OT....Ara Parseghian

[huskyrob1]

Not sure if anyone else posted this. AP died today age 94.



Ara Parseghian was a man ahead of his time

 

[ShakyTheMohel]

No idea he was still alive. RIP.

 

[cohenzone]

Famous for the ND game against, I think Mich State for the mythical NC and he played for a tie. All in all, a good coach. RIP

 

[huskyrob1]

Famous for the ND game against, I think Mich State for the mythical NC and he played for a tie. All in all, a good coach. RIP

The 1973 national championship game against Alabama was the most inspiring game I ever saw. The players carrying Ara off the field, the whole bit. Cosell calling the game was memorable, and it had a CT connection.

Epic Battle of Opposites: Irish vs. Tide in 1973

 

[Guapo]

The nice coach in Rudy

 

[huskymedic]

Met AP a few times over the years - always a gentlemen.

 

[UConnNick]

In what I think was his last season and his last regular season game vs USC at the Coliseum, ND was ahead 24-7 at the half. In the 2H, USC scored 48 unanswered points, winning 55-24. USC's mascot, the white horse named "Traveller", gallops up and down the sideline after every USC score. After the game, Parseghian said, "I got sick and tired of watching that white horse galloping on the sideline in the second half."

RIP.

 

[UConnNick]

The nice coach in Rudy

I believe Dan Devine's family sued the producers of that movie. Most of the portrayal of Devine was totally fabricated movie BS, including the scene where the players all come into his office and lay down their jerseys on his desk, which never happened.

 

[Duncan Idaho]

Growing up watching ND football it was Ara and Lindsey Nelson. RIP.

 

[billybud]

I just read Ivan Maisel's article on Parseghian...I did not realize the success that he had at Northwestern before he went to the Irish.

"Notre Dame didn't recruit Parseghian. He called them. He had driven Northwestern as high as No. 1 in 1962, and he fought mighty Ohio State to a draw. "It is utterly amazing when Northwestern, over a six-game period, can win three against Woody Hayes," the late Beano Cook said. "He had that great win in '58, 21-0, against Ohio State. I can still see the picture in the paper, players carrying him off the field. The game was at Northwestern, and his fist was in the air."

But Parseghian clashed with the athletic director and grew tired of student apathy. After one of his two victories at the Horseshoe, Parseghian commented on the flight home that he couldn't wait to see the reception his team would get when it returned to campus. A sportswriter on the plane told him there would be no students waiting for him, and a disbelieving Parseghian bet a steak dinner. He lost. The year after Northwestern reached No. 1, he left."

Notre Dame coach Ara Parseghian's legend won't soon be forgotten

 

[Irishfan]

In what I think was his last season and his last regular season game vs USC at the Coliseum, ND was ahead 24-7 at the half. In the 2H, USC scored 48 unanswered points, winning 55-24. USC's mascot, the white horse named "Traveller", gallops up and down the sideline after every USC score. After the game, Parseghian said, "I got sick and tired of watching that white horse galloping on the sideline in the second half."

RIP.

In case anyone cares, it was 24-6 at the half. And sc scored 55 unanswered points. All in about 17 minutes of game time.

 

[shakes65]

Totally classy guy who brought Irish back from depths of ignominy. As a little kid I lived and died with ND in the 50s---Frank Leahy and Terry Brennan-led teams. When ND dumped Brennan just before Christmas in '57 or '58 I was crushed. Not until Ara arrived, Did I regain my affection for Irish. But by then I was less of a ND aficionado. Now I have little respect for the school or the program. R.I. P. Ara.

 

[Redding Husky]

Famous for the ND game against, I think Mich State for the mythical NC and he played for a tie. All in all, a good coach. RIP

Unlike Nebraska that went for the win in 1983 against Miami and came up short.

 

[cohenzone]

Unlike Nebraska that went for the win in 1983 against Miami and came up short.

Nebraska understood that you don't play for a tie in an NC game. Of course now with OT, go for the tie or be fired.

 

[Redding Husky]

Nebraska understood that you don't play for a tie in an NC game. Of course now with OT, go for the tie or be fired.

ND played for the tie and the sportwriters bailed them out.

 

[Irishfan]

ND played for the tie and the sportwriters bailed them out.

Both coaches played for a tie. Since ND was playing with a second string QB and without their top running back, the sports writers evidently thought Ara had a better reason to play for the tie than Duffy did.