Friday, October 01, 2010

Trying to get excited here

This week the game is at 8 PM eastern on ABC or maybe ESPN2. That means I’ll be up late and the 8:30 Mass Sunday is the 10th anniversary of my dad’s passing. Plus we have tickets to our local arts council to see an illusionist; he starts at 7. I will be recording the game and then speeding through it after I get home to see what I’ve missed, and probably watching the rest of it Sunday sometime. On the west coast, you’ll probably get Stanford-Oregon or USC-Washington.

BC doesn't look that good this year. Virginia Tech shut them out last week, and the other two games they’ve played were like Weber State and Marshall? Not really powerhouse teams. We might just have a chance at winning this one, although we will not be at home. That adds to the difficulty. But in a comparison of players, ND has a better balanced game. BC can run the ball, but they appear to have a very weak passing game. Let's hope our defense actually finds the drive to play for four quarters and keeps the pressure on the BC running backs.

. Our players don’t seem to have that spark they had when we were there; it looks like they walk around in a dream state. Individually there’s a ton of talent on the team, but it doesn’t come together (well, not that I could see from my POV last week. I saw more of the NBC sideline worker’s butts than I did of football.) I’m beginning to wonder if ND football will ever come back to its high-test, heart-attack excitement the way it was played when we were in school.

Whatever you do, don't smoke any cigars or try to sneak some alcohol. You never know who will be watching, she said snidely. Really, if I wanted a lecture last weekend, I'd have called my mother. And I don't believe that we are leaving a nasty world for our children. Instead, I'd say that the majority of us are working to leave our corners of the world a little better than when we found them. I was quite offended at the three-time lecture on morality and behavior. Flag on the director. That was major disappointment for me. It's a good thing that I saw so many of you that I hoped to see and got some good pix as well. Other than that, well, I don't want to call it a disappointment, but it was less than ideal. I didn't feel welcomed or respected by the current band administration.

Go Irish! ND 31 BC 17

2 comments:

Godfather said...

Boy Rosie, you hit the nail on the head on the lecture thing. It was offensive in a lot of ways. Maybe something really bad has happened unbeknownst to me but it seemed like a lot of overkill. And not necessary to lecture everybody for the few bad apples that might exist. Kind of goofy.

I think the spark thing was just an aberration last week. I sense this team has some spirit and will do well when they clean up the little things.

Your analysis of the game is thought provoking. Time to write mine.

Colonel Domer said...

Since I wasn't there, you must fill me in on the "lecture series" you were so fortunate to attend. I want details!!