Rockne's Roundtable

What an honor. To be named the POTW by the pig of all pigs is like having a trophy presented to you by Ghandi. I humbly accept this...oh...he picked Rice.

Congrats, Mr. Rice. A most deserved choice.

I'm sorry, Merlin, did I forget to mention you? Let me review my notes.

Nope.

Better luck next week. Can't believe how your name just keeps slipping through the cracks each week.
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Now, as I was saying, congratulations to Mr. Rice.

Congrats, Mr Rice!

Supremo job, Mr. Rice.

So what's next...sitting in a big circle and take turns scratching each others backs?

Actually, I didn't Hemy. I'm definitely not that clever.

Well, what can I say? I am humbled. Being simply honest, this is the best Notre Dame discussion board in the business. It's the only place I've found where reasonable discussion actually prevails. You can find a bit of it elsewhere, but it's so thinly woven into the "in your face animosity" of malcontents that it's not worth wading though the manure to find the crop.

Anyway, thanks to all of you. I've been bleeding blue and gold all my life. I once drove to Warsaw (Indiana) from San Francisco because the Alabama-Notre Dame wasn't televised out there (these were bc -- before cable -- days). It never dawned on me I might get it in Colorado or somewhere else along the way. Anyway, I drove 42 straight hours to get home about 15 minutes before kickoff, got myself some game time refreshments, sat down to watch the game and fell fast asleep. I missed the entire game!!!

Another of my favorite Irish stories was playing in a charity golf tournament with Moose Krause. Moose was but a few years from death at the time. He had always been my father's idol. Dad came out to walk the tournament because Moose was there, and I told Moose how dad had always felt about Notre Dame and, of course, about him. Moose said he wanted to meet him, so I introduced them. Salutations out of the way, Moose then invited Dad to ride around the course with him, leaving me to walk. The two of them laughed and giggled and guffawed the entire round away. Dad later told me it was the greatest day of his life. Moose apologized after the round. I never could figure out why. He had done me the greatest favor possible.

But, enough of my reminiscences. I thank you for this, Ham. For future reference, however, I must confess the consumption of BLT's on an all too regular basis. I blame it on my dad cooking many of my most beloved pets when I was a youngster, and never having had a pig that I particularly liked. Naturally, this has now changed, as pigs have advanced substantially on my personal pecking order. I have instructed my wife to pick up some turkey bacon for us to try. I'm not expecting much, but I suppose it's better than eating a buddy's brother.

Regarding the responsibility of picking next week's POTW, is there any way I can defer to another? I truly appreciate the honor, but the reason I rarely post is that I have very, very little time to be here. I run a company, have lots of church duties and am trying to raise a 9 year old son at age 63. Beyond that, I have to keep the old golf game from deteriorating still further. Without much time on the board, I don't think I can really give our many fine posters the consideration they all deserve. Let me know.

Thanks again,

Senor Arroz

No probs Rice a Roni!! I would have been in touch through pm anyhow. I'll shoot ya one anyhow for future reference.