It just isn't done.

There are things you just can't tolerate.  The country next to you getting nuclear weapons before you do.  Your daughter marrying someone who is known by a single name (except to the authorities in Georgia who have accumulated much more detailed biographical information).  Rain the day after you mowed the lawn.

And, apparently, losing to the United States Naval Academy football team.

Notre Dame lost to Navy 23-21 the other day.  In South Bend.  As the Shakespearian crowd says, "treble woe".

As they say among the Irish faithful, "Fire Charlie Weis".

Then again, they say that alot anyway.

As a Navy fan since the days of Roger Staubach (I think I watched the Cotton Bowl from inside my crib, but I do remember it), it's a bit annoying.

Why