Monday, October 03, 2005
I can't tell you how much it pleases me that the Irish shellacked Purdue this weekend, 49-28. i spent the last two years of my life surrounded by Boilermaker fans while finishing my Masters degree at good ol' PeeU. They used to taunt me whenever I would wear ND shirts, asking me questions like, "Why don't you cheer for a good team?" That's the thing about Purdue fans; they only cheer for "good" teams and badmouth the "bad" teams. This includes their own beloved Boilermakers. Last year when Purdue was 6-0, nothing bad could be said about the team. The Glory Days had finally arrived in West Lafayette. Three weeks later they were 6-3 and the phrase "pulling an Orton" was being used all around campus to describe situations where people choked.But this year it's all different. Or should I say back to normal. ND took Purdue behind the proverbial woodshed and pulled out a Louisville Slugger of an offense on them. Brady Quinn put up record numbers on the annoying kid from down south, passing for 440 yards and amounting over 600 yards of offense total. Jeff Samardzija (better known as "Shark") made an amazing catch (above) in the first quarter and went on to score two touchdowns later in the game. He has at least one touchdown in all five games this season. Maurice Stovall and Matt Shelton were right behind Shark with 7 catches a piece. Darius Walker missed the century mark for the first time
this season (only 80 yards rushing), but it's not surprising. Charlie said he would call whatever play was working against a defense, and on Saturday that meant passing the ball. Nothing was more priceless during that game than seeing Purdue's Defensive Coordinator, Mike Spack, after Walker waltzed unhindered into the endzone for a TD. (Rashon Powers-Neal is pictured below)
That being said, the USC game in two weeks should be HUGE. If we win, I think you will start to hear whispers of National Championship and Brady Quinn for Heisman. The defense is going to have to really step up against the Trojans, though. We will probably need a defensive or special teams touchdown to bring home the W. But one thing's for sure; we aren't going to see another 31-point blowout.The gamewatch was pretty awesome, too. I met up with Kelly L. and her brother and went to Sine, an Irish pub in Pentagon City. We met up with Chrissy and her friend Becky once we got there. Turns out I knew Becky from our First Year Comp class. In fact, I went to the McGlinn formal with her freshman year. Looking back, I have no idea what the hell I was thinking not asking this girl out. She once told me a I was hot on AIM and I freaked. I was still in awkward high school mode and was shocked at being called "hot." In thanks of her compliment, I stopped talking to her on AIM. Thank Jebus I've moved on to Awkward College Mode and, currently, Awkward Yuppy Mode. It's probably a good thing time machines don't exist because there are several instances in my life where I would like to punch my former self in the face. That would probably disrupt the space-time continuum and destroy the universe. Awesome.
And by awesome, I mean totally sweet.
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