It’s ND football season again! For me it is a little tough to catch games when they are at 3am on Sunday morning. But I am going to try and catch the opener against Nevada on the internet (via some web feeds) or just hope to God the top sports bar in town has a live feed and will let me stay there until 6 or 7am.
In many ways, this year feels the same as so many before. Each season the team is young with some experience back and the schedule doesn’t look too bad. There is hope in the air in South Bend. Then the season starts and at some point my hopes and dreams are crushed.
So how do we not crush my hopes and dreams this year? Well winning is a good way to start. But how does this notoriously underperforming team accomplish what has been a herculean task the last few years?
It is same on offense and defense: the line. The ND o-line has been beyond horrendous the last few years. Now they have a new position coach. We will see what happens, because to make any plays the quarterback has to be upright and not planted into the ground by an opposing d-lineman. The ND d-line is young and thin on numbers. If you are an opposing defense you run it down their throat since you do not wanted to face the secondary (the strength of the team). Teams will run at ND until the d-line shows it can stop the run.
Any analysis beyond that is extraneous.
In many ways, this year feels the same as so many before. Each season the team is young with some experience back and the schedule doesn’t look too bad. There is hope in the air in South Bend. Then the season starts and at some point my hopes and dreams are crushed.
So how do we not crush my hopes and dreams this year? Well winning is a good way to start. But how does this notoriously underperforming team accomplish what has been a herculean task the last few years?
It is same on offense and defense: the line. The ND o-line has been beyond horrendous the last few years. Now they have a new position coach. We will see what happens, because to make any plays the quarterback has to be upright and not planted into the ground by an opposing d-lineman. The ND d-line is young and thin on numbers. If you are an opposing defense you run it down their throat since you do not wanted to face the secondary (the strength of the team). Teams will run at ND until the d-line shows it can stop the run.
Any analysis beyond that is extraneous.
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