GOOOO IRISH
BEEEEAT SPARTY!!!
UPDATE: Whose idea was it to run a Reggie Bush commercial during a Notre Dame game? Is Adidas trying to convince Domers to wear Nikes?
UPDATE 2: Spartan fumble! First and goal from the 9! If they don't score a touchdown here...
UPDATE 3: TOUCHDOWN! Travis Thomas.
Really, that shouldn't count as an "offensive touchdown." The defense (with the help of the special teams) gave them the ball inside the 10, for heaven's sake. But still: finally! 7-0 Notre Dame.
UPDATE 4: Aaaaaand Michigan State scores two touchdowns. 14-7 Spartans. They're already giving up over on ND Nation. I feel much the same way -- this feels like the Tulsa-Oklahoma game yesterday, when the Golden Hurricane took an early lead, but you could very quickly tell from watching the teams play that it ultimately wasn't going to be close; Oklahoma was clearly better, and was going to pull away. Barring a whole bunch of lucky breaks (e.g., MSU fumbles, big special-teams runs for the Irish, etc.), this is going to be an other ugly result for ND.
UPDATE 5: Hey, there you go! Notre Dame just scored a legitimate offensive touchdown! An 80-yard drive! Nice! 17-14 Spartans, with 10:41 left in the half.
In other news, Florida held on against Ole Miss, and Nebraska barely held on against Ball State, but Syracuse stunned Louisville. Also, Duke, after snapping its long losing streak last week, almost started a winning streak... but Navy outscored them 14-0 in the fourth quarter to win 46-43.
Now, Air Force -- one of the two remaining undefeated non-BCS teams, and a future Notre Dame opponent -- is struggling. They trail BYU 17-0 at halftime.
UPDATE 6: And a good defensive sequence! Hey, maybe the Irish have a prayer after all!
UPDATE 7: 17-14 MSU at halftime.
Let the record show that ND Nation's football board has not been "nuked," as it was last week. So apparently that was an act of censorship, not a routine action designed to divert traffic over to the gameday board, as a commenter suggested.
BYU's lead over AFA is 24-6 near the end of the third quarter. Also late in the third, Wofford is beating Appalachian State, 28-17! Upset special!
Good lord, the Michigan band was just playing that stupid Zombie Nation song. First soccer, then baseball, now football?!? Make it stop!
Posted by: David K. | Sep 22, 2007 5:52:58 PM
At least they weren't playing their infernal fight song. I heard plenty of "Hail to the Victors" last week, thanks.
Posted by: Brendan Loy | Sep 22, 2007 5:56:19 PM
More importantly, it's 7-3 Michigan, almost in the fourth quarter. 7-3??? Is this an SEC game???
Posted by: Brendan Loy | Sep 22, 2007 5:59:07 PM
Michigan was playing Zombie Nation? I thought Penn State was using that as their unofficial theme....makes it even more ridiculous.
Posted by: kcatnd | Sep 23, 2007 1:18:11 AM
Didn't you know, Brendan? Playing in the Big Ten is a WAR!
Posted by: kcatnd | Sep 23, 2007 1:18:41 AM
Didn't you know, Brendan? Playing in the Big Ten is a WAR!
Posted by: kcatnd | Sep 23, 2007 1:18:50 AM
Didn't you know, Brendan? Playing in the Big Ten is a WAR!
Posted by: kcatnd | Sep 23, 2007 1:18:54 AM