&gt;BCS REPRESENTATIVE&lt;br /&gt;Yes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&lt;/b&gt;SKYLAR&lt;br /&gt;At the time of this meeting you gave the Harris poll representatives an order, is that right?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&lt;/b&gt;BCS REPRESENTATIVE&lt;br /&gt;I told the Harris poll representatives that Notre Dame’s ranking was not to be touched. And I ordered the computer poll operators to place ND in the top ten.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&lt;/b&gt;SKYLAR&lt;br /&gt;Why?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&lt;/b&gt;BCS REPRESENTATIVE&lt;br /&gt;I felt that Notre Dame’s ranking might be in danger once word got out that shittier teams like Boston College who don’t play anybody had won&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&lt;/b&gt;SKYLAR&lt;br /&gt;Grave danger?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&lt;/b&gt;BCS REPRESENTATIVE&lt;br /&gt;Is there another kind?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/84/1730/1600/2005%20Ten%20BCS%201.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/84/1730/320/2005%20Ten%20BCS%201.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&lt;/b&gt;SKYLAR&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&lt;/b&gt;(continuing)&lt;br /&gt;After Notre Dame’s loss on the night of the 15th, the University was sealed&lt;br /&gt;off and its contents inventoried. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&lt;/b&gt;(reading)&lt;br /&gt;11 National Championships, 7 Heisman trophy winners, 3 billion dollar endowment, more tradition and history than any other sports franchise on earth…&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&lt;/b&gt;MACK BROWN&lt;br /&gt;Please the Court, is there a question anywhere in our future?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&lt;/b&gt;SKYLAR&lt;br /&gt;I'm wondering how a top ten BCS standing could exist without Notre Dame?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&lt;/b&gt;SKYLAR&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&lt;/b&gt;(continuing)&lt;br /&gt;I'll tell you what, we'll get back to that one in a minute.  JT hands SKYLAR the computer printout.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&lt;/b&gt;SKYLAR&lt;br /&gt;Your honor, these are Notre Dame’s records for this year and these are 15,000 letters that Notre Dame fans who have wrote in nine months requesting, in fact begging, for a top ten ranking.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&lt;/b&gt;(to BCS REPRESENTATIVE)&lt;br /&gt;Upon hearing the news that Notre Dame was finally Going to be in the BCS top ten, the fans were so excited, that do you know how many articles were written about this new found BCS ranking? Zero. Nobody. Not one call from the administration to alumni asking them for money after telling them that they were going to be in the top ten. Not one call to the board of trustees saying can you give me some more cash upfront to put the finishing touches on the brand new state of the art ‘gug’. Notre Dame was waiting quietly with no celebration prepared on Monday for what you said in 6 hours was going to be an ND re-emergence into the BCS showcase… Can you explain that? The fact is there was no top ten order. Notre Dame was going to be dropped out of the top ten for some undeserving bullshit teams like Alabama who needs last second field goals to win against shitty SEC teams on the road, isn’t that right?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&lt;/b&gt;MACK BROWN&lt;br /&gt;Object. Your Honor, it's obvious that SKYLAR'S intention this morning is to smear a high ranking BCS system in the desperate hope that the mere appearance of impropriety will win him points with the national public.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&lt;/b&gt;MACK BROWN&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&lt;/b&gt;(continuing)&lt;br /&gt;It's my recommendation, sir, that Lt. Skylar receive an official reprimand from the bench, and that the BCS system be excused with the Court's deepest apologies.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&lt;/b&gt;COURT&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&lt;/b&gt;(pause)&lt;br /&gt;Overruled.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&lt;/b&gt;MACK BROWN&lt;br /&gt;Your honor--&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&lt;/b&gt;COURT&lt;br /&gt;The objection's noted.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&lt;/b&gt;SKYLAR&lt;br /&gt;Sir?&lt;br /&gt;BCS Representative's smiling ...... and now he can't help but let out a short laugh. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&lt;/b&gt;SKYLAR&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&lt;/b&gt;(continuing)&lt;br /&gt;Is this funny, sir?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&lt;/b&gt;BCS REPRESENTATIVE&lt;br /&gt;No. It's not. It's tragic.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&lt;/b&gt;SKYLAR&lt;br /&gt;Do you have an answer?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&lt;/b&gt;BCS REPRESENTATIVE&lt;br /&gt;Absolutely. My answer is I don't have the first damn clue. Maybe ND was a late celebrator and liked to prepare later in the day. And maybe the board of trustees were just not interested in this type of thing. What I do know is that Notre Dame was set to arrive in the BCS top ten around evening time on that Monday. Please tell me you've got something more, Sklyar. Please tell me there's an ace up your sleeve. There is a university that is fending for its ranking. Please tell me their lawyer hasn't pinned their hopes on billion of dollars worth of endowments. Do you have any other questions for me, counselor?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&lt;/b&gt;SKYLAR&lt;br /&gt;A moment ago said that you ordered Notre Dame’s ranking not to be touched&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&lt;/b&gt;BCS Rep&lt;br /&gt;That's right.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&lt;/b&gt;SKYLAR&lt;br /&gt;And the Harris poll representatives were clear on what you wanted?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&lt;/b&gt;BCS REP&lt;br /&gt;Crystal&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&lt;/b&gt;SKYLAR&lt;br /&gt;Any chance they ignored the order?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&lt;/b&gt;BCS REP&lt;br /&gt;Ignored the order?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&lt;/b&gt;SKYLAR&lt;br /&gt;Any chance he just forgot about it?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&lt;/b&gt;BCS REPRESENTATIVE&lt;br /&gt;No.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&lt;/b&gt;SKYLAR&lt;br /&gt;Any chance they left your office and said, "The 'old man's wrong"?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&lt;/b&gt;BCS REPRESENTATIVE&lt;br /&gt;Have you ever spent time in the BCS commission, son?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&lt;/b&gt;SKYLAR&lt;br /&gt;No sir.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&lt;/b&gt;BCS REPRESENTATIVE&lt;br /&gt;Ever dealt with a system that produces controversial co-champions?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&lt;/b&gt;SKYLAR&lt;br /&gt;No sir.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&lt;/b&gt;BCS REPRESENTATIVE&lt;br /&gt;Ever put your teams ranking in another man's hands, ask him to put their ranking in yours?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&lt;/b&gt;SKYLAR&lt;br /&gt;No sir.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&lt;/b&gt;BCS REPRESENTATIVE&lt;br /&gt;We follow orders, son.  We follow orders or teams lose their prestige. It's that simple.  Are we clear?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&lt;/b&gt;SKYLAR&lt;br /&gt;Yes sir.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&lt;/b&gt;BCS REPRESENTATIVE&lt;br /&gt;Are we clear?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&lt;/b&gt;SKYLAR&lt;br /&gt;Crystal.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&lt;/b&gt;SKYLAR&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&lt;/b&gt;(continuing; beat)&lt;br /&gt;Sir, I have just one more question before I call the AP Poll members: If you gave an order to the Harris poll representatives and your orders are always followed, then why were they in danger, why would it be necessary for you to order the computer poll operators to place ND in the top ten.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&lt;/b&gt;BCS REPRESENTATIVE has no answer. Nothing. He sits there, and for the first time, seems to be lost.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&lt;/b&gt;BCS REPRESENTATIVE&lt;br /&gt;Notre Dame was a sub-standard team.  Their rank was being lowered because --&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&lt;/b&gt;SKYLAR&lt;br /&gt;That's not what you said.  You said you gave the orders because ND’s ranking was in grave danger. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&lt;/b&gt;BCS REPRESENTATIVE&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&lt;/b&gt;(pause)&lt;br /&gt;Yes.  That's correct, but--&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&lt;/b&gt;SKYLAR&lt;br /&gt;You said, "They were in danger".  I said, "Grave danger". You said--&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&lt;/b&gt;BCS REPRESENTATIVE&lt;br /&gt;Yes, I recall what--&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&lt;/b&gt;SKYLAR&lt;br /&gt;I can have the Court Reporter read back your--&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&lt;/b&gt;BCS REPRESENTATIVE&lt;br /&gt;I know what I said.  I don't need it read back to me like I'm a damn--&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&lt;/b&gt;SKYLAR&lt;br /&gt;Then why the two orders?  Why did you--&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&lt;/b&gt;BCS REPRESENTATIVE&lt;br /&gt;Sometimes Harris Poll representatives take matters into their own hands.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&lt;/b&gt;SKYLAR&lt;br /&gt;No sir. You made it clear just a moment ago that Harris Poll members never take matters into their own hands. Harris Poll members follow orders or team’s lose their prestige. So Notre Dame’s ranking shouldn't have been in any danger at all?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&lt;/b&gt;Everyone's sweating now.  Everyone but SKYLAR.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&lt;/b&gt;BCS REPRESENTATIVE&lt;br /&gt;You little bastard.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&lt;/b&gt;MACK BROWN&lt;br /&gt;Your Honor, I have to ask for a recess to--&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&lt;/b&gt;SKYLAR&lt;br /&gt;I'd like an answer to the question, Judge.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&lt;/b&gt;COURT&lt;br /&gt;The Court'll wait for answer.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&lt;/b&gt;SKYLAR&lt;br /&gt;If the Harris Poll members were told for Notre Dame’s ranking not to be touched, then your further order to the computer poll operators should not have mattered?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&lt;/b&gt;SKYLAR&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&lt;/b&gt;(continuing)&lt;br /&gt;The Harris Poll members ordered the code anti-gold and blue because that what you told them to do?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&lt;/b&gt;MACK BROWN&lt;br /&gt;Object!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&lt;/b&gt;COURT&lt;br /&gt;Counsel.&lt;br /&gt;SKYLAR will plow through the objections of MACK BROWN and the&lt;br /&gt;admonishments of COURT.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&lt;/b&gt;SKYLAR&lt;br /&gt;And when it went bad, you cut ND loose.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&lt;/b&gt;MACK BROWN&lt;br /&gt;Your Honor--&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&lt;/b&gt;COURT&lt;br /&gt;That'll be all, counsel.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&lt;/b&gt;SKYLAR&lt;br /&gt;You had Harris poll voter Terry Bradshaw sign the phony ranking order&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&lt;/b&gt;MACK BROWN&lt;br /&gt;Judge--&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&lt;/b&gt;SKYLAR&lt;br /&gt;You doctored the BCS computer polls.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&lt;/b&gt;MACK BROWN&lt;br /&gt;Damnit SKYLAR!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&lt;/b&gt;SKYLAR&lt;br /&gt;I'll ask for the forth time. You ordered--&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&lt;/b&gt;BCS REPRESENTATIVE&lt;br /&gt;You want answers?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&lt;/b&gt;SKYLAR&lt;br /&gt;I think I'm entitled to them.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&lt;/b&gt;BCS REPRESENTATIVE&lt;br /&gt;You want answers?!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&lt;/b&gt;SKYLAR&lt;br /&gt;I want the truth.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&lt;/b&gt;BCS REPRESENTATIVE&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/84/1730/1600/2005%20Ten%20BCS%202.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/84/1730/320/2005%20Ten%20BCS%202.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You can't handle the truth!…………………&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&lt;/b&gt;SKYLAR&lt;br /&gt;BCS Representative… did you order the Code anti-blue and gold!?!?!&lt;br /&gt;       BCS REPRESENTATIVE&lt;br /&gt;Your God damn right I did&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&lt;/b&gt;SKYLAR&lt;br /&gt;To please the court, I would like to move for an immediate BCS re-institution; Notre Dame has rights and is still the best team in the country, is only two unlucky plays away from being National champions and deserves to be treated like the heroes and legends that they are.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&amp;nbsp&lt;/b&gt;COURT&lt;br /&gt;Motion Granted&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- A Skylar Novak Joint&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17788714-113053570755867641?l=firstandgold.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://firstandgold.blogspot.com/feeds/113053570755867641/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=17788714&amp;postID=113053570755867641' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17788714/posts/default/113053570755867641'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17788714/posts/default/113053570755867641'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://firstandgold.blogspot.com/2005/10/bcs-cant-handle-truth.html' title='BCS Can&apos;t Handle the Truth'/><author><name>FirstandGold</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06313019236083671140</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17788714.post-112977776925264233</id><published>2005-10-19T21:44:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-10-20T00:56:14.620-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Place Where Dreams Come True</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/84/1730/1600/brady%20field%20of%20dreams3.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/84/1730/320/brady%20field%20of%20dreams3.JPG" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Chicks Will Come, Brady.&lt;br /&gt;They'll come to Zahm&lt;br /&gt;For reasons they can't even fathom.&lt;br /&gt;They'll turn up in your loft&lt;br /&gt;Not knowing for sure why they're doing it.&lt;br /&gt;They'll arrive at your door&lt;br /&gt;As innocent as Lewis Hall frosh's,&lt;br /&gt;longing for ND Athletes.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Of course, we won't mind if you look around, you'll say...&lt;br /&gt;I'm on scholarship.&lt;br /&gt;They'll give it up without even thinking about it:&lt;br /&gt;For it is hotness they have&lt;br /&gt;and Stud Irish Quarterbacks they lack.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And they'll walk out to North Quad;&lt;br /&gt;Sit in black skirts and halter tops on a perfect afternoon.&lt;br /&gt;They'll find they have reserved seats somewhere along the Gug doorway,&lt;br /&gt;Where they stood by the Recruiting lounge window and cheered on their Heroes.&lt;br /&gt;And they'll watch the men of ND&lt;br /&gt;And it'll be as if they dipped themselves in Stonehenge Fountain.&lt;br /&gt;The intoxicating smell of Alpha Males will be so thick&lt;br /&gt;They'll have to brush it away from their faces.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/84/1730/1600/weis%20earl%20jones2.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/84/1730/320/weis%20earl%20jones2.JPG" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;The one constant through all the years has been "Girls Dig Athletes"&lt;br /&gt;ND's Legend has rolled by like an army of steamrollers.&lt;br /&gt;It has been erased by Davie,&lt;br /&gt;rebuilt (Ty?) and erased again (...Ty!).&lt;br /&gt;But Irish Football players scoring with the ladies has marked the time.&lt;br /&gt;This game.&lt;br /&gt;Those arms.&lt;br /&gt;It's a part of our past, Brady.&lt;br /&gt;It reminds of us of all that once was good and it could be again.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ohhhh... chicks will come, Brady.&lt;br /&gt;Chicks will most definitely come.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- J.T. Bishop&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17788714-112977776925264233?l=firstandgold.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://firstandgold.blogspot.com/feeds/112977776925264233/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=17788714&amp;postID=112977776925264233' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17788714/posts/default/112977776925264233'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17788714/posts/default/112977776925264233'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://firstandgold.blogspot.com/2005/10/place-where-dreams-come-true.html' title='Place Where Dreams Come True'/><author><name>FirstandGold</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06313019236083671140</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17788714.post-112959947124724892</id><published>2005-10-17T20:37:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-10-18T20:03:49.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Hotel du Lac</title><content type='html'>In a dark tunnel from Touchdown Jesus to the House that Rock built&lt;br /&gt;Warm smells of oranges rising up through the air&lt;br /&gt;Up ahead in the distance, I saw shimmering light.&lt;br /&gt;My head looked up and I saw the #1 on Flanner hall.&lt;br /&gt;Would we ever stop winning?&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p class="MsoNormal"  style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal"  style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: georgia;"&gt;There she stood on top of the Dome;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: georgia;"&gt;I heard the Basilica bells.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: georgia;"&gt;And I was thinking to myself :&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: georgia;"&gt;"This could be Heaven or this could be Notre Dame"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: georgia;"&gt;Then Weis lit up a top 10 defense, and he showed me the way.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: georgia;"&gt;There were voices rocking the stadium&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal"  style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;I thought I heard them say:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal"  style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/84/1730/1600/2005%20BYU%20Hotel%20Calif.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/84/1730/320/2005%20BYU%20Hotel%20Calif.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"  style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt; &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal"  style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal"  style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal"  style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal"  style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal"  style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal"  style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal"  style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal"  style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal"  style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal"  style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal"  style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal"  style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal"  style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;Welcome to the &lt;st1:place st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:placetype st="on"&gt;University&lt;/st1:placetype&gt; of &lt;st1:placename st="on"&gt;Notre&lt;/st1:placename&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt; Dame.&lt;br /&gt;Such a football place, such a Heisman place, always in the BCS race.&lt;br /&gt;Plenty of room at Notre Dame.&lt;br /&gt;Any time of year, you can find National Championships here. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;      &lt;p class="MsoNormal"  style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal"  style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;His mind is genius-twisted, he's got the “Playstation Offense”.&lt;br /&gt;He’s got a lot of tough, slick players that he calls NFL candidates.&lt;br /&gt;How they dance in the stadium, sweet fall victories,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;st1:place st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:state st="on"&gt;Michigan&lt;/st1:state&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt; dances to remember, we dance to go to the Dance. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal"  style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal"  style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So I called up the Captain:&lt;br /&gt;"Please bring me number 14"&lt;br /&gt;He said, "We haven't had that spirit here since nineteen eighty eight."&lt;br /&gt;And still those voices are calling from far away,&lt;br /&gt;Wake up the echo’s in the middle of the night&lt;br /&gt;Just to hear them say............. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal"  style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal"  style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;Welcome to the &lt;st1:place st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:placetype st="on"&gt;University&lt;/st1:placetype&gt; of &lt;st1:placename st="on"&gt;Notre&lt;/st1:placename&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt; Dame.&lt;br /&gt;Such a football place, such a Heisman place, always in the BCS race.&lt;br /&gt;They livin' it up at Notre Dame.&lt;br /&gt;Never a surprise, when you’ve got Weis. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: georgia;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal" face="georgia"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;Welcome to the &lt;st1:place st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:placetype st="on"&gt;University&lt;/st1:placetype&gt; of &lt;st1:placename st="on"&gt;Notre&lt;/st1:placename&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt; Dame.&lt;br /&gt;Such a football place, such a Heisman place, always in the BCS race.&lt;br /&gt;Plenty of room at Notre Dame.&lt;br /&gt;Any time of year, you can find National Championships here.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Shruti;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;-Taylor Creed&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17788714-112959947124724892?l=firstandgold.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://firstandgold.blogspot.com/feeds/112959947124724892/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=17788714&amp;postID=112959947124724892' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17788714/posts/default/112959947124724892'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17788714/posts/default/112959947124724892'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://firstandgold.blogspot.com/2005/10/hotel-du-lac.html' title='Hotel du Lac'/><author><name>FirstandGold</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06313019236083671140</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17788714.post-112959747529723347</id><published>2005-10-17T20:01:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-10-17T20:47:57.793-05:00</updated><title type='text'>The [Recruiting] Matrix</title><content type='html'>&lt;b&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/b&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Charlie Weis&lt;/b&gt;: Let me tell you why you're here. You're here because you are a blue chip. What this is, you can't explain. But you feel it. You've felt it your entire life. That there's something amazing about the level of your talent.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;You don't know what it is, but it's there...like a blitizing linebacker, driving you mad. It is this feeling that has brought you to my program. Do you know what I'm talking about? &lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Blue Chip&lt;/b&gt;: The National Championship? &lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;CW&lt;/b&gt;: Do you want to know....what…it…is? &lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p&gt;[Blue Chip nods]&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;CW&lt;/b&gt;: The National Championship is everywhere. It's all around us, even in this very stadium. You can see it when you look out your window or when you turn on NBC and see us on national TV. You can feel it when you go to practice, when you hit the gym, when you are kicking ass on the field. &lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p&gt;The National Championship is the world that has been pulled over your eyes, to blind you from the truth. &lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Blue Chip&lt;/b&gt;: What truth? &lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;CW&lt;/b&gt;: That you are nasty, Blue Chip. Like everyone else, you were born into football, born into a game that you cannot fully comprehend or taste or touch. A prison...for your talent....Unfortunately, no one can be…told…what the National Championship is...you have to experience&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;it for yourself. &lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p&gt;[CW opens a container which holds two pills : a red one, and a blue and gold one. He puts one in each hand, and holds them out to the Blue Chip.]&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;CW&lt;/b&gt;: This is your last chance. After this, there is no turning back.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;You take the red pill, you go to somewhere like USC and the story ends. You wake up and believe...whatever you want to believe…that you really had a shot at the National Championship but you chose a program that depended almost entirely on three players for the past three years. You take the blue and gold pill.....you start in my program...and I show you just how deep our offense goes. &lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p&gt;[The Blue Chip pauses for an instant, then reaches for the blue and gold pill. He swallows it down with a glass of water, and looks at CW.] &lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;CW&lt;/b&gt;: Remember...all I'm offering you is the National Championship: nothing more…nothing less…&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p&gt;[CW half smiles at the Blue Chip.] &lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;CW&lt;/b&gt;: Follow me.....I’ve got a new athletic facility that I want you to see…&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-RENO&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;(thanks for the submission, First and Gold)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17788714-112959747529723347?l=firstandgold.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://firstandgold.blogspot.com/feeds/112959747529723347/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=17788714&amp;postID=112959747529723347' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17788714/posts/default/112959747529723347'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17788714/posts/default/112959747529723347'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://firstandgold.blogspot.com/2005/10/recruiting-matrix.html' title='The [Recruiting] Matrix'/><author><name>FirstandGold</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06313019236083671140</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17788714.post-112959529362132900</id><published>2005-10-17T19:25:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-10-17T19:31:24.590-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Monk Calvin</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/84/1730/1600/2005%20BYU%20Calvin2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/84/1730/400/2005%20BYU%20Calvin1.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Go Catholics beat Mormans!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- Taylor Creed&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;         "New Coach. New Pope. New Era. Same Jesus."&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17788714-112959529362132900?l=firstandgold.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://firstandgold.blogspot.com/feeds/112959529362132900/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=17788714&amp;postID=112959529362132900' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17788714/posts/default/112959529362132900'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17788714/posts/default/112959529362132900'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://firstandgold.blogspot.com/2005/10/monk-calvin.html' title='Monk Calvin'/><author><name>FirstandGold</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06313019236083671140</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17788714.post-112950960633988554</id><published>2005-10-16T19:18:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-10-16T21:44:40.233-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Gladiator Weis</title><content type='html'>Pete Carroll: Who are you?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;[Charlie Weis turns his back and walks away , his fists clenched now]&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pete Carroll: Slave!! Who are you?!?!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;[Charlie Weis turns around defiantely]&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1530/1626/1600/2005%20USC%20Gladiator.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1530/1626/320/2005%20USC%20Gladiator.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Charlie Weis: I am Charlius Heismus Weisidas, Commander of the Notre Dame army, General of the Irish Regiment; loyal servant to the true gold and blue Notre Dame faithful&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;[Pete Carroll's eyes shoot wide -- the crowd is mystified]&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Charlie Weis: I am coach to a defeated football team, father to the sorrowful sons and daughters our Lady's great University, and I will have my venagence... in this recruiting season or the next!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Skylar Novak&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17788714-112950960633988554?l=firstandgold.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://firstandgold.blogspot.com/feeds/112950960633988554/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=17788714&amp;postID=112950960633988554' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17788714/posts/default/112950960633988554'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17788714/posts/default/112950960633988554'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://firstandgold.blogspot.com/2005/10/gladiator-weis.html' title='Gladiator Weis'/><author><name>FirstandGold</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06313019236083671140</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17788714.post-112943594621574587</id><published>2005-10-15T23:11:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-10-24T20:27:23.373-05:00</updated><title type='text'>USC vs. ND 2005</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;and our Hearts Forever &lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;Love thee Notre Dame &lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a style="font-family: georgia;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/84/1730/1600/2005%20USC%20usc%20logo1.gif"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/84/1730/200/2005%20USC%20usc%20logo.gif" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;"  &gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:180%;" &gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p  style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:180%;" &gt;USC: 34&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p  style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p  style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p  style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p face="georgia"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/84/1730/1600/2005%20USC%20ND%20logo.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/84/1730/320/2005%20USC%20ND%20logo.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p face="georgia"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:180%;" &gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p face="georgia"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:180%;" &gt;ND: 31&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p face="georgia"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:180%;" &gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="font-family: georgia;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:180%;" &gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17788714-112943594621574587?l=firstandgold.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://firstandgold.blogspot.com/feeds/112943594621574587/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=17788714&amp;postID=112943594621574587' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17788714/posts/default/112943594621574587'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17788714/posts/default/112943594621574587'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://firstandgold.blogspot.com/2005/10/usc-vs-nd-2005.html' title='USC &lt;i&gt;vs.&lt;/i&gt; ND 2005'/><author><name>FirstandGold</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06313019236083671140</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17788714.post-112935395501994942</id><published>2005-10-15T00:07:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-10-18T00:26:34.456-05:00</updated><title type='text'>The Season (Remix)</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/84/1730/1600/chalie%20and%20brady1.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/84/1730/320/chalie%20and%20brady1.JPG" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Now usually I dont do this...but uhhh...go head' on and break em off wit a lil preview of the remix...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Now I'm not tryna be rude&lt;br /&gt;But hey USC its time to lose&lt;br /&gt;The way you do the things I hate&lt;br /&gt;Remember Ninteen-Eighty-Eight&lt;br /&gt;3's jukes will snap you out your joints&lt;br /&gt;Sco-rin touchdowns while he points&lt;br /&gt;He must be a Heis-man vote&lt;br /&gt;The way he out there playin' da field&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So gimme dat "&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;PASS RIGHT&lt;/span&gt;"&lt;br /&gt;And lemme git' ya that "&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;FIRST DOWN&lt;/span&gt;"&lt;br /&gt;Run-nin' out our own endzone'&lt;br /&gt;Play Action to Fasano'&lt;br /&gt;While they sayin' on the radio&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hook:&lt;br /&gt;Its the Remix to last Season&lt;br /&gt;C. Weis got all us believin'&lt;br /&gt;Irish rollin down the field got every Trojan here wishin&lt;br /&gt;Brady won't light them up&lt;br /&gt;He's like, "So what? Im Buff!"&lt;br /&gt;Its the freakin' weekend&lt;br /&gt;SC's in the House of the Rock&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Now it's like B. Hoyte and Mays&lt;br /&gt;Don't you know they came to play&lt;br /&gt;Gonna knock that Six-One-Nine&lt;br /&gt;Right off one Reggie's face&lt;br /&gt;South Bend I'm feelin' whatchu feelin'&lt;br /&gt;No more hopin and wishin'&lt;br /&gt;We're about to take this game&lt;br /&gt;And make it in-to a Legend&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Can I get a "&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;PASS RIGHT&lt;/span&gt;"&lt;br /&gt;Can I get a "&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;FIRST DOWN&lt;/span&gt;"&lt;br /&gt;Run-nin' out our own endzone'&lt;br /&gt;Play Action to Fasano'&lt;br /&gt;While they sayin' on the radio&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hook:&lt;br /&gt;Its the Re-mix to last Season&lt;br /&gt;C. Weis got all us believin'&lt;br /&gt;Irish rollin down the field got every Trojan here wishin&lt;br /&gt;Brady won't light them up&lt;br /&gt;He's like, "So what? Im Buff!"&lt;br /&gt;Its the freakin' weekend&lt;br /&gt;SC's in the House of the Rock&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- J.T. Bishop&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17788714-112935395501994942?l=firstandgold.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://firstandgold.blogspot.com/feeds/112935395501994942/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=17788714&amp;postID=112935395501994942' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17788714/posts/default/112935395501994942'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17788714/posts/default/112935395501994942'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://firstandgold.blogspot.com/2005/10/season-remix.html' title='The Season (Remix)'/><author><name>FirstandGold</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06313019236083671140</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17788714.post-112931337871218924</id><published>2005-10-14T12:20:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-10-17T22:13:21.026-05:00</updated><title type='text'>The Ghost of Dave Thomas Smiles on the Irish</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/84/1730/1600/DaveOffice.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/84/1730/320/DaveOffice.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;The 21st century has seen the loss of many great heroes. Ronald Reagan, Pope John Paul II, Joe Paterno (Edit: Apparently Paterno is still alive and contrary to popular opinion is not part of another Weekend at Bernie's sequel). However, often overlooked among these greats is the greatest entrepreneur of our day. Without this man the world would never have known the sweet taste of a triple stack, or the permeating joy that comes from ordering from the 99¢ menu. Yes, of course I am talking about square hamburger pioneer, frostee inventor, and all around American Hero, Dave Thomas. We all know that Dave Thomas ranks with Lincoln and Washington in the annals of historic americans and that he is about to be canonized by Pope Benedict for the numerous miracles he has facilitated. But what does this have to do with Notre Dame football? Everything!&lt;br /&gt;It is a little known fact that St. Dave was a huge Notre Dame fan. Yes, it is true that Wendy's was named after his daughter. But just why did he decide to name her Wendy? The answer is staring you in the face . . . weNDys. In fact, First and Gold has obtained a draft of Dave's original Wendy's logo.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/84/1730/1600/weNDys.gif"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/84/1730/320/weNDys.gif" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;This design was rejected ultimately reject. Finding himself in the middle of Buckeye country St. Dave, possessor of infinite business sense, decided to use the traditional logo we know and love today. However, this is incontrovertible evidence (Michigan fans should know all about this) that history's greatest restauranteur loved the Irish. This, in and of itself, is not earth shattering. Millions of people the world over love the Irish. But consider this: Since Dave's death on Jan. 6, 2002 the Irish have lost three straight times at the hands of the hated trojans. Why would St. Dave, a known Irish lover and miracle worker, let such a thing happen? Because Dave hates Tyrone Willingham. Not because Tyrone is black (St. Dave loves all of God's creation equally) but because anybody who has ever looked at Tyrone knows that his emaciated frame has never tasted heaven on a bun. That is why it was so necessary to bring in a new sheriff. But, not just any sheriff but Charlie Weis. Why was Charlie chosen? His football acumen? His four super bowl rings? No. Charlie was hired because anybody who has ever looked at the man knows that he enjoys a Big Bacon classic or twenty. Yes, Dave is smiling up there knowing that the Irish are in good hands. In fact, the breakout season of our Quarterback Brady Quinn is directly attributable to Dave Thomas. It is no small coincidence that Brady's home town of Dublin, OH is the HEADQUARTERS OF WENDY'S. Yes, St. Dave is up there watching and he is going to guarantee an Irish victory on Saturday. Dave Thomas and Notre Dame: A return to hamburglory.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-Double D&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17788714-112931337871218924?l=firstandgold.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://firstandgold.blogspot.com/feeds/112931337871218924/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=17788714&amp;postID=112931337871218924' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17788714/posts/default/112931337871218924'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17788714/posts/default/112931337871218924'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://firstandgold.blogspot.com/2005/10/ghost-of-dave-thomas-smiles-on-irish.html' title='The Ghost of Dave Thomas Smiles on the Irish'/><author><name>FirstandGold</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06313019236083671140</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17788714.post-112917069429570538</id><published>2005-10-12T21:31:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-11-12T21:13:11.893-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Charlie's Angels J-Lo: Jenny from the Block</title><content type='html'>Alums learning&lt;br /&gt;Women strutting&lt;br /&gt;Men go workout&lt;br /&gt;Some write code&lt;br /&gt;Everyone's got to make a living&lt;br /&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p&gt;Quinn: yeah&lt;br /&gt;Weiss: yeah&lt;br /&gt;Yeah, Yeah, Yo, Yo&lt;br /&gt;We off the blocks this year&lt;br /&gt;Went from a low to a lot this year&lt;br /&gt;Everybody mad at the Golden helmets that we wear&lt;br /&gt;I know where I'm going and I know where I'm from&lt;br /&gt;You hear Quinn in the Heisman race&lt;br /&gt;Yeah we at the airport out&lt;br /&gt;D-Walk follows his lead block&lt;br /&gt;Where everybody Adidas appareled out&lt;br /&gt;With a new white uni, you fresh&lt;br /&gt;Nothing phony with us&lt;br /&gt;Make the big play&lt;br /&gt;Get the BCS&lt;br /&gt;Bring the subway alums with us&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1530/1626/1600/2005%20USC%20Jenny.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1530/1626/320/2005%20USC%20Jenny.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;Don't be fooled by the Golden helmets that we got&lt;br /&gt;We’re still, we’re still the only Dynasty on the block&lt;br /&gt;Used to have a little now we have it all&lt;br /&gt;No matter where I go I have the wind at my back&lt;br /&gt;(From the Bend)&lt;br /&gt;Don't be fooled by the Golden Helmets that we got&lt;br /&gt;We’re still, we’re still the only Dynasty on the block&lt;br /&gt;Used to have a little now we have it all&lt;br /&gt;No matter where I go I have the wind at my back&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt; &lt;/span&gt;(From the Bend)&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p&gt;Weiss:&lt;br /&gt;From Parcell’s to Belichick&lt;br /&gt;To "Nasty" in "dy-Nasty" to this&lt;br /&gt;Headline clips&lt;br /&gt;I stay grounded as the wins roll in&lt;br /&gt;I'm really good I thought I told ya in the spring&lt;br /&gt;(I'm real) I'm really real on ESPN&lt;br /&gt;(I'm real) That's just me&lt;br /&gt;Nothing phony, don't hate on me&lt;br /&gt;What you get is win after win&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1530/1626/1600/2005%20USC%20Jenny%20II1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1530/1626/320/2005%20USC%20Jenny%20II1.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Don't be fooled by the Golden helmets that we got&lt;br /&gt;We’re still, we’re still the only Dynasty on the block&lt;br /&gt;Used to have a little now we have it all&lt;br /&gt;No matter where I go I have the wind at my back&lt;br /&gt;(From the Bend)&lt;br /&gt;Don't be fooled by the Golden Helmets that we got&lt;br /&gt;We’re still, we’re still the only Dynasty on the block&lt;br /&gt;Used to have a little now we have it all&lt;br /&gt;No matter where I go I have the wind at my back&lt;br /&gt;(From the Bend)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17788714-112917069429570538?l=firstandgold.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://firstandgold.blogspot.com/feeds/112917069429570538/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=17788714&amp;postID=112917069429570538' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17788714/posts/default/112917069429570538'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17788714/posts/default/112917069429570538'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://firstandgold.blogspot.com/2005/10/charlies-angels-j-lo-jenny-from-block.html' title='Charlie&apos;s Angels &lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;J-Lo: Jenny from the Block&lt;/i&gt;'/><author><name>Scrub</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17788714.post-112916754187471279</id><published>2005-10-12T20:36:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-11-12T21:14:03.080-05:00</updated><title type='text'>A little History Lesson  Lou and Charlie  </title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1530/1626/1600/usc2005.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1530/1626/320/usc20051.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;On October 15th, 2005, just a few short months after the regilding of the golden dome, USC will come into Notre Dame Stadium ranked number 1. The past three meetings they have beat ND by a combined 93 points. This will be Charlie Weis's first home game versus USC.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;On October 15th, 1988, just a few short months after the regilding of the golden dome, Miami came into Notre Dame Stadium ranked number 1. The past three meetings they had beat ND by a combined 93 points. It was Lou Holtz's first home game versus Miami.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Notre Dame upset Miami 31-30.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17788714-112916754187471279?l=firstandgold.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://firstandgold.blogspot.com/feeds/112916754187471279/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=17788714&amp;postID=112916754187471279' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17788714/posts/default/112916754187471279'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17788714/posts/default/112916754187471279'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://firstandgold.blogspot.com/2005/10/little-history-lesson-lou-and-charlie.html' title='A little History Lesson &lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt; Lou and Charlie  &lt;/i&gt;'/><author><name>Scrub</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17788714.post-112916737336066557</id><published>2005-10-12T20:35:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-11-12T21:14:29.326-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Introduction Please!    A Skyler Original</title><content type='html'>Gentlemen,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;No introduction is necessary for this one; my only request is that if you are at&lt;br /&gt;work or school, plug those headphones in, otherwise, pump up the volumes and&lt;br /&gt;shout this to the rooftops.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Skylar Novak presents...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://home.sandiego.edu/~bmichalek-07/NotreDame_USC_BattleX.wmv"&gt;ND v USC 2005 [Vid]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17788714-112916737336066557?l=firstandgold.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://firstandgold.blogspot.com/feeds/112916737336066557/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=17788714&amp;postID=112916737336066557' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17788714/posts/default/112916737336066557'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17788714/posts/default/112916737336066557'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://firstandgold.blogspot.com/2005/10/introduction-please-skyler-original.html' title='Introduction Please!  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;  A Skyler Original&lt;/i&gt;'/><author><name>Scrub</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17788714.post-112916729761041955</id><published>2005-10-12T20:32:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2005-11-12T21:18:46.043-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Curious</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Pete Carroll: Hey, do you fellas know a.. a guy by the name Charlie Weis?!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Matt Leinart: Yeah, I know Charlie Weis! He's a 10-foot-tall beast man, who showers in Vodka.. and feeds his baby Shrimp Scampi..&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Reggie Bush: Best damn coach in the NCAA!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Matt Leinart: He orchestrated the merger between UNICEF.. and Smith &amp; Wesson.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Reggie Bush: Weis went public with his own buttocks.. and made $7 million.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pete Carroll: [ holds glass in air ] To Charlie Weis!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Together: Charlie Weis!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Matt Leinart: We once had a bachelor party for Weis. He ate the entire cake.. before we could tell him there was a stripper in it..&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Reggie Bush: Weis once hosted the Grammy's, and gave every award to Corey Hart!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pete Carroll: He has a toenail on the end of his penis!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Matt Leinart: Weis got his wife pregnant.. and she gave birth to a delicious 16 oz. steak..&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Reggie Bush: The afterbirth was sauteed muchrooms!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pete Carroll: Weis's family crest is a picture of a barracuda eating Neil Armstrong!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Reggie Bush: [ thrusting glass in the air ] To Charlie Weis!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Together: Charlie Weis!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Woman: [ walking up ] Excuse me, do you know where the payphone is?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Reggie Bush: Piss off, sister! And get us some pretzels!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Matt Leinart : [ waving her off ] Yeah!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Woman: You guys smell awful. [ walks off ]&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Reggie Bush: [ unaffected ] Did I ever tell about the time Weis was in a production of "The King &amp;amp; I"?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pete Carroll: [ interrupting ] Every morning I crap the bed!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;[ silence ]&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Reggie Bush: Anyway.. on opening night, Weis chloroformed the entire cast.. and slowly eats them in front of the audience for two hours! The production got pretty good reviews..&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Matt Leinart: He breast-feeds John Madden!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pete Carroll: Weis named the group Sha-Na-Na! They did not want to be called that..&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Reggie Bush: If you drop a phonograph needle on Weis's nipple, it plays the Beach Boys' "Pet Sounds".&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Matt Leinart: They use Weis's foreskin as a tarp when it rains at Yankee Stadium !&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pete Carroll: Weis directed that commercial where the women play basketball in heels!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Reggie Bush: He wears a live rattlesnake as a condom!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Matt Leinart: All.. the Yes album covers.. are Weis Family photos.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Reggie Bush : Darryl Hawkins has a summer home in Weis's groin!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Matt Leinart: [ almost tossing glass into the air ] To Bill Braskey!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Together: Charlie Weis!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pete Carroll: Hey, did I ever tell you about the time Weis taught his son how to drive?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Matt Leinart: [ interrupting ] I'm.. legally.. retarded!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;[ silence ]&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pete Carroll: Anyway.. Braskey taught his son to drive by entering him into the Indy 500. The kid wrecked, and died. Weis said, "It would have happened sometime!"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Matt Leinart: Weis's semen can form into a liquid human!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pete Carroll: Like the guys in "Terminator 2"!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Reggie Bush: He thinks Iron-Man is gay!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Matt Leinart : He framed Roger Rabbit!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pete Carroll: Weis used to ride upon a steed, perchance to spy a lady..&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Matt Leinart: To Charlie Weis!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Together: Charlie Weis!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Reggie Bush: Did you know Charlie Weis is the godfather of my son?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;LenDale White: Charlie Weis?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Reggie Bush: Well, anyway.. he shows up at the church in his golf pants, caked in mud. Well, ol' Charlie Weis pushes the priest aside and says, "I'll baptize that piece of calimari!" Then he pours Scotch all over my baby son and says, "There! You're baptized!"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;LenDale White: And your son is blind to this day!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pete Carroll : Yeah, he makes brooms somewhere in Georgia, doesn't he?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Reggie Bush: I have no idea. [ pause ] To Charlie Weis!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Together : Charlie Weis!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Matt Leinart: Did I ever tell you about the time Charlie Weis sold me into slavery?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pete Carroll: Well, if you're talking about Charlie Weis, I believe it!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Matt Leinart: Oh, yeah! He puts me on a ship to Thailand, right? And I'm chained to a pipe. Meanwhile, ol' Weis, he's back in the States siring three beautiful children with my wife!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pete Carroll: I hate Charlie Weis.. but I respect him!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Guy At Bar: Are you talking about Charlie Weis? I know Charlie Weis!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pete Carroll: Then let me buy you a round!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Reggie Bush: Hey, easy, Coach, easy.. To Charlie Weis!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Together : Charlie Weis!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;LenDale White: Did I ever tell you about the time Charlie Weis showed up at my daughter's wedding? You know my daughter, she's a beautiful girl.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pete Carroll: I tell you, I'd like to have sex with her!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;LenDale White : Well, Weis shows up.. and you know he's a big fella.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Reggie Bush: Goes about 7'8", 530.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;LenDale White: Well, he's standing right between me and my daughter at the ceremony. He's got no right to be there, but he's drunk and he's Weis! Well, long story short: the priest accidentally marries me and Weis! [ the guys laugh ] Off! Off! Off! We spend the weekend in the Poconos - he loves me like I've never been loved before!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Matt Leinart: Best damn salesman in the office!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Together: Charlie Weis!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Reggie Bush: You know how Weis served three tours in 'Nam?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;LenDale White: Uh-huh!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Reggie Bush: Well, I'm in Corpus Christi on business a month ago, and I had this eight-foot tall Asian waiter.. which made me a little curious, so I asked him his name, and sure enough it's Ho Tran Weis!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pete Carroll: To Charlie Weis!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Matt Leinart: Oh, yeah!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;LenDale White : Hey, you ever go camping with Weis?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Reggie Bush: Many times.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pete Carroll: I went camping with Weis, his wife, and his daughter Debbie!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Reggie Bush: Debbie Weis?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pete Carroll: Debbie Weis. She's 7-years-old, goes about 3'5", 55 pounds. So, I'm in the back of a pickup with Charlie Weis and a live deer! Well, Weis, he grabs the deer by the antlers, looks at it and says, "I'm Charlie Weis! Say it!" Then he squeezes the deer in such a way that a sound comes out of its mouth - "CharlieWeis!" It wasn't exactly it, but it was pretty good for a deer!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Reggie Bush: That's Charlie Weis!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Together: Charlie Weis!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;LenDale White: I once saw him eat a whole live chicken.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pete Carroll: His favorite movie is "One on One" with Robby Benson.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;LenDale White: Charlie Weis once gave me a videotape of him having sex with my wife, and it was the most beautiful damn thing I ever saw!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Matt Leinart: I have that tape!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Guy At Bar: [ turning around ] So do I!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Reggie Bush: To Charlie Weis! A ten-foot-tall, two-ton son of a bitch who could eat a hammer and take a shotgun blast standing!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Together: Charlie Weis!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Big Booming Voice: [ from extremely tall figure in upper camera angle ] Did someone say Charlie Weis?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;[ the guys get excited and raise their glasses in the air towards Charlie Weis ]&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Together : Charlie Weis!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Together: Charlie Weis!!&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17788714-112916729761041955?l=firstandgold.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://firstandgold.blogspot.com/feeds/112916729761041955/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=17788714&amp;postID=112916729761041955' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17788714/posts/default/112916729761041955'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17788714/posts/default/112916729761041955'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://firstandgold.blogspot.com/2005/10/curious_12.html' title='Curious'/><author><name>Scrub</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17788714.post-112916711323381284</id><published>2005-10-12T20:31:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-11-12T21:15:39.510-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Arse Braveheart: Final Battle Rally Speech </title><content type='html'>.... I can see it now. It's so clear..... it's Saturday. Charlie's team is on the field for warm-ups and out come the "men" of Troy. Charlie's team, having visions of last year, turns to the locker room and starts to walk away.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Charlie: [Yelling at his team] And if this is your home field, why do you leave now?!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Several Players: We didn't come here to get embarassed.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Another Player: [Simultaneously] Home, the men of Troy are too many!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Charlie: Sons of Notre Dame! I am Charlie Weis.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Second Player: Charlie Weis is seven feet tall!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Charlie Weis: Yes, I've heard. Kills men by the hundreds. And if HE were here, he'd consume Poodle Pete with fireballs from his eyes, and bolts of lightning from his arse.&lt;br /&gt;[Football Team laughs]&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Charlie Weis: I AM Charlie Weis! And I see a whole army of my fellow Domers, here, in defiance of tyranny. You've come to fight as men free from the bondage of Tyrone, and free men you are. What will you do with that freedom? Will you fight?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Soldier: Against that? No, we'll run, and we'll hope for a chance Dec. 17-day bowl.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Charlie: Aye, fight and you may lose, run, and you're BCS chances will live... at least a while. And dying in your beds, many years from now, would you be willin' to trade ALL the days, from this day to that, for one chance, just one chance, to come back here and tell our enemies that they may take away our NC hopes, but they'll never take... OUR FREEDOM!&lt;br /&gt;[Team cheers]&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;What follows is not easily describable. It is best simply to say that there is blood, there is goring, there is disembowelment, and there is screaming. Haridos are ruffled, "619" tattoes are torn from the cheeks of opposing players, and the sleeves from long-sleeve t-shirts underneath collared polo shirts are ripped off the arms of any coaches... and this all occurs to the following musical (and likely Academy-award winning) score... (see attached mp3)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Godspeed,&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17788714-112916711323381284?l=firstandgold.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://firstandgold.blogspot.com/feeds/112916711323381284/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=17788714&amp;postID=112916711323381284' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17788714/posts/default/112916711323381284'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17788714/posts/default/112916711323381284'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://firstandgold.blogspot.com/2005/10/arse-braveheart-final-battle-rally.html' title='Arse &lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;Braveheart: Final Battle Rally Speech &lt;/i&gt;'/><author><name>Scrub</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17788714.post-112916696823296513</id><published>2005-10-12T20:29:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-11-12T21:16:07.383-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Is that what you do? Good Will Hunting: Bar Scene </title><content type='html'>Me: Are we gonna have a problem here?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;USC Fan: No, no, no, no! There's no problem here. I was just hoping&lt;br /&gt;you might give me some insight into the evolution of the USC&lt;br /&gt;domination over the fighting Irish. My contention is that our record&lt;br /&gt;against you, especially in the last 100 years, could be most aptly&lt;br /&gt;described as domination.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Me:  Of course that's your contention. You're a fair-weather&lt;br /&gt;band-wagon USC fan; you just got finished reading some newspaper&lt;br /&gt;interview, Pete Carroll probably. You're gonna be convinced of that&lt;br /&gt;'till next week when you get to South Bend. Then you're going to be&lt;br /&gt;talking about how the reputation of Notre Dame is tarnished and how&lt;br /&gt;they sold out back in 2004.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;That's gonna last until next year; you're gonna be in here&lt;br /&gt;regurgitating Alan Grant, talkin' about, you know, the Ty Willingham&lt;br /&gt;incident and his new book "How To Lose Consistently and Still make a&lt;br /&gt;zillion dollars"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;USC Fan: Well, as a matter of fact, I won't, because Ty drastically&lt;br /&gt;underestimates the impact of social -&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Me: "Ty drastically underestimates the impact of social distinctions&lt;br /&gt;predicated upon winning, especially winning with inherited players"?&lt;br /&gt;You got that from Weis "Putting the Nasty back in Dynasty," page 98,&lt;br /&gt;right? Yeah, I read that too. Were you gonna plagiarize the whole&lt;br /&gt;thing for us? Do you have any thoughts of your own on this matter? Or&lt;br /&gt;do you, is that your thing, you come into a bar, read some obscure&lt;br /&gt;passage and then pretend - you pawn it off as your own, as your own&lt;br /&gt;idea just to impress some girls, embarrass my alma mater?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;USC Fan: ...looks down in shame...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Me: See, the sad thing about a guy like you is, in 50 years you're&lt;br /&gt;gonna start doin' some thinkin' on your own and you're going to come&lt;br /&gt;up with the fact that there are two certainties in life: one, don't do&lt;br /&gt;that and two, you spent 37 grand on an education you could have got at&lt;br /&gt;ND for 35 grand in charges on your student ID.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;USC Fan: Yeah, but we do have back to back championships. And you'll&lt;br /&gt;be servin' my kids fries at a drive-thru on our way to the Heisman&lt;br /&gt;ceremony.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Me:  Please...for your own good...Dont being up champonships and&lt;br /&gt;Heismans unless you want to be statistically oblitterated.  But I&lt;br /&gt;mean, if you have a problem with that, I mean, we could just step&lt;br /&gt;outside - we could figure it out.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;SC Fan: No, man, there's no problem. It's cool.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Me: It's cool?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;SC Fan: Yeah.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Me: Cool.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Go Irish&lt;br /&gt;- The Trojan Horse&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17788714-112916696823296513?l=firstandgold.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://firstandgold.blogspot.com/feeds/112916696823296513/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=17788714&amp;postID=112916696823296513' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17788714/posts/default/112916696823296513'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17788714/posts/default/112916696823296513'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://firstandgold.blogspot.com/2005/10/is-that-what-you-do-good-will-hunting.html' title='Is that what you do? &lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;Good Will Hunting: Bar Scene &lt;/i&gt;'/><author><name>Scrub</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17788714.post-112916693111181720</id><published>2005-10-12T20:28:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-11-12T21:16:44.066-05:00</updated><title type='text'>"Hey Trojans, Up Yours!" Independance Day: President's Rally Speech  </title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="font-family: georgia;"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-size:100%;" &gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;In  less than one week Domers from here and all around the world will launch  the&lt;br /&gt;largest tactical offensive strike in the history of college  football...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;  &lt;div style="font-family: georgia;"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;  &lt;div style="font-family: georgia;"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-size:100%;" &gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;College Football. Those words have new meaning for all of us now. We are reminded not of our petty differences during beer pong matches but of our common interests in dismantling a heavily armed USC team&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Perhaps it's fate that today, October the fifthteenth, we will once again be fighting for our rank and honor. Not for the ESPN Power 16, the AP top 10 or the USA Today polls, but from the evil empire of USC. We're fighting for our right to exist, to play in January. And should we emerge victorious on that day, the fifthteenth day of October will not only be remembered as a day that Charlie Weis returned the most popular college sports franchise to greatness, but as a day that all of Notre Dame declared in one voice that we will not go quietly into the night; You cannot make Brady vanish without a fight. We are going to live on. We will survive. Gentlemen, today is our BCS Selection Day.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17788714-112916693111181720?l=firstandgold.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://firstandgold.blogspot.com/feeds/112916693111181720/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=17788714&amp;postID=112916693111181720' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17788714/posts/default/112916693111181720'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17788714/posts/default/112916693111181720'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://firstandgold.blogspot.com/2005/10/hey-trojans-up-yours-independance-day.html' title='&quot;Hey Trojans, Up Yours!&quot; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;Independance Day: President&apos;s Rally Speech  &lt;/i&gt;'/><author><name>Scrub</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17788714.post-112916687997424739</id><published>2005-10-12T20:27:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-11-12T21:17:14.113-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Son A Few Good Men: Final Court Speech</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-family: georgia;font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;"  &gt;&lt;p&gt;Son, we live in a world that has goal posts, and those post have to be guarded by men with full pads and caged facemasks. Who's gonna do it? You? You, Pete Carroll? I have a greater responsibility than you can &lt;i&gt;possibly&lt;/i&gt; fathom. You weep for Louisville, and you curse Florida St. You have that luxury. You have the luxury of not knowing what I know - that Oklahoma's complete interior catacylsmic meltdown, while tragic, probably catapulted shitty undeserving teams such as Michigan into the top 25; and Matt Leinart's existence, while grotesque and incomprehensible to you, allows him to get high school girls from the hit TV show Laguna Beach naked in his dorm room bed. You don't want the truth because deep down in places you don't talk about outside USA today poll parties, you want Notre Dame ranked in the top 10 -- you need them in the top 10. We use words like "honor," "Montana," "Heisman," "Weis." We use these words as the backbone of a life spent defending the greatness and mystic of our Lady's University. You use them as a crutch to your jealously. I have neither the time nor the inclination to explain myself to a man who rises and sleeps under the blanket of the country leading national championships and Heisman trophy winners that I provide and then questions the manner in which I provide it. I would rather you just said "thank you" and give us a first place vote. Otherwise, I suggest you break it down to a three point stance and throw a block. Either way, the Irish are going to be whiffting the sweet nectur of roses in Southern California come January. &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;- the judge advocate&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17788714-112916687997424739?l=firstandgold.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://firstandgold.blogspot.com/feeds/112916687997424739/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=17788714&amp;postID=112916687997424739' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17788714/posts/default/112916687997424739'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17788714/posts/default/112916687997424739'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://firstandgold.blogspot.com/2005/10/son-few-good-men-final-court-speech.html' title='Son &lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;A Few Good Men: Final Court Speech&lt;/i&gt;'/><author><name>Scrub</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17788714.post-112916546936753043</id><published>2005-10-12T20:04:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-11-12T21:17:50.250-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Capt Ross Top Gun: Orders to go to Miramar </title><content type='html'>Sam Keller, you just did an incredibly brave thing...What you should&lt;br /&gt;have done was beat that team! You didn't own that game, the trojans&lt;br /&gt;did! Son, your arm is throwing passes your receivers can't catch.&lt;br /&gt;You've been sacked, you've lost your qualifications as team captain&lt;br /&gt;three times, intercepted twice by me, with a history of incomplete&lt;br /&gt;passes over five defensive backs, and one preacher's daughter!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"Jessica Simpson"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And you, AP poll!  Youre lucky to be here.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"Thank you, sir"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I guess it just isnt enough to absolutey destroy the mighty Purdue at&lt;br /&gt;home.  Texas Tech...how do you sleep at night!  Did the Indiana State&lt;br /&gt;Sycamores put up much of a fight?  You ought to forfeit you season in&lt;br /&gt;shame.  And dont think I forgot about you, Louisville.  Yes, for my&lt;br /&gt;$$$ there's nothing quite like getting humiliated by the Mighty&lt;br /&gt;Fighting Retirees of South Florida.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But...in the end...all the magic in the world wont divert you from the&lt;br /&gt;fact that USC is goin to lose. And Notre Dame was the team will beat&lt;br /&gt;them.  These are the facts of the case, and they are undisputed.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Dismissed&lt;br /&gt;Captain Ross&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17788714-112916546936753043?l=firstandgold.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://firstandgold.blogspot.com/feeds/112916546936753043/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=17788714&amp;postID=112916546936753043' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17788714/posts/default/112916546936753043'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17788714/posts/default/112916546936753043'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://firstandgold.blogspot.com/2005/10/capt-ross-top-gun-orders-to-go-to.html' title='Capt Ross &lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;Top Gun: Orders to go to Miramar &lt;/i&gt;'/><author><name>Scrub</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17788714.post-113130709986257318</id><published>2005-10-12T04:43:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-12-15T17:42:38.923-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Latest News</title><content type='html'>________________________&lt;br /&gt;TH, Dec. 15&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In an effort to ensure that we can meet demand for the Nevin O'Donnell Highlight Vids we have added a new option to the site.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If you use AIM [&lt;a href="http://www.aim.com"&gt;site&lt;/a&gt;], here is what we can do for you:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1) Add our name "&lt;a href="aim:goim?screenname=SoundofNasty"&gt;SoundofNasty&lt;/a&gt;"&lt;br /&gt;2) Send us your email via IM&lt;br /&gt;3) We will drop you a line to make sure you aren’t a bot&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;(we don’t want spam for us or you)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;4) You will get access to the Vids.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;(Highlight our name, click "People", click "Get File from Buddy")&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;5) Return to &lt;a href="http://www.firstandgold.blogspot.com/"&gt;First and Gold&lt;/a&gt; and Enjoy while you download.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" &gt;&lt;/span&gt;Sending you a better day,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;First and Gold&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;PS: we are in talks with one of our mirrors to get permanent hosting of the Vids, that should be a huge help. Details to follow.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;________________________&lt;br /&gt;Sat, Nov. 19&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thanks for your suport, we are now #1 on both Google and MSN.  Just type "firstandgold" and we will appear at the #1 choice.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We have been seeing alot of demand for the Nevin O'Donnell Vids, as a result we are working on a new distribution system.  Hopefully we can have it up by mid week.  If you would like to help us out and host a few of these Vids for us, please contact &lt;a href="http://mailto:firstnadgold@gmail.com/"&gt;First and Gold&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Additionally we are going to add a "Famous Posts" section, so let us know what your favorites are, so we can display them.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sending you a better day,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- First and Gold&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;________________________&lt;br /&gt;T, Nov. 15&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We have now added a site feed. This will allow you to use a Newsreader to get the latest updates to our site. If you need help here is a great reference. [&lt;a href="http://help.blogger.com/bin/answer.py?answer=697"&gt;Blogger: Atom Site Feed Help&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You can find the link in the menu bar in the header and in the footer.  Additionally, we have added the "xml" logo.&lt;br /&gt;As seen here:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.firstandgold.blogspot.com/atom.xml"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/84/1730/320/xml_button.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sending you a better day (even faster now with xml),&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- First and Gold&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;_________________________&lt;br /&gt;Sat, Nov. 12&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We are now International!  Yup we just got our first visit from across the pond.  Nice work England.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We are now on Google! You can just type in firstandgold in Google and we show up, as the #2 entry. Now all we need to do is become 1st(and Gold).... help us out and link to [www.firstandgold.blogspot.com]&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sorry, we are not listed on Yahoo! or MSN yet, but that should happen in the next week or so.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Due to its popularity, we are going to add a "Link of the Week" section. If you want to get in on the action, send us your site.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sending you a better day,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- First and Gold&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;_________________________&lt;br /&gt;TH, Nov. 10&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Well if we are going to officially launch the site we may as well come up with some quality posts. Now don’t think we are done, nope, false, please go ahead and try again. Here are a few ideas that we are working on. &lt;a href="mailto:firstandgold@gmail.com"&gt;Let us know&lt;/a&gt; what you like.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1) Adding a “Famous Posts” section&lt;br /&gt;2) Adding a “Link of the Week” section&lt;br /&gt;3) Letting users shrink and expand the text of any post&lt;br /&gt;4) Sorry this one is a secret&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- First and Gold&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;_________________________&lt;br /&gt;Mon, Nov. 7&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;Thanks for checking out our blog. We have been working hard over the past several weeks to provide a better environment for spreading that fantastic and hopefully hilarious Irish love. We are now pleased to announce that we are leaving our Beta testing phase and are ready to go public.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Our fist major improvement will be the public offering of Sorin's Club. This is our version of a mailing list. Once you subscribe, and yes it is free, you will receive an email letting you know when the site has been updated with a new post. This same information will be permanently listed on the right side of our blog in the Media Links Section.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;_________________________&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:13;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Join Sorin's Club&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Want to know if there are any new posts? Email &lt;a href="mailto:firstandgold@gmail.com"&gt;First and Gold&lt;/a&gt;, and we'll put you on our mailing list.&lt;br /&gt;_________________________&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sending you a better day,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;- First and Gold&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17788714-113130709986257318?l=firstandgold.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17788714/posts/default/113130709986257318'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17788714/posts/default/113130709986257318'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://firstandgold.blogspot.com/2005/10/latest-news.html' title='Latest News'/><author><name>FirstandGold</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06313019236083671140</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry></feed>
