They are playing UMass on Saturday. My guess is he would root for Notre Dame.

(09-24-2015 07:08 PM)connecticutguy Wrote:  They are playing UMass on Saturday. My guess is he would root for Notre Dame.

The Pope is a Jesuit. If he were to watch an American football game (which he won't) it would be Boston College, not Notre Dame

(09-24-2015 07:08 PM)connecticutguy Wrote:  They are playing UMass on Saturday. My guess is he would root for Notre Dame.

Hopefully he will be busy watching the Syracuse game. We need a miracle.

There are a number of high schools named after popes, I'd guess he'd be watching those games.

(09-24-2015 07:35 PM)MadisonHawk Wrote:  

(09-24-2015 07:08 PM)connecticutguy Wrote:  They are playing UMass on Saturday. My guess is he would root for Notre Dame.

The Pope is a Jesuit. If he were to watch an American football game (which he won't) it would be Boston College, not Notre Dame

Would hate for him to be disappointed when Northern Illinois comes to Boston and upsets those Jesuits.

(09-24-2015 07:35 PM)MadisonHawk Wrote:  

(09-24-2015 07:08 PM)connecticutguy Wrote:  They are playing UMass on Saturday. My guess is he would root for Notre Dame.

The Pope is a Jesuit. If he were to watch an American football game (which he won't) it would be Boston College, not Notre Dame

And Notre Dame prefers its independence

The Pope would probably see it for the excess it is.

(09-24-2015 08:21 PM)He1nousOne Wrote:  

(09-24-2015 07:35 PM)MadisonHawk Wrote:  

(09-24-2015 07:08 PM)connecticutguy Wrote:  They are playing UMass on Saturday. My guess is he would root for Notre Dame.

The Pope is a Jesuit. If he were to watch an American football game (which he won't) it would be Boston College, not Notre Dame

Would hate for him to be disappointed when Northern Illinois comes to Boston and upsets those Jesuits.

Well, we will see about that! :)

(09-24-2015 07:08 PM)connecticutguy Wrote:  They are playing UMass on Saturday. My guess is he would root for Notre Dame.

Over a school called "Mass"?

(09-24-2015 07:35 PM)MadisonHawk Wrote:  

(09-24-2015 07:08 PM)connecticutguy Wrote:  They are playing UMass on Saturday. My guess is he would root for Notre Dame.

The Pope is a Jesuit. If he were to watch an American football game (which he won't) it would be Boston College, not Notre Dame

Are you trying to say that Jesus Christ can't hit a curveball?

(09-25-2015 06:47 AM)quo vadis Wrote:  

(09-24-2015 07:08 PM)connecticutguy Wrote:  They are playing UMass on Saturday. My guess is he would root for Notre Dame.

Over a school called "Mass"?

Haha

Pope watches futbol

(09-24-2015 09:26 PM)HeartOfDixie Wrote:  The Pope would probably see it for the excess it is.

Truth

(09-24-2015 08:21 PM)He1nousOne Wrote:  

(09-24-2015 07:35 PM)MadisonHawk Wrote:  

(09-24-2015 07:08 PM)connecticutguy Wrote:  They are playing UMass on Saturday. My guess is he would root for Notre Dame.

The Pope is a Jesuit. If he were to watch an American football game (which he won't) it would be Boston College, not Notre Dame

Would hate for him to be disappointed when Northern Illinois comes to Boston and upsets those Jesuits.

Upsets?

(09-24-2015 07:35 PM)MadisonHawk Wrote:  

(09-24-2015 07:08 PM)connecticutguy Wrote:  They are playing UMass on Saturday. My guess is he would root for Notre Dame.

The Pope is a Jesuit. If he were to watch an American football game (which he won't) it would be Boston College, not Notre Dame

That would be my guess as well. And as we all know, the Pope isn't Irish. So I see no reason for the Pope to have any connection to or about Notre Dame, other than Notre Dame fan's wishes that it were so.

(09-25-2015 01:15 PM)bitcruncher Wrote:  

(09-24-2015 07:35 PM)MadisonHawk Wrote:  

(09-24-2015 07:08 PM)connecticutguy Wrote:  They are playing UMass on Saturday. My guess is he would root for Notre Dame.

The Pope is a Jesuit. If he were to watch an American football game (which he won't) it would be Boston College, not Notre Dame

That would be my guess as well. And as we all know, the Pope isn't Irish. So I see no reason for the Pope to have any connection to or about Notre Dame, other than Notre Dame fan's wishes that it were so.

This whole thread is a bit silly, isn't it?

What ND fans expressed any wishes that the Pope have any connection to ND?

Fox Sports reported: Notre Dame is 4-0 all-time while the pope is in the United States with victories over Georgia Tech in 1979, Michigan and Michigan State in 1987 and Washington in 1995, all during visits by Pope John Paul II.

It is possible that he has never watched an American Football game. Now if we get a Pope O'shaughnessy, different story.

I heard that the pope is a big Miami Canes fan :/

Is it safe to assume he's not an Arizona State or Duke fan?