Gamewatch

Last Saturday, Aimee and I went to a Gamewatch.

The Notre Dame Club of Los Angeles sponsors two Gamewatch gatherings for every ND football game.

We saw the ND-Purdue game with about 50 or so Irish fans at a bar in Hollywood. It was a lot of fun, especially when ND pulled out the win at the end of the game. People in the place were so excited it was almost like being at the game.

This weekend, we'll probably watch the Washington game at home so Rosebud can join in.
Besides, I thought that place was way over-priced. Maybe next time we'll go to the other Gamewatch location near the beach.

Irish Loss

We watched the ND-Michigan game on Saturday and enjoyed an entertaining game until the end.
It seemed that ND was outcoached and the Irish gave away the game to a team they should have beaten.
Afterward, Charlie Weis blamed the refs for the loss even though he seemed to be doing all he could to make sure Michigan would win.

His players:
took unsportsmanlike conduct penalties
didn't know to let the last kickoff roll into the end zone
didn't know to kill the clock or call timeout on the last play of the game

That's all coaching.

Charlie:
failed to run out the clock with running plays toward the end
allowed Michigan to save their timeouts for the winning drive
gave them the ball with plenty of time on the clock
allowed the officials to take a second off the clock after the last kickoff
finished the game with an unused timeout

At halftime we thought the Irish were in control of the game.
The second half belonged completely to Michigan. Obviously,
the coaching adjustments made by Michigan were far better
than those made by the Irish.

It's too bad a great game was ruined by horrendous ND coaching.