Shenanigans

Rockne was an inveterate kidder when he was among friends. George Gipp was somewhat lackadaisical at practice and Rockne would kid him about being out of condition. Rock also tolerated some of Gipp's vices, realizing that he was quite a bit older than the rest of us. We'd be leading in a game and Rock would substitute for the regulars; the first thing Gipp would do would be to drift over to the stands where a buddy would be sitting, take his buddy's cigarette, and sneak some puffs. Rock knew it because I swear he had eyes in the back of his head, but as long as Gipp did it on the sly and not in front of us, Rock would keep quiet.

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One evening during the summer of '18 George bumped into his old friend of high-school days, Frederic Larson, on a Calumet street. "What's your plans for the future?" George asked.
"I plan to join the Army," Larson replied,
"Come down to Notre Dame and play football," George said. "If we don't kill you by the time the season is over, then join the Army."

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