Big weekend

Big weekend this weekend. Huge. In T minus 105 minutes, Matt McDonald arrives at PHL to be picked up by yours truly. After heading home to Anytown, USA, we will engage in a weekend for the ages, most notably the marriage of the two crazy kids to your right.

I expect some crazy performances, as most of the college gang hasn't gotten together all at once since last summer for Ricke's wedding. Naturally this is the first time my fiance will get to meet a good portion of the college crew. Good gracious.

There is no question that the 300 mile drive to upstate New York will be well worth the trip.

One Shining Moment

You never know what you're going to find on Youtube. I was bored at work this afternoon, so I decided to do a quick search for "Notre Dame Football". Some great clips came back for me: Rocket's two TD returns in '89 vs. Michigan. The infamous "Snow Bowl" game vs. Penn State in '92. Darius Walker's game winning TD last year vs. Stanford.

None of them can hold a candle to the following, however: Kevin Heffernan and Christian Suarez leading the Cavanaugh Chaos to the women's interhall football championship game in Notre Dame Stadium.

Did I see a Meatball sighting in there?

Things the Men of Knott Love #2: King Cobra Premium Malt Liquor

When I think "Knott Hall", there are certain words or phrases that come to mind. "Beer bong", "SYR", "Osco Brand", "Juggs", and "stomach pump" all come to mind. However, perhaps chief among them is "King Cobra Premium Malt Liquor".

I've now reached a point in my life where it costs me at least $15 to go out in the city and get a decent buzz going. Ironically, a mere three years ago this exact same feeling could be obtained for the relative pittance of $0.99 in nearby Niles, Michigan. Consider the following:

- For $1.98, you could be pretty happy and potentially pass out by 5:37 PM.

- For $2.97, you could call yourself "Logisz" and no one would question your validity until you failed to do a 62 second keg stand later in the night.

- For $3.96, you could forget your name, leave all your friends, wake up the next morning in a ditch, and have to hitchhike across a state line to get home because you didn't realize where you were.

- If you had an especially high tolerance, for $4.95 you could lose the ability to talk, come home, and piss all over the outside of your gay roomate's door without any fear of consequence.

- On the other side of the coin, for $0.33 you could get hammered off your ass, start speaking spanglish, explain how you swam across the Rio Grande to El Paso, tell a hot girl you haven't had sex "in a really long time" (i.e., never), declare your love of "frijoles", and have Fitzy rub his naked, dingleberry-laden behind all over your face before you go to bed crying.

For all these reasons and more, the Men of Knott Hall love King Cobra Premium Malt Liquor.

Cheif puts out the hate with his stream of justice

Disgraceful

In case there are those of you who don't keep up with the world of college football blogs as closely as I do, I wanted to share the below video. It was first posted at EDSBS, and now has made the rounds to various other blogs. We're getting made fun of big time out there. It is disgusting. It is pathetic. It is nearly unwatchable. It is a video of an MBA tailgate from a couple years ago. Watch at your own risk. You've been warned.

Things the Men of Knott Love: #1 Crazy Iranian Wrestlers

If there's one thing any true men of Knott have an appreciation for, it's a delusional WWF champion. Case in point, the Iron Sheik.

The Iron Sheik has enjoyed a long and illustrious career as a professional wrestler. Discovered by a promoter at the 1972 Olympics, the Sheik began his career in Canada wrestling under the name "The Great Hossein". After winning a tag team championship, the WWF took note and pitted him against then-champion Bob Backlund in the first ever Battle Royale in 1979. The Great Hossein left the WWF, only to return four years later as "The Iron Sheik".

Following a Wrestlemania III match in 1987, the Sheik developing a deep hatred for Brian Blair, a member of the tag team "Killer Bees". This hatred is displayed prominately in the following hilarious video clips of later interviews with the Sheik.





As you can see, this guy is one crazy bastard.

Despite engaging in a bitter mid-80's feud with Sgt. Slaughter, the Sheik re-emerged in the 1991 as Slaughter's partner under the name "Col. Mustafa", however it was never actually mentioned on camera that the Colonel was actually the Iron Sheik.

Now 60 years old, the Sheik is still going strong. He managed an appearance on Jerry Springer some years ago to the overwhelming support of adoring fans. He even had the courage to openly declare the fact that his illiterate.

Despite his perceived shortcomings, the Sheik was inducted into the wrestling hall of fame in 2005 and remains to this day one of the most reviled villains the "sport" has ever seen.

It is because of all this and more that the men of Knott love crazy Iranian wrestlers.

A Knott Hall Alumni Legend

Quite possibly the only person in the history of Notre Dame to come back for a 5th year for the sole purpose of participating in Inter-Hall sports. God bless you Mario Suarez.



UPDATE: Isn't Tony Maloney a 7th year senior now? I'm fairly certain that he decided to remain at ND following the untimely death of his mother so that the Baloney family scoreboard operator legacy could live on. Chances are that he's still participating in inter-hall hockey during the offseason (posted by Butter).