Season 2, Game 10: vs Notre Dame

Notre Dame Fightin' Irish (3-5, #50) @ Milwaukee College Penguins (4-5, #93)

The Fightin' Irish are having a difficult season under coach Ty. I feel bad for the guy. He tries to recruit what he calls the "Notre Dame Gentleman" and a losing record is what he gets. I'm sure he's getting an earful of it back in Indiana.

I wanted to give them more fodder but Notre Dame was just too fast. I felt that we were too cowed by their presence. Yes, this is an annual rivalry. We measure ourselves against the best Division 1A Independent College. Last year we lost by a whopping 42 points. This year, after falling behind by 21 at the half, we limited our losses to 18 points.

We limited them to only 14 yards rushing in 19 attempts, while we had almost 200 yards on the ground. Our defense leads the league against the run. Alternatively, they had 409 yards and 5 touchdowns through the air while we just managed 127 yards passing. As I look to recruiting next year, I'm thinking: speed up our secondary, get some quicker outside line backers.

STATS: ND vs MKE

score: 38-20
first downs: 13-21
total offense: 423-319
rushes - yards: 19-14 --- 46-192
comp-att-TD: 16-27-5 --- 13--30-0
passing yards: 409 - 127
sacked: 3-2
turnovers: 1-1
fumbles - lost: 0 - 0 --- 2 - 1
intercepted: 1 - 0
top: 11:24 - 20:36

KEY PLAYERS (Offense)

Koch (QB #22) 78.9 rating, 13-30 for 127 yards; 12-66 rushing (5.5 avg)
Wetzel (HB #47) 25-78 rush (3.1 avg), 2 TD; 4-17 rec (4.2 avg)
Ciraldo (FB #25) 5-38 rush (7.5 avg)
Khalafian (TE #80) 3-30 rec (10.0 avg)
Love (#70 RT) 8 pancakes

KEY PLAYERS (Defense)

Valiant (LOLB #54) 7 tackles, 1 pass deflect
Mikulay (LE #45) 4 tackles (1 for loss), 1 sack
Hayden (LOLB #56) 4 tackles (1 for loss)
Bennett (CB #10) 3 tackles, 1 INT
Gerber (FB #21) 3 tackles