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by Tom Ziller • Nov 22, 2008 4:10 PM EST

Notre Dame football players were pelted by snowballs from fans sitting in the student section during their game against Syracuse on Saturday. ... At first people started by throwing the snow in the air, but then began quickly tossing snowballs toward the Notre Dame sideline. Defensive lineman Ian Williams got hit in the helmet, defensive end Ethan Johnson was struck on the left cheek and a St. Joseph County police officer on the sideline looking into the crowd got hit in the chest.First of all: Associated Press, never let it be said that you skim over the details. Ethan Johnson's mum will know exactly which cheek needs a kiss and a Spongebob Band-Aid. Well done.
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Yellow snow in Indiana is yellow because of Corn.
by L'etat, c'est moi on Nov 22, 2008 4:27 PM EST reply actions
The fans completed more passes than ND’s QB’s did.
If this doesn’t get Fat Charlie run out of town I don’t know what will.
Congrats to the Orange.
by the Cleveland Crusader on Nov 22, 2008 6:11 PM EST reply actions
But the receiver’s for Notre Dame dropped the balls (snow)!
by Hyacenth House on Nov 22, 2008 6:13 PM EST reply actions
Absolutely disgusting. This team looked horrible. ND fans ask yourself this if Floride played Syracuse what would the score be. We have played worse since the beginning of the season. USC is going to hand us our #$%!
by Tbru191022 on Nov 22, 2008 6:14 PM EST reply actions
But the receiver’s for Notre Dame dropped the balls (snow)!
by Hyacenth House on Nov 22, 2008 6:14 PM EST reply actions
I AM STILL IN DISBELIEF!!!!
by Tbru191022 on Nov 22, 2008 6:16 PM EST reply actions
ha ha… good for ND fans!!! They’re as classy as NY giants fans.
by wvunewsman on Nov 22, 2008 7:09 PM EST reply actions
Charlie was obviously upset, and with good reason. He hates snoballs Charlie prefers bear claws or ding dongs. Even the fans can’t get it right.
by dougbob on Nov 23, 2008 12:05 AM EST reply actions
I’m definitely not a ND fan but throwing snowballs at the players is ridiculous. They and the coach are definitely underperforming but snowballs aren’t going to make them play any better.
by toddj99 on Nov 23, 2008 9:24 AM EST reply actions
The gophers are lucky they play indoors
by dallenbach on Nov 23, 2008 12:04 PM EST reply actions
Stay classy San Diego, er, South Bend.
by trojanbymarriage on Nov 23, 2008 2:19 PM EST reply actions
Pray harder….
by busyone23 on Nov 23, 2008 6:32 PM EST reply actions
I think throwing the snowballs was classless. Believe me I can totally feel their pain as a longtime Irish fan, but that was inexcusable…as was the loss. Charlie Weis has brought all of this on himself but the problem is he takes we fans down with him and I, for one, am sick of it. Breaking the winning streak with Navy, losing 14 games in 2 years and losing to a team with 8 losses, which has NEVER happened at ND, is outrageous. The thing is I don’t think ND will fire him this year. I have heard that he has been issued an ultimatum, though, and that is if he doesnt take ND to a BCS game next season he is gone. We as fans deserve better. I do feel for the athletes who are working hard…obviously that would not be all of them. IN particular, Jimmy Clausen, needs to step up and take his criticism like a man. Brady Quinn did. I would not put up with his arrogance or his attitude. He would have been benched after the second pic in the UNC game. He needs a lesson in humility big time. Charlie is a nice guy…I have met him but I just think he is not a college coach. ND will make the right decision – we may not get it as soon as some of us want.
by diane38017 on Nov 23, 2008 6:44 PM EST reply actions
I love it. I absolutely love the dissention at Notre Dame and Michigan. I love seeing the haughty spirits humbled for once. Let ’em taste the sour tonic of terrible football for a while.
My Mountaineers are struggling through a tough year but atleast my blue and gold don’t stink like Michigan and Notre Dame’s!!!
by bones9401 on Nov 23, 2008 7:42 PM EST reply actions
A few weeks ago WVU/Morgantown was debunked as the worst fans in college football. I CAN NOT think of one time were WVU fans turned on their own team. What a CLASSLESS act.
by Right_Sides_Only on Nov 23, 2008 9:54 PM EST reply actions
classless!!!!!
by grinunbearit on Nov 24, 2008 7:19 AM EST reply actions
ND used to be a classy place. I guess the students don’t have any respect for the U anymore.
by TrevorLIndsey on Nov 24, 2008 1:23 PM EST reply actions
At the beginning of every year of college football, I watch all the shows I can and read all of the news to get a feel for what is to come. I check on player injuries and coaching changes. I check out recruiting information and roster charts. I watch for season predictions from the "experts." And every year I plop down on my lazy boy, get some pop corn and wait for the annual 9 win prediction for the Fighting Irish. If there is anything more commical in the world of NCAA football, please bring it to my attention. I wait for that day every year. When the spit-slinging Lou Holts gets on national tv and shares his stammerings with all of us. This season isn’t over and I’m already salivating at next years "surprise" pick. I must admit, I am a Husker. And like everyone else in America, I bleed red. So I have no hatred for Notre Dame on a personal level, no academic annimosity towards Touchdown Jesus. I actually feel sorry for the fans because I know what they must be feeling (although my team hasn’t lost 12 bowl games in a row). I know what its like to fall from the top of college football. Though I have the unpleasant luxury of being reminded all the time by analysts on ESPN and other sports networks, that my team is still far from the top. Irish fans, on the other hand, get that fantastic feeling of glee when those same analysts pick Notre Dame in the top 25 every year. HOW? How is that possible? I realize there have been good seasons in the mix, but how are they picked every year to be a contender? Even now after a mediocre season, bowl games that have NEVER had a 5 loss team are considering Notre Dame over Big XII and Big Ten schools. Notre Dame could possibly end up with 6 losses if they can’t pull their heads out against Syracuse. Another 21 point swing in the final 2 minutes of that game could put the Irish on ice. They have one of the easiest schedules every year, playing Navy, Army, Stanford and Air Force every year. Last year they beat: UCLA, DUKE and STANFORD. 2006, they beat one ranked team. The other ranked teams they played (USC,LSU,Michigan) pummelled the Irish by a callective 132-59. I’m not picking on the Irish for losing to ranked teams, God knows my team can’t beat one right now either, but we aren’t set at the top of the college football pyramid every year. Mark on your calanders August 1st 2009 when we get to start another season of college football with Lou’s Loonacies. Man do I hope they cut out the Dr. Lou’s and Lou’s halftime pep-talks. It’s bad enough he’s allowed on tv at all, let alone given his own segment. (I’m not leaving out Florida State, Miami, Ohio State, Michigan and Tennesse. I just don’t have time to go on rants about them. Just so Lou doesn’t feel cold in my bed of bumbling baboons, I’ll throw Mark May in with him. Although he has said that ND is a joke of a program. Finally.)
by jtoomey2 on Nov 25, 2008 5:44 PM EST reply actions
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