July 20, 2005
ESPN Gameday crew headed to Pitt - Notre Dame
A Pitt spokesman confirmed that ESPN is in talks to bring ESPN College GameDay to Heinz Field for the season opener between Pitt and Notre Dame. Let's see: Pitt unveils the new uniforms, Wannstedt premieres for the Panthers, first game of the year, Notre Dame in the house...yeah, I'd say that sounds like the right recipe for Corso & Co.
Comments:
Tom Pounds said:
posted on August 15, 2005 3:14 PM — 12.129.98.129 — link — abuse?
When will this be official? I keep checking back at [their website]
and they are still listing their last engagement at the 2005 RoseBowl.BOB MARTIN said:
posted on August 31, 2005 11:25 PM — 70.33.97.119 — link — abuse?
THE MIRACLE OF “2005”
ESPN IS AT THE RIGHT SPOT TO WITNESS THE BEGINNING OF THE MIRACLE---IN THIS YEAR 2005, NOTRE DAME WILL WIN THE NCAA FOOTBALL NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP!!!!! YOU SAY “IMPOSSIBLE, SUCH A FEAT WOULD REQUIRE THE MOTHER OF ALL MIRACLES---AND THAT KIND OF MIRACLE HAS NOT HAPPENED IN THE LAST 2000 YEARS".
---"NOT TRUE"---NOTRE DAME NOW HAS A FOOTBALL COACH WHO IS A PROVEN MIRACLE WORKER----E.G. AS AN ASSISTANT COACH WITH THE NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS CHARLIE WEIS WAS GIVEN A 199TH DRAFT PICK AND A 253TH DRAFT PICK TO WORK WITH---UNDER WEIS'S TUTELAGE THEY BECAME AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE PATRIOTS---IT IS NO ACCIDENT THE PATRIOTS HAVE WON THREE OF THE LAST FOUR SUPER BOWLS---YES, TOM BRADY WHO WAS NEVER CONSIDERED A TOP QUARTERBACK IN COLLEGE AND DAVID GIVENS A BASIC FOOTBALL PLAYER ARE NOW STARS IN THE NFL---AND REMEMBER THE RESURRECTION OF COREY DILLON WAS NOT TOO SHABBY EITHER---THIS IS THE GENIUS OF CHARLIE WEIS.
---HAS THIS KIND OF MIRACLE EVEN HAPPENED BEFORE?---WELL ALMOST---41 YEARS AGO ARA PARSEGIAN TOOK OVER A 2 AND 7 NOTRE DAME TEAM---IN HIS VERY FIRST YEAR ARA TOOK THE IRISH TO WITHIN MINUTES (OR AS IRISH FANS SAY “WITHIN A COUPLE OF BAD CALLS”) OF THE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP---IT WILL HAVE TAKEN 41 YEARS TO EVEN THE SCORE AGAINST THE INVINCIBLE TROJANS (PICKED #1 BY THE LARGEST MARGINS EVEN SEEN IN THE PRESEASON POLLS FOR 2005)---BUT RETRIBUTION WILL TAKE PLACE ON OCT 15TH 2005 WHEN UNBEATEN USC (WITH THE ALL HEISMAN BACKFIELD) FACES UNBEATEN NOTRE DAME IN NOTRE DAME IND.
---THERE ARE A LOT OF SIMILARITIES BETWEEN THE NOTRE DAME TEAMS OF 1964 AND 2005---PREVIOUS TO ARA AND CHARLIE NOTRE DAME HAD 3 COACHES IN 3 YEARS---ARA STARTED ON THE ROAD AND SO WILL CHARLIE---IMMEDIATELY ARA HAD TO DRILL A WINNING ATTITUDE INTO HIS 2 AND 7 TEAM AND HE SUCCEEDED---HIS PLAYERS BOUGHT INTO THE IDEA THEY COULD BEAT ANYONE--- CHARLIE HAS INSTILLED THE SAME CONFIDENCE IN HIS 2005 TEAM---ARA MOVED MANY PLAYERS TO NEW POSITIONS IN ORDER TO GET MAXIMUM EFFECTIVENESS ON THE FIELD---CHARLIE IS DOING THE SAME--- ARA WAS TOUGH, IF YOU BROKE ANY OF HIS RULES YOU WERE GONE---CHARLIE IS JUST AS DEMANDING.
---LASTLY---MOST EXPERTS PICKED NOTRE DAME 37TH OR LOWER IN THE PRE-SEASON POLLS---THEIR RATIONALE?---MOST TEAMS WILL SCORE AT WILL AGAINST NOTRE DAME'S POROUS DEFENSE (3 STARTERS RETURN )---HOWEVER, THEY DID NOT ADDRESS THE CRUCIAL QUESTION---WHICH IS---CAN ANY TEAM STOP THE IRISH OFFENSE? (BASICALLY ALL 11 STARTERS RETURN)---THE ANSWER---"NO".---THIS SCORING MACHINE WILL HELP THE IRISH DEFENSE IMMEASURABLY---THE DEFENSE WILL BE RESTED, EXCITED AND HIGHLY MOTIVATED TO MATCH OR EXCEED THE EFFORT OF THE OFFENSE---REMEMBER, THIS DEFENSE WILL BE ON THE FIELD A LOT LESS THAN IN PREVIOUS YEARS---NOW I AM GOING TO SIT BACK AND WATCH THE MOTHER OF ALL MIRACLES COME TO PASS.
posted on August 31, 2005 11:50 PM — link — abuse?Jeff Quinton said:
The real miracle of 2005 is when Bob finds his caps lock key and turns it off.
Michael Hickerson said:
posted on July 22, 2005 10:04 AM — 209.194.80.90 — link — abuse?Well, it's not like there are any other really huge games that weekend...I'm sure Florida is taking on some cream puff....