Just to add a little more drama to the upcoming football game, I have decided that there is more at stake here than just another win or loss. It is a major turning point for the Irish season and for the program overall. If we lose, the Irish faithful will be questioning whether we have the right coach. We will question if we have the right players. We will question if a small, high academic standard school (like Stanford!) can actually field a winning football team. And worst of all, we will question whether our passionate belief that Notre Dame can and should be different is a belief we should retain.
OK, so those of you that are thinking I am a nutcase and this is only a football game have a reasonable argument. It is pretty simple in the end: clean up the turnovers and we will play a great game and beat Michigan. Actually that is the formula for victory tomorrow. Let Michigan make the mistakes and get flustered this time around. After two last minute losses in 2009 and 2010, it is certainly our turn to get a W against those guys. Tommy Rees merely has to "not lose" the game and we should be competitive. Then we need to avoid the big mistakes, contain Denard Robinson and away we go. Easy right?
I think we are going to pull it off. Actually most experts have us favored by 3 or 4 points. Therefore my prediction:
ND 28, Michigan 20
Go Irish! Beat Wolverines!
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To those who are surprised that we're actually favored, I heard Colin Cowherd make a good argument in saying we looked a lot better in our loss (turnovers aside) than Michigan did in their win. And we played a better team last week. Oh, the agony...
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