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Word is that SMU athletic director Steve Orsini was not at tonight's HOME GAME against Tulane but was in South Bend, Indiana to attend the USC v Notre Dame game.

Now...you can look at this two ways, I guess. Either Orsini can't stomach this crap anymore, either, and found a convenient excuse to get the hell out of town or....

He's looking at hiring someone on the USC or the Notre Dame staff.

Discuss amongst yourselves.

They honored one of the teams he played on tonight (with Joe Montana, etc.) I don't blame him for going - that would be a pretty special deal, and it's not like he won't have a tape of the game.

Congratulations to Steve-O and the rest of those guys on that 1977 team.

Orsini gets to see 2 teams he loves get the crapped kicked out of them.

Thumper wrote:Congratulations to Steve-O and the rest of those guys on that 1977 team.

from wikipedia:

When the 1977 season began, Montana was the third quarterback listed on the team's depth chart, behind Rusty Lisch and Gary Forystek.[1] Notre Dame won their season opener and then lost to the University of Mississippi by a score of 20-13. Montana did not appear in either of those games.[11] In their third game of the season, Notre Dame played Purdue University. Lisch started and was the replaced by Forystek. In one play, Forystek sufffered a broken vertebra, a broken clavicle, and a severe concussion; it was the last play of Forystek's sports career.[8] Devine inserted Lisch back into the game before Montana finally had the opportunity to play. Montana entered with approximately 11 minutes remaining and Purdue leading 24-14; he threw for 154 yards and one touchdown, and Notre Dame won the game 31-24.[8]

After the game, Devine made Montana the first quarterback on the depth chart[1] and the team won their remaining nine games. In their final game of the season, Notre Dame defeated the number one ranked University of Texas by a score of 38-10 in the 1978 Cotton Bowl.[12] Notre Dame's record of eleven wins and one loss earned them the NCAA national title; the first and only title the school won while Devine was coach.

Would much rather be at a USC/Notre Dame game. Best rivalry ever.

Two years later: Also from Wikipedia: The Chicken Soup Game, the 1979 Cotton Bowl, featured one of the most historic comebacks in bowl history. Notre Dame trailed the University of Houston, 34-12 midway through the fourth quarter. Thanks to a blocked punt and the brilliance of future NFL hall of famer Joe Montana, the Irish rallied to win, 35-34.

tristatecoog wrote:Two years later: Also from Wikipedia: The Chicken Soup Game, the 1979 Cotton Bowl, featured one of the most historic comebacks in bowl history. Notre Dame trailed the University of Houston, 34-12 midway through the fourth quarter. Thanks to a blocked punt and the brilliance of future NFL hall of famer Joe Montana, the Irish rallied to win, 35-34.

Montana was not fighting the flu during that game, as everyone has been led to believe. He was hungover.

means nothing related to smu that steve orsini was at the usc/notre dame game. he'll look at the tulane/smu box score and without a doubt have a laugh or two, he will be busy in these next few months

If you were the AD and you coach was 1-5, wouldn't you be out of town looking for a new one?