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even when awful.
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I really don't pay much attention as I have it anyway.
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I think there will be a decent crowd, maybe not a sell out. Looks like the weather will be not too shabby so that will help in attendance. There won't be any Ohio State or Vegas hangover so I expect a better game out of the Irish. I also expect Tobias to see limited action because he still is earning trust with his coaching staff. I do predict at least one 4th and short failure for our offense, but, all in all, I do expect a W. Since the crowd for some unknown reason gets part of the blame for home losses, they will get a game ball for the win this Saturday.
Nice to hear from someone almost as old as me.....I go back to Leahy's last year 1953. The next year begin the Terry Brennan era low lighted with a 2-8 record in 1956 with Heisman trophy winner Paul Hornung. Freeman is the 12th new ND head coach; ND has had a poor record of hiring head coaches. That being said, I still have some hope for Freeman; but, he will need to make some coaching changes at the end of the year. The first coach to go should be Rees; he is not a good OC in recruiting and developing QBs; putting together a 21st century offense; nor calling plays. I used to blame Kelly for ND's offensive woes but I think we are seeing the real reason this year...
The administration wanted to bring ND back to academics and less about football. They felt Leahy was too powerful so, Brennan took the brunt of the new policy standards. Coach Brennan did finish with a respectable won/loss record and did beat Okie, snapping their 47 game win streak. Anyway, I sat through all these highs and lows at the stadium, so going to see UNLV on a pretty decent day is no problem. Would I bet the farm on an Irish win? Heck no. Do I think they might, maybe, possibly win? Yes. Either way, I'm going grocery shopping in a few minutes for the tailgate and my game gear is all ready to go. Still major unhappy about the Stanford loss, but I'm still really angry about the 1964 loss to USC.
You are right about them tightening up after Leahy who wanted his line coach Joe McArdell to be head coach; Brennan did have to coach in the new environment. I envy you being able to go to the home games. I have been to a few over the years and it was a great experience - I hope is still is! I was at the 1964 ND/SC game in the LA Coliseum and I will never forget it. Ara's first year, he took Devore's 2-7 team from 1963 with Huarte and Snow and was 9-0 and ranked #1. ND 17-0 at halftime; scored a TD late third quarter called back on a bogus holding call. Lost in the last two minutes 20-17 on a Fertig to Sherman TD pass. I was in shock for months afterward and swore off ever going back to an ND/SC game at the LA Coliseum. Ten years later, my brothers talked me into going back to a game there - the infamous 1974 game. ND had a 24-0 lead Q2 and ended up losing 55-24; an absolute debacle. From then on, I only went to ND/SC games in South Bend. SC and John McKay were Ara's #1 nemesis in the 60s and 70s and it was difficult being a ND an in SoCal. Great memories for 70+ years as an Irish fan. So, when you go to the game this week, please remember you are representing guys like me all around the country....Tom
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It was rescheduled for the last game of that year because of 9/11 and it wasn't on any stations I could access. I have also missed a few games over the years prior to that due to weddings, etc. However, this is the first time I can remember intentionally choosing to not watch.