Nathan Davis Hail Mary

As a college football player i have always noticed the impact that religion has on sports. I realized a long time ago that the game of football has a special play called the Hail Mary Pass. Throughout my expierences with football i have never knew the origins of the play. I always noticed that the play was ran out of desperation at the end of a half or end of the game. my understanding was that the play was designed as a last prayer for victory and i always thought that it was just a term meaning to pray for a miricle. Upon further review i came to the conclusion that the term was coined by The Fighting Irish of Notre Dame football team. Being that Notre Dame is a very religious university the football team coined the term after a desperation heave to the endzone to win the game. The coach was also religious and required players to pray before during and after the game.