12/08/2023
Life can have symmetry and it can be a bit ironic. I moved back to my home state after being "away" for 40 years. The school I followed as a kid was Oregon State. I had their bumper sticker on my first car. And, it is likely where I would have gone to this school if not for another University calling me "home." So, how about this....my alma mater plays Oregon State in the soccer semifinals tonight and then squares off against them in El Paso at the Sun Bowl on 12/29. It feels a bit ironic. I will be sporting my Notre Dame colors today and on the 29th. Yet, I will feel the some of the same torn loyalties I felt when Notre Dame played Oregon State in the NIT in the 80's. I was at the game and found myself pulling for both teams. As Lee Corso says, "Not so fast..." Now, I am a bit older and wiser....so it will be all Blue and Gold! Plus, its bragging rights. Go Irish on both counts!
