Orsini: Out of Town During a HOME GAME?

[MrMustang1965]

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.

[Thumper]

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.

[LakeHighlandsPony]

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

[MrMustang1965]

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.

[D1Football]

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

[tristatecoog]

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.

[MrMustang1965]

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.

[jkflamebo]

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

[PhirePhilBennett]

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