Ten Days

Ten days from football.  Now this means we need to honor Notre Dame's great number tens.  Yes, yes, you're all expecting a particularly handsome quarterback to grace the pages of this website.  But first, let's hop in the wayback machine to November 13th, 1993.  When another #10, Adrian Jarrell,

took the field against #1 Florida State.  It was all part of a master plan, you see.  Coach Holtz called a masterful drive.  He ordered five or six straight running plays.  No misdirection, no air attack.  Just pure unadulterated violence.  Line plunge up the middle.  Counter left, counter right, line plunge right, et cetera.  And then the Irish called this play:

ROLL TAPE!

There's many plays in football that are fun to watch.  Somewhere near the top are the ones like this, featuring 1) misdirection 2) offensive linemen running 20 yards downfield looking for someone to block and 3) ending in a touchdown:

Alas, that play took place almost twenty years ago.  More recently, we've had another heroic player wearing #10: Brady Quinn.

Brady Quinn denotes the number of touchdowns he ran for against Jon Tenuta's defense

In four years as a Notre Dame quarterback, he set thirty-six separate records, most of which are featured in this highlight reel: 

I particularly recommend the thrashing of Penn State in Joe Paterno's last visit to Notre Dame Stadium

He was a fan favorite, embraced by students and alumni alike.  And for some reason most of the female student body as well.  

Nope.  Haven't the foggiest idea why he was such a favorite.  Any ideas? 

He also had a brief but memorable career as a pitchman, for Myoplex energy drinks

Which sadly, just can't hold a candle to the greatest energy drink of all time, PowerThirst:

Ahhhh, PowerThirst.  It's the perfect energy drink for strenuous physical activities.  Like boxing.  Which is a nice segue into tomorrow's segment.  But that, of course, comes later.