JerryYeagley23

You do remember being a 20-year old athlete right? You don’t get “rusty” in three weeks. They will tug their shorts a little after the first few breaks down the court without a whistle, and then the adrenaline will kick in and they’ll be fine. If they don’t perform well, it won’t be because of all the time they’ve spent away from the game forgetting how to box out and follow through.

Definitely going to be more talent on the other side of the ball than we’ve seen through two rounds, not arguing that. But, Notre Dame might be getting some respect based on reputation. This isn’t the strongest of the ND squads they have fielded in recent years. They have not been good on the road, with only three road wins being against a 7-10 Pitt team one-nil, a bad Syracuse team and Michigan on a late winner. They got pounded 5-2 by Virginia Tech three weeks ago, and have gone to OT with the score tied 0-0 in both of their tournament games so far. They aren’t going to be able to park the bus and hope to beat us on a golden goal in OT or penalties. We have too much attacking talent, and our outside backs pushing high is going to have them on their heels defending cross after cross. Don’t get me wrong, they’re a good group; but barring tragic weather conditions this is a game we should win. I can see this game being a 3-1 score line if we get an early goal, because they’re going to have to break form and get away from the defend and counter strategy. That will open things up for us and we will punish them. Keep the weather reports coming. It’s 65 degrees in South Carolina, so hoping conditions stay reasonable for some good soccer and the pitch holds up.

Man, how does Stanford always seem to get a free roll into the final four? Akron, James Madison and Michigan St. between them and the championship for the fourth year in a row? I think IU will outplay Notre Dame with homefield pushing them through. That is, as long as the conditions hold up. I’ve seen pictures of family in Chicago that have a foot of snow on the ground; I don’t know how Btown has fared so far. Conditions can cause the better team not to be able to show it, and lose on a junk goal. Assuming we get by ND Friday I think playing in better weather out in Santa Barbara will allow our guys to show their form against Kentucky/Maryland. I actually hope we get Kentucky because of the revenge factor. If we can run that gauntlet I think IU’s class will be too much for all four of the teams left on the other side of the bracket and we will bring home number nine.

Did my post get deleted mods? I know I mentioned political figures, but it was in context to the celebrity status of Penny at Memphis. Didn't mean to offend anyone.