New namesake drove Theismann

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  • The_Philster
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    • Jul 2002
    • 52180

    New namesake drove Theismann

    Joe Theismann, as in Heisman, came to Notre Dame with a name that did not make for such a fortuitous football couplet.

    Theese-man didn't rhyme with anything.

    Promotional poetry, the merging of advertising and destiny, though, demanded a slogan that rolled right off the tongue.

    Former Notre Dame sports information director Roger Valdiserri produced that with one minor adjustment in pronunciation.

    That's Theismann, as in Heisman.
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