Well, no, I never had a class at Notre Dame. But my wife DID score two season tickets ever year she worked there as Asst. General Counsel and she still goes to at least one game almost every year (not this year, though).

Her very good friend Mary is an ND law grad, Mary's father was a triple domer and her mother a smickchick, and her uncle (well into his 90s) still sells ND the bricks it needs to make its buildings match. The uncle has God alone knows how many tickets to each game at ND, a permanent parking place for his tailgaters, and looks a lot like Lou Holtz.

The only ND games I've ever attended (including the only time ND played Rice) were in the old original stadium -- not the flying saucer monstrosity that now surrounds it.