re: What is your first memory of college football?

I remember my Dad working at the steel mill during the week and watching Notre Dame on TV every Saturday. After which my brothers and I would go out and play football and I'd be Jack Snow.

When I got older I played football at Joliet Catholic High and carried a secret ambition to play in South Bend. Unfortunately, I didn't have the grades because of dyslexia and had to take a job in the steel mill. Then I lost my best friend in an explosion at the steel mill and decided I had to give it a shot.

I showed up at South Bend with nothing but a duffel bag full of dreams and high ambitions. Anyway to make a long story short, I met this black guy and a priest and a fat brainiac who helped me make my grades and I made the team as a walk on. And I was able to help my Dad and brothers see their first live game at Notre Dame one I played in. I made a sack and they carried me off the field. Thank god they had a good camera angle to catch it!