Winning in the court of public opinion... GO IRISH!

Being right in the public eye...doesn't always translate to 

being right when it matters..

Good examples: 

Bill Clinton

OJ Simpson

Any Catholic Priest

Now...When I list those names, they sound 

like a joke, that has "Walked into a bar" in

it somewhere!

But the point of that is...Legacy..Don't let the 

court of public opinion determine your legacy!

Bill Clinton...Balance budget, great economy

and I'm not a dem!...But will he be remembered

for that...or the cigar? 

OJ Simpson, pretty sure we don't immediately 

think Heisman winner? 

And...Not every Priest is bad guy!

The "Court of Public Opinion" is what 

Notre Dame is fighting against...

Now the court can hurt ya...or 

help ya!

"Those pious Notre Dame fans!"

"Those Catholics!"

Or

We dropped 2 spots in the AP?

Why...The "court of public opinion" showed

Notre Dame out played FSU and got 

caught behind enemy lines and with

a flag, our game was stolen!

(that and the stats!) 

Good example...Ohio State played
Penn State last week...They went on the road

played an unranked team, and without the same 

type of assistance would have lost....But 

they did..in the "Court of Public Opinion" they

did lose!

Hence dropping in the AP with a victory..

And being 16th to the committee..

So now..it's our job to recognize the court  

we are playing in...The court that has:

A: ex head coach Notre Dame fired 

B:   A former ND broadcaster that 

was fired and is now our 

oldest and biggest rival's AD

C.   A former ND defensive Cord

My point here is, we are NOT going to 

get the benefit of the doubt...We are not going 

to win the "coin toss" vs other teams close to 

us, and we are for sure, as an independent, not going 

to be viewed in a positive light!

It's the
SEleCtion

Committee 

Hence the "biggest difference between the 

AP and the committee rankings?" 

NOTRE DAME 

AP :6th 

Committee: 10th

We have to realize that the only way to get what 

we want...is to DOMINATE on the field!

To REMOVE all doubt that Notre Dame 

DESERVES it's spot among the top teams!

We need to just focus on what we do, and 

who's in front of us....Then...DESTROY THEM!

We need to establish ourselves within the 

"Court of Public Opinion", that we 

cannot be left out of this mix...And you know 

how to do that?...Simple!

Just WIN!

That's all we need to do...it's not "If this team 

does this" or "If they beat them"

Just WIN!

Don't think they aren't' seeing FSU putting 

damn near 600 yards on the "No.1 Defense"

in the country in their house, when they

 barely went over 

300 on Notre Dame's D at FSU!

Just WIN!

They are paying attention....but lose one game,

over look one team....Not show up one night!

And it's all for nothing!

Just....WIN!

So...Who's next?

NAVY

The always respected...sometimes hated, 

for the game, at least...

Mid Shipmen!

This is a bit of a surprise to me...I sorta expected Navy to 

be better than they are...Now with that being said it's not 

the normal Navy team...They are, well just not that good!

They are 4-4 

They've not really played any "BIG BOY" defenses!

They beat Temple by 7?

But who hasn't?

They beat Texas...wait for it..STATE!

yeah...exactly!

They beat Virginia Military?

Who I didn't know existed? 

And...a 3 loss horrible San Jose State!

Who happens to have the 119th ranked

rush D!!! 

They give up almost 30 points a game!

They are 75th in Rush D!

They are 74th in pass D!

So their defense is very balanced

 at being bad!

Still no. 1 in rushing over 352 yards per game

But that due to touching 3 teams 

for huge yards....

Ohio State

San Jose

Western Kentucky 

Oh..and by the way their pass Offense?

123rd in the country!

So this is our 

FIRST GAME OF THE YEAR!

This is our first week, to make our 

first entry, into the ledgers of:

So all Kelly has to do the rest of the season 

is take this one game at a time!

Make one STATEMENT at a time!

UNLEASH HELL and let the chips fall 

where they may...and when the smoke clears

and the nay sayers are done bitching...

JUST WIN, and sit back and laugh!

Cause there are no "moral" victories, FSU showed 

us that....but the "COURT OF PUBLIC OPINION" 

showed us that IMMORAL victories don't hurt

the victims quite as bad!

MAKE YOUR LEGACY!

AND FIGHT LIKE HELL!

GO IRISH 

& 

GOD BLESS!