Re: Probably right.
I would agree. I have had too much experience playing elite competition to even think or expect a walkover...as one would expect if ND were playing Western Michigan. Too often, we see year after year, teams with elite talent simply fail to focus on execution and commit blunder after blunder against teams they can outperform every day. But so many fans ignore this fact and have illusionary expectations. Living in Missouri now...ya gotta show me.
Much of ND's performance tonight rests on the shoulders of the coaching staff and captains and their efforts to motivate everyone to perform without senseless blunders. I have tremendous confidence that they can do that, but this is not a math problem, it is a chaotic and violent football game.
My view is one of confidence in a Notre Dame win...but I want to see competence. Elite and superior weapons are useless if they are not maintained and functional when called upon. Learned that a long time ago...both in war and athletic competition.
Much of ND's performance tonight rests on the shoulders of the coaching staff and captains and their efforts to motivate everyone to perform without senseless blunders. I have tremendous confidence that they can do that, but this is not a math problem, it is a chaotic and violent football game.
My view is one of confidence in a Notre Dame win...but I want to see competence. Elite and superior weapons are useless if they are not maintained and functional when called upon. Learned that a long time ago...both in war and athletic competition.