That sounds about right.

It’ll be a fun season, that’s for sure.

needs more blitzing

Someone at mass noticed my class ring and said, “I’m looking forward to the season, but I’m worried about our linebackers.” I had my kids Tenuta blitz him into submission.

Linebackers are about the only area I’m not worried about.

I think the blitzkrieggen, I mean blitz defense is a great defense

Orson,

I know you know this, but Tenuta is not a coordinator. I don’t mean to pick nits, but it threw my suspension of disbelief right out of the window. You know, like seeing real-life Fred Willard in the middle of a WALL-E.

That was hilarious, well done.

All jokes aside though, I think a lot of folks are looking forward to what Tenuta and Brown can do together on defense. I’m certainly not concerned about our LBs.

And I hope to hell we see a lot of TENUTA BLITZ talk during the season, because it’ll probably mean one of our LBs just put another opposing QB in the morgue…for Tenuta to feast on at a later time.

It won’t be as amusing when your DBs give a 12 yard cushion on 3rd and 8.

I thought Charlie Weiss was an OFFENSIVE genius? Now you tell me he’s both?!?!

Tenuta’s addition puts us in the unenviable — and previously unconsidered — position of a waking of the echoes for Notre Dame.

Consider: A beyond expectations season for the Irish, where they go 8-4 and wind up in a BCS game against Auburn who gets an at large bid to the big partays.

Can you imagine the TAH-NOO-TAH blitz versus the Chop Block?

1. - Not to nitpick, but I think you have “our” and opposing" switched there by accident.

“Everything is down hill”
“Are we going full speed today??? Then what the F—- was that?!”

My dad saw the clip of him at practice and he didn’t even need his Viagra.

It is going to be a fun year.

ND can’t be in the BCS with 8 wins.

#12
Yes, but Notre Dame can get in with six wins.

My moneys on Tenuta blitzing them once they get off the bus, while they are in their suits and ties and shocked that they are getting hit by ND in full pads 6 hrs before the game starts……hell he may not even wait til they get off the bus, he may charge the bus/plane and just start letting the players hit ’em in their seats

Speaking strictly as a Georgia fan, I must regretfully inform Notre Dame backers that “TENUTA BLITZ!!!” is in fact Belgian for “GETZ BURNT OON TAILBACK DRAWZZZ AND SLANT ROUTZ. ALL. DAY. LONG!!!”

At least that was our experience. Your mileage may vary.

David, ND hasn’t been to the BCS with more than 2 losses (10-2, 9-2 twice).

Unlike the 8-4 FSU of 8-3 Pitt teams that went thanks to conference automatic bids.

And everyone thinks ND gets a better deal…

#8,

A 12 yard cushion is 5 yards closer than our DBs have been at any time in the last three years.

Has anyone looked at that ND schedule this year? Same old song friends – look at the cakewalk of the first 11 games? Who scares anyone there? Michigan with no QB and an entirely new offense to run the second week of the season? Against Tenuta’s LB’s?? (Ask Demetrius Jones about that one Mich State is without Caulcrick and Ringer (only John L could lose games with those two horses), Wilfred Brimley is without Painter – Wannstache??? Please, he still has nightmares about what ND did to Pitt on Charlie’s opening game in 2005.

ND will run all the way to the USC game, maybe dropping one to Carolina if they play out of their minds in Chapel Hill, maybe. USC will torch them by two touchdowns. ND will get into a BCS bowl against an SEC team (I’m looking at you Auburn) and get smoked like they have the last two times. ND brings in the $$$ for the bowls so they never get to end up beating up a WAC school.

Somebody record the date and time on this one.

Standard NDNation response a full 49 days early @ 12:58 pm. Check.

July 10, 12:58, when AtlantaDomer reveals that he has found the fountain of hope, NotreDame’s offseason.

Jackwraith, I’m hoping you didn’t misinterpret my last postulation – I’m predicting Auburn or other said SEC school, will spank ND by 2 touchdowns. NDNation would have you believe that the Irish would somehow get faster between the last game against USC and the bowl game. Funny, that never seems to happen.

Will be a nice season though.

Atlantadomer, I am saving it. I am in fact saving the screenshot.

Painter is still there, which might not be a big deal in NDNation since emu is slated to win a Heisman this year.

Michigan gave you 21 points in Defense with Brady Quinn, Samaralphabet, McKnight, Darius Walker the last time we played you at ND. And last year, we gave you 0 points. We have our D-Line returning with Donovan Warren and Trent returning too.

You might be in for a surprise. Now, go back to NDNation if you want to snub reality.

@#11 +5 No Homos

Atlantadomer -

Fact check: Michigan will have two games under their belts when they come to South Bend; ND will have one.

I won’t bother with reality checks – but there is no way ND makes it to the USC game with less than two losses.

But it is so much fun to watch the ND crackpipe blazing.

So what would people rather watch – a Michigan-Notre Dame game, or a Tenuta-Barwis cage match?

BLITZ BLITZ BLITZ, no matter how it works out in the end, will still be a welcome change from the ‘bend, and then break’ defenses that ND has put out there over the past decade or so.

I still miss Barry Alvarez.

I AM GOING TO BLITZZZZ.. GRRRRR…

WTF HE IS GOING TO SCORE.. STOP HIM…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MtBBnt5EHGU

#19: No way in hell do the Domers get through the regular season with two losses. The epic fail that was your offensive line last year will improve, sure, but that’s because it’s impossible to be any worse. Combine that with the emphasis on blitzing (a high-variance strategy), and there’s no way ND will be consistent enough to come close to 10-2. (And I find it absolutely hysterical that you think North Carolina is the second danger team – I doubt they’ll be in the top half of your schedule, much less “best of the rest”. They’ll be a tougher game than Stanford, Syracuse, maybe San Diego State, and maybe Washington, but that’s it.)

Massive improvement might get your team to 7-5 and a bowl game. A BCS game? Dream on.

Oh – BTW: I think Bama might have finally made their numbers for scholarship limits:

http://www.mgoblog.com/content/cut

Atlantadomer, tell us more about your ring.

We knew we would easily make our numbers.
/hiccup

+ 4 cocktails to you, Macon Dawg, for the subtle dig at North Avenue.

ME NO UNDERSTANDS THE TAHNOOTAH SO GREAT DOGS KICK ASS ALL TIME. :)

Ugastexan, I do’nt think Tenuta had any control over the whole Reggie Ball Experience, so I don’t think you can really lay all the blame on him.

If I remember correctly, Tech’s D kept them in those games, only to have Ball piss it away.

While Notre Dame may very well lose to Carolina, I think they will, Carolina is not the worst of their problems until the USC game.

If Notre Dame wins 9 regular season games, I will be flabbergasted.

I doubt whatever flab I might have needs to be too concerned.

Ahh… I see the hatred flowing through all of you.

I get on here and say “the ND schedule plays out so weak this year that it will be another one of those years where they win lots of games against weak teams and get into a bowl game they don’t deserve”, and what happens? No one got past “win” and “Notre Dame”.

Orson – I have to do this – I have to call on guest columnist Tommy Kilborn. Only he can speak from the Notre Dame that all of you seem to honor.

The Buckeyes would gladly take some of those angry, angry blitzes.

1. is typical Michigan.

No one ever beats Michigan, they only beat themselves.

I guess that’s why Bo had such a pathetic Rose Bowl record… he was so good, he beat himself.

1. +infinity on the Tommy Kilborn reference.
   I saw your post and realized you weren’t pumping sunshine for ND, but merely pointing out an incredibly weak schedule that will get seriously exposed by USCw and possibly in a bowl game if ND happens to roll through with only 2 losses. Carry on my friend. Tommy Kilborn you are not.

Tenuta vs Barwis cage match with Tim Brewster calling it!

FIGHT!!! TRY!!! BEST!!! WIN!!!!

I always read EDSBS Tenuta as Animal from the Muppets. If you could trade “blitz” for “drums” in their respective vocabularies, it works fine both ways.