The Siren Song of September

I know you have been thinking "I wonder what the OTHER Don thinks about the upcoming ND season?". Well here you go.

So here I sit, wearing this year’s “Shirt” (snappy navy blue, with a great green shamrock on the left sleeve!), pondering the season ahead, realizing that I have to be up by 6 freakin’ AM tomorrow to watch the Navy game!

Put me on the pessimist bus again. Godfather says 8-10 wins. And I’m going to say 8 wins, tops. There are five teams ranked ahead of us (USC, Oklahoma, Michigan, Michigan State, Stanford). MSU’s and Stanford’s rankings might be a bit high given they’ll have new QBs. And I realize we’ve got to beat Michigan one of these years. But assuming we only lose three of these, we’ll probably also lose one we shouldn’t (no evidence to the contrary over lo these many seasons), so that adds up to at least 4 losses.

And how ‘bout the mouth on that Allen Pinkett? At least he made it over to Ireland before being sent home with his tail between his legs. The four “nasties” he was talking about didn’t even get to board the plane. It was Paul Hornung 3 or four years back who didn’t “get it”; it happens from time to time. Why don’t we just keep our standards high and recruit the next generation of Stonebreakers, Zoriches and Bettises of the world? All agreed? Good.

So, once I again, I hope I’m wrong, in the right direction. But like I believe I said last year, until the team proves me wrong, I’m going to err on the side of “not good enough”.

GO IRISH!!! BEAT NAVY!!!

The Colonel