For the great Gaels of Ireland G. K. Chesterton may have included this snippet within the larger context of his epic poem venerating the Saxon king Alfred the Great, but there is something apropos about this quote from The Ballad of White Horse as it pertains to the current state of Notre Dame football. With apologies to G.K. Chesterton it is time for an all-too-soon post-mortem, at the hour of death for this 2020 season. The wars were merry.
Are the men that God made mad,
For all their wars are merry,
And all their songs are sad.
The Ballad of the Fighting Irish
