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...within one point of beating Notre Dame in South Bend. Amazing. But the Eagles had blown a 21-point lead. Ridiculous...
...wondered through the lot back to the car, my thoughts slowly turned to the other game on this cold fall afternoon. The one in South Bend, Indiana--home of Notre Dame football, and thousands of football memories...
...Notre Dame struck a minute and a half later. I struck my roommate...
...matchup made in hype-heaven. Burt Reynolds' team vs. the God squad. The pro-style strategy of Florida State vs. the grind-it-out ground game of Notre Dame. Seminole speed vs. Irish beef. Irresistible force meets immovable object. "This might be the biggest game ever in college football," F.S.U. defensive end Derrick Alexander declared at midweek, and few would disagree -- certainly not the fellow who claimed a ticket by piloting his '79 Ford LTD from Los Angeles to South Bend, Indiana, in 21 hours, nor the fan who traded his 1991 Honda for tickets on the 50-yard-line...
Still, Holtz figured Notre Dame had a chance. "This team has tremendous character," he said. "That goes a long way." Their character was tested in the game's first minutes, as Ward smoothly quarterbacked his fleet receivers to an early touchdown. But that seemed to get the home team's Irish up. Like a space-age tank, Notre Dame rumbled to three quick, imposing scores. F.S.U., which had humiliated its first nine opponents 205-27 in the first half, found itself inexplicably down 21-7 at intermission...