This special fellow felt so strongly about his disdain for the Fighting Irish that he actually inked the Notre Dame mascot hanging from the USC logo onto ... was painted white) and statue ...

The “Fighting Irish” football team challenged the ascendancy in the ‘20s, ‘30s, and ‘40s of schools which at the time were bastions of White Anglo ... the leprechaun logo in question ...

Former Notre Dame football coach Lou Holtz is defending the “Fighting Irishman ... Smith. "Many Irish Americans are not offended (by the logo), but many are," Kellerman said.