Notre Dame and Army to play football game at Yankee Stadium?

[charlie and algernon]

A source close to the situation confirmed to ESPN.com Friday that Army and Notre Dame will play the first football game at the new Yankee Stadium in 2010.

Army issued a release Friday afternoon touting a "major college football announcement" Monday at the stadium. The announcement will be a game against the Fighting Irish, said the source, renewing a once-vibrant New York City tradition.

Notre Dame senior associate athletic director John Heisler could not confirm that the game is a go, but did not dispute it, either.

"We've talked for some time about our interest in playing in Yankee Stadium, and Yankee Stadium has expressed an interesting in having us play there," Heisler said. "We're very close to having something happen."

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=4336932

I may actually have to get tickets to that.

[Ikonoklast]

1. Throwback Time!

Good idea for all parties concerned, brings back some echoes of great names and great teams of the past.

Plus, the money from the gate won't be half bad, either.

[KamaAina]

2. Let me see if I've got this straight.

I may actually have to root for Army? :eyes: Even in the Army-Navy game, being a Maryland native, I go with Navy.

[Captain Hilts]

3. Cool. I saw Navy play ND in DC. The ND players were physically so much bigger.

[sasquatch]

4. Does the winner get to kick Hank Steinbrenner in the balls?

In all seriousness though, this sounds like a really cool idea. Too bad Army isn't as good as ND.