Notre Dame-OSU Postgame Thoughts

I'm back from Columbus, OH, where my car was not flipped over and set ablaze, but was towed yesterday at 5 AM (whoever is responsible for that is permanently on my shit list). My car being towed just added injury to insult to what was a very disappointing Fiesta Bowl. I got so many thoughts on the game that I'm going to do this post Larry King style.

In a rare occurrence, Charlie Weis was outcoached...

With Notre Dame's starting front four inability to rush the passer and the average secondary of the Irish, why did defensive coordinator Rick Minter almost never call a blitz?...

Who was making the defensive calls, Rick Minter or Kent Baer?...

Almost any quarterback is going to look a Heisman trophy winner if you give him 15 seconds to throw the football. I don't care how good your secondary is...

If you're going to give a receiver a 10 yard cushion, you better be able to tackle him as soon as he catches the ball. Not to mention, there's no reason why he should blow by you on a fly pattern...

Relax Irish fans, let Charlie Weis recruit some talent on the defensive side of the ball before you ask for Minter's head...

If Gerald McCoy commits to the Irish, he will be starting at defensive tackle when the Irish travel to Georgia Tech on September 2...

Sorry Irish fans, Anthony Gonzales never had possession of the ball...

Brady Quinn had one of his worst games of the season and missed several open receivers...

Quinn struggled with his accuracy at times...

It didn't help that when Quinn found an open receiver that several of his receivers seemed to be allergic to the ball...

As the season wore on, Jeff Samardzijia's hands seemed to get more slippery...

You know Ohio State is going to blitz, so why did Notre Dame struggle to pick up blitzers?...

Darius Walker had to have been nicked up most of the season because for once Darius was decisive when he ran the football...

Why did Charlie Weis abandon the run when Walker was having surprising success against the Buckeye defense?...

Charlie Weis's decision to go for it inside the 10 yard line of Ohio State in the 1st quarter made no sense...

Maurice Stovall showed Monday that unless he runs a 4.6-40 or worse, he should be a late 1st round draft pick...

There wasn't much that myself and the OSU fans I watch the game with agreed on, but the one thing we did agree on is that Brent Musburger sucks...

Did you know that A.J. Hawk is dating Brady Quinn's sister?...

Did you also know that Tom Zbikowski was a Golden Gloves boxer?...

Did anyone else catch Jack Arute's comment that he was going to "hook-up" with Brady Quinn's sister?...

Call me crazy, but I think the 2006 schedule sets up nicely for Notre Dame to make a National Championship run...