Notre Dame fans ... showed just how late the flag for pass interference came in on the Jack Kiser would-be interception. That is among the very most exciting college football games I've ever ...

Because when Notre Dame kicked off the longest football season in school history ... before Coogan took the field holding the American flag, the Irish center held court outside the Notre Dame ...

Of all the unholy alliances, Michigan fans rooting for Notre Dame is one that violates every cardinal rule of college football ... all-time high thanks to the flag-planting, pepper-spraying ...