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Thursday • September 7, 1995
Page 9 • The Battalion
When it’s Notre
Dame, AP voters
have no shame
T he Associated Press poll
sters should be ashamed of
themselves. They should
shield their faces when they go
outside. When they do get the
courage to finally go outside, they
should be forced to wear North
western apparel.
Last week the AP pollsters fell
victim to the “Hype of the Irish”,
and voted Notre Dame the No.25
football team in the country.
Northwestern, which defeated
the then-No. 9 Irish last Satur
day on the road, is still unranked
and 58 votes behind Notre Dame.
My guess is if any other college
football team was ranked No.9
and lost to Northwestern at
home, it would never be heard
from again.
It’s time for the “mighty”
green and gold to join the rest of
the 107 Division I teams and be
voted on the basis of current per
formance and not past history.
The Gipper, Rudy and Knute
Rockne should no longer affect on
how a Notre Dame team does in
the polls.
I might understand the rank
ing if Northwestern had won the
game on a fluke. But it was a
great game by Northwestern.
But the real guys that
should be punished are the AP
voters who saw to it that Notre
Dame would survive.They must
pay the price. My first depro
gramming subject is an AP vot
er from the Northeast, who
from now on will be referred to
as “Tex.”
David Winder: Tex, why
did you vote for Notre Dame
even though they were beaten
by perennial doormat North
western?
Tex: You people on the out
side world just don’t get it, do
you? If we fall out of the polls,
it starts the Apocalypse. I’m not
having Armageddon on my con
scious, buddy. For this world to
survive, the Fighting Irish have
to be ranked or the world just
ends.
DW: Why would it just end,
Tex?
Tex: Have you ever seen
Knute Rockne, All American ,
man? Have you ever seen
Rudy? That’s what it’s all
about. You can never give up
and you always do your best. If
we don’t vote for Notre Dame
it’s like we gave up on them. If
we give up on Notre Dame, it’s
like giving up on this world. It’s
like saying ‘I don’t want to live
anymore.’ I hope it doesn’t come
to that, but I’m afraid the end
of the world is near.
DW: The end of the world is
coming soon?
Tex: How else can you ex
plain it? Every year we get the
best recruiting class in the na
tion but we still don’t win a na
tional championship. There’s
something evil working against
the mighty green and gold. It’s
powerful stuff man.
DW: I notice you wearing a
Joe Montana jersey and holding
a autographed picture of Lou
Holtz, why?
Tex:I don’t see why my reli
gious articles have any bearing
on this discussion. But if you
must know, I feel safer with
them. You know I once saw the
image of George Gipp in a tor
tilla. Happiest day of my life.
DW: So did you place North
western ahead of Notre Dame
on your ballot this year?
Tex: Placing a team ahead
of Notre Dame that has beat
the Irish is sacrilegious. I still
can’t believe that people com
plain that we shouldn’t have
been in a bowl last year. Col
orado cheated, or we would’ve
been the national champions.
DW: Well, since it’s apparent
I’m not going to be able to get
you to change your ways, an
swer one last question. What’s
the worst thing that can hap
pen to a Notre Dame fan?
Tex: Any year our block vote
still doesn’t get us in the title
game, it’s a bad year. It’s like
living in hell.
This year, it should be even
hotter wearing those North
western shirts and all.
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