... recent topic around the dinner table has been some of our greatest trips to South Bend. Having been Notre Dame fans all our lives, I had had the opportunity to see a few games in South Bend traveling from Pennsylvania (this was rare but looked forward to experience). Having moved to Michigan in 2001, that put the miles between myself and the promised land a lot closer.

In 2006, I had the opportunity to bring my mother on the trip, just her and I. She had never been to a game before; she is more comfortable watching on television from the comfort of her living room. While we were in the car, she kept asking me questions about the upcoming weekend. I had to give her a Lou Holtz quote:

"If you've never been to Notre Dame I can't expla...

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