Georgetown and Notre Dame engaged in a century's long arms race to create the first American pope only to have Villanova pants both of them. I have no ties to any of those schools. And yet that fact brings me a tremendous amount of joy. - ThreadSky

jvl.bsky.social • 3 days ago

Georgetown and Notre Dame engaged in a century's long arms race to create the first American pope only to have Villanova pants both of them.

I have no ties to any of those schools. And yet that fact brings me a tremendous amount of joy.

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sharonformerrepub.bsky.social•2 days ago

Wait until I tell my ND Alum husband. Lol 😂

stacyspies.bsky.social•2 days ago

Hoyas reliving the agony of the 1984 NCAA basketball loss to Nova.

kokeefe.bsky.social•2 days ago

1985

mgramone.bsky.social•3 days ago

Gotta admit, that's the biggest upset win for Nova since they beat Pat Ewing and Georgetown in the 1985 championship game

camps123.bsky.social•1 day ago

always fun to have a winner come out of left field

rossi03.bsky.social•2 days ago

Haha, nothing like a little friendly rivalry to spice things up! It’s always satisfying when an underdog pulls off the win, especially in such a surprising way.

jediindy.bsky.social•3 days ago

Of course you don’t famously have an axe to grind against Georgetown lol

sweetpinkle.bsky.social•2 days ago

jazzrat2000.bsky.social•3 days ago

I was holding out for someone from Montana State-Bozeman

dadaindc.bsky.social•2 days ago

😏 Those Augustinians!

doctorglobal.bsky.social•2 days ago

Speaking for ND, it's never been a goal to birth a pope. Order of Holy Cross is dedicated to education. We did, however, just compete for yet another national championship in football. Go Irish!

by-tor2112.bsky.social•2 days ago

ND is good for football, not so much for Religion. If only Prévost could have run a better 40!

dell10.bsky.social•3 days ago

It's bad enough that they've been better than Georgetown in basketball.

hobokenirish.bsky.social•3 days ago

Spend some time with some Villanova people and you’ll think twice. They are gonna get very annoying about this….

jvl.bsky.social•3 days ago

They'll be insufferable by September.

danielrlevy88.bsky.social•3 days ago

Being the only Augie university in the USA, religion be like this. But Jesus said don't be proud of rubbing elbows with Him. If that's all they have then He'll say He never knew them (in the way necessary for a personal salvation to be worked).

danielrlevy88.bsky.social•3 days ago

So you got your answer if Villanova gets uppity.

jameswilson1781.bsky.social•3 days ago

We already are and have 1) greatest upset in NCAA tourney history; 2) most iconic shot in NCAA tourney history and 3) the Pope. Take that Harvard

pcrritesgood.bsky.social•3 days ago

Rollie Massimino would be proud.

philipammar.bsky.social•2 days ago

Maybe a little bit of joy that Georgetown didn't win?

darthfos.bsky.social•3 days ago

Welcome to the "Summer of Schadenfreude"

bj2sr.bsky.social•2 days ago

After 12 years of a good catholic education, I couldn’t stomach another 4 years in a catholic university! The education was so good most of us came out atheists & most of the teaching nuns left the order to live in the real world.

bj2sr.bsky.social•2 days ago

Villanova just produced another old white man who will make ZERO changes to church doctrine bc the end goal is still to protect their power & wealth.

bj2sr.bsky.social•2 days ago

It takes a while for liberal academically minded universities to reprogram some religious BS out of the gullible but everyone should be expected to take a history of religion class. It should be a requirement in all high schools much less colleges. We’d have a much better educated populace!

maxjes.bsky.social•2 days ago

DePaul tried, but much like basketball their best chance was in the 40s.

havenoparty.bsky.social•2 days ago

Has Timmy figured it out yet? Of course Sarah knew all along.

havenoparty.bsky.social•2 days ago

This is the greatest thing youve ever said.

veganspacemanspiff.bsky.social•2 days ago

Yawn.

realimgroot.bsky.social•2 days ago

We almost have to assume Bob applied to ND and they passed.

patrickc-runs.bsky.social•3 days ago

Having grown up Catholic in Indiana I am also overjoyed by this. Noted Dame ppl are mostly very annoying

telesonixseeker.bsky.social•2 days ago

Wow thanks alot

csbv.bsky.social•3 days ago

Not all of us…

joetheyogi.bsky.social•3 days ago

Villanova becomes the first Papal Blue blood. Liam Donovan somewhere sulking about a horrible basketball program AND no pope!

lonestargooner.bsky.social•3 days ago

Schadenfreude JVL is the best JVL!
😭

pjconway.bsky.social•2 days ago

Thanks. I needed that. There is always a silver lining even in the darkest sky …

royparrish.bsky.social•3 days ago

now we are at that point.... https://bsky.app/profile/ronfilipkowski.bsky.social/post/3lor4n3ylfk2h

jbriana.bsky.social•3 days ago

I'm in Nova Scotia does that count?

ftwaygal.bsky.social•2 days ago

Yes! 😂

joshdsw.bsky.social•3 days ago

Does Notre Dame alumna Barrett's radical Catholic spinoff answer to the Pope? If so, more deliciousness to come. And what of the other right wing Catholic Justices's response to a liberal American Pope: Thomas, Roberts, Alito, and Kavanaugh (with Gorsuch as an "also ran" sometimes Catholic)?