Time to See what We Have

Here we are at another fork in the road with a game against a good team.  Loser of this game has no shot at the football playoff in my view.  And the  playoff picture is getting interesting with Oregon biting the dust on Thursday.

I have watched Stanford and they have a very good D that will frustrate Golson at times tomorrow but we will be able to score on these guys.  Doubt we can exceed 30 points again but who cares as long as we win.  The Cardinal have been dismal inside the red zone and cannot put many points on the board themselves.  A low scoring game will favor them and they are favored by two.

I feel like the Irish have been living on the edge the last couple weeks and will have to play better to win because Stanford is very well coached.  Line of scrimmage play and turnovers will be big factors in my view.  Put simply if we lose the turnover battle I think we will lose.  Weather could cause lots of turnovers so look out.

In my mind this is a 'pick em' game and though I said we would beat Stanford in my pre-season summary, I am not so sure now.  I am going to take the Irish in a close one counting on the Golson factor to make the difference.  But we are in for a tough fight.  Given the band reunion this weekend, it seems appropriate to shout out "Rock is Up".

ND 20, Stanford 17.

Go Irish!