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“If I knew the football team was going to be this bad, I would’ve gone to Yale drama school like I wanted to…”

Notre Dame is having a tough year.

Their football team is 1-9 (1-10 if you count Charlie Weis’ losing his gastric bypass surgery appeal back in July) and faces the possibility that it could end up being the worst team in the 119 seasons that Notre Dame has fielded a team.

To give you an idea how bad it is, people from New Orleans are asking if there’s any way they can help.

As anyone who’s ever been there knows, when you play on a really bad team or work for a really bad company, all you want to do is just try to make it through the end of the year without calling attention to yourself and without being embarrassed any more than you already are by having to tell people you play football for Notre Dame or work in the purchasing department for the company that makes Aqua Dots.

It’s a time when you hope alumni and ex-employees keep a low profile and don’t do anything to draw attention to your alma mater or the previous 14 years of your resume.

Too bad it’s not working out that way for Notre Dame.

Just when you thought it couldn’t be any more uncomfortable to have a Fighting Irish bumper sticker on your car, the winningest basketball coach in your school’s history decides to take the lead role in a play called Love Letters.
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“A Romantic Comedy with a BitterSweet Ending.” Just like Notre Dame’s football season …
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I don’t know if Digger’s been taking acting lessons or not, but there’s no way this turns out well. The only way this could be anymore awkward would be if Kelly Tripucka showed up without a costume and played a horse.
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Up until now, his only role has been as a walk-on in “Equus”
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Tickets for this adaption of A.R. Gurney’s “masterpiece” are $40.

The theater asks that any banners you bring are tasteful and free of profanity and reserves the right to eject anyone caught heckling or doing the wave.

A.R. Gurney asks that you still be refer to the play as a “masterpiece” after this Saturday.