Sunday, December 01, 2013

Hope we can end with a bang

Now on to some bowl game somewhere.  I think the Irish are the best 8-4 team out there so hopefully we can put a whoopin on some team in a bowl game to end the season on a high note.

Another solid performance last night and minus one or two interceptions we may have actually pulled off the upset.  Thought we played tough but Stanford's running game just killed us. 

Hey, USC and Alabama and Michigan lost so not a bad day.  My son's plan to end the SEC reign of terror in the BCS championship is coming together.  Now OSU and FSU have to win their games next week and we can all breath a sigh of relief.

If anyone knows what bowl we are going to, please tell me!

GO IRISH!

The Better Team Won

So while we've beaten three teams ranked above us, today was not to be number 4. And while we kept it close, Stanford proved it is the better overall team tonight.

The ND Alumni Band was there in pretty good strength. I forgot to DVR the game before we left LA, so I hope someone will tell me you heard us (and that we sounded good!).

We fell behind, which is never good, and while Tommy had his good points, he didn't have a great game. Which is what we needed, since Stanford's offense did a very good job on our D overall, gaining over 400 yards.

Tommy's last INT was the costliest and most avoidable. He simply under threw an open receiver, and we could have been in definite scoring position with a good connection.

Our decimated defense showed its greenness and just wasn't able to make the plays it needed to.

We had a great time at the game (minus the loss); our band was about 25 strong and we filled the ND corner of the stands with lots of good noise. Anyone looking for a opportunity to play in 2015, please join is!

More later but very glad I was able to be in the stadium supporting the team.

GO IRISH!!! BEAT BOWL OPPONENT!!!

The Colonel