Support other athletics
Andy Nelson
Fisher Hall
After witnessing the debacle known as Fighting Irish football on Saturday, I want to propose an alternative to complaining about the inability of the Irish to win a football game. On Friday afternoon on the Burke Memorial Golf Course (the one by the Rock), the fourth-ranked cross country team will compete in the Notre Dame Invitational.
Rather than whine about our football team, which is 0-3 for the first time in 114 years, we should support our other athletes, namely the runners. In about five minutes, the Irish defense gives up a touchdown. In about five minutes, one of the four All-Americans on the cross country team runs a mile. It takes the football team about 30 minutes to score (if they're lucky). It takes those same All-Americans only 25 minutes to finish a race. On Saturday afternoon we will spend four hours on our feet cheering for the Irish football team. On Friday spend half an hour on the golf course, cheering for our runners as they chase the National Championship.
Fourth in the country is pretty impressive. In fact, it's the highest rank of any team on campus, so we should all take advantage of the opportunity to support our dormmates, classmates and friends as they shake down the thunder and show that old Notre Dame can still win over all. The gun goes off at 5 p.m.
All Viewpoint Stories for Wednesday, October 3, 2001
