Notre Dame Fans Classy til the Very End
By Larry Brown November 23, 2008 - Posted in College Football

So much for the delusions of an 8-4 season and surge to prominence under Charlie Weis and his “number one recruiting classes in the country.” Notre Dame suffered its 5th and no doubt most embarrassing loss of the season Saturday, getting beat 24-23 by a Syracuse team that had won just two games prior to the contest. The Orange had also just fired their head coach the week before for good measure, something from which ND might have to take a cue. Things are so miserable for Notre Dame fans at this point that they’re trying to find new ways of amusing themselves at football games — they’re making snowballs. And hitting their own players with ‘em:

Notre Dame football players were pelted by snowballs from fans sitting in the student section during their loss to Syracuse on Saturday.

“To throw snowballs at their own team, I didn’t think that was a smart thing to do. I guess (they thought) it was funny,” defensive tackle Pat Kuntz said.
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Defensive lineman Ian Williams got hit in the helmet, defensive end Ethan Johnson was struck on the left cheek and a St. Joseph County police officer on the sideline looking into the crowd got hit in the chest.

Well, I guess that’s one way to respond to an embarrassing loss. I wonder what kind of raucous the fans of UW and Wassou would be causing if they had the manners of Notre Dame fans. This is certainly a low point for the program and no doubt the fans will regret their actions (especially the ones in jail).

UPDATE: Check out video of the snowball fights

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4 Comments
  • Gene

    The news that Syracuse had upset the Irish in South Bend made my weekend. Maybe next year’s recruiting class should include the guys who were on target with their snowballs.

    It never ceases to amaze me how Notre Dame always has a “top five” recruiting class, and then the team suffers from a lack of good players.

    If Notre Dame played the same type of schedule it did twenty years ago, it would have wound up with three victories. No wonder the NBC network is last.

  • JS

    Senior Day and last home game of the season, a huge recruiting visit weekend including Punahou (HI) linebacker Manti Te’o who was supposed to get the Royal Hawaiian treatment. I’m sure they were all very impressed. I wonder how Mr. Clausen feels about his son’s progress so far.

  • http://larrybrownsports.com Larry Brown

    JS,
    I bet Weis thought the Syracuse game was the perfect game to have recruits visit — how could it go wrong? Maybe some of those guys will commit figuring they can start instantly.

  • Kevin

    The video is of a MARSHMALLOW fight — a tradition amongst seniors during their last home game.

    Some of that is snow, but 90% is marshmallows.

    I am in there somewhere — not throwing anything, but watching the football game I paid to see.