To me, all signs are pointing to a game that looks to be really similar to that played in South Bend last fall. The only thing missing is 30,000 extra fans that will be in the stands that night.
I don't care about Penn State's sold out Beaver Stadium packing near 110,000 fans that are all going to be rooting against the Irish. What's new? Not to mention, the Nittany Lions take a fair backseat to other programs that are more hostile to play than Penn State: Michigan State, USC, Boston College, Michigan just to name a few.
It still makes me wonder why so many people forget that Notre Dame is a Super Bowl game for most if not all schools on it's schedule. Do you really think 110,000 fans in a stadium will sway the swagger this team is going to be bringing in with it? Do you think you can rattle the most heralded froshman QB prospect since Ron Powlus? A kid that NEVER lost a high school game and had a national press conference at the College Football Hall of Fame to tell the world he was going to attend Notre Dame.
The game plan is simple, score on your first possession. I don't care if you kick a field goal, touchdown, or even drop kick the ball, score points on your first possession and you will take the crowd right out of the game. Right now there are 110,000 people who are planning on attending this game that are looking right past the Fighting Irish.
You can bet that Penn State is looking past Notre Dame, right past Buffalo (who comes to Happy Valley next), right up to week 5 when the Nittany Lions play in Ann Arbor (who lost to Appalachian State and I just had to mention that. . . .AGAIN) and look to gain control of the Big Ten. Notre Dame is standing at their front door and look to come in unannounced and take the heart and souls of 110,000 fans.
I can't wait. . . . to hear 110,000 people in Beaver Stadium sitting silent. Wondering why they couldn't play another Florida International team.
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Shhhhhh....can you hear that? Most people can't, but try anyway. There it is again, did you hear it that time. Whispers, quiet mumbling, mentions of what is to come.
Beaver Stadium! A night game! Jimmy Clausen! Armando Allen! Golden Tate! Darrin Walls! Trevor Laws! Tommy Z! History is what you make of it. Heroes are people that step forward when all others step back. Legends are the ones left standing. Can you hear it yet?
Notre Dame football is not declining among the ranks, quite the opposite. That whisper that many of you can't seem to hear (because you think you know more than you actually do...yes you!)is Notre Dame football. It is all the other coaches and fans looking at the young team we have, and the players we have coming in. Not to mention the coaching staff ND has now. So keep listening. Pretty soon that whisper is going to be a scream.
All week I have heard about how bad we played. That we aren't getting any better. I dont want to hear about how bad we played in the opening game anymore...did you see the Michigan game (sorry I had to mention that....AGAIN).
You just keep listening for that scream...
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