There was NOTHING to cheer about (except the band!)

As children, many of us were taught "if you can't say something nice, don't say anything at all" so this will be a short post.

Really stinky performance yesterday and I am shocked at how poorly prepared the Irish were to play. This team must play better on the offensive line or we are dead. Like the Colonel, I feel the defense may be okay but they had their back up against the wall all day. As for QBs, I would start Sharpley and let Clausen continue to develop. Clausen can really zing it and it was nice to see his first completion. The stats look pretty decent for GT but sitting at the game I felt it was more about the Irish playing horribly than GT taking it to them. Absolutely brutal.

On a positive note you may like to hear about the band performance. With very little prep time (unlike the football team!) they performed three numbers: September (EWF), Swing Town (with a nice little dance) and Take On Me. One interesting note, the cheerleaders and band introduced a couple new cheers which use parts of the ND fanfare and the words "Let's Go Irish" and "We are ND" in rhythm with the band. Neither cheer got much play in the game (because there was nothing to cheer about).

Well, good teams adjust a great deal between games 1 & 2. Let's hope we do so.

Go Irish, Beat Lions.

P.S. - had the pleasure of seeing Rosie before the game and the Archer clan in our section during the game. Hope to see you on campus this fall.