That is the way I heard it; but it quickly became untrue.

by Grantland, y'allywood, Thursday, May 21, 2026, 10:26 (4 days ago) @ IrishGuard
edited by Grantland, Thursday, May 21, 2026, 10:32

Funny/not so funny story on that.

Dad and I were going to take a trip up to see a Michigan game. (Dad's dad and son went to ND but Dad went to Loyola NO).

I did not get the tickets.

Dad asked if he could write a letter; I did not care I wasn't paying attention.

Not a real ugly letter but it was frustrated.

Anyway, it was to the ticket manager at the time, Bubba Cunningham. Bubba drove the golf team to a few matches. We were friends.

Bubba told my best friend on the golf team, "why didn't Doug call for tickets. He knows I would have gotten him some." Well, because the Doug who wrote the letter ain't the Doug who knew you.

I talked to him and apologized but bridge burnt - negligently but accidently. Know the room my friends, know the room. Also, Notre Dame community is very very small.

EDIT: Anger/frustration never works for me.

EDIT: Another edit. It's weird also because sometimes I can get as many as 8 tickets. IIRC I got 4 tickets to every playoff game but the Sugar Bowl. I would have thought the IU ND game would have been a higher demand than this year's Miami. That was a top five all time game for me.