I Think We Just Scored Again

Quick, when’s the last time there were that many points scored in a football game at ND Stadium?

Um, never.

OK, when’s the last time we scored 59 points? That would be 1996, when we beat Rutgers (my state university) 62-0 in Lou Holtz’s last game as head coach.

Wasn’t much doubt on this one, was there?

Although I’m sure Navy was taking notes on how to run on the Irish. Had a little trouble with the option today, I would say. 363 yards rushing is nothing to sneeze at, for sure. And they actually had the ball longer (not unexpected) and outgained us by 5 yards (a bit unexpected)

No turnovers for us, and the offense was really humming on all cylinders. Going 6 for 6 TDs in all our first half possessions is quite a feat. Wonder when the last time was we did that (I’m not going to try to figure that one out).

So we end the first half of the season at 4-2. I’m sure Godfather won’t bemoan the woulda-shoulda-couldas, so I will. WE SHOULD BE 6-0 AND IN THE TOP 10!

There, got that out of my system. My pre-season prediction hinged on the Michigan game, where I said if we lost to them, we’d do no better than 8-4. Still could go that way, I’m afraid, given the unpredicted loss to USF. But I also said we’d lose to either MSU or Pitt, which didn’t happen. So now, the “lever game” occurs in two weeks, in South Bend, against Southern Cal. From what I’ve seen of the Trojans so far this year, we could score 59 points again. But Barkley’s a good QB, so they might score 49! But you know what, I’ll take a 59-49 win!

We do have several things in our favor going in to this week. We have a week off to prepare, they don’t (They play Thursday this week). We’re at home, they aren’t. Our offense is really in overdrive; their defense has given up over 40 points in each of its last two games. It could snow! (You never know in northern Indiana).

Let’s enjoy the week off. No super huge “games of the century” Saturday, so enjoy the baseball playoffs. Then we can ramp up for hopefully a good start to the second half of our season.

GO IRISH!!! BEAT TROJANS!!!

The Colonel