On November 21st, 1992, the Flammang family headed to the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum to watch their first Notre Dame game in person. I was 12, and the sole reason this trip was happening. There is no good reason for my Fighting Irish fandom; I was born and grew up in Los Angeles, my dad was a huge John Wooden and UCLA basketball fan, my mom actually attended USC, but didn’t follow sports. I don’t even remember how it all started. My first memory is Rocket being denied his punt return touchdown in the 1991 Orange Bowl and crying in my room.