I must apologize for my lack of inputs lately. My reaction to the last three weeks has been one that doesn't even allow me to vent on this. I'm sad, I guess. Real men don't do sad, so here I sit, trying to cope with a season that is definitely up in smoke.
I exchanged a few emails with Godfather during the game Saturday--a first! That was fun, although had we been winning handily, i don't think I would have done that. But I think it was after UConn ran back the kickoff for the TD that I texted him a "wow are we flat" message. His response was basically "we don't deserve to win" and he was so right.
So now we get to deal with 6 weeks of "Dead Coach Walking". Assuming, that is, we go to a bowl game. I think the University could make a big statement, should we lose Saturday, by not going to a bowl game. I doubt we'd do it (we need the cash (not really) to buy out Charlie), but that would be an interesting call for which I think we'd get a lot of props for.
LA Times doesn't have Saturday's spreads, but I imagine Stanford will be at least a 10 point favorite. The worst thing that happened last Saturday outside us losing was Stanford losing to Cal. Great game, by the way, as was Oregon/Arizona. The Cardinal will be pissed, with their best shot to beat us in a long time. This is a team that dropped 55 points on Southern Cal, so we're in big trouble, defensively speaking.
But, as we've seen, outside our 2 blowout wins, we've played up or down to the level of our competition. So in theory, we'll keep it close. If we keep it close, turnovers will be the key. So there's my generic prediction--the winner of the turnover battle wins the game.
On the upside, the last two times we've gone north for the Stanford game have been two of the most fun weekends we've had in our 5+ years here in California. We'll again be graciously hosted for Turkey Day dinner by Amy and Matt Guarino. And we'll spend Friday in San Francisco, topped off by playing at the pep rally at the Hyatt downtown Friday night. And yes, on Saturday we'll play at the ND Alumni Club Tailgater and then march to the Stadium. It might just be Amy and me banging out cadences, but we'll keep it together! Last count I saw was an alumni band of ~30. Listen for us.
In conclusion, Jill, the girls and I will have a victorious family weekend. Wish I could say the same for the Irish.
Cardinal 42 Irish 23
GO IRISH!!!! BEAT CARDINAL!!!!
The Colonel
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Have fun on the trip Don. Bring us a victory again. As I recall, you and Amy used "Let's GO!" quite effectively 2 years ago.
ND Trivia. Stanford is the only team Charlie has beaten every time (so far) in each year of his tenure. Let's make it FIVE.
We'll be listening for you, Don and Amy! Hope you can bring your Irish luck with you - the guys need all the encouragement they can get.
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