I never had the pleasure of meeting him. But I damn well

by Grantland, y'allywood, Tuesday, March 24, 2026, 07:14 (124 days ago) @ Jack

knew he was a legend in the flesh.

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Notre Dame Fencing - Build Gia A Frickin' Statue on Campus - NDJuban, 2026-03-22, 14:27
- Gia has been amazing as you note - Domer99, 2026-03-23, 08:57
  - Mike DeCicco was not only the Knute Rockne of ND fencing - Jack, 2026-03-23, 12:04
    - I never had the pleasure of meeting him. But I damn well - Grantland, 2026-03-24, 07:14
      - Almost forgot - he also taught the fencing rotation in PE - Jack, 2026-03-24, 10:09
    - Yep, he started ND’s famed academic tutoring program - Mark, 2026-03-23, 12:14
      - When I was in grad school at ND in the early 80s, - oviedoirish, 2026-03-23, 12:51
  - Do we need a group statue? - Chris, 2026-03-23, 10:52
  - RIP - Greg, 2026-03-23, 10:46
  - +1 - Mark, 2026-03-23, 10:08
  - Man, Yves was awesome. - domer.mq, 2026-03-23, 09:02
    - “Auriol, like the cookie” - Jeff (BGS), 2026-03-23, 10:54
      - Also a professional rugby player - Greg, 2026-03-23, 14:00
      - The greatest athletic achievement of my life... - domer.mq, 2026-03-23, 11:27
        
        We had a young lady that had trained as a - Mark, 2026-03-23, 12:06
        
        I think I've mentioned before - Jay, 2026-03-23, 13:48
        
        Stephane! - Domer99, 2026-03-23, 14:39
        
        Heh. - KGB, 2026-03-23, 14:05
- Interesting insight - Greg, 2026-03-23, 08:44
- Why are we so good at Fencing? - Grantland, 2026-03-23, 06:23
  - We were already good, but the facilities (est. 2012) help - Aaron (Shakespeare), 2026-03-23, 09:24
    - From the archives..... - Domer99, 2026-03-23, 17:54
  - It's a lot like the success of Mendoza - South Shore Line, 2026-03-23, 09:19
- Tremendous work. - San Pedro, 2026-03-22, 17:54
  - yes! - KGB, 2026-03-23, 14:06
- NW corner of the Joyce seems like a great spot. - Chris, 2026-03-22, 17:21
- incredible - KGB, 2026-03-22, 14:40

the Polo Grounds

I never had the pleasure of meeting him. But I damn well