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Is Your Notre Dame Glass Half Full or Half Empty?

 
Given their dismal performance on the gridiron in 2007, it's understandable that most people place the 2008 Irish Football odds into an "all-or-nothing" basket.  With sharp memories casting dark shadows across a pedestrian schedule, it's easy to understand their views. The ND faithful blinders provide some hope that the glass is half full, but it's a canyon of an understatement to say that this team has a great deal to prove.  However, I'm not as optimistic as the U$C and "whomever's playing ND" crowd, that the wheels can not be re-attached to this wayward cart. There are two sides to every story, and then there's the truth.  7-5 or 11-1, I suspect loads of people will make the leafy pilgrimage to share family time with Touchdown Jesus, Rockne Memorial, and their faithful brothers. What's your view of the glass?   THE GLASS IS HALF-FULL SAN DIEGO STATE ... If they don't win this, the ... (link)

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