The year was 2006. This was my second football season writing for Blue & Gold Illustrated. In September of that year, I crossed paths for the first time with former Irish head coach Gerry Faust in the Notre Dame Stadium press box before a game against Purdue. A bit star struck, I minded my own business and tried to silently walk by the former Notre Dame skipper with a smile and a head nod. Instead, Faust stopped me to shake my hand and compliment the work we were doing at BGI under the leadership of our late senior editor Lou Somogyi, another Irish legend who Faust had forged a strong friendsh…