Notre Dame, always good but never great

          Every time, every friggen time I get excited for this team it never turns out well for me. I wish I could just be normal and not base my happiness off of a bunch of 18-22 year old kids but that's not how I'm wired. Last night Notre Dame lost on the final play of the game in which they only had 10 guys lined up on defense, that shit can't happen. I think the thing about this one that sucks so badly is we had it.....we had this fuckin game locked sealed and we didn't deliver. There are so many positives to take out of this game, the defense looked real good, ND ran for close to 200 yards, Hartman played super efficient, we just couldn't close......and there were so many chances to put the nail in the buckeyes coffin. So many what if's and mistakes that just can't happen. In a year College Football seems very wide open, with no team really setting the tone and dominating weekly, this seemed to be the perfect year for the Irish to make there case and be in the college football playoffs, I'm not saying that still can't happen but it's a longer road now.
          On the opening drive Notre Dame easily went down the field on the OSU defense, then 4th down Hartman rolled out and got stopped just short. Now I still think the play should have never been overturned but such is life, in a situation like that Sam Hartman needs to lower the shoulder and run that defender the fuck over for that extra inch and leave absolutely no doubt. Then Spencer Shrader misses another field goal, now making him 3-8 on the year, Schrader has a big leg but he absolutely needs to be more accurate. Then we come to the defensive side of the ball, overall I thought defensively they looked really well, ND dropped at least 2 sure fire interceptions which could have really swung the momentum but just didn't happen, take away the 60 yard run by Henderson? Ohio State's offense didn't do much, I wasn't impressed by Kyle McCord at all and Notre Dame should have won this game by double digits, which like I stated before make's this one so tough to swallow.
            Then we come to the last drive of the game, which was a real kick in the balls. First Ohio State converts a 4th and 7 by about a ball hair. Then DJ Brown let's an interception go right through his finger tips. Then the first kick in the dick, Ohio State converts a 3rd and 19 which should have never happened, they played way to soft off the ball and have Ohio States wide receivers all the room in the world to make a play. Ohio State runs a play action bootleg pass which ND defends beautifully with 10 men on the field. Ohio State lines up for the last play of the game and Notre Dame still has 10 men on the field, Buckeyes run a draw which anyone could have seen coming but it would have been better to have 11 men on the field instead of 10....Ohio State takes the lead with .1 seconds left and once again rips my heart out. Notre Dame made a huge 4th down stop late in the game to get the ball back and the play calling was horrendous. When ND got the ball back it was time to bully the fuck out of OSU's front 4, it was our time to finish the job, the Buckeyes were reeling and on the ropes, we couldn't deliver the knockout blow, which great teams do. A shit screen pass and a botched run play was all we mustered when we got the ball back. Notre Dame has the best O-line in the country in my opinion and it was time for them to take over and assert their will over Ohio States defense but we didn't do  it. Like I said my tune has changed from last night when I was ready to stop watching for the year and completely give up on this season, we have top 15 duke this week and if ND can come back with a monster and dominating performance against a really good Duke team that puts our name right back in there with other CFP teams. We still have USC and Clemson(Away) If Notre Dame can run the gauntlet and get some help from other teams it would be tough for them not to be under consideration for the top 4