So who's going to Notre Dame and where are you staying?

*****. I drive that far a couple times a week. Sheez.

 

Going. Staying in LaPorte.

 

To anyone who is making a long weekend of it, I'd highly recommend staying in St. Joseph, MI. Chicago is great, too. Northern Indiana is generally a ****-hole, although if you just want a place to lay your head, I'm sure it's fine. New Buffalo might be okay, too, but I've only driven past the multi-million dollar houses on the lake, and never spent much time in town.

St. Joseph is a small beach town with a downtown that sits on a bluff overlooking Lake Michigan. The public beach is a three block walk. That time of year, the water might even be warm enough to swim in.

 

I call stalemate. The Chicago 'burbs do seem to be closer to South Bend than Lafayette is. Daughter says Chi-town is 1.5-2 hours.
Google shows Lafayette 91 miles from South Bend, yet shows drive time of 2hrs 20 min. Lots of 2 lane pokey roads up there.

 

Yea but I dont use a Tank of gas a month normally

 

Lots of traffic. When I saw I'd need to go so close to Chicago I said **** it Went thru there back in 90 going to the Indy 500. Took for ever to get thru Chicago.

Plus I doubt I could stand all those dayum Yankees.

 

If you went through Chicago on your way to Indy from Oklahoma then I'm gonna start calling you Sicemonahill. Geographically challenged much? Heh.

 

Like to go but probly gonna skip this one. Hope all going has fun. Maybe as it gets closer i will change my mind.

 

more like vetfromthehilldrivingmildlydrunk

 

Buying a house soon, not making any football related trips because of it

 

Heh, I were In Minneapolis at the time :highly_amused:

 

I always thought Portage Indiana was a nice, quaint town.

 

I know a real Catholic priest. Installing some defibrillators in his real Catholic church tomorrow. Surely that will put me on the high road to ND football tickets.
Desperate times and all....

 

Another rotten thing up there:
"no ethanol" is a term they have not only never heard of, but hyperventilate over. Ethanol is the govt's way of keeping the whole state fat and happy.

 

If I went, I'd prolly go thru Crane where My sister lives , and Take her with me. Go on up thru Indy
Or have her meet me in Indy. My niece lives there

 

Going to a game in South Bend is a definite on my bucket list, and I can't imagine ever wanting to go see Notre Dame play anyone else, so I decided this could be the last time I get the chance to see the Sooners play the Irish in South Bend. It was kind of a "can't miss" in my book.

 

I don't think i would enjoy being around all the domer fans that would be at the game. It was annoying even seeing them in Norman last year, and there weren't all that many there.

 

My brother and I are currently planning to drive up. No idea yet how we'll get tix or our route up there or where we'll stay.

 

A lot of years have passed since we played there last but of all the true away games I have attended no where have I been treated better than South Bend.