Holy War: Boston College (5-5) vs #16 Notre Dame (8-2) (NBC)

[TrueOrange]

It's 33-7 Notre Dame with 1:44 left in the 3rd quarter.

The winner gets the Frank Leahy Memorial Bowl (trophy on the right) and the Ireland Trophy (trophy seen on the left):

 

[VOL 4 Life 83]

Wait, isn’t the holy war BYU vs Utah?

 

[TrueOrange]

Wait, isn’t the holy war BYU vs Utah?

I originally thought so, too. Surprisingly, both have been using the "Holy War" moniker (though BYU v Utah seems to use it a bit more, since they play much more regularly than Notre Dame and Boston College do on the weird " 5 ACC teams playing Notre Dame" scheduling system, which seems to have the two only play every other year now.)

The Notre Dame/Boston College game has been using the title since 1975, when the media began calling it a “Holy War” game due to both schools Catholic affiliations, and the name stuck. (I was also curious about when BYU-Utah started to call its game the Holy War but was unable to find a year, oddly enough.)

 

[utvolford]

It's 33-7 Notre Dame with 1:44 left in the 3rd quarter.

The winner gets the Frank Leahy Memorial Bowl (trophy on the right) and the Ireland Trophy (trophy seen on the left):

Not sure there is anything "holy" about either school any more.....