Taking the Show on the Road

I chuckled the other day when I heard Mike Wilborn say on ESPN that ND was going to lose at Virginia this week. I don't think so.

I could have titled this "More of the Same", because that's what we want to see. Minus a few dumb fals starts and a tailback crapping out his ACL, that is. Josh Adams went to the HS my brother Joel teaches at in Bucks County, PA. Didn't have him as s student, but said he is one stud of a football player. He looked pretty impressive for a freshman to me last week. More of the same.

As Godfather summarized, we pretty much had our way last week, and who knows how good or bad Texas will be. We can say the same thing about the Wahoos. UCLA had their way with Virginia last week, but what combination of UCLA good, Virginia bad, was that? We should find out some more today. I don't expect Coach Kelly to change much up. He might throw in a few more "mature" plays to give down the road opponents some more things to think about. But the run/pass ratio was good, we were able to score on long (90 and 95 yard) drives and short ones. Good time and clock management. It would be nice to get our freshman phenom kicker, Justin Yoon, some low pressure road chances. Good on PATs last week, but missed a makeable 40-some yard FG.

The defense already looks pretty gelled for this early in the season. Good to see. Just stay healthy, baby

We moved up two spots in AP this week, so we are now officially a Top 10 team (#9). Let's keep rolling.

So far, so good. More of the same.

Irish 31, Virginia 10

GO IRISH!!! BEAT CAVALIERS!!!

The Colonel