Sing Like a Champion

A couple months ago, we were briefly blessed with a glimpse of a video made by Purdue to send to alumni, apparently in an attempt to raise money (because farmers have the internet). The video was beyond awful. It was cheesy, it featured scenes of what appeared to be someone's post-apocalyptic vision of Indiana complete with overcast skies and grotesque-looking people, and it begged you to donate even $5 if that's all you can spare. It was pathetic.

Seeking to wrest from Purdue the title of "Northern Indiana University with the Worst PR Video," Notre Dame has thrown its self-entitled hat into the mix by making this horribly hilarious song and video (thanks to Gregerson for the link). Brace yourself. Things are about to get uncomfortable.



Huh. So that's what they did. A couple things that popped into my mind while I was laughing out loud:
1. Holy shit, thank you Notre Dame.
2. Is it possible to be embarrassed for a university, much less one that I hate?
3. To paraphrase Hack (I think), look at all those average-looking women.
4. The song blatantly derivative of Morris Day & The Time. Morris, I've never asked you for anything, but please sue Notre Dame.
5. I want to meet the man or woman who thought, "You know what would really make sense in this video? A dude wearing a feathered London policeman's helmet."
6. Why is there a John Lennon lookalike rapping at around the 2:20 mark? Yoko, I've never asked you for anything, but please sue Notre Dame.
7. Whereas the dude who posted the Purdue video was so embarrassed that he took it down, Notre Dame fans and grads are, for the most part, too proud to admit that anything associated with Notre Dame is bad (aside from minority coaches, of course), so I fully expect them to come up with a variety of reasons as to why this is not the worst song and video on the planet. "It'll really unify the fan base." "It's better than anything Michigan ever did." "If you don't like this video, then you don't like God."
8. I pray that IU never does something like this. While the fact that IU has the world's top-ranked music school and The Coug' lives in Bloomington give me some assurance that IU's effort would be better than the failed attempts of Purdue and ND, frankly, in this case, it's better to have not tried at all than to have tried and failed.