Well, here we are at Exam #1. On the road. The Big House. Under the Lights. Again. But hey, this rivalry doesn’t mean that much to us, right?
Personally, I put this rivalry as # 2 behind USC during my HS/college adult life. My first time in ND Stadium was for Michigan, 1978 during my visit to campus senior year of HS. A loss, but oh well. I snuck into a TV room during Pre Cana weekend to see the Reggie Ho game in 1988. I’ve played once at Michigan. And it has been a GREAT rivalry for the last 35 years. Sorry, coach.
But as for tonight, what are we to expect? I think Godfather points out several important things, none more important than so many of our players played in a lot of big games last year. They know what to expect and will play well, I believe. While the temps will be in the low to mid-70s, our depth should play a factor. Big article in the Trib today about how the staff is not afraid to play the freshmen, which is great and will serve the team well down the road.
Look for three backs and 5-6 receivers to be in the mix tonight. Look for Troy NIklas to play a big role. Hopefully I’m right in that the D last week was intentionally vanilla and we’ll see more blitzing and “mix-up” packages.
Noticed how I haven’t mentioned special teams yet? My final score will not include any field goals. Nuff said.
Michigan will not go down without a fight. But I think they will go down.
Look for us to win with 4 touchdowns and a two point conversion to have to force Michigan into scoring a TD late to tie/win that they won’t be able to do. Irish 29, Michigan 23.
GO IRISH!!! BEAT WOLVERINES!!!
The Colonel
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I sure hope you and Godfather are right. So far, I keep thinking about doing the ironing or something as the game is frustrating so far. Not how I envisioned spending my Saturday evening.
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