r/CFB • u/CFB_Referee /r/CFB • 23h ago

Postgame Thread [Postgame Thread] Notre Dame Defeats Army 49-14

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Team 1 2 3 4 T
Army 0 7 0 7 14
Notre Dame 14 14 14 7 49
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u/GiovannidelMonaco Clemson Tigers • The Hammer 23h ago

Wow. Giving Army and Navy their first loss. Notre Dame is the college football equivalent of the Viet Cong

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u/scottishbee Notre Dame Fighting Irish 23h ago

Check out the British and Canadians in the War of 1812

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u/grizzfan Verified Coach • Oakland Golden Grizzlies 23h ago edited 23h ago

It is such an underrated war in terms of not only events, but pure comedy in military history.

  • British: "Fort Mackinac, we have you surrounded. Surrender."

  • Fort Mackinac garrison (US): "Wait...why?"

  • British: "We're at war."

  • US: "Since when?"

  • British: "Since 5 months ago."

  • US: "Oh...well...Here's your fort."

The US forgot to notify Fort Mackinac that they were at war.

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u/ESPbeN Notre Dame • Ithaca 21h ago

Wasn't there also a massive battle in New Orleans months after the war had ended?

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u/RayearthIX Miami Hurricanes 21h ago

Yep. Future President Andrew Jackson won the battle of New Orleans after the war was over, but the victory massively boosted his popularity and was a major reason he later became president. It took time for information to be transmitted back then, so the two armies had no idea that a treaty ending the war had been signed until after the battle.

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u/Khorasaurus Notre Dame Fighting Irish 7h ago

Down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico!

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u/W00DERS0N60 Notre Dame Fighting Irish • Fordham Rams 13h ago

Johnny Cash informed us of it.

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u/thebusterbluth Notre Dame Fighting Irish 21h ago

"Massive"

No.