Well as a life-long Notre Dame fan, I have to say I was deeply disappointed tonight by our loss in the National Championship game to Alabama.  Alabama is a great team, and the Fighting Irish just didn’t show up at the one point that they had to.

But tomorrow, I will still proudly wear my ND sportswear.  In my life, if you love something you stick with it, and Notre Dame is one of those things.  I love them when we are up, and I love them when we are down.  And this year shouldn’t be seen by the one game in which they played poorly.  It was an amazing year!

I live in Indiana and am alive because of Notre Dame.  My dad came to ND from Brooklyn, NY to go to college.  He got his Bachelor’s and Masters degrees from there and even taught there.  So it was the big local school and I spent a lot of time there.  I learned to play hockey on the rinks of the ACC there and loved it.  Yet when the time came to decide on colleges, it wasn’t even on my list…..a BIG MISTAKE at the time.  For like many young people, I couldn’t wait to get out of town and make my way on my own…..so I did.  Yes, even at that age I was a moron.  Yet ironically, I still consider it my hometown.

But I never stopped loving her!  My eyes well up and I still get goose bumps when the ND Victory March is played and the team takes the field.  AND, even if we would go 0-12 next year (which we won’t….we are going to get revenge next year and a National Championship) I will be rooting them on!

Congrats to my beloved Fighting Irish and to all that love them like I do.  It has been a great year, and like so many others, I am very proud!

Goodnight my friends and God Bless!

Tommy+