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Traditions
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1924, when he wrote: “Outlined
against a blue-gray October sky the
Four Horsemen rode again. In dra
matic lore they are known as famine,
pestilence, destruction and death.
These are only aliases. Their real
names are (Harry) Stuhldreher,
(Don) Miller, (Jim) Crowley and
(Elmer) Layden.”
A few days later, George Strickler,
a student publicist, took four horses
to the practice field and all four
players mounted for the first time
for publicity shots. Their fame
spread quickly, causing jealousy
among their blockers, appropriately
called the Seven Mules.
Rockne decided to let the team
decide who was the cause of the
team’s success. Of course, the Mules
won the vote, 7-4.
Two of the Horsemen garnered
All-America honors in 1923 and
three in 1924.
With God as their “No. 1 Fan,”
Notre Dame would seem to have all
the help they need. But to bolster
the troops and encourage the effort,
the Irish can always look to Touch
down Jesus.
Touchdown Jesus is a 14-story
high mosaic on the side of Notre
Dame’s library. The picture depicts
Jesus looking skyward with out
stretched arms raised. From the sta
dium, he looks as if he is standing
between the goalposts signaling
touchdowns and extra points.
For the smaller accomplishment
of just advancing the ball up the
field, the Irish look to First Down
Moses. First Down Moses is a bronze
statue standing in front of the li
brary with one hand raised and the
index finger pointing skyward, ob
viously to tell the “No. 1 Fan” what
down it is.
Most have heard of the “green an’
gold o’ the Irish.” At Notre Dame,
that is in reference to the Irish’s
lucky green jerseys and their golden
helmets.
The green jerseys originated dur
ing Frank Leahy’s stint at Notre
Dame. Leahy coached the Irish to a
87-11-9 record in 11 seasons. During
that time, “Leahy’s lads” wore green
and gold jerseys instead of the tradi
tional blue and gold jerseys. After
Leahy left, the Irish returned to
wearing blue jerseys, until the sixth
game of 1977.
In that game, Coach Dan Devine’s
team returned to the field after
warmups wearing green jerseys and
the team clobbered favored USC 49-
19. The Irish wore green the rest of
the season, beat a University of
Texas team led by Earl Campbell 38-
10 in the Cotton Bowl and won the
national championship.
The Irish’s gold helmets are sym
bolic of the famed Notre Dame Ad
ministration Building’s Golden
Dome. The shiny dome is actually
covered with a gold leaf, which is re
placed periodically. The Friday
night before football games, the
team’s managers repaint the helmets
with a special gold paint that con
tains gold dust.
This Saturday, yet another old
Notre Dame tradition may be revita
lized. That’s the tradition of having
one of its players win the Heisman
Trophy, which is awarded to the best
collegiate football player in the na
tion.
Six Fighting Irish football players
have won the award, including Paul
Hornung and Johnny Lujack. Notre
Dame wide receiver/return specialist
Tim Brown, who is favored to win
the trophy, will be among five fi
nalists at the Downtown Athletic
Club in New York City for the Heis
man ceremony this weekend.
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dp 1987
Givens looks forward to next year
after volleyball team finishes 15-22
By Tom Mulos
Reporter
Texas A&M Volleyball Coach A1
Givens is more optimistic about the
1988 season than disappointed
about his losing 1987 season.
“We’re not disappointed,” Givens
said. “There were a lot of bright
spots this season that will help us for
next year.”
The Lady Aggies finished 15-22
overall and fourth in the Southwest
Conference with a 4-6 record.
The All-SWC team included three
Aggies. Junior Cheri Steensma was
named to the first team while sopho
mores Yvonne Van Brandt and Kelli
Kellen were put on the second team.
“The second- and third-place
teams in the conference only had
two on the conference teams,”
Givens said. “The coaches cannot
vote for their own players so that
tells you that we are respected and
should be pretty good next year los
ing only one player.” Steensma led
the conference with a 4.05 kills aver
age, was third in hitting percentage
(.322) and fourth in digs average
(2.92).
Van Brandt was first in the con
ference in both assists average
(11.22) and digs average (4.08). In
national rankings, she was 10th in
digs and 17th in assists.
Kellen ranks fourth in hitting per
centage (.280), fifth in blocks aver
age (1.20) and 10th in kills average
at 2.94 per game.
The 1986 squad graduated five se
niors, four of whom were starters, so
Givens was working with a rebuild
ing year.
“It definitely was a rebuilding
year,” Givens said. “Anytime you
lose that many people, you are re
building. I was extremely pleased
with the way the team pulled to
gether toward the end of conference
play.
five games with the Aggies losing all
five.
The Aggies lost their first four
conference matches, but came back
to win their next four before losing
to conference champion Texas in
their last conference match before
930 fans at G. Rollie White Col
iseum.
“We really started to learn how to
win during the last half of confer
ence play,” Givens said. “Before, the
team went into matches tentative
and unsure of themselves. In the
end, they really learned that they
could win and do it with confiden-
“At the beginning of the season,
we would commit errors at the crit
ical points in matches which showed
our youth. Later in the season, we
got more mature and wouldn’t com
mit as many of those errors.”
During the month of September,
the team had a 5-12 record. In Octo
ber, they went 6-7 and finished the
season, in November, at 4-3. Prior to
the last three matches, the Aggies
had won six of seven. They lost the
last three.
Five of their matches went the full
Next year, the Lady Aggies return
all six starters from this season. They
lose only one senior, four-year let-
terman Michelle Whitwell.
“With a good recruiting season
and the return of Lara Rupf, who we
redshirted this season, we could be
the one to beat next season because
everyone is losing a lot of people,”
Givens said.
“We could have used Lara if we
needed to. But she wasn’t 100 per
cent. Even when she was 90 percent,
we could have used her, but we just
didn’t want to risk it when we can
have her for four more years.”
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