Notre Dame's football program is one of the most storied football programs of all times. Notre Dame's great history of success has made it easy to watch them play every Saturday. The Notre Dame Fighting Irish are my favorite college football team and have been since the day I was born.
My great grandpa attended Notre Dame making my grandpa a die heart fan. With my grandpa loving Notre Dame with such passion it basically wore off on the rest of the family. My grandpa would give nothing more than to see Notre Dame pull off a win on a Saturday and this year the Irish have not only pulled of wins but in exciting fashion.
Notre Dame has a 4-2 record so far this year. The final score in five out of those six games was decided in the last minutes of the game. Notre Dame lost to Michigan with eleven seconds left on the clock when Michigan completed a touchdown past to put Notre Dame away. The Irish also lost to USC after failing to score on 4th and goal, which was a devastating loss. The season hasn't been all bad news though. Notre Dame has had three thrilling victories.
Michigan State driving into Notre Dame territory late in the fourth quarter. The season could turn out to be a disaster if the Irish would have lost to Michigan and Michigan State back to back. With the ball on Notre Dame's 18-yard line the Irish's senior safety Kyle McCarthy makes a huge play and intercepts Kirk Cousins pass in the end zone to ensure an Irish victory.
Their next game was at Purdue. Purdue was leading the Irish by four points with three minutes left to play in the game. Jimmy Clausen led an outstanding drive with a hurt toe and topped it off with a two-yard touchdown pass to Kyle Rudolph with eleven seconds left. The Irish had pulled it off again in thrilling fashion but they weren't done yet.
The week after beating Purdue the Irish pulled off another amazing victory, this one coming in overtime against Washington. Notre Dame made two huge goal line stops in the second half, which kept them in the game. In overtime Notre Dame's Robert Hughes scored a one-yard touchdown for the Irish and then they stopped the Huskies winning their third straight game, all of them in dramatic fashion.
Notre Dame is now 4-2 and fighting to stay alive in the BCS race. No matter what the Irish have truly lived up to their name this year. Fighting in every game to the very end no matter win or loose. They also have had the very helpful "Luck of the Irish."
Just wanted to make sure you know that U of M is better than Notre Dame, thats why we beat you guys, okay? And MSU should've beat you too! they had the game won already. Go Blue!
ReplyDeleteTrue that Matt! But Notra Dam is better the State its just Charlie wise I don't like.
ReplyDeleteYes, yes. But if Michigan is better than Notre Dame, and MSU beat Michigan, then MSU is technically better than both teams
ReplyDeleteMichigan is better than Notre Dame. The game this year against Notre Dame proved that Notre Dame is not good under pressure while the game is on the line.
ReplyDeleteAfter the loss to Navy at home, Weis's job is in jeopardy.
you have a good beginning to your blog and yeah i know what you mean Notre Dame is good
ReplyDeleteNotre Dame is my favorite college team.
ReplyDeleteIs U of M going to bowl game?
ReplyDeleteNo. But we have a new coach. He's never coached in a prestigious conference, he also has successfully took over a team before, gone 3-8 and recruited them into a successful, 6-3 team. (West Virginia). How long has Charlie Weis been at Notre Dame? 6 YEARS! He's gone up against pretisious teams YEAR AFTER YEAR, and lost. Did I mention Michigan has beat 2 top-25 teams THIS YEAR? Oh, and one of those teams were NOTRE DAME!!!. At least we're in a conference...
ReplyDeletei dont know notre dame isnt as good as MSU they could beat them any day
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