This book of ND championships and almosts is written for those of us who love Notre Dame Football. Those who hate ND football will also want this book so they can get a leg up on the missing facts from the bookshelves of ND fans who do not have this book.The book first tells some short but interesting stories about Notre Dame’s founding in 1842 and quickly gets to the first football game in 1867. From there, the progression leads, to the Notre Dame’s first football game in 1887, then to the first Notre Dame coach in 1894, and of course to the great immortal Notre Dame coaches– Rockne, Leahy, Parseghian, Devine, and Holtz, to the current season with Coach Brian Kelly. Along the way of course, the Irish picked up their share of championships including as many as thirteen US National Championships. The Irish rightfully claim more national championships than some pundits admit. Notre Dame for example claims an additional three seasons for a total of 11 consensus national championships. The Fighting Irish, however are often credited with thirteen national championships in total. The 1938 and the 1953 seasons are the reason for the discrepancy but for ND fans, it is that good ole lucky Irish number 13 in terms of winning the big ones that the true Irish fans stick by.This book captures all the championships, contested championships, consensus championships, and almost championships. We’ve got it all. It takes the reader through stories about Notre Dame’s 31 coaches to great stories about 130 seasons worth of great games (1285 games). The book often stops in time and talks about a particular player such as Johnny Lujack, Paul Hornung, Tony Rice, Tim Brown, Leon Hart, Johnny Lattner, Brady Quinn, Jerome Bettis, Joe Montana, Joe Theismann, or Ian Book. You cannot get enough of ND greatness but we try in this book because there are a ton of championships, and almost championships and lots of great moments. You will not be able to put this book down
