At least 6 months ago, we got an email from the Philadelphia Notre Dame club asking if we wanted to buy any tickets for the Notre Dame game against Temple which was set for 10/31. We said yes, and we bought tickets for our family to go (and two for our daughter's Cookie Dad from the Girl Scout troop....I think if you are the Cookie Dad, or Mom, you should get some tickets to your favorite football team).
Shortly after getting them, though, we all kind of realized that 10/31 is Halloween, and of course, Lily didn't want to miss Halloween. The bigger problem, we soon realized, is that none of my children really wanted to miss Halloween, so we found ourselves with a whole bunch of tickets to get rid of. Luckily for us, there is no shortage of Notre Dame football fans near us, so we have had no problem getting rid of the tickets.
What is so strange, though, is that the fever where we live is all about Temple, not the team I really want to win, which is Notre Dame. I did go to Temple to Law School, but I have been rooting for Notre Dame teams to win since I was 8. While Temple winning would be really amazing for Temple, and I do think they have a great team, the simple fact is that I really want Notre Dame to win. Someone pointed out, though, that for Philadelphia Notre Dame fans, we have the best of both worlds....if Temple wins, we are happy, if Notre Dame wins, we will be thrilled!!
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