On this Thursday night, the wait staff at Ruth's Chris Steak House in Granger, Indiana, will scramble to locate the last of its remaining bread bowls and push together a long string of tables in the back corner of the restaurant. They are accustomed now to the onslaught of 4,500 pounds of hungry men wrapped in blue-and-gold sweatpants who ramble through their doors each week.
Thursday night is discounted burger night at the usually pricey chain restaurant, which makes it a perfect night for the Notre Dame defensive line to get a little taste of the good life on a college student's budget.