College Football Week 5 Review: Putting the Fight Back in the Fighting Irish 6
Jimmy Clausen has thrown 12 touchdown passes in 2009 with just two interceptions.
It was another interesting weekend of college football as several ranked teams received unexpected challenges while a couple teams solidified their place in the rankings.
Putting the Fight Back in the Fighting Irish
I’m not ready to call the 2009 Notre Dame Fighting Irish a good team, but they are definitely entertaining.
Now 4-1 following a 37-30 overtime victory over the University of Washington, the last four games for the Irish have been decided by a total of 17 points with all of them going down to the wire.
Except for in the 38-34 loss to Michigan when the Wolverines scored in the final seconds to pull out the win, Notre Dame has been able to make big plays when it counts.
That is a far cry from a year ago when Notre Dame finished 7-6 and seemed to always fall just short in crunch time.
I’m sure that the legions of Notre Dame faithful across the country are ready to claim the return of the “Golden Dome Aura”, and I suspect the Irish will probably inch back into the top 25 this week.