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Message:: [QUOTE="TheNickelGuy, post: 8235619, member: 20201"]Don't hate me for this but I'm a fan.And I am glad that Brian Kelly is finally GONE!He won ZERO National Championships and only stuck around, in my opinion, to surpass Rockne in wins.He was no Knute Rockne. 1967 The Four Horsemen Ride Over Army MedalFrom the 12 pc Cavalcade of Sports Silver Medal SetMetal Arts Co., Inc. of Rochester, NY. [ATTACH=full]1448651[/ATTACH] The Four Horsemen of Notre Dame comprised a group of American football players at the University of Notre Dame under coach Knute Rockne. They were the backfield of Notre Dame's 1924 football team. The players that made up this group were quarterback Harry Stuhldreher, left halfback Jim Crowley, right halfback Don Miller, and fullback Elmer Layden. In 1924, The foursome needed some help from Grantland Rice, a sportswriter for the former New York Herald Tribune, to achieve football immortality.After Notre Dame's 13–7 upset victory over a strong Army team, on October 18, 1924, Rice penned "the most famous football lead of all-time". "Outlined against a blue-gray October sky, the Four Horsemen rode again. In dramatic lore their names are Death, Destruction, Pestilence, and Famine. But those are aliases. Their real names are: Stuhldreher, Crowley, Miller and Layden. They formed the crest of the South Bend cyclone before which another fighting Army team was swept over the precipice at the Polo Grounds this afternoon as 55,000 spectators peered down upon the bewildering panorama spread out upon the green plain below." After the team arrived back in South Bend, he posed the four players, dressed in their uniforms, on the backs of four horses from a livery stable in town. The wire services picked up the now-famous photo, and the legendary status of the Four Horsemen was assured. [ATTACH=full]1448659[/ATTACH] The Four Horsemen had run rampant through Irish opponents' defenses since coach Knute Rockne devised the lineup in 1922 during their sophomore season. During the three-year tenure of the Four Horsemen, Notre Dame lost only two games; one each in 1922 and 1923, both to Nebraska in Lincoln before packed houses. Although none of the four stood taller than six feet or weighed more than 162 pounds, they played 30 games as a unit and only lost to one team, Nebraska, twice. They played at a time when there were no separate offensive and defensive teams. All players had to play both sides. Once a player left the field, he could not come back into the game. The linemen also earned the less famous nickname, The Seven Mules. I am glad to own this very nice exampleThe Four Horsemen - 1955 Topps All-American #68 sportscard. [ATTACH=full]1448660[/ATTACH] 1971 Knute RockneNational Commemorative SocietyFranklin Mint Sterling Silver Medal [ATTACH=full]1448678[/ATTACH] Edge No. 4834Metal Sterling SilverMintage 5292Size 39mmWeight 0.83oz Head Coach Notre Dame RecordWon 105Lost 12Tied 5Won 3 national 1924, 1929 and 1930 Not the Army "Win One For The Gipper" SpeechBut from a Newsreel Motivational Rockne Speech game is unknown. [MEDIA=youtube]8cHteTe01y0[/MEDIA]Read Along           And the same backfield, Jimmy, you and Collins, Chevigny, and Niemiec. Now-w the success of any team men is based on team-play -- the same as you've shown all year --: Sacrifice; unselfish sacrifice! These are the fellows they say are pretty good; but I think we're better! And I think if we get ourselves keyed up to a point, and when we're confident of that ... why-y-y the results will take care of themselves.           All right, now. On the kickoff -- if we receive, the zone men will drop back to the receiver and block long -- that old Notre Dame style. If we kickoff -- which the rest of the teams want -- let's run down fast -- just as fast as you can run. And then we go on defense. And on defense -- I want the center in and out of that line -- according to the situation. Use your old head! And I want you guards charging through as far as you can go -- on every play. Expect the play right over you every time --.           And the tackles -- I want you to go in a yard and a half -- and then check yourselves. Spread your feet -- squat down low -- and be ready with your hands and elbows, so you won't be sideswiped. But I want the ends in there fast every play. Every play, but under control. And you men in the backfield there, I want you to analyze it before you move. If they throw a forward pass, a zone pass, wait ‘til you see the ball in the air -- and then go and get it! And when we get it, boys, that's when we go on offense. And that's when we go to ‘em -- and, don't forget, we're gonna pick on one last one tackle that is weak.           We're going inside of ‘em, we're going outside of ‘em -- inside of ‘em! outside of ‘em! -- and when we get them on the run once, we're going to keep ‘em on the run. And we're not going to pass unless their secondary comes up too close. But don't forget, men -- we're gonna get ‘em on the run, we're gonna go, go, go, go! -- and we aren't going to stop until we go over that goal line! And don't forget, men -- today is the day we're gonna win. They can't lick us -- and that's how it goes... The first platoon men -- go in there and fight, fight, fight, fight, fight! What do you say, men! [ATTACH=full]1448679[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1448680[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]

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