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Got a sweet TTM return today, Notre Dame wide receiver Golden Tate, not a graph but a skull cap :)

I have Notre Dame clothing of all types. Y'all have seen that I clearly love the Irish, and that's been in my blood ever since I was a small boy. The last few years, I have seen the team wear skull caps on the sideline that have the interlocking ND on them. I've always thought they'd make a nice item for me to jog and play basketball in. I have searched high and low for these things, and finally asked ND when I went up there for a game, and found out that these are a player only item and are not sold to the public. I've heard that Golden Tate, the Irish's star player, is very fan friendly, and he seems to like these skull caps as he sports them every week. I was watching the game against Navy and decided I'd write him and see if he'd give me a skull cap. I sent him a sincere letter, of course mentioning that I graduated from Notre Dame in 1993, and asked him if he would mind sending me one of his skull caps. Today, 9 days later, I got home and I had a nice surprise in my mailbox. He sent me one his skull caps image

Here's a pic of Golden wearing one of the caps:

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  • DboneesqDboneesq Posts: 18,219 ✭✭
    Good 4 u Mike. Enjoy!
    STAY HEALTHY!

    Doug

    Liquidating my collection for the 3rd and final time. Time for others to enjoy what I have enjoyed over the last several decades. Money could be put to better use.
  • mcholkemcholke Posts: 1,000 ✭✭
    Mike

    Great surprise and nice gesture and from a real Irish star. We look forward to a picture with you wearing it.

    Kevin

    Collecting Tony Perez PSA and Rookie Baseball PSA

  • ldfergldferg Posts: 6,755 ✭✭✭
    nice. tate attended high school just down the road from me in middle tn. hope he does well at the next level.


    Thanks,

    David (LD_Ferg)



    1985 Topps Football (starting in psa 8) - #9 - started 05/21/06
  • thenavarrothenavarro Posts: 7,497 ✭✭✭
    image
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  • mcholkemcholke Posts: 1,000 ✭✭
    Nice picture and good looking Lou Holtz behind you.

    Collecting Tony Perez PSA and Rookie Baseball PSA

  • goose3goose3 Posts: 11,471 ✭✭✭
    That's pretty cool.
  • SidePocketSidePocket Posts: 2,901 ✭✭✭
    Got some golden taters from McD's today.

    "Molon Labe"

  • zep33zep33 Posts: 6,897 ✭✭✭
    Nice thing of him to do

    You've now crossed the Golden Tate bridge image
  • MBMiller25MBMiller25 Posts: 6,056 ✭✭
    Classy Move by Tate! Congrats Mike.
  • Awesome, I now have one reason to like the Fighting Irish.
  • lawnmowermanlawnmowerman Posts: 19,477 ✭✭✭✭


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    Mike, did Golden happen to mention that his Lice problem was taken care of?
  • AllenAllen Posts: 7,165 ✭✭✭
    Mike, your picture made me laugh out loud. The cap is awesome and you rock it like a champ, but I just thought of you going to an important meeting with your suit and briefcase and stopping right outside to put on your skull cap. Please send Coach Charlie a leter and ask him to wear one for his last ND game as coach.
  • MisterBungleMisterBungle Posts: 2,308 ✭✭✭
    Great thread!! Love the pics. That was pure class
    on Golden's part!!

    You need to send him a "thank you" note, if you
    haven't already.

    ~

    Edited to add: And be sure to send him a picture
    of you in the skull cap!!

    image

    ~


    "America suffers today from too much pluribus and not enough unum.".....Arthur Schlesinger Jr.

  • thenavarrothenavarro Posts: 7,497 ✭✭✭
    Golden had a nice game against Stanford last night. (too bad that the ND defense is awful though, yet another loss) Golden had 10 receptions for 201 yards and 3 touchdowns. 1 rush for 15 yards. To be such a small sized person, he has a great knack for coming up with the football. I hope it carries to the next level for him.

    Go Golden!!
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  • baseballfanbaseballfan Posts: 5,473 ✭✭✭
    very cool!!!!


    nice pick up
    Fred

    collecting RAW Topps baseball cards 1952 Highs to 1972. looking for collector grade (somewhere between psa 4-7 condition). let me know what you have, I'll take it, I want to finish sets, I must have something you can use for trade.

    looking for Topps 71-72 hi's-62-53-54-55-59, I have these sets started

  • CWUCAT62CWUCAT62 Posts: 92 ✭✭✭
    Mike they definetly could have used your athleticism and skull cap yesterday.
    Andre Dawson Super Collector, who also collects the following-
    *Baseball* HOF autographs, Harold Baines, Pete Rose, Joe Morgan & Seattle Mariners
    *Football* Seattle Seahawks, Kenny Easley, Steve Largent, Jon Kitna, & Brian Bosworth
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  • Mike,nice gesture by Tate and it looks like your enjoying it.image Lou
    Collecting Roberto Clemente and Willie Stargell cards.
  • Always nice to hear of a classy move by a sports star. Enjoy the cap!!
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