CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. -- When it comes to metaphysical sciences, Notre Dame fashions itself as a weather controller. The Fighting Irish brag about waking up echoes and shaking down thunder with boasts of resident ghosts who cause nightmares for visiting opponents. The central crossrip of the extraterrestrial is underneath the football stadium, located up the green from the outstretched arms of Touchdown Jesus.
Purcell Pavilion is about a field goal kick away from the football team's home in the southern portion of the Joyce Center. It's an arena of approximately 10,000 seats but remains a house of horrors with a retention of what lies beyond.