tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14201311.post3991498148484181826..comments2007-10-23T09:03:34.643-05:00Packer487http://www.blogger.com/profile/04807642066292189138noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14201311.post-3316372148905938782007-10-23T09:03:00.000-05:002007-10-23T09:03:00.000-05:00State and Notre Dame made a killing last season off playing D, something we really haven't bothered with since I've been watching the team play. Nice to see Red can just go, "Okay, now we're going to be good at this," and they are. He's kind of a good coach.Colinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08174892535497307347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14201311.post-2480196877869660772007-10-23T01:21:00.000-05:002007-10-23T01:21:00.000-05:00I'm trying really hard to keep my enthusiasm in check. I'm having a similarly hard time doing that when watching the Packers (we're 5-1??!!).<BR/><BR/>It's such a long season and so much can happen. The good part, is that at least in theory, the freshmen should progress as the year moves along. <BR/><BR/>If this commitment to team defense continues, we're going to have a successful season. Maybe they learned a little something from Little Brother's national championship last year...<BR/><BR/>No doubt there are going to be bumps along the road. And as I wrote above, the way they respond will ultimately decide how good this team can be.Packer487http://www.blogger.com/profile/04807642066292189138noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14201311.post-56267726305695500952007-10-22T23:55:00.000-05:002007-10-22T23:55:00.000-05:00Man, I know exactly what you mean about the '05 season. I wish we could go back a couple spots and remember that we're all freshmen and Billy Sauer or something. We'll believe that this 3-1 team is the baseline, not the high end of performance and end up with the rug pulled out from under us.<BR/><BR/>But if this is the high end, then that's pretty good and it means that we have enough to get to the tournament, which was definitely in question as far as I was concerned.<BR/><BR/>On the other hand, I'm also already aware of this team's flaws and I'm not going to get too far up anyway. I was naive in '05, having only experienced that '04 team. But I know that we're going to have nights when we can't score and can't stop teams from scoring, that our power play often goes to crap and that Billy is just a few games from a meltdown. Honestly? It makes it so much easier to enjoy what we've already done, as little as that may turn out to be.Colinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08174892535497307347noreply@blogger.com