Vanilla Irish vs. SDSU

I told you not to expect much from Notre Dame vs. San Diego St., but even I didn't think it would take that long to get the lead.

ND ran the ball up the gut (didn't try those tosses and runs outside), they passed the ball to lots of receivers (no screens or play-actions), and they didn't give up a single sack the entire game.

Not to mention they ran the ball for over 100 yards and Clausen was able to build confindence in his o-line and his receivers.

I don't care how they looked against the Aztecs, they won the game. They ran the minimal amount of plays needed to get the job done. Take away one of those interceptions and both of those costly fumbles and this game is 35-10 with the same kind of ugly stats.

Oh, and a side note. When the game counted and Notre Dame needed to move the ball, they totalled 136 yards on 2 scoring drives and the final run-out the clock drive. That's over 500 yards of offense if mulitplied out by 4 quarters. I think Weis was holding something back, don't you?