Life, Liberty & the Pursuit of Happiness

2013 is gonna be a tough year what with (1) the disastrous ending last year (getting humiliated by Bama) after going undefeated and ranked #1 into the national championship, (2) Mante Teo imploding with craziness, and (3) QB Golson (last year’s star) getting kicked out of school for cheating or something like that.

So it’s back to Tommy Rees at QB and we’re managing to squeak by with questionable plays, bumbling opponents and not much production on either side of the ball.

We lost in the Big House but gave MI a bit of a run at the end. Beat Temple (better), squeezed by a pathetic Purdue and won mostly on penalties against State. But State still gave it away on their own with a blown trick play that led to ND score.

The real season (this year, anyway) starts next week against Oklahoma. The Sooners have always scared the hell out of me and I was “over the moon” (strange expression that I wouldn’t normally use, but have to try it once) at last year’s win. Anyway after OK it’s the usual killer games like USC and Stanford. The current 3-1 record could be our best stat this year. But I always know that with ND anything is possible.

For example, 6-foot 5 rookie receiver Corey Robinson is showing some good stuff and attitude…comments: “You’ve just gotta be super confident and go in there knowing that you have to make this catch to help the team win. You have to. Everyone is counting on you to make this play. You’ve just gotta prepare yourself mentally, physically. It’s just as hard mentally as it is physically. Your have to make sure that you impose your will on the defender and even if they cover you, you still have to make the play.”