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USC Trojans at Notre Dame Fighting Irish, Oct 17, 2009 3:30 PM EDT



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Go Irish, Beat Trojans.

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Go Irish

Beat USC!!!!

"I hate to sound like a broken record, but I guess it's better than sounding like a broken mp3 player because then you would'nt hear anything." - Len Kasper

by JMG1984 on Oct 17, 2009 2:18 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

go IRISH!!!!!

28-24 Irish!!!

Audentes fortuna iuvat

by Bianconero on Oct 17, 2009 2:59 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

big game

Huge game. Massive game. 38-31 Irish.

by long time listener on Oct 17, 2009 3:30 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

I'll say this.

If the Irish’s defensive line gets their pushes, this is going to be a great game.

by jdh90 on Oct 17, 2009 3:45 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Impressive first series by the Irish

Offense needs to set the tone and score now.

by jdh90 on Oct 17, 2009 3:47 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

he had all day to throw that

I think he made himself a sandwich while he was back there.

by long time listener on Oct 17, 2009 3:59 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

lol

this is ridiculous.

by jdh90 on Oct 17, 2009 4:07 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

that was an ugly series

If their O line doesn’t get it together soon, this game is over by halftime.

by long time listener on Oct 17, 2009 4:08 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

The game threads are usually quiet.

I suspect quite a bit of people are watching, just not posting.

by jdh90 on Oct 17, 2009 4:13 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I'm used to Yankee game threads on Pinstripe Alley

I think there were about 2,000 comments last night.

by long time listener on Oct 17, 2009 4:16 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Yeah

at Lone Star Ball we reach about 600 on a good night. Lord knows what it would look like if the team made the playoffs.

by jdh90 on Oct 17, 2009 4:17 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Manti T'eo meet Matt Barkley

Matt Barkley, meet the ground.

by jdh90 on Oct 17, 2009 4:12 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

That's actually a first down

I swore Tate stepped out with two yards to the sticks.

by jdh90 on Oct 17, 2009 4:15 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

you know pete carroll

shat a brick after that play….wide open

CAPS LOCK IS CRUISE CONTROL FOR COOL YAKNAWIMEAN?

by smeargle on Oct 17, 2009 4:21 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I was really worried things were going to get out of hand

That last defensive series, but that TD, is making me breathe easier. This is going to be a ballgame.

by long time listener on Oct 17, 2009 4:21 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

they are throwing the kitchen sink at them

I’m usually not a fan of gimmick plays, but if you haven’t beaten a team in 7 years, I guess you gotta do what you gotta do.

by long time listener on Oct 17, 2009 4:20 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Pretty much

I don’t think this team is as dynamic without Floyd.

by jdh90 on Oct 17, 2009 4:21 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

What a dumbass call by Carrol

He knows his team can move the ball without trickery like that.

by jdh90 on Oct 17, 2009 4:24 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

That was tipped at the line

Still, our secondary can not be playing this soft.

by jdh90 on Oct 17, 2009 4:25 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Triple coverage

and still caught. What a throw by Barkley.

by jdh90 on Oct 17, 2009 4:26 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

gotta make those catches

We need to win the turnover battle to win the game.

by long time listener on Oct 17, 2009 4:30 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Wow...

I hate USC soooo much

Desperately hoping for Desperate Measures

by averagegatsby on Oct 17, 2009 4:32 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Bradford is like a bowling ball

They’d be well-advised to win the battle up front so he can’t get a head of steam going.

by long time listener on Oct 17, 2009 4:32 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Go Irish!

Are you guys drinkin’ ?

Look yonder, fellow SSSers. 2010 looms bright!
And fns. -wu

by oahu420 on Oct 17, 2009 4:33 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

I just opened my first

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by averagegatsby on Oct 17, 2009 4:33 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Good return by Riddick

I never thought he would have much impact at all in his career. I’m glad to say I was wrong.

by jdh90 on Oct 17, 2009 4:41 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Imagine that...

Us not getting the calls.

Im shocked

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by averagegatsby on Oct 17, 2009 4:43 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

ball was in the air... Doesn't matter.

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by averagegatsby on Oct 17, 2009 4:44 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

That's kinda what I thought

Haven’t really payed too much attention to any football in the last 3 years.

by jdh90 on Oct 17, 2009 4:45 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

So let me get this straight

they leave 4 down on the line and drop 7. Wouldn’t a RB screen be sufficient?

by jdh90 on Oct 17, 2009 4:46 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Possibly...

USC is really fast so its going to be difficult to pick up 12 yards that way

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by averagegatsby on Oct 17, 2009 4:48 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Not just that 3rd down

Maybe on first down. They’ve been dropping 7 all day.

by jdh90 on Oct 17, 2009 4:49 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

It may need to be setup...

not sure how you go about doing that, but if they drop 7 with the intention of looking for screen it wont work. Might have to run a draw or two first.

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by averagegatsby on Oct 17, 2009 4:51 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I wonder if they invite OJ to their alumni parties.

Look yonder, fellow SSSers. 2010 looms bright!
And fns. -wu

by oahu420 on Oct 17, 2009 4:49 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

They'd have to move it to the

prison that he’s being held at.

by jdh90 on Oct 17, 2009 4:49 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

wow

Nothing went right for us on that play. Definite PI, and they made the catch off the carom.

by long time listener on Oct 17, 2009 4:53 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

COME ON!!!

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by averagegatsby on Oct 17, 2009 4:54 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

and that makes me a sad Panda

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by averagegatsby on Oct 17, 2009 4:54 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Tenacious D!

Look yonder, fellow SSSers. 2010 looms bright!
And fns. -wu

by oahu420 on Oct 17, 2009 4:55 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

YES!!!

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by averagegatsby on Oct 17, 2009 4:56 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

WOOOOOOOOO!

That was much needed.

by jdh90 on Oct 17, 2009 4:55 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

FUMBLE!!!!!!!!!!

This game was close to getting out of hand again.

by long time listener on Oct 17, 2009 4:55 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

never mind

That’s getting overturned.

by long time listener on Oct 17, 2009 4:56 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

and they are gonna keep it

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by averagegatsby on Oct 17, 2009 4:56 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

dadgummit

Look yonder, fellow SSSers. 2010 looms bright!
And fns. -wu

by oahu420 on Oct 17, 2009 4:57 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

This review shouldn't have taken that long

if they call that facemask because of this replay Im going to be livid

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by averagegatsby on Oct 17, 2009 4:58 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

they have to get the spot, down and time correct

I don’t think they can call a penalty that wasn’t called on the field (except 12 men on the field).

by long time listener on Oct 17, 2009 5:00 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I know they can't

but it still shoulda have taken about 10 seconds.

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by averagegatsby on Oct 17, 2009 5:01 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Good job D

hold them on 3rd

by jdh90 on Oct 17, 2009 4:59 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

I want to take a shot deep

granted it’s a one-on-one.

by jdh90 on Oct 17, 2009 5:05 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

I absolutely love Armando

every time I see him kick off a big play I always say there goes the Irish Reggie Bush, even though I realize thats unfair.

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by averagegatsby on Oct 17, 2009 5:06 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Doesn't his brother play at UNC

He coulda possibly went there.

by jdh90 on Oct 17, 2009 5:08 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

BUT HIS NAME IS GOLDEN!

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by averagegatsby on Oct 17, 2009 5:08 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I know, but it's not like his parents said.

“We’re naming him Golden, and he’s going to be a star receiver for the Fighting Irish when he turns 19”

by jdh90 on Oct 17, 2009 5:09 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I realize this...

which means Destiny had something to play here.

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by averagegatsby on Oct 17, 2009 5:10 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Really the only thing that would have guaranteed him tmore to go to ND...

would be if his last name was Montana

Golden Montana WOULD BE AWESOME!

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by averagegatsby on Oct 17, 2009 5:10 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Let's score

and keep ourselves in the game at the half

by SuperNewb on Oct 17, 2009 5:08 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Man I dunno know...

If they didn’t get it, it would have been devastating.

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by averagegatsby on Oct 17, 2009 5:11 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I would have

They wound up getting a 27-yard punt out of it? At least USC has bad field position.

by long time listener on Oct 17, 2009 5:11 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I guess the flip side would be that

If we get the ball back, it will be with good field position.

by jdh90 on Oct 17, 2009 5:12 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I like to think of it as

a delayed 27 yard gain

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by averagegatsby on Oct 17, 2009 5:14 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

guess not, kinda surprised

but we all would have complained if they hadn’t got it

by SuperNewb on Oct 17, 2009 5:12 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I missed most of the 1st quarter...

who took the opening kick off

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by averagegatsby on Oct 17, 2009 5:12 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

YES!

but its probably defensive holding

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by averagegatsby on Oct 17, 2009 5:13 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Or Offensive holding

YES!

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by averagegatsby on Oct 17, 2009 5:14 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Grounding

Look yonder, fellow SSSers. 2010 looms bright!
And fns. -wu

by oahu420 on Oct 17, 2009 5:14 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

There should have been a third penalty

throwing to an ineligible receiver

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by averagegatsby on Oct 17, 2009 5:15 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

JESUS!

That was quite the boot

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by averagegatsby on Oct 17, 2009 5:17 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

statement of the obvious

A FG would be incredible. But we’re starting from the 10, so I’ll settle for not giving them the ball back.

by long time listener on Oct 17, 2009 5:17 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

I think Charlie will run it out

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by averagegatsby on Oct 17, 2009 5:17 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Yeah I have no problems

Sack could result in a safety

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by averagegatsby on Oct 17, 2009 5:18 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

yeah

All things considered, just being down six is a moral victory. Let’s hope they can put up some freaking points in the second half.

by long time listener on Oct 17, 2009 5:18 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Yeah if we keep it close..

I like Jimmy getting the ball last

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by averagegatsby on Oct 17, 2009 5:19 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Second half's gonna be wild.

Both sides are gonna open it up. Throw some bombs.

Look yonder, fellow SSSers. 2010 looms bright!
And fns. -wu

by oahu420 on Oct 17, 2009 5:19 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

I hate Weis' "we should be content" attitude.

USC, Florida, and Alabama aren’t ever content being down. I hope that’s not his message to the players in the locker room.

If that IS the message he gives the players and USC comes out “not being content with a 6 point lead” and destroys us in the second half, I don’t see why he should coach here anymore.

That is absolutely the worst thing I’ve ever heard a coach say in a situation like this.

Fanaticism is not logical

by SunDolphin on Oct 17, 2009 5:24 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

I think he was content being 6 down

since they dominated us in the first half.

All things considered, 6 down isn’t so bad.

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by averagegatsby on Oct 17, 2009 5:27 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I’m not content being down by six or by being dominated. We could have played a lot better and so could USC. Both teams made mistakes. Weis needs not worry about what the score is, but what he’s going to do to fire the offense up. The Defense has been brilliant.

He should have said “I’m greatful for the defense dominating USC’s offense and that I’ll get this offense together during the half.” Show some moxie!

Fanaticism is not logical

by SunDolphin on Oct 17, 2009 5:32 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Really?

USC has driven into the red zone twice only to get field goals. That isn’t dominating.

Regardless it doesn’t matter. I seriously doubt he goes into the locker room and tells the guys good job for only being down 6. More than likely he is going to talk about execution and how this game is still anyone’s for the taking.

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by averagegatsby on Oct 17, 2009 5:36 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Against USC

Field goals are as good as turnovers. Anytime you bend but don’t break against a great team, you’re doing very well. I’m proud of this defense. I’m very disappointed in the offense and the inability to protect against the three and four man rush. It doesn’t matter if we give up 0 or 70 points, if we can’t score, we can’t win. That’s why field goals are good enough. You can’t beat USC by kicking field goals, only by scoring touch downs, so giving up anything less than a touchdown against USC is a win.

The Irish D is fighting the good fight today.

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by SunDolphin on Oct 17, 2009 5:40 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

It's my kind of football

Something we’ve done good at all year.

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by SunDolphin on Oct 17, 2009 5:42 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

True!

But the start is good. If we can build off it we’ll have a great half. imo

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by SunDolphin on Oct 17, 2009 5:43 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

five and six yards, eating clock, eating field position. Whatever Charlies said, it got them fired up.

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by SunDolphin on Oct 17, 2009 5:44 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

ATTN: Weis

Run the fucking ball all down their throat these next 27+ minutes and you’ll win.

by jdh90 on Oct 17, 2009 5:44 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Why can't they get on the same page?

Jimmy calls time outs, and you can tell he hates it. Is that on the coaches?

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by SunDolphin on Oct 17, 2009 5:46 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I think so...

im not even sure they broke huddle.

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by averagegatsby on Oct 17, 2009 5:47 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Jimmy is 7/7

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by SunDolphin on Oct 17, 2009 5:48 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

I hate the draw play there

run the quick hitter. Don’t let the d line get any penetration.

by long time listener on Oct 17, 2009 5:49 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

on the other hand

if you can’t get 1 yard on the fullback dive, it doesn’t really matter what you call on 3rd-and-short.

by long time listener on Oct 17, 2009 5:50 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Not even close

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by SunDolphin on Oct 17, 2009 5:49 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

it's close

But only because of a generous spot. But I think it’s short.

by long time listener on Oct 17, 2009 5:50 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

We need a pick 6

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by SunDolphin on Oct 17, 2009 5:52 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

amen

I think a score off a turnover is the only way we win this game.

by long time listener on Oct 17, 2009 5:54 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Yes he does

How did we ever get this kid?

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by SunDolphin on Oct 17, 2009 5:56 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

i hate usc

Look yonder, fellow SSSers. 2010 looms bright!
And fns. -wu

by oahu420 on Oct 17, 2009 5:55 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

I can only envy them

Their coach, their talent, their energy and loose play.

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by SunDolphin on Oct 17, 2009 5:58 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Great sack.

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by SunDolphin on Oct 17, 2009 5:59 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

JIMMY!!!

You gotta throw that away

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by averagegatsby on Oct 17, 2009 6:05 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

WEEEEEE!!!!

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by averagegatsby on Oct 17, 2009 6:05 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

TOUCH DOWN!

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by SunDolphin on Oct 17, 2009 6:08 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Bombs Away!!!!!!!

Look yonder, fellow SSSers. 2010 looms bright!
And fns. -wu

by oahu420 on Oct 17, 2009 6:08 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

JIMMY FOR FUCKING HEISMAN!

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by SunDolphin on Oct 17, 2009 6:08 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

THAT WAS EFFFING GORGEOUS!

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by averagegatsby on Oct 17, 2009 6:08 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

First touchdown pass against SC this season!

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by SunDolphin on Oct 17, 2009 6:08 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

So, we're back in this game

if the defense can hold and give the offense some time. We can win.

by jdh90 on Oct 17, 2009 6:10 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Onside?

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by averagegatsby on Oct 17, 2009 6:10 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Way too early

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by SunDolphin on Oct 17, 2009 6:10 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I know...

but the element of surprise FTW!

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by averagegatsby on Oct 17, 2009 6:12 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

No

I do like the way the defense played last series, one big play on a great call by Carrol is not a bad thing.

by jdh90 on Oct 17, 2009 6:12 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Yeah we are

six down, and we’ve proven we CAN, now we just have to do it again

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by SunDolphin on Oct 17, 2009 6:10 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

We need a kicker that can hit the endzone

I miss that

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by SunDolphin on Oct 17, 2009 6:12 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

i hate joe theisman

Look yonder, fellow SSSers. 2010 looms bright!
And fns. -wu

by oahu420 on Oct 17, 2009 6:13 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Really?

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by averagegatsby on Oct 17, 2009 6:13 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

me too

I kind of wish LT snuck up on him during that pep rally and broke his other leg.

by long time listener on Oct 17, 2009 6:14 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I forget

when Lawrence Taylor broke his leg, did he immediately pop up and ask for help. I have a hard time thinking LT was that sentimental

by jdh90 on Oct 17, 2009 6:14 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I think he did

Football players are vicious, until they see someone with a serious injury. They know it could be them at any time.

by long time listener on Oct 17, 2009 6:15 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Teo meet McCoy

McCoy, meet the ground.

by jdh90 on Oct 17, 2009 6:13 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

ugh

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by SunDolphin on Oct 17, 2009 6:14 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

This is kinda annoying.

Defense was in Barkley’s face on that PA and he still got the completion.

by jdh90 on Oct 17, 2009 6:16 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Sweet

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by averagegatsby on Oct 17, 2009 6:19 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

How is that not a penatly?

WR wrapped up, then DB went high?

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by averagegatsby on Oct 17, 2009 6:23 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

I could have sworn I saw a flag, but guess not

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by SunDolphin on Oct 17, 2009 6:24 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Okay

Some Notre Dame players aren’t any smarter than the Florida State players.

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by SunDolphin on Oct 17, 2009 6:24 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Pathetic

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by averagegatsby on Oct 17, 2009 6:25 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Coaching

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by SunDolphin on Oct 17, 2009 6:26 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

this drive is the game

If USC puts up any points, we’re playing for 9-2.

by long time listener on Oct 17, 2009 6:26 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

9-2 gets us a bcs birth

But not if we can’t keep this game tight.

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by SunDolphin on Oct 17, 2009 6:26 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I'm fine with that

though I really wasn’t expecting a loss to Michigan.

by jdh90 on Oct 17, 2009 6:26 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Ive already lost all faith

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by averagegatsby on Oct 17, 2009 6:27 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

correction

10-2. Which I would’ve taken at the beginning of the season. Heck, I would’ve take 9-3. But more than anything, I wanted to show that we could compete with the top teams in the country. I can’t imagine we won’t get killed in any BCS bowl – or even a less bowl against a BCS also-ran.

by long time listener on Oct 17, 2009 6:28 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Boise State?

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by averagegatsby on Oct 17, 2009 6:29 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

how many points would Boise State put up against us?

Especially if they’re mad about getting shut out of a BCS bowl?

by long time listener on Oct 17, 2009 6:30 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Im sure it wouldn't be pretty

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by averagegatsby on Oct 17, 2009 6:31 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

This is what happens when you're "content"

When you’re content going in 13-6 and playing like shit, you shouldn’t expect anything but getting lit up in the second half.

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by SunDolphin on Oct 17, 2009 6:28 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Really?

I dont think he was content with losing, I think he was content only being down by 6 when being thoroughly outplayed in the first half

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by averagegatsby on Oct 17, 2009 6:29 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Great message to give

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by SunDolphin on Oct 17, 2009 6:30 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

How so?

USC should have been winning by 17

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by averagegatsby on Oct 17, 2009 6:30 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

And that's the problem

If you’re a HEAD coach, and you’re content with anything, whether it’s down by 6, down by 17, or up by anything between, you’re setting your team up for what you see now.

Do you think Carrol was content being up by 6?

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by SunDolphin on Oct 17, 2009 6:32 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Yes

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by averagegatsby on Oct 17, 2009 6:32 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Then I show you proof he wasn’t content. Now it’s 34-14.

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by SunDolphin on Oct 17, 2009 6:33 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

that is completely bullshit logic

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by averagegatsby on Oct 17, 2009 6:33 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

You can also use it to prove...

why Charlie should have been content, by only being down 6 to a superior team who is more than capable of having us down by 17 or more going into halftime.

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by averagegatsby on Oct 17, 2009 6:34 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

It's okay

Weis doesn’t get it either. That you should never settle for anything and always keep digging for more. That’s why he’s a coordinator and not a head coach. Calling plays is easier than getting the kids to run them right.

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by SunDolphin on Oct 17, 2009 6:35 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

No you dont get it.

Charlie wasn’t content with losing, he was content that it very well could have been worse, and more than likely should have.

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by averagegatsby on Oct 17, 2009 6:36 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Its was just coach speak

Im sure he wasn’t actually content.

What would you rather have done thrown a bomb from the shadow of the goal post with 40 seconds left?

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by averagegatsby on Oct 17, 2009 6:38 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

time to face facts

This isn’t an elite-level program. It’s a good team with some talent that’s going to play some exciting games, but we don’t really belong on the field with a top-10 program, and will struggle against any top-20 programs too.

by long time listener on Oct 17, 2009 6:38 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

My thing is...

Charlie gets good recruits, but it doesn’t seem to me that they have get to great. It seems to me that he isn’t very good at coaching them up

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by averagegatsby on Oct 17, 2009 6:39 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

that's my problem too

We constantly hear about how great the recruiting classes are, but we never take the next step. At some point – and we might be well past that point – it’s the fault of the coaching staff.

by long time listener on Oct 17, 2009 6:40 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

+1

Exactly.

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by SunDolphin on Oct 17, 2009 6:40 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I agree with you that Weis is probably a better Coordinator than Coach

but fact of the matter is, I dont think you can take much out of a 15 second conversation on the way to the sideline. Weis has proven to be brutally honest and, if he was a little thankful that they were still in it at halftime I have no problem with that.

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by averagegatsby on Oct 17, 2009 6:42 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

He is brutally honest

And if he says that in that situation, what’s he thinking the rest of the time? I think his personality bleeds out, and it’s bleeding out at practice and the locker room. I think he’s giving the Irish players the wrong message at the wrong times more often than not.

It’s such a subtle thing.

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by SunDolphin on Oct 17, 2009 6:44 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

But he isn't going to say that to a bunch of kids in the locker room.

he may be brutally honest but he isn’t stupid. If he has done anything, he is really good at clever ways of motivation.

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by averagegatsby on Oct 17, 2009 6:45 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Motivation only goes so far in college

Talent trumps all in college football. No amount of motivation is going to make the ND players bigger stronger faster.

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by averagegatsby on Oct 17, 2009 6:49 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

That raises another huge question

Why the hell are the Irish players always so much smaller? Does Charlie, or anyone else, know where the weight room is? I know Brady Quinn did. He should have shared.

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by SunDolphin on Oct 17, 2009 6:50 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I think it comes down to the fact that...

its going to be hard for a school to recruit morally questionable people to play nasty defense

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by averagegatsby on Oct 17, 2009 6:51 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Racist and untrue

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by SunDolphin on Oct 17, 2009 6:52 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

How is it racist?

I dont think you are going to get people with serious mean streaks to come to ND, and Im not sure ND would have them. It isn’t a race issue. It has nothing to do with skin color.

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by averagegatsby on Oct 17, 2009 6:53 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

It's the whole "We can't get thugs" issue.

What color skin do the nasty defenders in the SEC have? I’ll give you a hint, it’s not white. That entire idea hinges on the fact that these nasty black kids are too stupid to go to South Bend. And it’s not true, and it’s racist. The antedote is “Coaching up”

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by SunDolphin on Oct 17, 2009 6:55 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I never used the word thug..

and that was intentional because I almost did.

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by averagegatsby on Oct 17, 2009 6:55 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

:P

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by SunDolphin on Oct 17, 2009 6:56 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I think its unfortunate...

and I really try not to be racist, but its hard to not notice that most of the nasty defenders are black. Im sure it has something to do with having something to prove.

I dont get racism, so sometimes I come off racist out of a little ignorance, I have so little dealing with other races, my high school had zero non-white students. K-12

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by averagegatsby on Oct 17, 2009 6:58 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I wasn't accusing you of racism

It’s just a racist comment and ignorant because it’s not true. It’s an excuse. That’s all.

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by SunDolphin on Oct 17, 2009 6:59 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Maybe to some degree...

but stereotypes aren’t necessarily racist, sometimes they are true. Which leads to racism.

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by averagegatsby on Oct 17, 2009 7:00 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I don’t know. I think the talent is there. Much of it, anyway.

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by SunDolphin on Oct 17, 2009 6:39 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

at least they're putting up a fight

We aren’t going to win, but it’d be nice to make it closer.

by long time listener on Oct 17, 2009 6:40 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Jimmy can play

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by SunDolphin on Oct 17, 2009 6:41 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Not against USC though.

I dont expect Pete to run much before there is 5 minutes left on the clock.

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by averagegatsby on Oct 17, 2009 6:42 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

do you really think we can stop them twice on D?

That block PAT didn’t help, either. Maybe they can stop them once, and get an onside kick to force overtime. It COULD happen. I just don’t see it.

by long time listener on Oct 17, 2009 6:43 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

A turnover will go a long way.

If by some chance we put a vicious hit on Barkley to force a TO then maybe. So… Probably not.

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by averagegatsby on Oct 17, 2009 6:44 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Anything in football can happen to anyone at any time

And any fan of the game should know that.

I’m not saying it’ll happen here, just that it can. Don’t turn your TV off.

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by SunDolphin on Oct 17, 2009 6:44 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I'm haning in

I just don’t have any faith. If they pull this off, I’ll buy both of you guys a beer. I expect that you’ll go thirsty.

by long time listener on Oct 17, 2009 6:45 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Im gonna hold you to that.

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by averagegatsby on Oct 17, 2009 6:49 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Im not gonna turn it off...

But the shots of Drano are ready if it gets out of hand

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by averagegatsby on Oct 17, 2009 6:46 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I really wish McKnight would have gone to LSU.

and its pissing me off that I can’t remember which coach in the SEC called Pete Carroll to tell him about him, just so LSU wouldn’t get him.

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by averagegatsby on Oct 17, 2009 6:48 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

I want to say Saban...

that sounds like a sneaky back handed move that he would do.

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by averagegatsby on Oct 17, 2009 6:50 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Saban can go to hell

He’s a quitter.

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by SunDolphin on Oct 17, 2009 6:50 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Im pretty sure it was him...

I didn’t mean to stir the pot, I wasn’t even thinking about the Dolphins thing. But Im pretty sure it was him, that would have been his first year in Alabama too.

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by averagegatsby on Oct 17, 2009 6:52 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I don't doubt it

He left our cupboards pretty bare. He’s good at screwing up other people’s personnel.

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by SunDolphin on Oct 17, 2009 6:53 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

hell of a coach though

…well hell of a college coach.

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by averagegatsby on Oct 17, 2009 6:54 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

that coach is a genius

If you can’t land the guy, might as well do whatever (legal) that you can to keep him out of the conference.

by long time listener on Oct 17, 2009 6:49 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

That's pretty big

too bad that couldn’t come earlier.

by jdh90 on Oct 17, 2009 6:51 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

HOLY SHIT!!!

That was an impressive play all the way around

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by averagegatsby on Oct 17, 2009 6:51 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Not if Claussen is hurt

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by SunDolphin on Oct 17, 2009 6:52 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

C'mon Irish

Ain’t dead yet

Look yonder, fellow SSSers. 2010 looms bright!
And fns. -wu

by oahu420 on Oct 17, 2009 6:54 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

no we are not

perfect pass by Clausen.

by long time listener on Oct 17, 2009 6:54 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

TD!!!!!!!

Look yonder, fellow SSSers. 2010 looms bright!
And fns. -wu

by oahu420 on Oct 17, 2009 6:54 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Wow,

all the way back to being down 8 (7) with sufficient time left.

by jdh90 on Oct 17, 2009 6:54 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Plentya time.

Can I get some Tenacious D?

Look yonder, fellow SSSers. 2010 looms bright!
And fns. -wu

by oahu420 on Oct 17, 2009 6:56 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

haha

I’ll take tenacious anything

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by SunDolphin on Oct 17, 2009 6:56 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I LOVE GOLDEN TATE!!!

and now my heart is starting to go! Logic says its still unlikely… Heart refuses to believe.

Desperately hoping for Desperate Measures

by averagegatsby on Oct 17, 2009 6:55 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

if we lose because of that blocked PAT

I’m going to be sick for the rest of my life.

by long time listener on Oct 17, 2009 6:55 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

I'm happy!

Read my sig

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by SunDolphin on Oct 17, 2009 6:55 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

This is what I hoped for

To be in a position to win in the fourth quarter. This is improvement.

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by SunDolphin on Oct 17, 2009 6:57 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

OHM NOM NOM NOM!!!

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by averagegatsby on Oct 17, 2009 7:01 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Hughest?

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by averagegatsby on Oct 17, 2009 7:03 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

There are few things in life as Heart wrenching as being a ND fan...

My life has been torture since the loss to Florida State in the championship game.

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by averagegatsby on Oct 17, 2009 7:02 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

All of which really happened before I could appreciate it...

First football game I ever watched was ND’s opening game in 89… One year after they won it all.

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by averagegatsby on Oct 17, 2009 7:04 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I was 8

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by averagegatsby on Oct 17, 2009 7:05 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I'd have been 1

I wasn’t an Irish fan until I was 4 :)

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by SunDolphin on Oct 17, 2009 7:06 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

My Dad's a Cub fan.

Every year he says “this is the year” and I don’t have the heart to tell him,“no Dad. This is not the year.It will never happen They suck.” At least ND has championships.

Look yonder, fellow SSSers. 2010 looms bright!
And fns. -wu

by oahu420 on Oct 17, 2009 7:07 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

there is no reason for them not to be more competitive though.

They have nearly unlimited funds, I can’t imagine they wont improve when the new ownership takes over.

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by averagegatsby on Oct 17, 2009 7:09 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

MY HEART IS POUNDING GUYS

IT’S 2005 ALL OVER AGAIN.

by jdh90 on Oct 17, 2009 7:03 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

craziest idea ever

If we score, let’s go for 2.

by long time listener on Oct 17, 2009 7:04 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

I'd love that!

And even if we lost, you couldn’t deny the balls that would take.

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by SunDolphin on Oct 17, 2009 7:04 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

the only thing...

and the main reason I would… USC has been so good in the Red Zone all year, and with a blocked XP it may be hard to hang with them

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by averagegatsby on Oct 17, 2009 7:05 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I say yeah..

but its probably a bad idea… Unless it works.

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by averagegatsby on Oct 17, 2009 7:05 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

ARMANDO ALLEN YOU'RE SO SEXY

GUYS I’M SO FREAKING OUT, MAH HANDS ARE KINDA SHAKY

by jdh90 on Oct 17, 2009 7:05 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

I missed that game...

I had to work… People kept coming up to me all night, one of the longest nights of my life.

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by averagegatsby on Oct 17, 2009 7:07 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Holy shit, crazy!

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by SunDolphin on Oct 17, 2009 7:07 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

The luck of the Irish is strong...

fumble recoveries are almost entirely luck

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by averagegatsby on Oct 17, 2009 7:08 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

What a grab!

Look yonder, fellow SSSers. 2010 looms bright!
And fns. -wu

by oahu420 on Oct 17, 2009 7:10 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Another great catch!

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by SunDolphin on Oct 17, 2009 7:10 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

MAH GAWD GOLDEN TATE!

I JUST JIZZED MAH PANTS

HANDS STILL SHAKEN, I’M SURPRISED I’M NOT SCREAMIN.

by jdh90 on Oct 17, 2009 7:10 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

I kinda just want to turn this off

and read about it tomorrow… Im not sure I can take this.

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by averagegatsby on Oct 17, 2009 7:13 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

4th and 10 from the 29

mercy

Look yonder, fellow SSSers. 2010 looms bright!
And fns. -wu

by oahu420 on Oct 17, 2009 7:14 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

ROBBY PARISH I'M SO SORRY YOU'RE HURT

BUT WITH THAT FLAG WE ARE CLOSER THE TOUCHDOWN. I LOVE YOU SOOOO MUCH.

by jdh90 on Oct 17, 2009 7:14 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

ND playing like they want it

Look yonder, fellow SSSers. 2010 looms bright!
And fns. -wu

by oahu420 on Oct 17, 2009 7:15 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

WE STILL HAVE 1 SECOND!

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by SunDolphin on Oct 17, 2009 7:18 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

there better be 1 second left

that ball hit the ground with 1 tick left on the clock

by long time listener on Oct 17, 2009 7:19 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I really miss the days of steam rolling USC

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by averagegatsby on Oct 17, 2009 7:21 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

This is awesome

I love it! Win or lose this is great

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by SunDolphin on Oct 17, 2009 7:21 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Lose is not great

Check out these games:

Multiplayer Baseball: http://www.mmobaseball.com/createaccount.aspx?ref=9687

Multiplayer Football: http://goallineblitz.com/game/signup.pl?ref=16986650

by matthiasstephan on Oct 17, 2009 7:22 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

The pass was perfect

If Kamara does not slip the ball hits him between the numbers

I always turn to the sports section first. The sports page records people's accomplishments; the front page has nothing but man's failures.
~Earl Warren

by lookingdeadred on Oct 18, 2009 3:58 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I hate being a ND fan

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by averagegatsby on Oct 17, 2009 7:22 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

You're an idiot

If you really do hate being a fan of ND, give it up and do yourself and this board a favor.

I always turn to the sports section first. The sports page records people's accomplishments; the front page has nothing but man's failures.
~Earl Warren

by lookingdeadred on Oct 18, 2009 3:57 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Lighten up,red

If he wants to vent his frustrations on this board,so be it. That was a tough loss.
You Cub fans shouldn’t be so bitter.

Look yonder, fellow SSSers. 2010 looms bright!
And fns. -wu

by oahu420 on Oct 18, 2009 4:20 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

sorry, venting is one thing

but saying he hates being a ND fan is another thing. gatsby is just unstable pure and simple. He needs to get a life or at least a girl friend (or boy friend if that is what floats his boat).

I always turn to the sports section first. The sports page records people's accomplishments; the front page has nothing but man's failures.
~Earl Warren

by lookingdeadred on Oct 18, 2009 4:58 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I still have no idea what your problem with me is...

its like you have singled me out for some unknown reason. Why would anyone love being a fan of this team? Its not like they have done much to reward us lately. I dont see how that statement warrants you being such a prick.

You say Im the one that needs a life, but you go out of your way to attack me, and its not like I can just stop being a fan, it doesn’t work like that.

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by averagegatsby on Oct 18, 2009 5:02 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

It is not as if I have not been crystal clear

I always turn to the sports section first. The sports page records people's accomplishments; the front page has nothing but man's failures.
~Earl Warren

by lookingdeadred on Oct 18, 2009 7:29 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Its crystal clear that you are a douche bag.

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by averagegatsby on Oct 18, 2009 8:30 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I got two words for all of you

Boston College

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by SunDolphin on Oct 18, 2009 8:56 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Um What?

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by averagegatsby on Oct 18, 2009 9:15 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

BC game

If ND lays an egg again against BC, the season spirals downhill, but a solid win and ND continues on an upward trajectory for 2010.

I always turn to the sports section first. The sports page records people's accomplishments; the front page has nothing but man's failures.
~Earl Warren

by lookingdeadred on Oct 19, 2009 2:36 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Optimistically. I think we can beat BC and every other team on the remaining schedule.

But that means we have to bring our A game each game. None of these teams are cupcakes.

You’re right. We can’t have two straight losses. We’ve lost to two good teams, put that in our back pocket and go wipe the floor with the rest.

Fanaticism is not logical

by SunDolphin on Oct 19, 2009 5:56 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

ND can beat anyone left on the schedule

but I doubt ND will run the table. There will be at least one more trip up (BC, Pitt and Stanford seem the likeliest suspects).

As for your comment : "We’ve lost to two good teams, " I disagree. We lost to one really good team (USC) and one team working its way back to being good (UM).

I always turn to the sports section first. The sports page records people's accomplishments; the front page has nothing but man's failures.
~Earl Warren

by lookingdeadred on Oct 19, 2009 6:02 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

If ND plays as tough as they did against USC

They’ll beat BC by 25 points.
I shit you not. I’m looking forward to winning big over BC.

Look yonder, fellow SSSers. 2010 looms bright!
And fns. -wu

by oahu420 on Oct 19, 2009 6:25 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

ND by 25???

That seems overly optimistic. , it could happen, but it is unlikely, BC is no dog.

I always turn to the sports section first. The sports page records people's accomplishments; the front page has nothing but man's failures.
~Earl Warren

by lookingdeadred on Oct 20, 2009 12:18 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I think Michigan might prove to be one of the best teams we’ll play this year. So let’s say one great team and one good team.

We should have/could have beaten both of them.

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by SunDolphin on Oct 19, 2009 6:32 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

shit

I’m less pissed off than I was at the start of the 4th quarter, but we should have won this game. We fought back and let this one get away. Oh well.

by long time listener on Oct 17, 2009 7:23 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

That was a great game.

Have a good night, guys. Thanks.

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by SunDolphin on Oct 17, 2009 7:23 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Great game. Thanks for havin' me over.

Aloha

Look yonder, fellow SSSers. 2010 looms bright!
And fns. -wu

by oahu420 on Oct 17, 2009 7:25 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

the game might've been lost in the last sequence

Robby Parris caught the 13-yard pass on 4th and 10 (with the personal foul added on) with :35 seconds left. clock obviously stopped for a first down.

from that point forward, Notre Dame ran just one play – Clausen’s throw away and the clock whittled all the way down to :09.

i have no idea why ND seemed to be so casual getting up to the line and getting that play going. they wasted 26 seconds just to get a throw-away off. not saying they would’ve won the game with better clock management, but they certainly would’ve given themselves at least one more chance. infuriating.

by SBakerTheTouchdownMaker on Oct 18, 2009 10:49 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

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