Detroit Free Press · Sep 17, 2016
MSU-Notre Dame 2006 game was pivotal for both programs
(Photo: Kirthmon F. Dozier, DFP)It was as memorable for Notre Dame fans, forgettable yet indelible for Michigan State fans.
The thought of the all-day rain and fourth-quarter fireworks make Javon Ringer cringe as much as it gets Brady Quinn talking. It was far from a game of a century that night of Sept. 23, 2006, but it remembered by a new generation as a pivotal moment in both the history of MSU and Notre Dame’s football programs.
One of the final high points for the Irish under Charlie Weis. Perhaps the lowest point for the Spartans under John L. Smith. Final: Notre Dame 40, MSU 37.