Tradition continued

Charlie Weis remembered when he met with George Steinbrenner at Legends Field during spring training two years ago. “I looked at him and said: ‘Mr. Steinbrenner, you’ve got this new stadium going up. I mean, you’re not going to have Notre Dame and Army scheduled for your first football game?’ ” the Notre Dame coach recalled Monday. Turns out, the Fighting Irish will play the first football game at Steinbrenner’s $1.5 billion ballpark, facing Army in a nationally televised matchup on Nov. 20, 2010. Notre Dame and Army have a long history of playing in New York, They met 22 times at old Yankee Stadium, facing each other annually from 1925-46, except for 1930.

Associated Press