Monday, January 07, 2013

“It’s 90 percent accurate. Except the tutor is not as nerdy.”

That's Chief Judge Moreno discussing his role in the movie Rudy as Rudy's tutor.  Jay Weaver has a very entertaining article about the Notre Dame vs. Alabama Championship game tonight, and the federal judge ties to the game, including in addition to Judge Moreno, Judges Cohn (huge Bama fan) and Zloch (former ND QB).  More about Rudy:

It’s hard to say which fan has more bragging rights, but one thing is abundantly clear: Moreno’s cavernous chambers on the 12th floor of the ship-shaped federal courthouse in downtown Miami is like a shrine to his alma mater.
In the lobby to his office hangs a framed poster of the movie Rudy, autographed by his former college pal, Daniel E. “Rudy” Ruettiger. It reads: “To Judge Moreno, My Best Friend and #1 Inspiration … Ya Da Best, Rudy.”
The 1993 movie is about Rudy’s 27 seconds of fame during his one-game career as a fifth-string Fighting Irish defensive end. He beat all the odds to get into Notre Dame and onto the football team — thanks, in part, to Moreno.
The pair lived in adjacent dorm rooms in 1973 and ’74, while Moreno attended Notre Dame and Rudy was going to a nearby junior college, Holy Cross. Moreno, who majored in government and international relations, tutored Rudy in math, English and Spanish. Rudy was eventually admitted into Notre Dame, and the rest is history.
In the movie, Hollywood took some artistic license with Rudy’s script and portrayed the “tutor” on the big screen as a nerd who wore two watches and depended on Rudy to get him dates.



 

I particularly like the plaque in Judge Moreno's chambers that says: "Judge like a Champion today." 

And here's Judge Cohn:

“I’ve been an Alabama football fan my whole life,” said Cohn, who was born in Montgomery, raised in Tuskegee and graduated in 1971 from the state university in Tuscaloosa. “When [legendary coach] Bear Bryant came to Alabama in 1958, I was 10 years old. He was a god-like figure in Alabama,” Cohn said. In his Fort Lauderdale chambers, he displays an autographed picture of the current Alabama coach, with the inscription: “To Judge Cohn, Roll Tide, Nick Saban.”

Fun stuff.

7 comments:

Fake Fred Moreno said...

Meeeeeeester Markus.....beeeee veeeerrrrry careful where you tread.

Anonymous said...

C'Mon Man!! Judge Zloch actually played QB for the Fighting Irish (I believe he was the starter for ND in the Orange Bowl). Give the man some love . . .

Anonymous said...

The Jon Favreau character is Judge Moreno? Hilarious. I guess Rudy didn't really introduce him to his wife then, but the UM Law mention at the end is accurate.

Fake Fred Moreno said...

Meeeeeester Markus! All motions today are deeeeeeenied. Do not tesssssssst meeeee today.

Anonymous said...

Love Moreno. He's tough on the lawyers and does not suffer fools, but I think he is one of the most conscientious sentencing judges in the district. He focuses on what matters or says something about the person before him. As a former prosecutor, I didn't always agree with the sentences but I understood them and always felt everyone present got a fair shake.

Anonymous said...

What an SEC BEAT DOWN!!! Forget a playoff format, just give the national championship to the SEC winner. Everyone else can compete for #3.

Anonymous said...

Where's the cat people? Post a picture of a kitty and see if they come out of the woodwork.