In what may have been the most exciting game on Saturday, I had to watch my Fighting Irish lose to rival Michigan...By Michigan I mean the one man wrecking crew that is Denard Robinson...
The Irish defense gave up 532 total yards to Michigan...Robinson threw for 244 of those yards, and 1 touchdown...and he rushed for 258 of their 288 yards on the ground...Oh and added two touchdowns on the ground...
The Notre Dame offense put up 535 yards of total offense, which is a bit surprising since starting Quarterback Dayne Crist was out for most of the first half after losing vision in his right eye on a one yard touchdown run...The lack of depth, talent, and experience at QB showed...But Crist let his team back from a 21-7 deficit in the second half...Late in the 4th quarter Crist connected with Tight End Kyle Rudolph for a 95 yard touchdown strike...The Irish were up 24-21...It was time for the defense to do what they couldn't do under Charlie Weis...It was time to finish...
But Robinson wouldn't be denied...He lead the Wolverines on 72 yard game winning drive...Michigan goes up 28-24 with 27 seconds left...Notre Dame has one last shot...I guess the defense still needs to work on that finishing thing, huh?
Crist quickly moved the Irish into scoring position...With six seconds left he had one shot at the end zone, but didn't give his talented group of big receivers a shot for a jump-ball...Instead he sailed the ball into the Michigan band...
Another bitter loss to Michigan has ruined another weekend for me...That said, watch out Big-Ten...Looks like Rich Rod has his QB and system in place...Everyone in Michigan was ready to shit-can this guy, but I think that has changed after last weeks win over UConn, and now this win over ND...Now the question is how far can Robinson take this team? Another question...Are the teams in the Big-Ten ready to try and stop this guy? Denard Robinson is going to make things a little more interesting...
For the Irish...Watching this game film won't be fun...Something tells me it's going to be a tough week of practice for the defense...
Later, The Beeze.
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