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As I was finishing the 2005 best-selling book Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking by Malcom Gladwell, I was struck by how some of his research and stories made sense of what happened to Notre Dame football over the past five years. It is that time of year again. The time when so called experts put out so called rankings as to how good the recruiting classes are. The reality is we never really know how good the class is until three or four years. Do you remember that day when Brady Quinn was drafted to the Cleveland Browns? It was a day of hope for Notre Dame fans. After seeing Rick Mirer and Ron Powlus fail at the NFL, Irish fans were certain that this Notre Dame quarterback would not follow in his predecessors footsteps. We were happy to see [...] If ever there were a player who is worth rooting for no matter what team he is on, Michael Oher is that guy. If not for the movie The Blind Side, most of us may never know his incredible story. As we are all aware, former Notre Dame coach Charlie Weis will now be the offensive coordinator for the Kansas City Chiefs. After a disappointing end to his tenure at Notre Dame, Weis is now back to doing what he does best. That is an NFL offensive coordinator. After getting turned down by Mike Riley, Jeff Fisher, Jack Del Rio, Steve Sarkesian, and others, USC has hired Lane Kiffin away from Tennessee to replace Pete Carroll. Needless to say Kiffin was not their first choice. I was shocked to hear the news that Pete Carroll was resigning from his post as head coach at USC in order to jump back into the NFL with the Seattle Seahawks. As I watched the Sugar Bowl last night, I was paying close attention to the style of offense being run by Cincinnati since that will be the offense run in South Bend next fall. As this Notre Dame fan is enjoying the bowl season, I think I speak for all domers when I say it just isn’t the same without Notre Dame. That is the case for the second time in three years. In that time the only bowl, the Irish played in was the Hawaii Bowl. The image above [...] As this bowl season feels empty to Notre Dame fans, it is even worse to be stuck watching the Emerald Bowl the day after Christmas in a game that features Boston College and USC. Both are rivals to the Fighting Irish. The game forces Irish fans to choose the lesser of two evils. |
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