Blue Gray Sky: Is Tennessee-Notre Dame a Trap Game for the Irish?
Notre Dame blogger Blue Gray Sky wonders whether this Saturday’s game against the Tennessee Volunteers might be a “trap game” for the Irish. He (or she) links to a transcript of Head Coach Charlie Weis’ press conference and quotes Weis’ comments on the subject:
Q. How would you define a trap game?
COACH WEIS: This certainly isn’t one. All you have to do is watch the tape. When I sit there and give these facts and figures right there, it isn’t just trying to make myself look good to make it look like we know what we’re doing here. This is the scariest 3 4 team that you’re ever going to go against because they’re capable of beating everybody every week and they know it. Our guys know it, too.
All you got to do is put on the tape. They see it. They see these things that I just talked about because I’ve shown them these same things I’m telling you about. They’ve seen it. There’s no trap. You don’t have to worry about a trap in a Tennessee game.
Still, says Blue Gray Sky, it must be tough to maintain perspective. BGS’ concluding thought:
“I’ll be disappointed if we give up more than a couple of touchdowns. Final score: ND 24, Tennessee 9.
August 1st, 2006 at 8:35 am
[...] With UT’s well-publicized offensive struggles, you’d have thought that this would be a trap game for the Irish. Unfortunately, Weis didn’t think so, and he had his team ready. [...]