Notre Dame Must Become a Four Quarter Football Team in 2009

If Notre Dame wants to be as good as Phil Steele expects and as good as their fans are hoping, they must become a four quarter football team in 2009. There's a lot of returning talent from last year's 7-6 squad that finished on a high note with a 49-21 thrashing of the University of Hawaii in the Hawaii Bowl. Jimmy "Santa" Clausen, the Irish's quarterback, enters his junior year with two starting years under his belt.  Heralded Golden Tate heads up an experienced receiving corp, Armando Allen and Robert Hughes lead a four-deep running attack and the offensive line is loaded with experience. Defensive coordinator John Tenuta plans on going to a "4-3" in 2009 so the blitzing game will be more effective and he feels that he has the young players who can step right in. Fifteen of 16 starters return from last year's team.  The experience is there and it looks like the talent is as well. Irish fans are excited and hopes of winning 10 or more games are a common thread they ... (link)