COOLER TALK - ND Sound-off

Notre Dame has 11 National Championships - the last one coming in 1988 under Lou Holtz. Notre Dame also has 7 Heisman trophy winners - the last coming in 1987, won by Tim Brown. All the tradition in the world. None of this means anything now. The Fightin' Irish have gone 14 years without a bowl victory - 1994 Cotton Bowl. Notre Dame looks to avoid two losing seasons in a row, by winning in the Hawaii Bowl against Hawaii. With all that said, I was thinking about this: How many Catholics across the country (and maybe even the world) have planned their Christmas Eve dinner and church attendance around the Notre Dame game? I mean honestly, no matter how bad they are people are always going to watch. Since it has been 9 bowls lost in a row people just keep watching to see if they will break the streak. While others continue to watch, to see if the streak will keep going. Good luck to Charlie Weis and the Irish, because they all have the weight of the Irish World on their shoulders.