There are many words that could be written about the 2013 Notre Dame football season. I’m sure that I’ll eventually write more than my fair share before it is all said and done.
There will be plays to analyze, stats to compile, and a multitude of “what ifs” and “what now” questions to answer.
To be frank, I’m still not done really digesting the entire season. After all, there is still another game to be played. Sure, it may not “matter” in terms of championships, a BCS victory, or really even anything that will be considered a major bowl win.
Still though, it will be a game all the same, one I will want the Irish to win and one that I will be pissed if we manage to lose.
Today, I think it is best to just simply bid farewell to the season. The bowl game is a victory lap of sorts for this team. While 8-4 doesn’t scream “victory”, this team has overcome a multitude of awful luck from expulsions to letter of intent changes to season/career-ending injuries.
But again, all of that retrospective is best served for later.
Perhaps words aren’t even the appropriate medium right now. Perhaps I should take a page out of Louis Nix III’s playbook and let a picture say the thousand words for me.
As I sat through NBC’s live production of The Sound of Music with my fiancée (hey, gotta earn brownie points for the football binges all season) and the final reprisal of “So Long, Farewell” was about to start, Irish Chocolate delivered the perfect image:
So long, farewell, 2013 season. Auf wiedersehn, goodbye, Big Lou. You will be missed.
The Roundup
The Jameis Winston saga is over. No charges will be filed as the evidence at hand wouldn’t lead to a likely conviction in the DA’s opinion. Unfortunately, people surrounding the event decided to show their asses to the world. There was laughter during a presser discussing potential rape charges, shirtless bros treating it like a pep rally outside the courthouse, and some idiot in the media actually asking if the allegation was actually an Alabama conspiracy. Solid work, idiots.
No real easy way to transition, so moving on to less serious matters…Remember the double bird Marcus Hall of Ohio State gave Ann Arbor? His punishment came down from the Big Ten: just a good ‘ol slap on the wrist.
War damn earthquake. Tiger fans registered seismic activity as Auburn upset Alabama.
There is no doubt College GameDay has become a phenomenon. This view into the inside is rather awesome, but, uh, ESPN, let’s just stick with what works and not try to scheme up a Tebow-led SEC GameDay show please.
And now, your moment of zen…via
Put These Games on Your Radar
Man, I am ending the season oh so strong. Last week I went a very solid 4-2 bringing my total 27-21.
Can’t stop, won’t sop. Let’s keep this going.
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Predictions
Well, the fun and games are all over and your winner this season is…The Biscuit.
That’s right folks, we all got smoked by a guy that made all of his game by game predictions in August. Not only that, he won that last week of the season as well with his 24-21 Stanford over ND prediction. Incredible, he gets another bonus half point for this insanity, but it really didn’t matter in the end (nor would picking a bowl game).
Your final standings:
[table “” not found /]ALL HAIL THE DANCING LEPRECHAUNS!
The Booze
So this weekend I will be in the middle of an ice storm. It isn’t a huge deal, but the entire DFW metroplex shuts down and freaks out and shuts down because of it. Even better, I will be dealing with it all weekend and, since we now use sand instead of salt, it’ll likely hang around until Tuesday.
Joy.
So I need some warmth. I’m going with spiked hot chocolate this weekend. And no, it won’t be spiked with Peppermint Schnapps, but whiskey (unless I run out of whiskey because to hell with driving on icy roads when no one here knows how to).
Texan by birth, Irish by choice.
First-generation Domer and a former student manager, HLS podcast host, HLS Sim creator, Extra Life streamer, and technical problem haver. You can find more non-Notre Dame related writing on his Patreon.
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