Thirty years ago today Rudy was released in theaters. (That’s where we watched movies before we streamed them at home.)

I was 11 years old at the time, a perfect age to watch a movie about college football.

Well, not just football.

Notre Dame football.

If you want to know what my childhood was like, just watch Rudy up to the point where Rudy enrolls at Notre Dame. We’re the Ruettigers.

For further details, check out Friday’s episode of Math and Musings.