Dawg or Elephant?.... Does it really matter?...

Life is funny sometimes, your friends, significant other, 

co-workers...everybody has an OPINION!

Everybody "thinks" they know!

But in life the only constant is change, and MAN

have we seen that first hand the past 12 weeks!

Every week it changes!

Well ________ was over rated...just wait till they 

play________!

From:

NO WAY they survive this schedule!

To:

WHO HAVE THEY BEAT?

This is the best passing game they will face!...NO!

Wait...THIS is the best passing game...NO!

Wait...Now THIS really is the best passing team!...

Well now ND is in trouble...cause this team is PHYSICAL!

Now...we think this team was...not as physical

as we might have thought...but just wait!

Every week they tell us how we can't...every week we 

show 'em how we can!

Yet we are still...what?..over rated?

We've done what?...not shown you anything?

This to me is all laughable!

What do we have to do?...We scheduled what NO ONE 

was willing to schedule...

We beat WHO NO ONE thought we could beat!

We did WHAT NO ONE thought could be done!

And now?....No respect!

That's fine!....just wait and see bi@ches!

But let's look at what the "respectable" have done?

Let's start with

Now you know...I know...Saban knows...Kelly knows!

This is only an even match up when it comes 

to football!

They over-sign!

They cut players!

They graduate NO ONE!

They like to play in the gray...so to speak!

JUCO-JUCO-JUCO

So what has that accomplished?

11-1

The INCREDIBLY

UGLY:

Western Kentucky?

Florida Atlantic?

West Carolina?

Missouri? 

The REALLY

UGLY:

Ol'Miss?

Auburn?

Arkansas?

Tennessee?

The 

RESPECTABLE:

LSU? 

Almost lost won by 4!

Michigan?

They beat themselves with hype!

Texas A&M?

LOSS!

So why the crowning?

They have played 5 teams with winning records!

2 of those had 10 wins..they lost to 1 of them!

1 team went 6-6 and EVERYBODY else was under .500!

So explain to me...why we can't beat Bama?

Next...

The fighting ginger of the Dawgs!

This resume is even weaker if you can believe that!

Now Georgia has become the "ESPN media darling!" for 

some reason the past 2 weeks?

Why?...I'm still trying to figure that one out!

Still NOBODY can blow a game like Mark Richt!

(well maybe an intern for Petrino?..too soon?)

I've seen AMAZING games just completely botched 

by this guy!

But what has this highly "RESPECTED" 

team done?

PURE CRAP:

Buffalo?

Florida Atlantic?

Georgia Southern?

Kentucky? (29-24?)

(seeing a pattern here?)

POOP:

Missouri?

Tennessee? (51-44?)

Auburn?

Georgia Tech?

Ol Miss?

Vanderbilt?

RESPECTABLE:

Florida

(play that game 10 times and see what happens!)

South Carolina

MUD STOMPED!

Georgia has played 2 teams with more than 10 wins!

One they got killed by, the other is Florida!

They have one 8 win team and a couple 6-6's!

Then 6 teams that are UNDER .500!

Mix in some Sun Belt and MAC bottom feeders

and BAM!....you got NOTHING!

This team has done the mirror image of Bama?

This is my dilemma!

I can't understand why Notre Dame is not being 

treated like WORLD BEATERS compared to 

what I just discussed?

You have to remember one thing when you're in the 

position that ESPN and the media has put you in

Georgia and Bama...

BIG TREE...FALL HARD!

GO IRISH and GOD BLESS!

The higher the peak...the better chance of slipping!

Every great journey in life comes with obstacles.

Those obstacles can come in the form of:

Injuries,

Suspensions,

Doubt,

HATE,

Defections!

(Lynch...LOL!...omg!)

This has been our journey for the past 11 games.

We've ignored the chaos and embraced the journey at hand.

But now it has entered one of the MOST dangerous 

areas of any great journey....the PEAK!

We are 4 quarters away from what most of us have 

waited for almost two and a half decades for!

The journey my friends, is within grasp and now 

we have to ask ourselves...

Can we complete it?

What stands in our way?

THIS COLOSSAL DOUCHEBAG!

And his Southern "Cali" Trojans!

You know at the beginning of the season, every analyst basically 

chalked this game and Oklahoma up as losses for the Irish!

But...thanks to Jack Swarbrick...there's a new Sheriff in town 

and he's bringing the pride back to the IRISH NATION!

The Trojans are...and I DO NOT want to come off 

over confident in this...but these are NOT EVEN CLOSE to 

being the "Get my mama a condo!" Trojans of the 

Poodle Carroll era!

They are 7-4 and when you look at them...and really dissect 

this season you can see why!

Offense

(now these are with that poor bastard 

Matt Barkley who Kiffen cost MILLIONS 

for coming back and not going pro!) 

is 27th in the country!

DEFENSE

Not sure you can get numbers on them,

THEY'VE NOT BEEN SEEN FOR WEEKS!

Rush-49th

Pass-67th

Scoring-48th

Tackling-LAST

Not bad!...but!!! Who have they beat?

Hawaii

Who is 1-9 

Syracuse 

Who are 6-5 

Oh, and the Orange hung 30 on them!

Cal

Who is HORRIBLE and just fired their coach 

after a 3-9 campaign!

Utah 

Who is 4-7

But they hung 28 pts on USC!

Colorado 

Who is...ready?...1-10

Arizona State

Who is 5-5 

and...the BIG SIGNATURE WIN?...

Washington!

In a hard fought 24-14 victory!

Their wins are against teams with a combined record 

of 27-45!

Seven games that kinda make you...feel like...Well..

Unimpressed!

BIG TIME!

Now most people at this point would say,

"Every good team they've played they lost to!" 

And..that's not exactly true!...They figured out how to lose to 

bad teams also!

Losses:

Stanford

Yeah...the Stanford we beat...that was "overrated" 

until they beat Oregon!

Oregon

Yeah..the "quack attack" that I told you how 

to beat last week...and that's exactly how they got beat!

UCLA

Now... before you start tugging on UCLA's private

parts...remember..they lost to 3-9 Cal!

Now...on to the embarrassment!

ARIZONA?

The fighting Rich Rods!

Yeah...they lost to them!

So what do we have in store for the Condoms?

PAIN!

Good ol' fashion, beat you down till you can't respond 

PAIN!

This is not another day at the office for Notre Dame..this 

is VINDICATION!

This is JUSTIFICATION!

This is showing EVERYONE that we do belong, and 

we will prevail, and NOTHING will stop us 

until we have proven our journey to be one that,

WE determine the outcome of!

ESPN-COLIN-MAY-HERBSTRIET

You can talk...and talk...and talk...but we 

are a team of DESTINY!

I was at that Pitt game..when Cierre fumbled into the endzone,

I sat there and put my hands in my face...and thought...

"Here we go again!...This is where it all comes apart!"

And then....Then the ROAR of the crowd...as if 

Touchdown Jesus himself had pushed that kick right!

At that point...I knew...something was happening here!

I don't wanna talk BAMA...I don't wanna 

think Heisman!

All I care about is BEATING, and

BEATING BADLY ,the Trojans!

GOD BLESS and GO IRISH!

Have a GREAT THANKSGIVING!

Are there 2 sets of rules in college football?...

Life often teaches us lessons...from the time we are 

born till we die, we try and learn and observe.

One lesson we are taught is rules are rules!

There are not two set of rules for society.

You know what, that would be great...if it were true!

Because you and I know that it's not!

College football for example, some schools are colleges!

They educate, nurture and develop young people for life 

and at the end of the day they win football games!

THEN!...There are the others, the ones that take 

ANYONE regardless of:

Record

 (criminal)

Academics 

(can they read?)

Character 

(That's my mama's weed! or Juco)

For years ND has played by the rules, we dodge 

NO ONE...you line 'em up...we'll play 'em!

But now there seems to be 2 sets of rules again?

Schedule

(some schedule CUPCAKES and non BCS teams)

Some don't play in cold weather...EVER!

(reptiles like Gators never leave the sun! or condoms 

don't like cold!)

Degree?

(Some have a lower graduation rate than flipping 

a coin and guessing the side!)

BUT one rule that ALWAYS seemed to apply 

UNTIL THIS SEASON!

DEFENSE WINS
CHAMPIONSHIPS!

But Not Anymore!

Seems ALL OF A SUDDEN

that rule is different?

Huh?... Peculiar?

See now that ND has the best 

Defense in the country...

And has played a tougher schedule than 

any of the top 3 teams...

And is UNBEATEN...now we 

want a:

A circus act with a bunch of ducks?

Come on!...

Notre Dame has allowed 111 Points in 

10 GAMES!

Oregon allowed over 80 points in 2 GAMES!

I understand the HATE!...I understand the JEALOUSY,

but don't change the complexity of the 

ENTIRE game cause you thought ND would be 

7-3 right now!

Bottom line is we did everything right!

2 sets of rules?

Bama was allowed to come out flat vs Tex A&M 

because they were coming off an "emotional" game vs 

LSU?

But ND wasn't allowed, coming off of being one of only

5 teams IN FOURTEEN YEARS to beat
Oklahoma at home...we weren't allowed to let 

Pitt take us to OT?

Ohio State is allowed to let INDIANA to hang 50

on them?...Yeah we are talking football not basketball...

But ND holding Boston College to 6 and controlling 

the ENTIRE game is "struggling".

The SEC and Big 10 and Pac and Big 12 

are ALL allowed to schedule complete

JOKE games vs EVERY directional school that

exists and D1AA teams!

But ND is criticized for playing Navy every year 

which was agreed upon during WWII for thanks

for helping ND STAY IN BUSINESS!

I don't care WHO we play!

THEY BOTH HAVE HUGE HOLES!

K STATE?

Please....Notre Dame would ROLL the fighting...Whatever 

the hell they are?..what Cougars?...Panthers?...Calicos?...

It's gonna take more than a big QB who likes to run to beat 

the IRISH D!

OREGON?

The TOP ranked D's they've played?

Fresno State (37th) who scored 25 on them!

 and

 USC (40th) who hung over 50 on them!

So what are they gonna do vs one 

of the top 2 defenses in the country?

You wanna know how to beat the ducks?

RYTHUM!

Keep them out of rhythm and they can't score!

How?...Keep'em on the sidelines!

You bring in the top Defense in the country!

And one of the top Offenses in the country in 

time of possession...AND leads the country in 

drives over 6 minutes!

INFACT...Notre Dame 

time of possession by

  QUARTER:

1st quarter= 72nd
(teams throw EVERYTHING they can to 

try and jump out to a lead!)

2nd quarter=31st 

(we establish control and start to pull ahead)

3rd quarter=13th

(we are wearing you down with superior 

adjustments and conditioning!)

4th quarter=6th

(Your outta energy GAME OVER bit@h!)

They will get WORN OUT!

And

THEY WON'T GET INTO RYTHM!

DEAD DUCK!

Bottom line?

We aren't gonna play by your bull sh#t rules!

You wanna call the bakery and order cupcakes!...Fine!

Your just not allowed to do it if your ND!

So pony up cowards!...Talk your trash "experts"

We've been on "upset alert" for TEN WEEKS!

Your gonna HATE us right into a perfect season!

We got 2 left!

Wake!

Who I'm not even gonna bore you with especially 

when their only wins are:

Liberty

North Carolina 

(before they woke up Bernard!)

Army

Virginia

Boston College!

They have the 111th ranked Offense

A defense that is 98th vs the pass and 63rd on the run!

That game is DONE!

Then we got USC!

And that hating has ALREADY started!

Barkley....Woods...etc...

"The Notre Dame secondary is young!...it will get 

exposed!."

Just like Oklahoma?

Notre Dame ranks SECOND nationwide in yards 

per completion vs the pass!

NO BIG PLAYS!

So guess what happens if the ducks get de-feathered this 

weekend vs Stanford!.....ALL HELL BREAKS LOSE!

Cause they got NO CHOICE BUT TO PUT US NUBMER 2!

We beat USC...and it's ON vs K STATE!

NO MATTER HOW MUCH CRYING
THE SEC DOES!

So relax my brothers and sisters!...it's all coming together exactly 

the way we need it to!...and next season is gonna be even 

better!

GOD BLESS and GO IRISH!

Well...that was ugly!...On to BC!

There is "ugly" then there is "UGLY". 

What happend last week was both!

Some parts were just "ugly" some parts were down right

  hard to wach and more embarrassing to witness!

Tell me how you can, for 3 quarters, just ZOMBIE your way 

through a game...then realize

 "Oh Sh#t..we are gonna lose this thing!" 

1st 3 Quarters the ND defense=7.4 yards per play

4th quarter and ALL 3 OTs combined= .9 yards per play

We outplayed Pitt 522 yards to their 308!

Pitt was 1 of 14 on 3rd down!

In the 4th quarter and overtime ND ran 43 plays for 233 yards!

Pitt in the 4th quarter and overtime?....23 plays for 21 yards!

We looked like Ohio State vs Purdue out there!

UGLY!

What the hell was going on?....I'll tell ya what!

Good old fashion over looking someone and too many 

challenges in a row!....Too many night games!...too much media!...

Too many people kissing our ass...and too much of a CIRCUS!

We thought...We are ND...we got this!...easy!

I said last week...

"You approach this game without your usual hype...you will 

get beat!"

And guess what...WE WERE DAMN LUCKY!

des·ti·ny:

A predetermined course of events considered as

 something beyond human power or control:

Is this what we are?...a team of destiny?

We have broken through the barrier this year!

It's ours for the taking for several years to come!

But we've got to come correct...or we will stumble!

This week?....God I hope not!

BOSTON COLLEGE

This team is the definition of BAD!

If it were legal...we'd club the mascot and sell the equipment!

They are 2-7

The two wins, and this is hard to say, are against teams 

that might actually be worse than them?

Maryland

Maine

I'm not even gonna go over who beat them...cause

EVERYBODY beat them!

They have the 90th ranked Offense.

Boasting the 118th ranked Rushing Offense.

Supported by

A pass Defense ranked 118th

A rush Defense ranked 71st

All this from a strength of schedule not even in the top 50!

BAD!

But...and this is a OPRA sized BUT....

If we don't get our...

They will give us a game too!

WAKE UP IRISH...you're not there yet!

Can we compete for a National Title this year?

NO..not in week 10!!!!

 So don't worry about ANYTHING 

but Boston College!

The rest will work it's way out....I hear people talking about,

Oregon

K State

Bama

NONE OF THAT MATTERS unless you win!

So let's get back to the chalk board...let's get in the film room 

and let's kick the living sh#t outta Boston College!

Now...onto the SILVER LINING!

EVERETT GOLSON

Don't look now fellas...but we got ourselves a 

QUARTERBACK

And a QB that is hard to get a hand on...

Scrambles for yardage..

Has a ROCKET for an arm...

And in a crunch not only took control of the 

team...but put the team on his back and said..

"Relax...I got this!"

And we saw just a small tidbit of the 

SONIC offense I've heard so much about!

Sonic is ND's version of the "Quack Attack"

Run a play every 18 seconds!

NO huddle...hard to stop...NO adjustments

NO substitutions!

At the end of the day...we've hit the goals I had laid out for 

this team at the beginning of the year!

I saw a minimum of 9 wins!

Why?

With 3 converted offensive players playing in the D secondary.

With a red shirt freshman playing QB.

Injuries across the board to starters and backups!

We've exceeded expectations...so what's next?...

Stay tuned...Kelly has something VERY special up his sleeve!

Huge shout out to Coach Tony Alford for 

the hospitality.  

We met Coach, arranged 

some business, as well as seeing some 

really cool parts of the day to day life of

THE Notre Dame Fighting Irish!

In closing a prayer for our IRISH!

Father, You grow and stretch our maturity through circumstances that don’t 

always reflect our choosing.  It helps us to gain needed perspective and 

experience in situations not of our own choosing, but to our overall benefit.  

Help us to be patient as we search Your Scripture and seek to understand 

Your plan as it unfolds in our lives.  Align our desires with Your own as we 

submit our will to Yours.  May we not be overcome by adversity but 

ask You, Father, to use adversity as a tool by which You carve Your image 

and character deep into our hearts. We may make our plans but we 

realize that, as Your children, 

You will have the final say. 

Amen.

GO IRISH & GOD BLESS!

Stub your toe...and ALL is forgotten!

Remember what goes through your head, besides the 

incredible pain, right when you stub your toe?

Yeah...you feel dumb for even doing it!

That is what could happen if we don't realize what this 

week is...it's WORK!

It's another day at the office...and it's VITAL that

we don't look past ANYONE!

The Pitt Panthers!

Now let me explain why I choose this picture!

Kittens can be cute...they can be cuddly, and every little 

girl wants one...but they also can scratch the hell out 

of you and sh@t all over your stuff!

That's Pitt!

Here's what we have found out so far:

They are 4-4

That with the 102nd strength of schedule,

which makes their 42nd ranked rush defense and 

29th ranked pass defense..seem...Well not very impressive!

Not sure about what happend but here is how 

their games have played out so far!

Open with Youngstown State=LOSS

allowed 381 yards and 204 were rushing!

17-31

On to Cincinnati=LOSS

They allowed another 260 rushing yards!

10-34

Louisville=LOSS

Almost 500 yards given up that day!

45-35

VaTech=WIN

But we know that VaTech is BAD!

17-35

Gardner-Webb?=WIN

55-10

I have to much respect for myself to even 

research this school!

Syracuse=LOSS

This had to be billed as the

"Who cares game of the week!"

13-14

Buffalo =WIN

Of course Buffalo is 1-6

20-6

Temple=WIN

Over 324 yards of Offense Temple 

hung on them!

47-17

So what have we learned?

This game is about style!

It's about putting up points!

It's about Sportscenter Highlights!

It's about HEISMAN moments!

BUT!

Even style can have it's pit falls!

You approach this game without your usual hype...you will 

get beat!

Am I worried?...I'm ALWAYS worried, but this 

team is clear eyed and ready for what the next step is 

in front of them!

Take Pitt seriously...but stretch your legs a bit!

Get some reps in for the youth!

Take some shots!

But realize you have to FIGHT!

You have to punch and punch until you can't 

punch anymore!

This season is a marathon not a sprint!

EVERY WEEK is another chance at someone

sitting in a nursing home 50 years from now talking about

"Yeah...when I was in college we beat NOTRE DAME!"

Well..sorry gramps..that little tale is gonna be 

stricken from the record!...

What Notre Dame has done is given 

the ENTIRE college football universe 

a GIANT...

That WE WILL NOT BE FORGOTTEN!

Notre Dame's time is the FUTURE not the PAST!

We are building and growing into the dynasty 

that THE University of Notre Dame deserves!

And we are doing it without compromising who we 

are and what was done to make this program what it is!

And guess what?...they recruits are listening!

CLICK ON ME!

The dominance, we have for so long desired,

has come home to South Bend and 

it's our time to show everyone

that the IRISH FIGHT!

DOUCHEBAG OF THE WEEK!

Brought to you by:

Jameson Irish Whisky

OKLAHOMA's own Kenny Stills!

The BLONDE sensation!

Look..normally I wouldn't make a current player the 

douchebag of the week...but this kid is 

douche-er than most!

Talking trash the ENTIRE game!

Getting locked down the ENTIRE game!

And for what?...NOTHING!

You got punched in the mouth by the ND D!

And you made a complete ASS of yourself on 

primetime!

That game was more embarrassing than his boxing career

before he grew his hair out!

This week is the next step,

so relax this weekend and realize that our 

boy's are on a mission!

They realize that the next obstacle is a PANTHER!

And it's hunting season!

GOD BLESS & GO IRISH!

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!