Quote Originally Posted by irishfbfan1 View Post
Nah man, I am not like that at all. I love Notre Dame like you loving Navy, no biggy, we all love our squads, supposed to I thought. Supposed to be proud and show support, but no, I respect NAVY and always will. Did you know that ND and NAVY have a LIFETIME contract to play one another. It actually says, as long as the sun shines ND and NAVY will play.
The University of Notre Dame housed many of our brave men back in the day on campus while they were fighting for our country. Since then, it has been agreed by both sides to carry on a tradition no matter what conference either go to or whatever. Only way this series dies is if the world ends! TRUE STATEMENT, and so said in other words of course in the contract, kinda cool huh!

now if you were a USC fan we may have some problems lol! just kidding!
Haha, yeah, I knew that. Even though they have "renewals" of the contracts to play each other, those are just mere formalities and they'll never stop playing. But also don't forget that Notre Dame owes it's continued existence to the US Navy. Notre Dame, like many colleges, faced severe financial difficulties during World War II. The US Navy made Notre Dame a training center and paid enough for usage of the facilities, with federal tax money, to keep the University afloat. Notre Dame since then has extended an open invitation for Navy to play the Irish in football and considers the game annual repayment on a debt of honor.

Which is why I always have the utmost respect for the Irish and their fans, even when dealing with some Irish fans like my bosses for example. The US Navy helped the university survive the financial difficulties many faced back during the war, and in return, the Irish indefinitely plays Navy in football as a honorable repayment for that debt. And while Notre Dame owned the hell out of Navy for those 43 years, it is truly becoming a great rivalry in this past decade and looks to only continue to get better.

And of course the fact that the series is marked by mutual respect, as evidenced by each team standing at attention during the playing of the other's alma mater after the game, a tradition that started in 2005. So definitely one of the great rivalries active today. Now if only Notre Dame would reschedule Army and put some beat downs on them, then we can both gang up on Army each season.

And don't worry. If anything, we at least both share a dislike for USC.