New football coach Charlie Weis once again spoke at halftime of an ND basketball game yesterday. As I was leaving the game, I overhead a male student, apparently responding to a female student’s disparaging comment about Weis’s speech, saying the following:
“Charlie Weis is God! You can’t disrespect God!“
And here I thought you had to at least win a national championship in order to attain God-like status. But apparently, Notre Dame football coaches are divine until proven mortal. Heh.
It must be a Catholic thing. Maybe he’s not God per se, but merely the saint of college football. How exactly does one get fasttracked for canonization?
I have lived in S. Bend all of my life, and I have heard this type of talk all of the time by fans and alumni. If Weis, God forbid, loses a few games, you will hear people calling for his head…I guarantee it.
I am all for success and winning, but let’s keep a little perspective, people.
Brian, maybe if you weren’t so enthusiastic about attacking religion in your other posts, or if Catholocism weren’t always such a big target around here I might see it as a joke.
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February 28th, 2005 at 2:53:38 pm
I don’t even think I could win 4 super bowls.
I worship Charlie…
February 28th, 2005 at 3:13:48 pm
It must be a Catholic thing. Maybe he’s not God per se, but merely the saint of college football. How exactly does one get fasttracked for canonization?
February 28th, 2005 at 3:20:22 pm
Apparently He is one of us!
February 28th, 2005 at 8:06:52 pm
The Irish sure have gone through a bunch of gods since their last MNC.
February 28th, 2005 at 9:56:50 pm
No Brian its not a Catholic thing. Clearly your grasp of religion is lacking.
March 1st, 2005 at 12:19:33 am
Ty was God too…that first season.
I have lived in S. Bend all of my life, and I have heard this type of talk all of the time by fans and alumni. If Weis, God forbid, loses a few games, you will hear people calling for his head…I guarantee it.
I am all for success and winning, but let’s keep a little perspective, people.
March 1st, 2005 at 7:41:24 am
David: I was making a funny, in the spirit of the original post. Relax.
March 1st, 2005 at 11:38:37 pm
Brian, maybe if you weren’t so enthusiastic about attacking religion in your other posts, or if Catholocism weren’t always such a big target around here I might see it as a joke.