The Catholic Guy: Live from ND!

If any of you have Sirius Satellite Radio, the satellite radio home of Notre Dame football (you know the one with the little dog as the logo), then you know about the Catholic Channel. All the ND games are on it, but so are a series of pretty fun hosts. It's sponsored by the Archdiocese of New York. It's entertaining, which is not always the case with religious programming.

The host who has the main timeslot (from 4 to 7 weekdays) will be broadcasting live from Gate 3 of Notre Dame Stadium this weekend! His name is Lino Rulli; he's also known as the Catholic guy. His guests have included Ed McMahon, twelve-time World Wrestling Federation champion Kurt Angle, and Vincent Sapore from "the Sopranos" (as well as several bishops). Callers answer trivia questions with the hopes of getting a Pope Bottle Opener or choose "Who is the Better Catholic?" a competition each week between Lino and a New York priest.

Here is one of his segments:

Genesis 1:26 says:God said: "Let us make man in our image, after our likeness. Let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, the birds of the air, and the cattle, and over all the wild animals and all the creatures that crawl on the ground."Well since the show is called "The Catholic Guy", it seems that a Catholic guy should follow what the Bible says. We not only have dominion over the animals, but God even wants us to name the animals.Name an animal? Well, that's the latest contest we played on our show: "Name Your Pet Lino". We got lots of great offers...

-Lino the Lobster. It would be a short, but meaningful relationship. (Kinda like all my relationships!)

-Lino the Labrador. A seeing-eye dog. (Because I spiritually guide people? Please play along.)

-Lino the Cat. Its owner described the cat as: "Cute, yet strange looking all at the same time. He is always doing things to crack us up and finally he is not too bright." (That defines me.)

-Lino the annoying neighbor's dog who yaps all day long. (Annoying? Yapping? Yep, that's me.)

-Lino the Angelfish. A guy called all the way from Rome, Italy to offer that one. (And my real name is Angelo.)

The winner of "Name Your Pet Lino" is...Drum roll, please...

Lino the Boer Goat!

This 6 month old boer goat is now named Lino. And get this...he's got about 3 more
months to prove that he's good with the female boer goats. And if he isn't? He
will soon be goat meat for lunch.

If you are going to the game, look for the Catholic Guy!