Rudy Ruettiger, a former Notre Dame Fighting Irish walk-on whose brief career was dramatized by Hollywood, was baptized Saturday into The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.
Yes, Rudy - who attended Joliet Catholic High School - is now a Mormon.
Bronco Mendenhall was, until last year, the head coach of the BYU Cougars. Their team last played in South Bend in 2013, a 23-13 victory for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish.
The (Charlottesville, Va.) Daily Progress wrote about Mendenhall’s “fireside” tradition after he accepted the head coaching position with the Virginia Cavaliers:
In his first year as BYU’s leading man, Mendenhall started a new tradition.