My Notre Dame Fuse is Finally Lit for '13

One thing about being a Notre Dame football fan there is never a dull moment. I didn't even have time to fully comprehend the exhilarating, magical, improbable 2012 season before all hell broke loose. Bama Embarrasses the Irish in the BCSNCG... Te'o Get's Catfished... Kelly Flirts with NFL... Anzalone Bolts for Gainesville... Golson Gets Booted Out of School... Eddie Vanderdoes Leaves for Tinsletown... So it goes.

That viscous cocktail of equal parts absurdness and equal part being kicked in the nuts, combined with an emotional season with a huge let down at the end has left me feeling a little bit empty heading into the 2013. Don't get me wrong, I'm still fired up for the season, but there hasn't been quite as much anticipation as in years past.

Until today.

I heard a Michigan fan call into a sports radio show, and he was talking about how the Wolves were going to win all their games at home this year including the ones against Notre Dame and Ohio State. The statement made my ears perk up a little, but his reasoning is what kind of lit the fire for college football season to be here. He claimed the reason Michigan was going to beat ND and OSU was because of QB/WR/Back to QB Devin Gardner. Uh, okay, if you say so. I shrugged the comment off but it got me to start visualizing the game. The Michigan Stadium lights reflecting off of the Gold Helmets, the energy in the stadium, Musburger trying to score some girls young enough to be his great grand daughter... 

Maybe Garner will flourish since he is no longer bouncing between positions and can focus solely on playing quarterback, but he just doesn't strike fear into me like Denard did. Notre Dame has played against some pretty solid QB's the last few years Barkley, Cousins, Landry Jones, etc and Devin Gardner's name doesn't belong in that list. As for Denard, he had two games in his career where he just played out of his mind; both of those games just happened to be against the Irish. I will choose to remember his 2012 game in South Bend when he turned the ball over about 15 times and left the field in disgrace.

So that is it, Fourth of July is nearly here and that means media day is right around the corner. Fall practice is next up and before you know it it will be August 31 and I will pick right up where I left off last season, getting jacked up to watch my beloved Irish. 

This is a new blog but I used to run thegoldhelmets.com and after about a year hiatus I got the urge to write again. Stop by frequently for college football talk with some pop culture, tech, food, and music thrown in to keep things lively. I look forward to your interaction.