Once-beaten, sixth-ranked Notre Dame meets unbeaten, 19th-ranked Army in Yankee Stadium tonight, and you know the ghosts are gonna be walkin'. How could they not, considering Notre Dame-Army goes back to the beginning of time?
And so that chill whisper in the air will not just be late November leaving its calling card, but Knute Rockne making up stories about the Gipper the way he did against Army in '28. The Four Horsemen will be outlined against Touchdown Jesus or whatever, same as in the '24 meeting. And Johnny Lujack, Leon Hart, Glenn Davis and Doc Blanchard will be out and about, reliving the epic 0-0 tie in '46.
Me?
I have a vivid imagination, as you can no doubt tell from the above.
Regardless, I don't think the Irish vs. the Black Knights of the Hudson will be the epic it ought to be, even if it is their highest-profile meeting in seven or eight decades. I don't think it will be the absolute paving the Irish laid on then-unbeaten Navy a few weeks back, but I do think Notre Dame will win comfortably.
Of course, this does not keep me from kinda-sorta wishing for another 0-0 tie, just for the sake of historical convergence. I mean, that would be cool, right?
"Absolutely not," says Notre Dame.
"No freakin' way," says Army.
"What are you, nuts?" says NBC, and Domer Nation, and every member of West Point's long gray line stretching back to Lee and Grant and Custer 'n' them.
Aw, gee. You guys are no fun at all.
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