Rattle the GUN!...Establish the RUN! GO IRISH!

There's a HUGE difference between

those who have 

ARRIVED 

and those who are still 

ARRIVING!

The Florida State game gave a few of us, and

also a few of the players I'd say, the sense that

Notre Dame had ARRIVED this season!

But at the end of the day...as young as this program is,

we are still ARRIVING!

This Notre Dame team is not a machine yet!

They are not ready to just show up and win!

They are still a work in progress, and the beautiful 

part of all this is...The Navy Game was 

PERFECT timing!

It was perfect in the sense that it "tempered" expectations 

and attitudes within a locker room.  To a team that was being 

told, "You just pushed around the National Champs"

by every sports reporter in the country!

We needed that "reality" check, that

moment of clarity so to speak, to bring us 

back to realizing that there are four 

more fights ahead of us!

The joy this brought to me, was I sat and 

watched a game that should have been 59 to 29!

But what would that have done? 

The "noise" got to our boys a bit!

The "noise" got to all of us!

Now..it's up to us to make our own NOISE!

For me this season is a time of reflection!

First thing I've learned is...DAMN do we have

one of the BEST coaches in the entire 

country!

Let's start with Spring Ball
Here's who is no longer able to
play due to injury!

DE-Springmann

DE-Hounshell 

LB-Grace

LB-Schmidt

S-Baratti

S-Collinsworth

Now heres who is not able to 

play, because ND follows the 

rules!

DE-Williams

CB-Russell

LB-Moore

S-Hardy

WR-Daniels

Now Here's who we graduated

LAST YEAR!

Starters: 

Jackson-Giants

Fox-Giants

Nix-Texans

Tuitt-Steelers

Shembo-Falcons

Martin-Dallas

Watt-Chargers

Niklas-Cardnials

Jones-Detroit 

So...that's 10 Starters to graduation!

And down 11 on our current roster? 

Hell..it's like we are on scholarship restrictions!

And we are 7-1!!!

So...take it easy!

Realize that this team is playing at a

VERY HIGH LEVEL!

In February I said that this class was the best 

class Kelly had signed since he arrived at ND!

I took a lot of flack off that comment!

I had message board idiots saying I was crazy!

That 5 losses this season was a minimum!

Well...Have you see the freshmen STUDS 

emerging on a weekly basis? 

Trumbetti

Tranquill

Martini

Luatua

Hill

Cage

And next on that list, ready to let the college 

football universe know his name? 

NYLES MORGAN

This week...it's gonna be about reaction!

This week is about speed!

This week is about what the FUTURE

of the IRISH will look like!

ARIZONA SUN DEVILS

Now for any of you that think the college football

God's never shine on Notre Dame.

I give you opportunity no. 1 to give the 

playoff committee something to think 

about!...

So what's the no.9 team in the country look like?

They are 7-1

The big thing that sticks out to me is the 

INCREDIBLE amount of luck that has 

helped ASU get to 7-1!

Who have they beat?

Weber State

Whoever that is? 

New Mexico

LOL...I know!

Colorado

Yeah..they still have a team!

USC

Okay...DING..DING!

1st INCREDIBLE bit of luck!

Washington

Well...it's gonna take awhile to make 

them look like they are playing on 

blue turf! 

Stanford

LEGIT WIN!

Utah

Utah had to miss TWO...TWO chip field 

goals to hand this game to ASU!

The Utah that lost to WSU!

Now...their loss? 

UCLA 

Who just completely WOODSHEDED 

them at HOME!

27-62

Now...they've played a good 

SOS-30th

On Defense they are...Decent!

Rush D they are 88th in the country!

Allowing about 180 yards per game!

Pass D they are 36th!

Allowing 205 yards per game!

So their D gives up on average 400 

yards per game!

So scoring shouldn't be an issue!

Offense?

They are 44th Rush offense!

Almost 200 yard per game!

They are 23rd in passing Offense!

Almost 300 yards per game!

  

That explains the high scoring games!

They score A LOT!

They allow A LOT of scoring! 

Rattle the GUN!

Establish the RUN!

Those of you that have followed my work for 

awhile will recognize this title from 2012!

This was the same title for the Oklahoma Blog!

Why?...This game has all the same type of 

feeling as that game!

Under-dogs on the road!

A game that will show the country that

Notre Dame is emerging!

We will RATTLE the GUN with 

pressure!

We will establish the RUN with 

FOLSTON!

Kelly is a good QB...He understands 

Graham's system and operates it to a T!

But...You can shake him!

You can rattle him!

The X FACTOR in this game?

VANGORDER

He's gonna confuse...and rattle Kelly ALL NIGHT!

The first three games of the season:

Kelly=Sacked 3 times!

Kelly injuries his ankle!

Last 2 games?

Kelly=Sacked 11 times!

He's gonna bring the noise to Kelly!

He's gonna show him things that he's never seen before!

This defense is now YOUTH...on top of YOUTH

on top of SPEED..on top of AGGRESSION!

We've seen teams attempt to pressure Golson....

                                              Ask Syracuse how that worked out for them!

This game is about what team is gonna be standing when 

the smoke clears...Cause make no mistake...

Arizona State is no. 9 right now cause they've 

gotten VERY LUCKY!

Notre Dame is NOT number 2 because of this!

That flag remains in the pocket of that idiot!

The IRISH are no. 2 in the country and 

Golson is your front runner for Heisman!

GO IRISH 

and

 GOD BLESS!