10-3 is NOT Good Enough!

That was extremely brutal last night, exacerberted by the wonderful local LSU fans. They certainly deserved to celebrate that butt kickin, but I have to say they won't win any awards for gracious hosts. Of course this was a big deal for New Orleans and it was one of the most lop-sided crowds I can recall.

As pointed out by the Colonel, the Weiss era is marked by winning the games we should win and losing the games we should lose. I would love to see the Irish step up and win an upset, seems like that is one of our great traditions that needs revival.

But the Sugar Bowl was not it, so here is my on site analysis from my seat in the upper upper deck. Goats: Brady Quinn, McKnight, and Weiss. Brady had time in the pocket but played very poorly. He had a great career at ND but he looked bad last night. A couple grabs by Mcknight could have made a difference but he was out to lunch all night. Finally, terrible decision by Charlie on the fake punt in my view given the hostile crowd. I also think we got out coached in the second half, LSU clearly adjusted better at halftime, nothing worked for the Irish in the second half.

Hard to say there were any heroes but I do feel the defense kept us in the game in the 2nd and 3rd quarters. The offense could not get even a first down so by the end our D was just whipped.

So next year we see a completely new team in many ways with a few more Weiss recruits on the front lines. Time to start playing better as a team and knock off some good teams.

10-3 is not good enough! GO IRISH!