At some point, after foregoing about 10 distinct chances to win the game by making just one more play, you gotta concede that you just flat out dropped the ball and failed. You just didn’t get ‘er done when you should have … you just lacked that winning quality … you underachieved in a major way. Well … that was definitely Notre Dame on Saturday vs Pitt. I’ll come out and … [Read more...] about ND Gags Away Another One
Notre Dame Trounces Hapless Huskies
Saturday evening, Notre Dame moved to 5-2 after dominating the Washington Huskies by a final score of 33-7. The game was not as close as the score may have indicated. Okay, the Huskies are one of the weaker teams on the schedule to date, but the Irish played their most complete wire-to-wire game of the season thus far and we're clearly the superior team, although far from … [Read more...] about Notre Dame Trounces Hapless Huskies
Odd & Ends
Observations from the weekend ... thru Saturday: 1) I'm in love with Boise, Idaho. Very quaint city ... EXTREMELY CLEAN ... well thought out ... scenic ... "outdoorsy" ... nice people. The only problem is the blue smurf turf. The BSU Broncos are definitely a thinking-man's team. They play no-huddle quickball and rely, to some degree, on trickeration. Their defense is … [Read more...] about Odd & Ends
NFL’s Worst Coaching Staff? Chicago Bears
Lovie Smith and the entire Bears coaching staff should be fired immediately!!! I cannot believe the incompetence I just saw. Did anyone else see this???? In the NFL, you just cannot give games away ... all three of the Bears losses this year were gift-wrapped for the opposition ... but today's loss at Atlanta was the most egregious screw-up I can remember in a long … [Read more...] about NFL’s Worst Coaching Staff? Chicago Bears
Coulda, Woulda, Shoulda — ND gives it away
Dadgumitt … ya know that ND fans, players, coaches, etc are gonna look back at this 29-24 loss to North Carolina and point to it as THE ONE THAT GOT AWAY … The very “winnable loss” that mucked up what coulda-shoulda-woulda been a fantastic season. So instead of being possibly 10-2 or 9-3 on Dec 1 and considered for a New Years Day Bowl (you know … one of those played real … [Read more...] about Coulda, Woulda, Shoulda — ND gives it away