Comments on: Kelly recaps USC, talks bowl prep

By: v9versace

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By: tedlinko

tedlinko — Thu, 02 Dec 2010 03:15:30 +0000

The 1986 season started with a loss to Michigan (certainly not a mediocre Michigan team–actually a great Michigan team). But it was a frustrating loss because we came so close. The rest of that season we had one frustrating loss after another (and one beatdown by Alabama). Finished 5-6 but the final game of the season was a comeback win over the Trojans. And that game was the springboard to a great run, including a National Championship two years later.

That was Year 1 of Lou Holtz and,, while this isn’t an exact parallel, I see a lot of similarities to Year 1 of kelly. That year we were better than our record, but we just didn’t know how to close out games. This year we were in a lot of games but blew the Michigan, MSU and Tulsa games with late mistakes or failures to execute. But both teams grew a lot during the season and didn’t quit or get down on themselves late in the season as they could have. They both finished strong and set the tone for next year.

I for one feel very good about the future of this program. I think we will beat Michigan next year – handily – and I think we won’t continue losing to teams we should beat.

By: domjay

domjay — Tue, 30 Nov 2010 22:38:59 +0000

The navy game was such a beat down that you have to just put that one behind you. The games that still bother me are of course the Tulsa game but also the Michigan game. This is the second year in a row that an extremely mediocre Michigan team beat an ND team that was far and away the better team. I’m tired of losing to Michigan especially when they are pretty average at best. Hopefully next year we can beat Michigan and use the game as a springboard to a great season.

By: tlndma

tlndma — Tue, 30 Nov 2010 22:17:41 +0000

I’d like to say we would beat Navy but, credit where credit is due, that was a beatdown.

By: vegasmike74

vegasmike74 — Tue, 30 Nov 2010 21:35:55 +0000

And the award for best use of a bye week goes to…Bob Diaco! Marked improvement in fundamentals (tackling) and discipline (less overpursuit) means ND is bowl bound!