Wow, I was the complete opposite.

by Pete, Wednesday, September 14, 2011, 09:32 (5341 days ago) @ Jay

After the Michigan drubbing of 2007, I was damn near catatonic. It got a smidge easier as the year progress, aided by some actual wins on the record, but 2007 was a real pull-off-your-fingernails kind of year. We were so abysmally bad. It's tough to watch a team you know is the worst team likely field in Notre Dame's entire history, and that there was pretty much nothing that could be done to fix it in the short term. And doing things like losing to Navy for the first time in over 40 years certainly didn't help matters.

This year, it sucks real bad that we've lost. But if one's looking for hope, there's a lot more to find this year, and it's much more readily available.

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text conversation with a good friend of mine - Jay, 2011-09-14, 07:35
- Nit: It's been 18 years, not 15. - Kevin, 2011-09-14, 09:03
  - I think it's been less a Trail of Tears - Jay, 2011-09-14, 09:05
    - I think this is my list. - Glass, 2011-09-14, 16:11
    - And it's a little Michigan of us - Kevin, 2011-09-14, 09:18
      - But we did win - KelleyCook, 2011-09-14, 10:11
        
        This is indisputable. Talk about your Black Swans. - Dylan, 2011-09-14, 10:17
        
        In this particular instance, I welcome the passage of time. - KGB, 2011-09-14, 14:13
    - Beautiful mountains - Greg, 2011-09-14, 09:06
- Just switch to 2007 mode - CW (Rakes), 2011-09-14, 08:53
  - it was pretty easy that year - Jay, 2011-09-14, 08:59
    - Wow, I was the complete opposite. - Pete, 2011-09-14, 09:32
      - That was the Ty landmine year - Dylan, 2011-09-14, 09:41
      - it took me two weeks and a post-Michigan Charlie presser - Jay, 2011-09-14, 09:37
        
        The presser was classic - BPH, 2011-09-14, 12:16
        
        I still have it saved somewhere around here - Jay, 2011-09-14, 13:45
      - After the Navy game that year - Jim (fisherj08), 2011-09-14, 09:33
    - As despondent as I am - Dylan, 2011-09-14, 09:28
      - What's the opposite of smoke and mirrors? - Pete, 2011-09-14, 10:31
        
        Gin and strapons. - hlewis, 2011-09-15, 06:10
        
        Why, Tongziland, of course! - Joe I, 2011-09-15, 09:16
        
        fire and brimstone - Jay, 2011-09-14, 10:51
        
        Wood and felt - Dylan, 2011-09-14, 10:47
      - taking a look back at 2002 - Jay, 2011-09-14, 10:25
        
        I think that Michigan safety - Jeremy (WeIsND), 2011-09-14, 11:43
        
        I went to the USC game thinking our defense - Jay, 2011-09-14, 11:46
        
        Even the SC game had a fluky defense/ST play - Jeremy (WeIsND), 2011-09-14, 11:51
        
        Some good memories in there. - nedhead, 2011-09-14, 11:31
        
        does this team feel like that team? - Jay, 2011-09-14, 10:28
        
        it's like we're 2002's opponents - HumanRobot, 2011-09-14, 10:42
        
        It's the inverse, sort of - Greg, 2011-09-14, 10:41
        
        ABSOLUT Inverse. - Joe I, 2011-09-14, 10:50
        
        So, wait, - Pete, 2011-09-14, 10:48
      - My head knows it's too early to draw any conclusions. - FunkDoctorSpock, 2011-09-14, 10:04
      - Agreed. I think this is an important thing to keep in mind. - Mike (Embrey), 2011-09-14, 09:53
    - I don't know what the long view is - Greg, 2011-09-14, 09:08
    - Scratch this year - Geoff, 2011-09-14, 09:07
- Did we just create a Notre Dame support group? - Jim (fisherj08), 2011-09-14, 08:49
  - Can this be our logo? - NDTerp, 2011-09-14, 10:06
  - when you say you feel "trapped" in a man's body - Jay, 2011-09-14, 09:40
  - Appropriately, led by Tobias Funke, Analrapist. - Bryan (IrishCavan), 2011-09-14, 09:31
  - And how does that make you feel? - Chris (HCC), 2011-09-14, 09:06
- Similar situation here - irishvol, 2011-09-14, 08:48
  - What bothers me the most.. - FunkDoctorSpock, 2011-09-14, 09:14
  - The internal battle I'm fighting right now is a real bitch. - Chris, 2011-09-14, 08:56
- Text convo with my friend Sat. (WARNING LANG) - Bingo, 2011-09-14, 08:33
  - I don't know what the hell kind of amusement parks you go to - Chris (HCC), 2011-09-14, 08:38
    - Why, Tongziland, of course! - Joe I, 2011-09-14, 09:55
      - There are so many questions that I have - Jim (fisherj08), 2011-09-14, 09:59
- I'm so messed up... - PMan, 2011-09-14, 08:33
  - You're not alone. - FunkDoctorSpock, 2011-09-14, 08:35
    - I'm DVR'ing it and going outside. - NDTerp, 2011-09-14, 10:03
- I'm beginning to think my roommate might have been right - KelleyCook, 2011-09-14, 08:29
  - There are a variety of ways to approach this - Greg, 2011-09-14, 08:36
    - Everyone should just blog about it. - domer.mq, 2011-09-14, 08:42
      - Sweet, can I have a guest spot? - Joe, 2011-09-14, 09:18
        
        Yes. - domer.mq, 2011-09-14, 09:47
- You know what I did after the game? - Mike (Embrey), 2011-09-14, 08:03
  - I put on -- no kidding -- - Jay, 2011-09-14, 08:07
    - I watched a season of Breaking Bad - Jim (fisherj08), 2011-09-14, 08:17
      - I watched Blue Valentine. - KGB, 2011-09-14, 08:40
        
        I'd watch the original My Bloody Valentine if I could. - Chris, 2011-09-14, 08:42
- Wait, I don't remember texting you! - FunkDoctorSpock, 2011-09-14, 07:54
- Look at you - Mike (bart), 2011-09-14, 07:48
- I had the same conversation - Jeff (BGS), 2011-09-14, 07:40
  - No way would I be up at 3 AM answering e-mails. - Joe, 2011-09-14, 07:42
    - I made it to 1:30 AM central time. - Silk, 2011-09-14, 08:26
      - I try that rationale on my wife - BPH, 2011-09-14, 12:54
      - Oh you definitely weren't alone. - Chris, 2011-09-14, 08:33
        
        On an hour-long drive home that night - Kevin, 2011-09-14, 09:08
        
        It was rough, because my wife had company over. - Joe, 2011-09-14, 09:14

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