Navy Cancels Classes To Celebrate

In my lifetime of being a Notre Dame fan, I've had to suffer through my fair share of low points. Most of which have come this season. What happened on Saturday though, losing to Navy in triple overtime, that's the lowest I've ever felt.

I'm not a blind Notre Dame homer, I realize when the team sucks, and this team sucks. Still, I didn't think they could actually lose to Navy. I also didn't think Charlie Weis would be smart enough to go for it on a 4th and 8 on the 25-yard line late in the 4th quarter of a tie game, but I guess I'm just a damn moron. Surely the genius knows more about football than I do.

Anyway, getting past my Irish angst, it must feel really nice to be a member of the Naval Academy right now. They finally got the monkey off their back, and when you do that, there's only one thing you can do: party. They're partying so hard in Annapolis, they even canceled classes on Monday.

The Naval Academy canceled classes Monday, giving the 4,400 midshipmen another day to celebrate the football team's first victory over Notre Dame in 44 tries.

I'd be angry with the Academy for reveling in my shame so much, but really how I can be mad at them in good conscience? When they're done playing football they'll be out their putting their lives on the line to protect us from all those evil terrorists and Canada. We can't thank them enough for that.