<p>Alright... we did this last year so I thought we'd do it again</p>
<p>Big game today</p>
<p>G Tech has an amazing defense, and Im excited to see how our offense performs. All the critics out there are smashing our irish.... especially on College Gameday ( especially Mark May ) but Im looking for them to come out hungry and ready and eager to set the tempo early.</p>
<p>Im so excited for the start of the season, and I bet the anticipation on the campus in unbelievable.</p>
<p>I say this game goes into overtime with the irish winning on a field goal.</p>
<p>You deserve early action admission just on the strength of your optimism, Tim! :) Odds are stacked against the Irish...I'm hoping for a surprise, or, at a minimum, a close game...</p>
<p>I thought that was a mistake when I first read the line</p>
<p>I like it when our backs are against the wall... I cant wait to see all the fans in the stadium and all the passion and excitement that comes with a fresh slate of a new season</p>
<p>Well... until 1230 ( pac time) I guess Ill just watch these mediocre ACC games that are on</p>
<p>Did anyone watch the Vtech tribute? It was pretty cool</p>
<p>Whats up with all these Big Ten teams playing IAA schools? But App State was putting up a fight against Michigan</p>
<p>It seems like Charlie is afraid to throw the ball though.... DJ also doesnt look that fast against GT's secondary so we have to start throwing that ball soon</p>
<p>Defense looks ok.. a couple big gains... GT is getting great field position</p>
<p>6-0 GT right now... that blocked field goal was great</p>
<p>What was up with the grass? It looked so long and uneven... chunks of grass were flying all over the place
It looked like a horrible playing surface</p>
<p>well... O line looked horrible</p>
<p>Is it true that you guys booed when Demetrius Jones went in as the starter??!?!? I sure hope that is not true.</p>
<p>people have been complaining about qbs, but i'm wit you tim... our line and pass protection was AWFUL... they didn't open up any holes... i remember instnaces when they rushed 3 guys and still got a sack in under 3 seconds... lastly, on jimmy clausens last sack, a linebacker blitz and james aldridge literally just turned to the side and barely touched him and the LB sacked JC... i had the perfect view because i was right in the endzone behind the play and saw the LB coming through the wide open gap, I WAS SO MAD! it was like he was giving up</p>
<p>G Tech has a good defense... but not that good. We made them look like the defense of the 85 bears. There was just so many things that could have been done that weren't.</p>
<ul>
<li>Getting Carlson involved in the game</li>
<li>receivers blocking down field</li>
<li>actually throwing the ball on 3rd and long</li>
<li>LBs learning how to tackle</li>
<li>Getting a game plane for the best QB ( DJ is NOT our best QB)</li>
</ul>
<p>Ive been taking a lot of **** from my friends, so I guess im just a little angry</p>
<p>I think we will come out against PSU with a new attitude and hopefully a little bit of heart.</p>
<p>u think he'll start clausen? i think he did well (although he was prob against a lot of their 2nd string, he was still very accurate)... i think it will deff be clausen or evan... we don't have the line to do the shotgun run and gun **** wit DJ... we need to be able to pass the pass the ball to open up our run game since we certainly can't run to open up the pass. DJ cannot pass the pall well.</p>
<p>3rd and inches and we run off tackle? run the qb sneak charlie! ahhh i was so mad, but he knows a little more about fball than me so i'll give him the benefit of the doubt.</p>
<p>ya im re-watching the game right now, and that play just happened. There was just so so so so many little things that we did wrong. The Qb has to hold on to the football.</p>
<p>As far as the QB situation goes... im fine with either Clausen or Evan.</p>
<p>it's so amazing!!!! everything about it... i was a little depressed at first cuz i missed my friends who all go to the same college but now that i have a group of friends i feel right at home...</p>
<p>also, the party/social scene is a lot better than i expected!</p>
<p>also, everyone who says "ND has ugly girls" is so wrong and the ppl who say it are obviously ppl who dont go here</p>
<p>APP state is a solid program though.... and honestly I dont think it was a fluke. They dominated mich for 3 and half quarters of that game...... and the better team won</p>
<p>as excited as i was, that's a bad thing for us... we're gonna need to beat some top ranked teams to get another BCS bid... not that our schedule isn't hard enough as it is, but still beating a top 5 team would deff get us back in contention... it was a BAD loss but i'm still not settling for a rebuilding year!!!</p>