Just Win Baby!

One thing is for sure, these ND games are exciting to watch! I only got to watch the 4th quarter and OT live, but wow! What can you say about Jimmy Clausen and Golden Tate? They are both so clutch and how can you be any tougher or more of a leader than Clausen? Jimmy ended up with 422 yards and 2TDs with an INT. More impressively is how cool he is under pressure. He's now on pace for 3706 yards, 29 TDs and 5INTs. Gotta like his Heisman chances at this point! How about Tate!? A 31 yard run to go along with his 244 yards and a TD. What a tough runner for a WR. He's on pace for 1445 yards and 10 TDs. Another huge catch for Rudolph. Evans and Parris had some big catches. I was getting a little perturbed about Hughes not getting more carries early, and I'm definitely concerned about Allen's health, but I think we've found a nice power back in Robert Hughes! Man if we could get everyone healthy we have so many weapons! This defense is what gets me. They give up a lot of points, but they do some great things too. How about all those goal line stands? That was almost unbelievable! I thought that terrible roughing the snapper call might lose the game for us, but we came up big. Then how about McCarthy? Almost had another game winning INT, but eventually had the game-winning hit. Huge sack from Brian Smith who has been looking better and better. #22 ,#24, and #30 all went down. I'm hoping we'll maybe come in around #30 or a little better. With a little luck from losses to ranked teams on our bye week and we could go in right around #25 vs. USC in two weeks. I think the bye week couldn't come any sooner for us. Give us some time to rest and heal, and maybe we actually have a chance against USC? A detailed post looking at Allen and Aldridge's status, our reamaining opponents and why we have a chance vs. USC will be up in a few days. Go Irish!