Notre Dame D-coordinator Al Golden was called the 'godfather' of its defense. His players dug up his old film when he was a TE at Penn State during the 1990 ND-PSU game when he caught a TD pass to help upset the No. 1 Irish.

My story Golden's impact at Notre Dame:

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