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Notes from the Geetar: Get Off My [Fake] Lawn Edition

Posted on by Mike Coffey

Normally this is where my observations on the game would start, but we’ve got bigger fish to fry.  The 22-game streak is over, the 1,136th day dawns brighter, and my ample posterior returned to the not-so-wooden-now seats of the House that Rockne Built version whatever this past Saturday as the Fighting Irish took on the…

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Dorkage

Posted on by Mike Coffey

I make neither secret of or apology for my years spent marching with the Band of the Fighting Irish. It was one of my favorite experiences during four of the best years of my life. I made life-long friends (including my wife) and got paid to attend New Years Day bowl games (including a National…

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Marching for Dollars

Posted on by Mike Coffey

The ND band has entered a contest sponsored by CBS where the marching band that receives the most votes gets a $25,000 prize.