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Throughout Faust's ordeal, though especially in this last 5-6 season, he and his team have experienced such infernal luck that the university's puckish publicist Roger Valdiserri has been sighing, "You'd think Madalyn Murray O'Hair was our spiritual adviser." But beyond the bad breaks, the coach was also inclined to try 52-yd. field goals in head winds when a punt was preferable to a prayer. "Blessed Mother," Faust murmured on the sidelines, "haven't you tested me enough?" His players mumbled much the same thing. In light of such failed piety, Notre Dame's traditional...
...could bottle Gerry's resiliency," sighs Associate Athletic Director Roger Valdiserri, "we'd have the Russians worried." Four setbacks in seven games, including a third consecutive loss to Air Force, would seem to have delivered Faust, once the best high school coach in Cincinnati, to some sort of brink. To those who know South Bend, the incredible fact is that he has lost three straight and is but 10 and 10 at home. Faust is a devout Catholic, and Irish followers are not devoid of faith. When Steve Oracko made a big kick...
Shortly after he arrived at Notre Dame, Quarterback Joe Theismann was called into the office of Sports Information Director Roger Valdiserri. "Son," said Valdiserri, "how do you pronounce your name?" "Thees-man," said Theismann. "Nope," said Valdiserri. "From now on it's Thighs-man, just like in Heisman." Theismann got the message...
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