1988 National Champions – A Year in Review

“Outlined against a blue-gray October [ok, February] sky, the Four Horsemen [ok, YHC and 7 faithful companions] rode again”

For my first Rock City Q, I decided to take the PAX on a trip down memory lane – to 1988, to celebrate a Notre Dame National Championship.  Not to date myself, but this was senior year for me….

Warmup: After the disclaimer, and the warning that PAX was getting a full dose of ND, we moseyed towards the rockpile.

Game 1: ND 19 – Michigan 17.  Walk-on placekicker Reggie Ho boots 4 field goals.  Warm up with SSH, IW and DQ x19.

Game 2: ND 20 – Michigan State 3.  NOLA LB Michael Stonebreaker returns an INT for a TD.  PAX celebrates with Murkin x20 and 3 lonely MSU burpies.

Grab your Football.

COP 1 – The Lawn: All-American QB Tony Rice hits his stride in these games.  Flexes his muscles, if you will.  For each game, we do a series of Presses, Pushes (bench press motion, but standing up), Curls and Rows.

Game 3: ND 52 – Purdue 7: Press x13, Push x13, Curl x13, Row x13 (totals 52…)

Game 4: ND 42 – Stanford 14: Press x10, Push x10, Curl x12, Row x10 (totals 42)

Game 5: ND 30 – Pitt 20: Press x7, Push x7, Curl x9, Row x7 (totals 30)

COP 2 – The Field: Mosey to the football field.

Game 6: ND 31 – Miami 30.  Catholics vs Convicts.  Game of the Century.  Etc…..  Hero of the game: Safety Pat Terrell, with an INT for a TD and breaking up a 2 point conversion with 45 seconds to go.  So we do 2 “Pat Terrells”: 50 yd dash with your football, Squat Jump x 10.

Game 7 & Game 8: ND 41 – Air Force 13, ND 22 – Navy 7: Suicide Ladders with Burpie.  First up: 10/20 suicide, 7 burpies.  10/20/30 suicide, 5 burpies.  10/20/30/41 suicide, 5 burpies.  Sorry guys, we didn’t get to the 22 total burpies for navy.  You all owe me 5 more burpies OYO…

Game 9: ND 54 – Rice 11: Rocket Ismail takes 2 KOs to the house.  We celebrate with 2 80yd dashes

COP 3 – The Shed: Mosey to the shed

Game 10: ND 21 – PSU 3: The ND RB stable (Johnson, Green, Brooks, Culver) carried the load.  We work quads with them.  Channing Tatums x 21.  Dips x15, Tatum Channings x21.  Muricans x15

Game 11: ND 27 – USC 10: Lou Holtz sends starters Ricky Watters and Tony Brooks home.  We pull up a (People’s) Chair to watch with them.  Sit.  Count up to 27.  Then 10 Presses.  Repeat.

COP 4 – The Lawn: Mosey back to the lawn for Mary

Game 12: Fiesta Bowl ND 34 – WVU 21.  LBC x24.  Grab rock for some Bench Press x10 (total 34!).  HD x 21.  FK x 21.  BP x 10.

Mosey back to the flag.  Count off, Names, Prayers.  Remember intentions in our hearts.  And a close friend of YHC going in for medical tests this week.

Finish with St. Ignatius prayer for generosity.

Thanks all for making my VHQ at Rock City a great morning!