School is in session. The days are shorter. The faint, first chills of autumn can be felt in the evening air under Friday night lights.
But where did this term come from?
Ryan Scheel of uCatholic.com did some research.
Not surprisingly, the story starts at the confluence of Catholicism and Football; The University of Notre Dame.
The expression goes back at least to the 1924 Notre Dame backfield; the famed Four Horsemen. The Four Horsemen were Quarterback Harry Stuhldreher, Halfbacks Don Miller, and Jim Crowley, and Fullback Elmer Layden. Riding the talent of the perhaps most fabled quartet in college football history, Notre Dame established itself as a football powerhouse, losing only 2 games in the 3 years they were together.
Click here to read the rest at uCatholic.com.
And the next time you see a “Hail Mary,” remind your friends that the pass is named after the prayer (and the person) – not the other way around.