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You're in South Bend. It's Senior Day. Notre Dame is playing a nearly meaningless game against Syracuse, easily one of the worst teams in the nation. It's snowing like mad. Most likely, you're a student who's just ready to put in an appearance and get on the road for Thanksgiving break. Obviously, there's only one reasonable course of action:

At first people started by throwing the snow in the air, but then began quickly tossing snowballs toward the Notre Dame sideline.

Defensive lineman Ian Williams got hit in the helmet, defensive end Ethan Johnson was struck on the left cheek and a St. Joseph County police officer on the sideline looking into the crowd got hit in the chest.

An NBC camera man also was a frequent target and several snowballs reached the field, although none landed near where play was occurring.

When the Irish defense held a meeting on the sideline, injured linebacker Brian Smith stood on a bench to try to shield his teammates. But when a snowball hit defensive tackle Pat Kuntz, he stood and faced the crowd and appeared to challenge whoever threw it to come down on the field.

I'm sure Kuntz always dreamed when he arrived in South Bend that one day, if he worked hard enough, persevered and strived to embody the history and pride of Notre Dame Football, he'd walk off the field for his last home game against a hapless opponent while threatening the home crowd for pelting him and his Irish teammates with snowballs. It's all about the memories, people.