"In a few minutes we are going to run out on that turf... and we will have 60 minutes of football on that turf... that's 3600 seconds of time... not a second of that time will be easy.. not a second will we rest... until each second has passed can we relax... we earned every second we get on that turf, and not until after 3600 seconds have passed will we know who the next national champion is...
All the critics are saying
that 'Bama is the best team of the last decade...
that 'Bama is a machine and unstoppable...
that 'Bama is too big for us...
that 'Bama is too fast for us....
They are saying that we are lucky to just be "relevant" once again.
They are saying we should be scared? Do you want to know what 'Bama should be scared of? Notre Dame means football... and when we run onto that field we have hundreds of thousands of fans running behind us... AND...
We have the PASSION of a 6 year old throwing pretend touchdowns in the backyard...
We have the INNOVATION of a team that has always beat the odds...
We have the DRIVE of a kid putting on his football gear for the first time...
We have the COMMITMENT of selfless players, you all give everything for each other...
We have the RESOLVE of a team that knows we won this game in the gym and on the practice field already, we just need to seal it here...
More Importantly...
We have the TRADITION of winning... remember that feeling you had the first time you ran through Our Tunnel... we are going to harness all of that... I want you to remember it now... focus on that feeling...
That feeling the first time you ran through the tunnel at ND you became an Irish Legend... now today, we will run through the Championship Tunnel and after 3600 seconds, we will become LEGENDARY.
Lets Go Irish!"
