To quote the not-so-legendary former NFL and college coach Dennis Green, “THEY ARE WHO WE THOUGHT THEY ARE.” “They” are the Notre Dame football team. We THOUGHT they are a team struggling to stay in the nation’s Top 25. And Saturday, THEY showed the nation yet AGAIN that THEY are certainly well short of being a Top 10 team as they came back to make it interesting before … [Read more...] about Rats! Trojans Sink Irish Again
Cardiac Kids!! Irish snatch another close win!
It’s darned exciting … but I’m stressed out. Can’t ND play another game like the Nevada contest one of these days? In case you missed JC … that’s Jimmy Clausen, who’s been playing like another JC … he rallied the Irish for TDs near the end of regulation and then again in overtime to give Notre Dame it’s 3rd cardiac arrest win in the last 4 nail-biting games by a 37-30 score … [Read more...] about Cardiac Kids!! Irish snatch another close win!
Crash and Wally Order a BLT To Go
4-4-5. That's four games, in four cities, over five days. Sept 23-27 were the dates for my recent BLT (Bucket List Trip) ... a journey that I will fondly remember until Alzheimer’s kicks in. Mike "Crash" Mergen, the architect of this sports odyssey, had been planning the details for the better part of a year. The goal was to see several of his relatives in Illinois and … [Read more...] about Crash and Wally Order a BLT To Go
ND Victory Over MSU: Thank you, Lord!
Whew!!! As I'm sitting here sipping my victory brew, an Alaskan IPA if you're wondering, I feel the need to offer thanks. Thanks to the "Football Gods"! Thanks to whomever had a hand in seeing to it that, this time, it was the Irish who snatched victory from the jaws of defeat instead of the other way around! Thank God Notre Dame pulled out this win!!! I really … [Read more...] about ND Victory Over MSU: Thank you, Lord!
Anarchy in Ann Arbor
Talk about snatching defeat from the jaws of victory! Notre Dame did everything they could to hand Michigan a win today, and the Wolverines gladly accepted the gift. I don’t know what hurts more … the gut-wrenching defeat for the Irish or the fact that Charlie Weis & Co breathed life back into Michigan’s program … one that was in complete disarray 2 weeks ago. Either … [Read more...] about Anarchy in Ann Arbor