This Game is This Saturday

I’ve been saying it for years - teams should not be focusing in on the Echoes, past Heisman Trophy winners and all our National Championships, but rather, should focus on the here and now and the team on the field on Saturday.  The same is true for the Irish.  There has been a lot of talk about Pittsburgh head coach Todd Graham who coached a good Tulsa team that beat the Notre Dame last season.  We are hearing about his spread offense and how he’s implementing it at Pittsburgh. 

We are also hearing about Kelly facing Pittsburgh in the Big East during his time at Cincinnati and his success against them.  Tomorrow’s game is not against a Pittsburgh team coached by Dave Wannstedt, and we are not facing Tulsa.  This is a Pittsburgh team that blew a late lead against Iowa and their two wins are against Buffalo and Maine.

As for the Irish, they have begun to turn things around with their win last Saturday against Michigan State.  Many feel this turn around should have occurred after the South Florida loss, while many feel they should have been better from the start needing no turn around at all.  At the very least, the turn is happening sooner than last year’s after starting 4-5.