Commentary | Manti Te'o saga natural fit for Notre Dame
adell@bradenton.comJanuary 19, 2013   It seems natural that the
Manti Te'o story emanate from beneath the Golden Dome. Notre
Dame is the spawning ground of great myths and truths that have
co-existed for more than a century.  There are the Four Horsemen
from Notre Dame's 1924 football team, Touchdown Jesus, "Win one
for the Gipper" and all those Knute Rockne quotes that live in
infamy.  Knute and the Gipper are still bigger than life. They
are part of the lore that has made Notre Dame the most famous
college football program in America.  There is Joe Montana and
the soup bowl game in which he reportedly lay near death, downed
a bowl of chicken soup at halftime and led Notre Dame to a
Cotton Bowl victory. There is Paul Hornung, the "Golden Boy" who
won the '56 Heisman.  There is Rudy and Catholics vs. Convicts
and do you believe in leprechauns?  So why not Lennay Kekua?
Te'o's fictionalized girlfriend who died during the season and
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