Father Theodore Hesburgh, the most prominent president in the University of Notre Dame’s history, wrote a book in 1990 entitled God, Country, Notre Dame. That slogan can be seen on T-shirts at every Fighting Irish home football game.
The most famous Catholic university can always claim (rightly or wrongly) to have God on its side. But for the next month, it’s Notre Dame vs. Country on the football field. The Fighting Irish are not America’s team—they’re trying to defeat America’s teams.
