Notre Dame football post

First, typhoons suck hard. The one hitting now has been DUMPING rain for the last 48 hours and it is supposed to be around until Tuesday. The wind hasn't been bad but it has been constantly raining. It even rained so hard for a bit that there was some water leaking in around my windows and air conditioner.

Ok, so the ND game. Thankfully, you can watch all the games on NBC without commercials and it takes under an hour. So these are the things I've noticed over the first two games. We have some ballers: Brian Smith (who will be in the NFL as he was all over the field), David Bruton is great, as is Mike Anello who has more heart than all of last year's team, Aldridge showed some flashes, and Tate is going to be great too. And to give credit where credit is due McGuffie from UM is going to be amazing.

In general there have been some good things. The safety play has been great as has tackling and hitting. We have caused a lot of TO's which is always good news. It was funny to see a 330 pound man running down the field. We also have a strong youth movement. But most of all, it's always great to beat UM and start the season 2-0.

However, there are are a lot of things that are concerning to me. We blitz a lot (which I absolutely love) but we don't get consistent pressure or come up with sacks. Conversely, we are lucky not to have given up any sacks as our OL still needs a lot of improvement. Overall the offense needs a lot of work, but it's still early so that will come. The d-line is still absent on too many plays--which cannot happen in a 3-4 defense.

Finally, I say we spread the field with three receiver sets. Get Tate, Floyd, and Kamara in so the defense has to cover them then pound the ball on the right side and run the occasional play-action pass.

The arrow is pointing up on this team.