NEW ORLEANS — The tears flowed. Marty Biagi couldn’t stop them. He tried, of course. At times, we all try to hold back our emotions but they usually get the best of us.
On Thursday night, as his Notre Dame Fighting Irish won a 12th straight game by beating Georgia to advance to the playoff semifinals, emotions got to Biagi.
And that’s perfectly fine and understandable considering the circumstances.
Biagi, Notre Dame’s special teams coordinator, has endured an inexplicable last 14 days. He became a father to a set of twins a day before the Irish’s first-round playoff win two weeks ago, lost his father the morning after that victory over Indiana, and then had a wife in the hospital until just two days ago.