Cheering for the Irish

 

Yesterday was a very good day for Irish sports fans like us.  The Notre Dame women's basketball team was on NBC at 4 pm playing against a University of Southern California team.  Hannah Hidalgo with her teammate Olivia Miles put on a show with a combined 44 points, 14 rebounds and 15  assists and in Hannah's case, 5 steals.  Hidalgo is so much fun to watch as she seems to be everywhere getting her hands in the way of the opposition.  It was a 74-61 win.  ND had a plan to stop USC's Juju Watkins and it was carried out well even if she did have 24 points--same as Hidalgo's total.  

Then at 7 pm, on NBC again, the Notre Dame football went up against Army at Yankee Stadium in what was called the Shamrock Series.  Riley Leonard was in control as quarterback until, with the game firmly in hand, the coach put in Steven Angeli to give him some experience before he will probably be the man in charge next year.  A touching video was featured at half time in which ND's kicker Goin was honored for his seven years in the Army before coming to ND to do graduate work in business and becoming a walk on member of the team.  Marcus Freeman praised his mature leadership and thanked him for his service to our country.  It is always impressive to see the Army cadets all in uniform in a cheering section and to remember the commitment they are making well beyond their college career.

So we enjoyed two big wins yesterday with hopes for a continued winning season for both teams. 

-------------December 10 We get to cheer for ND in the college playoff football games when they play Indiana in South Bend on December 20.  Should be a cold game to watch--and we hear very expensive. 

------------December 12  The women beat UConn and Hannah Hildago had so much fun and we had so much fun watching her. Jim was just chuckling at her moves.