Like it or not, Notre Dame earned its legendary status the hard way | Gridiron Traditions

In this episode of Gridiron Traditions, Drew Carter takes stock of the Notre Dame Fighting Irish, a team that started from the bottom and built its legend from there.
0:00 Intro
0:41 The early years and Knute Rockne's influence
1:55 Subway Alumni
2:22 Independence
2:50 Fighting Irish name and leprechaun mascot
3:25 Green jerseys
5:09 Golden helmets and golden domes
6:08 Touchdown Jesus
6:28 Notre Dame Stadium
7:03 Victory Marches and Victory Clogs
7:19 The Shirt
7:57 Play Like A Champion Today
10:38 Alma Mater
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[@erikkeller6389]

One of the biggest brands in American Sports. You'll find a ND fan in every town.

[@JoeMama-mp9jb]

Glad they brought up the Big Tens refusal to let ND in. All these years later and they’re whining that Notre Dame isn’t a member. You blew it. Get over yourself. Notre Dame might join a conference eventually but it sure won’t be the Big Ten. Biggest fumble in college football history

[@stephenfricke9298]

A friend took me to aee ND play USC. INCREDIBLE EXPERIENCE. SEEING A GAME THERE is paramount for the college football experience

[@markoconnell4518]

The ND story is America’s story - from humble beginnings immigrants and faith pulled a school up by its bootstraps to become a success. The school continues to uphold academic standards and tradition despite the difficulties that brings to athletic recruiting. Anyone who choses to hate does so out of either ignorance or a rejection of the capitalist and free market traditions of this country.

[@michaell.masciocchi7988]

A tradition like no other in sports. whether we are 22-0 or 0-12. everyone wants to beat the Irish. As Ara always said, ND is a bowl game on everybody's schedule. No other institution plays with the combination of spotlight, pressure, expectation and without unlimited resources. This is what makes playing for the Lady on the Dome unique.

[@8avexp]

ND holds a very special place in my heart. When they invited my grandfather to teach in 1948, it paved the way for my mother's entire family to emigrate to this country after WWII. Our family will be eternally grateful for that. I'm a South Bend native, Catholic and bleed ND gold and blue - even though I'm a UConn alum!

[@smill1985]

Go Irish! I'm a South Bend native myself. 😊

[@ryangoodwin4967]

I’ll always be an Irish fan. Hope to see them win it all someday, even if it’s wishful thinking.

[@jaredslabaugh3181]

Well with their recruiting finally starting to trend into the top five, maybe it won’t be wishful thinking for much longer. I thinks Marcus Freeman is building something dominant

[@Lakeshowyo]

They have a real shot to go undefeated next year, the hardest 2 games come at the end of the year

[@jaredslabaugh3181]

We just watched Michigan and Washington make the Natty. If they can do it so can Notre Dame

[@smill1985]

​@@LakeshowyoBut don't overlook that game at the beginning of the year: At College Station! That won't be easy either.

[@8avexp]

They've won four titles during my lifetime so far.

[@bluegoldnation12]

Was sure sweet to watch Notre Dame beat South Carolina in the Gator Bowl

[@greglismonjr1368]

I’ve been an Irish Fan for 25 years of my life and I stand loyal and true to the Irish Win, Lose or Draw. Growing up in Indianapolis that was the game on my tv religiously Saturday Afternoons on NBC. Go Irish ☘️

[@josue24]

Irish have consistently been a top 10 team. They don’t get the recognition for it because they choose to be independent. Also they have the big tv deal.

[@willc31]

Lol they were the best before you before born, that’s only the last 10 years

[@jimmyward7038]

⁠@@willc31fuck out of here. Those guys were lining up opposite of plumbers and firemen.

[@willc31]

@@jimmyward7038 yes but you are also historically illiterate

[@zachdoster1206]

Yeah as someone who lives within 20 minutes of Notre Dame and is a huge fan it kind of disappoints me to see I’m getting all the hate but haters can just keep hating but the Irish will keep fighting

[@aaronaaron4155]

It's a great place to see a game.

[@Rolando14001]

Can we become legendary again though 😭☘️

[@lightingbolt8148]

Probably not

[@CianAngelo]

Yup. It's coming soon, just need to get the coaching staff wrinkles ironed out is all.. the young talent on the roster is special and the incoming 24' & 25' talent will be a game changer. 💯☘️😎

[@bencarter8423]

I’m from Indiana, been an Irish fan my whole life. I also lived in South Bend for a while after college. Been to plenty of games. People ask me all the time why it’s so special. I tell them, if you’ve never been there it’s hard to understand. It’s cliche for sure, but when you walk in that stadium, you can feel the history. There’s no lights in the concourse,which reminds you how old the stadium it. The stadium itself is not always comfortable. The seats are old, and it is kinda cramped. That said, it’s like walking into Yankee Stadium or Wrigley Field and seeing the field. It’s not the loudest stadium in the country, although that’s gotten to better in recent years, but it is the best game day atmosphere in the country.

[@seancarraher]

The only bad sports bar is a closed sports bar sir.

[@jaketeske6665]

Overall a decent summation of the Irish in 11 minutes. Some odd choices of what to feature, and really random dude on zoom chiming in with some non sequiturs. 8.2/10

[@matthewkozma8236]

One bite, everyone knows the rules

[@richardsnyder842]

I was there for a football weekend back in 2017. All I can really say is if you get a chance GO! By arriving late on Friday I wasn't able to make the walk down the tunnel(it ends at 5pm on Fridays) that is about my only regret for the weekend.

[@TheFlavorBuds]

Go Irish! ☘️

[@juanpedraza8762]

OUR TIME WILL SOON COME 🍀

[@IAmTrash1995]

Hopefully this silences some haters

[@lightingbolt8148]

How?

[@DannyProductions-og2hv]

@@lightingbolt8148 One thing is that a lot of people whine about nd not joining a conference, but this video talked about how the big ten rejected them

[@bluegoldnation12]

​@DannyProductions-og2hv then the whining "overrated" crowd. No one is predicting them to win the natty

[@GoNotreDame]

Amen.

[@dominicgaziano509]

Great video besides the one weirdo on zoom

[@joshuabennett8110]

I say this sincerely....I would love to see N.D. play the Wolverines sometime soon. I think it's scheduled, but until 2033 or 2034. For the most part, it's usually a close game between the two programs, and the history these schools share is definitely a good argument for them playing more often.

[@collinkenny3829]

"Trying to remember the words"... We all know the words of our Alma Mater!

[@FusionSphere]

"Those intentions don't eliminate any offense caused..." Mostly because there isn't any offense caused by the Fighting Irish name anymore, and that's how to deal with nonsense bigotry - own the name because it's badass.

[@cfb1743]

Cool video but why have that awful caveman Spencer Hall on during it? Guy doesn't know the anything about football let alone Notre Dame

[@WackowskiProductions]

☘️☘️☘️

[@malachid4960]

Go Irish ☘️

[@runrafarunthebestintheworld]

I like Norte Dame's legendary status it reminds of Yale and Harvard's legendary status.

[@billweber1422]

I was afraid that this video would be highly inaccurate or completely mawkish. I was relieved that it was neither. ND Class of '72.

[@IgnoretheButter]

Greatest claim to fame for my hometown is George Gipp

[@hdk9934]

Laurium? Or Calumet? My mom's family came from there.

[@IgnoretheButter]

@hdk9934 I mean, he was a Laurium resident, myself a Calumet resident, but Calumet and Laurium are practically one and the same

[@richmatthews7685]

No college football team is more loved and more hated at the same time then Notre Dame

[@DJ7mph]

Would have been a great little piece. But having some bearded southern hater chiming in often killed it.

[@TRockett55IRISH]

☘️🏈

[@martinalarcon3108]

I remember my first time watching a football 🏈 game ever , I was 11 years old , I had just come into this country watching with my father , brothers , and future brother in law , Joe Montana beating Alabama , love ❤️ for football at first sight , but I became a Wolverine fan but still remember always that was my first football 🏈 game 😮

[@8avexp]

ND didn't play Alabama when Montana was there.

[@martinalarcon3108]

@@8avexp it was Houston , Alabama play Penn st

[@8avexp]

@@martinalarcon3108 I remember that game.

[@8avexp]

They actually did play Alabama in 1976 and won, but Montana didn't play. He missed that entire season with a separated shoulder.

[@smill1985]

If you don't mind my asking, where are you from? Originally? 😊

[@binxbolling]

Why do the Notre Dame and Michigan fight songs have essentially the same chords?

[@afrayedrope1939]

That one guy is your prototypical ND hater.

[@yaniktydetmer4153]

4 life

[@bluegoldnation12]

The whining "overrated" crowd. No one is predicting them to win the natty

[@J0einOK]

Was sure sweet to watch Oklahoma State beat ND in the Fiesta Bowl. That win was meaningful.

[@dragotx21]

We might get a rematch this year …..

[@JoeMama-mp9jb]

Ok State beating ND is one of their great wins. ND beating OSU would’ve just been another win.

[@fitzwilliamdarcy5263]

@@JoeMama-mp9jb ND hasn't won a Natty in over thirty years. I'd temper those superiority claims from the frozen Indiana tundra...

[@bluegoldnation12]

Was sure sweet to watch ND dominate Oregon State

[@J0einOK]

@@bluegoldnation12 ND is still a good team. That is why it feels so good to beat them. OK State beat Bama the only time we played them, too.

[@lucaskincanyon7393]

ND is consistently overrated from like 1990’s and beyond. No national chip and constant losses in big games.

[@bluegoldnation12]

Blah blah blah

[@wilkeithsarratt1337]

Just another year of over hype , over rated and over ranked plus under achievement... same ole sh_t just a different year !!!

[@bluegoldnation12]

😂

[@bradyisclutch]

ND football was been irrelevant since 1988! They never want to play anyone who can beat you (see Michigan , Miami ). They try to schedule the weaklings or powerhouses who have fallen on recent times - irrelevant for almost 30 years 😆😆😆😆😆

[@michaelmachiavelli]

You need a better fact checker... Lou admitted in an interview that he stole the idea for the sign from Oklahoma! We've had the sign in our lockeroom since Bud was coaching. Once again another university steals our Oklahoma traditions and tries to hype it up as their own.

[@robertschneider8210]

… P L U L E E Z E, they need no hype. ESPN is the biggest band wagon outfit EVER. I would suspect AI, but that is only half true.

[@nathanstruble2177]

Wait, wut? You mean by being a way for Catholics to avoid the draft for WW2??!!?

[@toejam1992]

Please read the history of the annual Navy game. ND almost went bankrupt in WWII because all of the students (all mens school at the time) went off to fight in WWII. Navy saved ND from bankruptcy by using the school to train new recruits. We will play them every year because of this.

[@justinkoehler1448]

You are an idiot

[@JimneyCriquet]

Bro you’re literally making stuff up

[@CianAngelo]

M0ron

[@jackinwestchester4455]

Never winning a championship again

[@poopybutt2090]

they most certainly will..

[@BobbyMoore2-mp8wb]

Sec is better than them

[@Rolando14001]

You mean like 2 SEC schools?

[@jamesryan6001]

An entire conference is the better than one team?

[@bluegoldnation12]

At what?

[@josue24]

Nd has been great for over a century. SEC has been great for 10 years.

[@bluegoldnation12]

@Rolando14001 only ones I can think of are Alabama and Georgia

[@lucass6297]

☘️☘️