In 2006 ND got beat up by a pretty good ScUM team. They went on to win 8 in a row, before falling in the final two games. If this team can go on and win out, only losing to FuSC (in a tight match) the coaching staff, along with the players will have shown heart. I believe we have the talent to win. I just don't believe we have the coaching to win.

After watching the game over and over, there is one thing that sticks out, and this thing has stuck out for a long time here in Irish Land. We play S.L.O.W., especially on Defense.

Watching the "U" last night, granted they played a pretty poor Ga Tech team, showed me how fast a team can play. We have the athletes on both sides of the ball, we just don't have the desire to do what needs to be done.

I have mentioned on this site and others that ND is lacking in two areas of recruiting. OL and especially DL. We don't have the "Allen Bailey" type or the Marcus Forston on the line.

I use UM as a scope because the coach, Randy Shannon is in his 3rd year and under fire down here, until now. They may not win the ACC, but they are playing football the way it's suppose to be played. Fast and with a furious emotional passion. Something ND has not had in a long time.

ND has always played with the emotion of their coach. Holtz led teams played with discipline and fire. Davie and Willingham led teams played with fear and learned how to lose with grace. Weis led teams have, so far, played with his emotion, NONE. Recruiting has been up, but the play on the field leaves a lot to be desired. If we can put up 40+/game, we will have a chance to get pummelled in a New Years Day Bowl.

The top teams have two things in common:
1. Recruiting the top athletes from around the country

2. Coaches that coach with passion

And in the current atmosphere of College Football. One out of Two is just not enough.

Go Irish, Beat FuSC

Toughest Schedule, No More!

Te'o, Not for the Sideline

Notre Dame, #1

High hopes for a BCS Bowl game and win:

Clausen

Two Tight Ends may Work For Irish

Mo Stovall, getting it done

Another Hot Seat for Weis!

Win a bowl game ... in the continental U.S.

Fusc, a hitting machine

Is Weis Still On The Hot Seat?

Another Prince that I hope is not a Pauper

ND Strategy

Armando, Best Back?

Army enters Oklahoma

Congressman Holtz?

The Bus. Dead?

ND Ranked #17?

Found this an interesteing perspective on the NC race this coming season. Experience doesn't relate to wins in any given year, but it should help see where a team should be. So why is ND #17

Cody Riggs & the Broward County Florida Top 25 Seniors

Joshua Shaw not a 3 Star

A couple of guys the Irish could use are these two Corners. You can't have enough corners on a team and these guys are ready for the picking. They are both high on ND. Riggs is a little small, but has been playing at St. Thomas Aquinas, which is the #1 team in the country. Shaw reminds me of Robert Blanton with his size and confidence on the field

Check out some videos below.

Joshua Shaw

Cody Riggs

Once Irish, Always Irish.

Inspiration:
VIDEO

You have to admit. There is a uncanny resemblance.

I've got to go, Rock. It's all right. I'm not afraid. Some time, Rock, when the team is up against it, when things are wrong and the breaks are beating the boys, ask them to go in there with all they've got and win just one for the Gipper. I don't know where I'll be then, Rock. But I'll know about it, and I'll be happy.

GIPPER BORN FEBRUARY 18

MAN-tie TAY-ow is coming:

The fact that ND had no problem with the mission, I believe, was a major part of his decision. The conversation went something like this in L.A.:

Te'o: Coach, I would like to take a mission at the end of my freshman year. Is that a problem?

Poodle: No, not a problem at all. I just think that young kids need to work hard and learn the system and staying focused on the big picture.

Te'o: Thanks. I hope that won't hurt my chances of holding onto the schollie.

Poodle: Well, that is another completely different case. Doing the mission will only hurt your chances later in life. You HAVE to stay four years here to be ready to go to the next level.

Te'o: My mission will bring me to the next level. There is nothing more important.

Poodle: Well Te'o. As I told Mark Sanchez just the other day. you will not be ready for a mission after just one year here. You have to be here four years and the next level will come. He didn't listen to me and left anyways. I will NOT let that happen again.

Te'o: Thanks coach, see you next year....

From Article: But Notre Dame coach Charlie Weis said during a campus press conference yesterday it was a good sign when Te'o's father, Brian, called Fighting Irish assistant Brian Polian late Tuesday night to ask about scholarship rules relating to serving a church mission (which Te'o has said he plans to do after his freshman season).

"When somebody calls ... in the middle of the night to ask you a question like that," Weis said, "you know you have a chance."

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Notre Dame football and NBC go green for final home game
Notre Dame and Syracuse students will be playing a part in NBC Universal's Green Week. NBC is sponsoring an ad competition between the two schools. Students can create 30-second films about sustainability issues, and the winning ad will be broadcast during the Notre Dame-Syracuse football game.

It was a good night for ND football, sort of. The Irish played a good game defensively. Offense could of and should of been more productive on the passing end. Clausen (14 of 26) was less effective than I would have liked against a poor UW defense. The sack given up by Clausen was not acceptable. You cannot lose that much yardage against a good team and get away with it. Clausen missed on 10 of his first 16 passes against a team ranked last in the nation in pass efficiency defense.

I know the team slacked for a while after taking the big lead, but that is no excuse. The first team D did a very nice job holding the Huskies to 200+/- yards and recoring four sacks. This was the first week that I could see a Tenuta/Brown defense doing what they wanted to do. The running games showed some promise, which is encouraging. And now we have 2, that's right two field goals. And those came all in ONE game. Things are looking up.

Let's see what Pitt can bring to the table after getting pummelled by a mediocre to bad Rutgers team.

Rutgers QB M. Teel__14/21__361 yd's__6 td's__1 int

Clausen and the Irish offense should be licking their collective Chops waiting for the weekend.