Notre Dame vs. Purdue

[jfellrath]

Well, I'm back, I survived, Notre Dame won, and I have a couple of pictures to share.



Here's me, my Uncle Dick, my Dad, and my cousin's husband James, in front of the ND Library. That's my Irish American tartan, Freelander Sporran, and Cavscout sporran strap.



Here's the ND Pipe Band. Got to talk to one of the faculty who is in the band and he was very excited about having this group on campus. They wear the Notre Dame Irish Guard tartan (as they wore originally when both they and the Guard were introduced back in the early 1950s).
Gorgeous tartan.

A few of the band members had their kilts pleated to the green stripe - made it look REALLY neat. I'll try to get another picture of that later on. For whatever reason, the bass drummer was in a solid green kilt.

All in all, attending an ND game is GREAT fun in a kilt. Lots of nice comments, plenty of attention from the ladies, and free beer from various tailgaters.

In addition, it got cold and rainy during the third quarter, and we got a little bit doused. My kilt kept me warm the entire time, and the water didn't even soak through the outer apron onto the inner apron. I looked down at my lap at one point as I was reaching for my drink and noticed that the water had POOLED in my lap on top of my kilt. As a comparison, my dad (who was wearing cotton pants) now has the sniffles.

I'm headed back again for this weekend's game against Stanford so I should have more pictures (though probably not as much attention from the ladies as my wife will be with me this time).

[cessna152towser]

Great pics, Jamie, sounds like it was a great sporting event.

[TimC]

Well, you knew ND was going to win!

-Tim

[jfellrath]

Well, you knew ND was going to win!

-Tim

No, I knew ND SHOULD win. However, with the number of teams for whom the Notre Dame game every year is THEIR Super Bowl/Cup Final, I never take anything for granted. And Purdue has had some success against ND in the past few years, so it was far from a done deal.

But the fact does remain that ND beat them and soundly.

[cavscout]

Glad you had a good time. Where are the Kilt Hose from? They are a great color for the kilt and ND.

[jfellrath]

Glad you had a good time. Where are the Kilt Hose from? They are a great color for the kilt and ND.

I got those from Sierra Trading Post based on this post a while back: http://www.xmarksthescot.com/forum/s...ad.php?t=13625

They are warm, long enough to be good kilt hose, and well made. They don't have the gold color any more, unfortunately, but they do have an "olive" color which are actually a greyish-olive (though apparently they're currently unavailable).

http://www.sierratradingpost.com/p/1...and-Women.html

[RCallan]

Oh man what I would do to get cold and wet during a football game.

I guess because of where I live....

It will be 2 months before it even gets into the 60's here....

I did notice when I spilled my drink in my lap the other night at a game...it pooled up too!

Just poured it right back into the cup! Another use for a kilt?????

[jfellrath]

I did notice when I spilled my drink in my lap the other night at a game...it pooled up too!

Just poured it right back into the cup! Another use for a kilt?????

Maybe a line of collapsible tartan mugs... ;)

[Mike1]

But the fact does remain that ND beat them and soundly.

Sure, that's OK. Go on with you then, kicking me whilst I'm down.

[jfellrath]

Sure, that's OK. Go on with you then, kicking me whilst I'm down.

Sorry, Mike... we Irish fans would never kick anyone while they are down.

Really, it's more of a head-butting action... ;)

Seriously, I think you guys are going to surprise some folks this season. Your O-line is awfully good and you've got a heck of an End in that Spencer fellow. Wish you were playing Ohio State... I'd love to watch you beat the Buckeyes.