Once in a Lifetime.

trounce |trouns| v. [ trans. ]  defeat heavily in a contest : the Knicks trounced the Rockets on Sunday. 

There is nothing like a once in a lifetime experience. They are those situations so mired in expectation that disappointment is nearly inevitable (see: senior prom, your first job, weddings and children). So was the case with opening day at Notre Dame. 33-3 Georgia Tech over the Irish. Charlie Weis spent the entire post-game press conference claiming responsibility for his impossibly inept squad. It was like watching St. Gregory play Salpointe in a summer league game: pitifully close in the first half, followed by an ass kicking that reminds you to go to college.

            The best part was the press box, where free hot dogs, chicken, soup and beverages were complemented perfectly by air conditioning. One of the most baffling aspects were the Georgia Tech tailgaters. Something about guys dressed for a debutante ball, 'shotgunning' beers and vomiting all over the place. Some things are just not masked well by seersucker pants, yellow tie, and a blazer. The Irish fans on the other hand were much more like UA tailgaters; shirtless, beer swilling drunkards, yelling, nay, slurring cheers at the top of their lungs. Good old Catholic university.

 

            We stayed in South Bend with Dave Matthews, who Jay found on couchsurfing.com, a fascinating global community of people willing to take in wayward travelers for a few days at a time. He was one of the nicest people I have met on this trip, and his friend were more than willing to make sure we were the drunkest people in the Notre Dame press box since John Madden was covering college games in the 70's. On Friday night, shortly after we arrived, we were led to Corby's were the real life Rudy was getting wasted, basking in lackluster fame and semi-legendary status. Best t-shirr seen in south bend: Georgia Tech fan: "Rudy Was Offsides."

 

            We are hurling down I-90, an interstate we are all to familiar with, on the way to Akron, OH, then to Buffalo, NY. Actually, we just crossed into Ohio, so I will say without fear of retribution that UA has a far more prolific offense than Notre Dame. Take that Touchdown Jesus.

 

xoxo.