1973 Sugar Bowl : Ara Parseghian speech

And yet Alabama claims the 1973 National Title.....someone forgot to tell them they lost IN the national title game.

Question for Alabama fans how many players on this team played pro ball? John Hannah was on this team correct?

ROLL TIDE!

good luck to notre dame too. although this isn't the year, hopefully they'll be back where they belong soon. its time for all the old school teams that made college football great to be back at the top. alabama, penn state, notre dame, michigan, nebraska, oklahoma, usc etc...........

roll tide

Good Luck this season

One of college football's all-time greats passed away May 24th, 2007. Pete Demmerle who played such a critical role in this game died of ALS (Lou Gehrig's Disease). Pete Demmerle was everything you would want in a collegiate athlete.  All American, Academic All American and a special human being. He had the best hands and ran the most precise routes of any ND football player I have seen. May God Bless Pete Demmerle and those he loved!

Amen Pete Demmerle was a true Notre Dame man.

The hitting in that game was incredible. Alabama had a tremendous team and the Bear and Ara were two great icons. Either team could have won, and it was the kind of game you must have been proud to say you played in. Very clean game with no trash talking. You just don't see this today. Only Alabama has as many knuckleheads trying to talk down their great achievements on the internet as the Irish. I respect Bama they are a great tradition.

The game had everything from a National Championship on the line to great defense, intense hitting, a kick return for a touch down, trick plays, great running games, great passing plays, and of course two legendary coaches competing at the highest level. A single point is all that seperated these two great teams. Your point of no trash talking is especially important. This was two classy and dignified teams competing for a championship. This was college football at it finest!