Maybe he feels he can squeeze in time for the Irish

I agree with the principle of this post, but...

The game will start at 8:30-ish local time in Italy. There’s not a lot of culture to take in at that hour. But, some of my best times abroad have been finding a local watering hole to watch my favorite team, or a sporting event I’m interested in, play at odd hours. I’ve met some great people and had some experiences that I will never forget in bars I can’t remember the names of with people I’ll never see again.

P.S., as a younger man, I found out (and took full advantage of) that there are a good number of foreign women who secretly find loud, drunk, and obnoxious American men to be extremely desirable. Watching a sporting event in a bar only hastens to deliver the message to any local young lady that you are most certainly a loud, obnoxious American who can really bring it with a little loudmouth soup.

When in Rome.

Watch ND Football. Against a shit opponent.

Nahhh. There are more worthwhile ventures.

BI is offering good advice. He should explore the city in

the moonlight. Wander into a cafe. Have a long leisurely dinner at an incredible local restaurant without worrying about ND vs. some body bag opponent while on a rare trip to one of the world's great cities.

Or he could just do what he wants to do? *

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Go buy an MDX (insured by USA@ of course) and a road bike and get back to us

Again, maybe HE doesn't feel he's losing that much time

Maybe he will have days or more to explore. He wants to watch ND.

Maybe he should take the advice to heart

Wisdom is wisdom.