The Season Has Begun

Sing with me : Cheer, cheer for old U S B...

Thank Notre Dame for starting the season for me. The headline was "11 Irish Arrested for Drinking".   Not realizing at first that this was a sports related story, I wasn't sure that it was newsworthy...

The South Bend police department (who must just love making these kinds of arrests) responded to a report of a fight at an off campus location (of course it was off campus, who wants to get blasted and fight within walking distance of where you're going to pass out?) and hit the jackpot: 11 of USB's pride and joy--including a half dozen who haven't even started there yet.  Train 'em right!

A party in South Bend was busted by police overnight, sending 43 people to the county jail.
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Among those arrested are eight Notre Dame football players, including Nate Montana, the son of football great Joe Montana and back-up QB; Lorenzo Wood, a cornerback and incoming freshman; Chris Watt, a sophomore offensive guard; Robert Toma, an incoming freshman wide receiver; Nicholas Tausch, a sophomore kicker; Ta-iler Jones, an incoming freshman wide receiver; Steven Filer, a junior outside linebacker; and Tate Nichols, an incoming freshman.

A little further research yielded corrected numbers: there were 44 arrests, 28 of whom were USB student/athletes.  There was an incoming freshman basketball player, an incoming freshman hockey player and some other kid. The transient guests of the county jail included offensive lineman Chris Watt from Glenbard West HS (heralded as one of the four best recruits from the Chicago area two years ago) and Steve Filer, a linebacker from St. Rita HS (one of the anointed from the year before), so Chicago was well represented.

The Brian Kelly era is officially underway.