Notre Dame Football is back! After knocking off SoCal, they've got a ticket to the National Championship in Miami against whichever team survives the remaining conference championship games. Alabama seems most likely.
I'm making no predictions for the victor in that game. But the Irish confirmed that their greatest strength is their defense. That's a big turnaround, given that defense has been their greatest weakness over the past several years. The Irish offense is decent, especially with the running game. Everett Golston's done a good job managing the offense this season. He's a decent but not great passer and has pretty good speed and elusiveness. But the real strength of the Irish offense is its offensive line. Those guys can manhandle just about anybody.
How they'll do against Alabama remains to be seen.
The Colts got to 7-4 today. Great for them. It was a dull game against the Bills with neither team able to get much done offensively. I still believe the Colts don't have the defense or the rushing game to get out of the first round of the playoffs, but that takes nothing away from the fact that they've overachieved impressively this season with their roster full of rookies.
The Indiana High School championships weren't very dramatic. Not really any surprises. The Catholics won 4 of 5. The only reason they didn't win the 5th was because they didn't have any high schools big enough to qualify for the 5A class. That gets fixed next year, when Cathedral moves up from 4A to 5A.
It was sort of unfortunate for Indiana that they fell apart in the fourth quarter of what was a very competitive Oaken Bucket game against Purdue. Maybe someday the Hoosiers will field a competitive football team. In the meantime we'll just enjoy following Cody Zeller and the #1 basketball team in the nation.
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