I am often asked about my Notre Dame fandom since I never went there. My grandfather, my Dad’s father, was a devout Catholic, and in the 1950s and 1960s, Notre Dame aired a few games a year nationally, the only team to do so. That and his catholicism (albeit Italian catholic) cemented his Notre Dame fandom. I never knew my grandfather, but I’m grateful he passed his fandom down to my Dad, who passed it down to me and my brother.
On October 16, 2004, I went to a Notre Dame vs.