Its our turn to push back!

With signing day only 20 days away things are beginning to look up. There are four major points that have to be looked at for the 2008 season. These four points could make us, or break us. These four points are what has to happen for the Irish.

The first point is our special teams. Believe it or not, we do have special teams at Notre Dame. Our kicking game has to improve. We need to put kickoffs in the endzone and we have to be able to kick field goals. This whole problem could have been solved if Weiss would have been able to land Forbath a two season ago. Instead Forbath went to UCLA and has been an absolute STUD! We need to get some returns! It is possible to return a kickoff or a punt, I know, I have seen it done before! I look for Golden Tate and Allen to turn it up a notch and get it done!

The second point is the O-Line. We need to become bruiser up front again. It use to be that when team played Notre Dame our offensive line owned the competition. You would be sore for days after you played Notre Dame. There are no excuses for the line this year. Young, Wenger, and the gang need to be dominate.

Point three has to be the play of the linebackers. They need to play behind the line of scrimmage everyone once in a while. They need to get after the ball..SPEED SPEED SPEED! There is a need for an inside presence, and I still think T. Smith can fill that role. He just needs to relearn the fundamentals. Brian Smith and Kerry Neal looked very good as frosh last year, and Crum is coming back for a fifth year.

The fourth point is we need to have some big plays. Big plays can turn a game around and make it worth watching! At times, it was boring to watch ND get smacked around last year. Lets get some picks, lets have some homerun balls, lets play football!

The last point is the development of Jimmy. I am a big Jimmy fan. The coaches need to get him in the weight room and build him up a bit. I really hope he is developing a relationship with the recievers and throwing the ball around. A QB that knows his recievers, and trust them, is a GOOD thing. On that same note, a reciever that knows what his QB is thinking is just as dangerous!


SO....a summary if you please.
1. Special Team Improvement
2. A Dominating O-Line
3. A "You Can't Score On Us D"
4. Big Plays = WINS
5. Jimmy "Glossy" Clausen