Rockne, Gipp, Horning, Montana, Thiesmann, Parseghain and the many other famous and infamous players from the University of Notre Dame would all be proud to know there is a Notre Dame section in Texas on www.spring.com!!!!!!!! I will attempt to keep the topic interesting and fill it in with as much History as current information. First Trivia Question????????? What college team has won more National Championships than any other????? Your right, Notre Dame 11 outright and 2 tied for 13 total 1924, 1929, 1930, 1943, 1947, 1949, 1966, 1973, 1977 and 1988 outright 1920 & 1953 shared. Oklahoma is # 2 with 6 National Titles

OK I couldn't leave it at just one today! I'm all excited about this topic!!!!!!! Trivia Question #2 What college has had more Heismann Trophy winners than any other?????? YOUR RIGHT AGAIN!!!!!! Notre Dame has had 7 Downtown Athletic Club Champions 1943 Angelo Bertelli 1947 John Lujack 1949 Leon Hart 1953 John Lattner 1956 Paul Hornung 1964 John Huarte 1987 Tim Brown

Forget.

Forget What??????? That Notre Dame presently has more active players in the NFL than any other school.

Trivia Question # 3 What college has had the most First Team All Americans Wow, yes it is Notre Dame with 170 First Team All-Americans the most of any school. Trivia Question # 4 What college has the most members of the College Football Hall of Fame But of course..... Notre Dame with 35 players inducted since it opened. Trivia Question # 5 What college has had the most First Round Draft Picks in the NFL Trick answer????? There are two teams tied with the most first round draft picks. USC and Notre Dame are tied at the most first round draft picks with 54 each. Ohio State is third at 44.

Trivia Question # 6 UCLA Basketball holds the record for consecutive wins in college basketball at 88 games. Do you know what team ended that run???????? Yep, your all correct...... Notre Dame

trivia question #7 What team will be destroyed by ohio state this weekend? You guessed it!Notre dame!!!!!Watch out for number 45 on defense!45 that number sounds familiar.....hummmmmmm-Archie Griffin!He gave his number to this up and coming great linebacker!

Well hello fred, your a new voice and I take it you must be an Ohio State Fan as most of the Texas fans have not been heard from since the game. I have a very good friend in Bastrop whom I believe is the other OSU fan in Texas. And like I told her, Notre Dame is at their own home, Lou knows this is the game to win if any chance at the National Title. And #45 does not an entire defense make, Notre Dame by 2.

I exited to soon fred, don't try that look at what we've done this year argument because it didn't work for Texas either. Of course you can run up high scores against schools that couldn't beat any of the USA Todays High School top 20. This time they will have to face a team with the defense on the field. I'm not saying Ohio State isn't good, its just not as good at Notre Dame.!!!!!!!!!! See the College Picks section and look at my prediction for the final poll of the year. So far I'm moving right al ng. And I still stand by the picks.

With 35 plus players in the pro ranks, One team could become a champion just by putting them all together. Actually Fantasy Football Leaguers ought to look at this list. Rick Mirer - QB Steve Beuerlein - QB Jerome Bettis - FB Ricky Watters - RB Reggie Brooks - TB Anthony Johnson - FB Raghib Ismail - WR Lake Dawson - WR Tim Brown - WR Tim Ruddy - C Tim Grunhard - C Gen McGuire - C Demetrius Dubose - LB Anthony Peterson - LB Deven McDonald - LB Scott Kowakowski - LB Brian Ratigan - LB Andy Heck - OT Bob Dahl - OT Lindsay Knapp - OG Derek Brown - TE Irv Smith - TE Tom Carter - DB Rod Smith - DB Willie Clark - CB Jeff Burris - CB/S Todd Lyght CB Bobby Taylor - CB Pat Terrell - FS Pat Eilers - S Bryant Yount - DT Chris Zorich - DT Jim Flanigan - DT Frank Stams - DE John Carney - K Craig Hentrich - P

Notre Dame has played against 130 different colleges and universities since its football program began. Only 7 teams have a winning record vs the fighting Irish. Yale 1 - 0 Georgia 1 - 0 Indianapolis 1 - 0 Great Lakes 2 - 1 Florida State 3 - 1 Chicago 4 - 0 Michigan 15 - 10 Beginning this season the Irish record was 738 wins 219 loses and 42 ties.

Notre Dame has played against 130 different colleges and universities since its football program began. Only 7 teams have a winning record vs the fighting Irish. Yale 1 - 0 Georgia 1 - 0 Indianapolis 1 - 0 Great Lakes 2 - 1 Florida State 3 - 1 Chicago 4 - 0 Michigan 15 - 10 Beginning this season the Irish record was 738 wins 219 loses and 42 ties.

The real trivia question # 7 What college has had the most players earn consensus All-American Honors? And once again the answer is Notre Dame with 76 consensus All-Americans. As a matter of fact, Notre Dame has had a consensus All-American for 25 of the last 30 years including 17 years in a row from 1964 to 1981 which covers all 11 years for Coach Parseghian and all 6 years for Coach Devine.

Trivia Question # 8 What college has provided the most actual # 1 picks in the NFL Draft? Who else.....Notre Dame with 5

Trivia Question # 9 What school has produced the most First Team All-Americans selected by UNANIMOUS decision? Well considering that Notre Dames has the most First Team All-Americans at 170 it would figure that they should have the most selected by unanimous decision. and that number is 29.

You're answering these before we have chance. I was going to take a wild guess that it was Notre Dame.

Ok then, Name each one????????? Thanks for the topic, this is my own little sports heaven!

What College has graduated 100% of all their Basketball Players since 1962???? OK, you guys your getting to good at this!!! As a matter of fact, Notre Dame has graduated 98% of their scholorship football players who had finished their eligibility at Notre Dame. The College Football Association has presented Notre Dame with the Highest Graduation Rate Award on 5 occasions. And for all Student-Atheletes Notre Dame has ranked in the Top 5 of all division 1-A schools every year since 1962.....

I would like to take this time to congratulate boyce and fred.....You were right and Ohio State was the better team on the day.......Good Luck on your teams quest to the National Championship......(ROSE BOWL???????). I sure would have enjoyed the last tree minutes of the game more, if the runback hadn't been called back???? Ohio State Won --- Notre Dame Lost Great win............

The Fighting Irish was not the official name of the Notre Dame Football Team until the mid 1950's. What was the official football team name...... The Notre Dame_______________________...

The Fighting Irish was not the official name of the Notre Dame Football Team until the mid 1950's. What was the official football team name...... The Notre Dame_______________________...

Raiders?

Terry very close, but the official name was the NOTRE DAME RAMBLERS

Not bad for a wild guess.

TJ how abougt some more Irish updates and trivia?

Still collecting data for the new season, most of the team returning, including our infamous quarterback, but need to find out just a little bit more about our new coach before season predictions. Will increase participation in August with new trivia and other stuff.

Whois the new coatch? Dan Devine?

No, it's Lou Holtz.