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30 Things All Notre Dame Fans Should Do Before They Die

By Joshua Vowles

Oct 11, 2014; South Bend, IN, USA; A general view of the golden dome at the University of Notre Dame before the game between the Notre Dame Fighting Irish and the North Carolina Tar Heels at Notre Dame Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Matt Cashore-USA TODAY Sports
Oct 11, 2014; South Bend, IN, USA; A general view of the golden dome at the University of Notre Dame before the game between the Notre Dame Fighting Irish and the North Carolina Tar Heels at Notre Dame Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Matt Cashore-USA TODAY Sports /
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Nov 14, 2015; South Bend, IN, USA; Stephen Farrelly, known as the WWE wrestler Sheamus greets fans at Notre Dame Stadium before the game between the Notre Dame Fighting Irish and the Wake Forest Demon Deacons. Mandatory Credit: Matt Cashore-USA TODAY Sports
Nov 14, 2015; South Bend, IN, USA; Stephen Farrelly, known as the WWE wrestler Sheamus greets fans at Notre Dame Stadium before the game between the Notre Dame Fighting Irish and the Wake Forest Demon Deacons. Mandatory Credit: Matt Cashore-USA TODAY Sports /

Pep Rally

The Notre Dame pep rallies are not the same as they used to be back in the day. The pep rally wasn’t in the stadium or in the Joyce Center, it was actually held in the Stepan Center on the north end of campus. It used be something that was only open to the students. So as you can imagine it was a rowdier crowd and it was the same thing everytime. One of the male cheerleader’s would get up on stage and get the crowd all revved up. Then the band would march in playing the Victory March. Following the band would be Ara Parseghian. Ara would talk and he would end he speech the same way every time:

“They got a great offense! They got a great defense! They got a great quarterback! They got a great coach! BUT WE’RE GONNA BEAT EM!”

The band would strike up the Victory March and the crowd would go nuts. It was truly a pep rally.

These pep rallies these days are quite as rowdy, but it is still worth something going to at least once. It has a few of the same elements as it did in the old days, such as the band marching in, the team walking in and Brian Kelly speaking. That being said, it is a much more family friendly event now. You don’t have a room fully of rowdy college students. You’ll have some notable alumni speak before Coach Kelly. Kelly will speak and then it’s over. It’s worth going to at least once because it does get you excited for game day. If there one pep rally to go to, the opening game or USC pep rally would be the one to attend.

-BN

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