[mlizzy]

"Easter falling on 3-31 could either be a great foreshadowing for the Fighting Irish or a false hope. Easter fell on 3-31 in 1929, perhaps Rockne's most brilliant season, when ND went undefeated while playing all its games on the road. But it also fell on 3-31 in 2002, when Tyrone Willingham's 1st team started 8-0, only to lose 3 of their last 5 that year, and then more than 1/2 of his remaining games as coach." --Tom O'Toole

[irish guard]

And...Rockne’s plane was found in that Kansas field by a guy named Easter Heathman.