YES!!! FINALLY

For about a year now I've heard Notre Dame fans talking about how they look forward to playing UCONN in football and how UCONN has no chance at all to win. I kept telling them that we probably will win and that the game will at the very least be MUCH closer than what you think. Notre Dame fans paid no attention to UCONN Football in many ways. They asked me about the team and how we played, with the inference that they'd never seen us play.

UCONN RUNS the ball. Andre Dixon and Jordan Todman are a great one-two punch. The defense will give up some yards, but makes big plays and gets turnovers. The return unit will also make a big play or two to help win games. We run the ball and when we run the ball well we will at the very least keep the game close.

I loved how UCONN just ran over Notre Dame at the end of the game. That was fun to watch because every UCONN run seemed to go for 8-12 yards. I also was glad that Zach Frazer got to throw a Touchdown pass in Overtime at Notre Dame. Kashif Moore also made a heck of a catch on that play. Blidi Wreh Wilson made a great stop on defense in Overtime too.

I was so emotional while watching this game. That's rare for me when it comes to watching sporting events. I usually sit and observe. I couldn't for this game. I couldn't stand all of this Notre Dame is amazing and will beat UCONN crap. I hate the Catholic School is better and deserves to win over a Public school talk of a certain family friend of ours. I was passionately screaming at the television today. I was as loud as I've ever been while watching a game. This game meant so much to me because of what it symbolized for UCONN, the State of Connecticut and our Football program. We beat Notre Dame at Notre Dame. UCONN did that! Imagine saying that just five years ago. That would have been an insane statement. What made it even more important was that the win came at a crucial time and it marked the first time that UCONN had won a game without Jasper Howard. We had lost 3 heartbreaking games after our hearts were broken with the loss of Howard. It was about time that things went our way. This was the biggest win in program history. It validates the program in many ways. On National Television, at Notre Dame on Senior Day. It doesn't get much better than that.

What upset me was how the media of NBC seemed to focus so much more on Charlie Weis and what it meant to him. After the game they should have almost entirely focused on what this meant for UCONN. UCONN has been through so much, especially the football program. NBC should have focused on how great it was for UCONN to have pulled off this victory. I do think that they did a great peice on UCONN FOOTBALL at halftime, but I would have rather they focused on all that UCONN had been through, and what it meant to the program in the post-game interviews.

It was also hard not to get emotional after the game. Coach Edsall had a great interview after the game and it brought some tears to my eyes to think about what the school has been through and what Jasper Howard's family has had to endure. This win was huge for UCONN and the Howard family and I am so glad that the game ball is going back down to Miami to be with his family. Things finally went UCONN's way. Finally! Even though no win can replace the loss of a fallen comrade.