Golden!

Golden is Golden. Didn't any one else noticed Golden's celebration when he just stood there and put his hands on his waist and look up. It was like looking at superman

Note: This is not Golden Tate!!!

Still can't get over with the Golden Tate dive! That was so hilarious. It just goes to show Golden is a Rockstar.
But this is Eddie Vedder of Pearl Jam! The frontman of the greatest band in the universe period.

Yellow Ledbetter is a must listen to before you die!

And hopefully i'll see one of their concerts before i die. And sing along with thousands of other Pearl Jam fans to Betterman!

Pearl Jam - No Woman No Cry (Bob Marley) with Betterman!

If hearing Vedder's voice forst time doesn't give you goosebumps, then you simply do not have a soul. Hearing the crowd singing the words of betterman makes me cry!!!

Betterman

Waitin', watchin' the clock, it's four o'clock, it's got to stop
Tell him, take no more, she practices her speech
As he opens the door, she rolls over...
Pretends to sleep as he looks her over

She lies and says she's in love with him, can't find a better man...
She dreams in color, she dreams in red, can't find a better man...
Can't find a better man
Can't find a better man
Ohh...

Talkin' to herself, there's no one else who needs to know...
She tells herself, oh...
Memories back when she was bold and strong
And waiting for the world to come along...
Swears she knew it, now she swears he's gone

She lies and says she's in love with him, can't find a better man...
She dreams in color, she dreams in red, can't find a better man...
She lies and says she still loves him, can't find a better man...
She dreams in color, she dreams in red, can't find a better man...
Can't find a better man
Can't find a better man
Yeah...

She loved him, yeah... she don't want to leave this way
She feeds him, yeah... that's why she'll be back again

Can't find a better man
Can't find a better man
Can't find a better man
Can't find a better... man...

The Best Video Out There

The Art of War: Notre Dame V.S. Michigan

I. Laying Plans (Advantage Notre Dame)

Charlie Weis is now calling the plays, and he looked good doing it last game against Nevada. Rich Rod also has a very good offensive mind. Advantage goes to Charlie Weis because he has been doing it longer.

Explores the five fundamental factors that define a successful outcome (the Way, seasons, terrain, leadership, and management). By thinking, assessing and comparing these points you can calculate a victory, deviation from them will ensure failure. Remember that war is a very grave matter of state.

II. Waging War (Advantage Notre Dame)

Sun Tzu claims "success requires making the winning play, which in turn, requires limiting the cost of competition and conflict." I was glad that Michigan won last game and doing so without turning the ball over too much. This way, those frosh QBs of theirs can think that they are the Masters of The Universe. I expect our defense to be flying all over the field tomorrow. Expect our defense to intercept the ball at least three times and force and recover a fumble.

Explains how to understand the economy of war and how success requires making the winning play, which in turn, requires limiting the cost of competition and conflict.

III. Attack by Stratagem (Advantage Notre Dame)

Michigan is still too young. Period.

Defines the source of strength as unity, not size, and the five ingredients that you need to succeed in any war.

IV. Tactical Dispositions (Advantage Notre Dame)

Sun Tzu explains "the importance of defending existing positions until you can advance them and how you must recognize opportunities, not try to create them." Linebackers. ND linebackers have to really show up for this game. They must be focus throughout out the game. And lock down. And play fast. Will they be able to? The past couple of years the answer was a big fat NO. But now with the young guns in ND (B. Smith, Filer, Fleming, Te'o) comes speed. This will be a coming out party for Manti Te'o.

Explains the importance of defending existing positions until you can advance them and how you must recognize opportunities, not try to create them.

V. Energy (Advantage Michigan)

Their in the big house. Coming out of a blow out win. Three Wins last season. Advantage Michigan.

Explains the use of creativity and timing in building your momentum.

VI. Weak Points and Strong (Advantage Notre Dame)

This will be a battle of the trenches. Yes, Michigan has that DE Dude going to the NFL on the first round, but expect Verducci and Weis to know and plan for that. Max protect.

Explains how your opportunities come from the openings in the environment caused by the relative weakness of your enemy in a given area.

VII. Maneuvering (Advantage Notre Dame)

Red Zone defense. Advantage goes to ND because we will not be in the red zone that much just like in Nevada. Expect to see bombs and more bombs.

Explains the dangers of direct conflict and how to win those confrontations when they are forced upon you.

VIII. Variation of Tactics (Advantage Notre Dame)

Micheal Floyd, Kyle Rudolph, and Golden tate. Take your pick. Michigan has two running QBs, but they are still frosh and can be eliminated easily with LB play.

Focuses on the need for flexibility in your responses. It explains how to respond to shifting circumstances successfully.

IX. The Army on the March (Advantage Notre Dame)

Michigan, like Notre Dame, has many traditions, but I'm really surprised that their marching band is not one of them. This might be so because they have stopped trying to beat out the Ohio Script (The very first Ohio Script picture below). That is the bomb! Notre Dame has a better band period.


Describes the different situations in which you find yourselves as you move into new enemy territories and how to respond to them. Much of it focuses on evaluating the intentions of others.

X. Terrain (Advantage Michigan)

Notre Dame is playing in The Big House. 100,000+ screaming Michigan Fans, 'nuff said.

Looks at the three general areas of resistance (distance, dangers, and barriers) and the six types of ground positions that arise from them. Each of these six field positions offer certain advantages and disadvantages.

XI. The Nine Situations (Advantage Notre Dame)

This ND team is a veteran team. They have been through every situation.

Describe nine common situations (or stages) in a campaign, from scattering to deadly, and the specific focus you need to successfully navigate each of them.

XII. The Attack by Fire (Advantage Michigan)

Did you watch the last game against Nevada?

Explains the use of weapons generally and the use of the environment as a weapon specifically. It examines the five targets for attack, the five types of environmental attack, and the appropriate responses to such attack.

XIII. The Use of Spies (Advantage Michigan)

We know that Weis is a good friend Belichick who was caught spying on the other team to get their signs. BUT we all know Rich Rod is a cheater himself by forcing his players to work over time as evidence of this picture.


Focuses on the importance of developing good information sources, specifically the five types of sources and how to manage them.

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I. Laying Plans (Advantage Notre Dame)
II. Waging War (Advantage Notre Dame)
III. Attack by Stratagem (Advantage Notre Dame)
IV. Tactical Dispositions (Advantage Notre Dame)
V. Energy (Advantage Notre Dame)
VI. Weak Points and Strong (Advantage Notre Dame)
VII. Maneuvering (Advantage Notre Dame)
VIII. Variation of Tactics (Advantage Notre Dame)
IX. The Army on the March (Advantage Notre Dame)
XI. The Nine Situations (Advantage Notre Dame)
XII. The Attack by Fire (Advantage Notre Dame)

X. Terrain (Advantage Michigan)
XIII. The Use of Spies (Advantage Michigan)

There you have it. Notre Dame gets 52 points while Michigan only gets 2 points. According to Sun Tzu's The Art of War, Notre Dame beats Michigan.

Notre Dame (with 52 points) beats Michigan (with 6 points)

Source: All words in italics are from Wiki.

The Art of War: Nevada V.S. Notre Dame

I. Laying Plans (Advantage Notre Dame)

Charlie Weis was hired because he was an "Offensive Guru". It was looking like that for his first two years when he led the Irish to BCS Bowl Games and turned Brady Quinn to a Heisman contender. As we all know, the last two years have been forgettable. On the other side of the field is long time Nevada football head coach Chris Ault. Mr. Ault's resume is quite impressive. He, of course, is known for his Pistol offense. Gut not a lot of people know that he is in the College Hall of Fame. With that said, I still give the advantage to Notre Dame and Charkie Weis because of his past accomplishments. Plus ND's assistant coaches really sealed the deal. Tenuta, Hart, Verducci, Brown, Parmalee.

Explores the five fundamental factors that define a successful outcome (the Way, seasons, terrain, leadership, and management). By thinking, assessing and comparing these points you can calculate a victory, deviation from them will ensure failure. Remember that war is a very grave matter of state.

II. Waging War (Advantage Notre Dame)

Sun Tzu claims "success requires making the winning play, which in turn, requires limiting the cost of competition and conflict." Jimmy Clausen was a turnover machine last year, but I think he improves on that this year. Simply Notre Dame wins this because this game will be a shoot out. And I ND's secondary has big time players like Harrison Smith and Robert Blanton plus the return of Darrin Walls. Nevada on the other hand has a terrible secondary.

Explains how to understand the economy of war and how success requires making the winning play, which in turn, requires limiting the cost of competition and conflict.

III. Attack by Stratagem (Advantage Notre Dame)

Indeed Notre Dame has the size (4 and 5 star recruits). But Sun Tzu defines the source of strength as unity. And we have that in our offensive line and many returning players. I read that the O-Line combines for the most starts in the country and that we have 9 returning players in O-Side and 8 players in the D-Side.

Defines the source of strength as unity, not size, and the five ingredients that you need to succeed in any war.

IV. Tactical Dispositions (Advantage Nevada)

Sun Tzu explains "the importance of defending existing positions until you can advance them and how you must recognize opportunities, not try to create them." Linebackers. ND linebackers have to really show up for this game. They must be focus throughout out the game. And lock down. And play fast. Will they be able to? The past couple of years the answer was a big fat NO. But now with the young guns in ND (B. Smith, Filer, Fleming, Te'o) comes speed. I think they will lock down the QB and RB. But will it be enough. No, the pistol offense is too much and will simply gain yards.

Explains the importance of defending existing positions until you can advance them and how you must recognize opportunities, not try to create them.

V. Energy (Advantage Nevada)

Notre Dame has the momentum with the thrashing of Hawaii and Clausen throwing an almost perfect game. But remember San Diego State from last year's first game and Appalachian State versus Michigan. Nevada will be so pumped up playing on a national TV looking for an upset and a place in SportsCenter headliner. With a big upset, Nevada's schedule is easy except for one game the last game against Boise State. This is a big game for Nevada for a potential upset and undefeated/BCS crasher season. If so, Fitzpatrick/Kaepernick will be invited to New York for the Heisman.

Explains the use of creativity and timing in building your momentum.

VI. Weak Points and Strong (Advantage Nevada)

Nevada has a strong run defense and ND has a weak running game. Notre Dame has a strong passing game and Nevada has a weak secondary. Who gets the advantage. Nevada gets the advantage. Running game is very important because it can eat up a lot of time and sets up play action passes. ND is much better when the running game is working.

Explains how your opportunities come from the openings in the environment caused by the relative weakness of your enemy in a given area.

VII. Maneuvering (Advantage Nevada)

Red Zone defense. With Fitzpatrick/Kaepernick and Vai Taua, Nevada is potent in the red zone. Notre Dame on the other hand is not. And when it comes to field goals, ND is just bad. That was last year with Walker, but not we have a Frosh kicker which makes me very worried.

Explains the dangers of direct conflict and how to win those confrontations when they are forced upon you.

VIII. Variation of Tactics (Advantage Nevada)

The pistol offense is a very flexible offense that is why Nevada wins this point.

Focuses on the need for flexibility in your responses. It explains how to respond to shifting circumstances successfully.

IX. The Army on the March (Advantage Notre Dame)

Notre Dame has a better band period. As proven by the Irish Guard.

Describes the different situations in which you find yourselves as you move into new enemy territories and how to respond to them. Much of it focuses on evaluating the intentions of others.

X. Terrain (Advantage Notre Dame)

Notre Dame is playing in The House That Rockne Built. Nevada has never played in an atmosphere like Notre Dame. Nevada practices in the desert and might not be used to cold weather like South Bend even though it is still early September.

Looks at the three general areas of resistance (distance, dangers, and barriers) and the six types of ground positions that arise from them. Each of these six field positions offer certain advantages and disadvantages.

XI. The Nine Situations (Advantage Notre Dame)

This ND team is a veteran team. They have been through every situation. Loosing unloosable games (Syracuse), embarrassing games (USC), and close and tight games. Advantage ND.

Describe nine common situations (or stages) in a campaign, from scattering to deadly, and the specific focus you need to successfully navigate each of them.

XII. The Attack by Fire (Advantage Nevada)

Simply ask who ask the most fire power? Yes, Colin Fitzpatrick/Kaepernick probably has the pistol offense and better stats line (running/throwing) than Jimmy. But the real advantage foes to Nevada because of the running game. Fitzpatrick/Kaepernick + Vai Taua is a deadly mixture.

Explains the use of weapons generally and the use of the environment as a weapon specifically. It examines the five targets for attack, the five types of environmental attack, and the appropriate responses to such attack.

XIII. The Use of Spies (Advantage Notre Dame)

Notre Dame easily wins this because Charlie Weis worked for a guy named Bill Belichick who was caught spying on the other team to get their signs. Plus Nevada the gambling state bans spies/cheaters.

Focuses on the importance of developing good information sources, specifically the five types of sources and how to manage them.

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I. Laying Plans (Advantage Notre Dame)
II. Waging War (Advantage Notre Dame)
III. Attack by Stratagem (Advantage Notre Dame)
VI. Weak Points and Strong (Advantage Nevada)
IX. The Army on the March (Advantage Notre Dame)
X. Terrain (Advantage Notre Dame)
XI. The Nine Situations (Advantage Notre Dame)
XIII. The Use of Spies (Advantage Notre Dame)

IV. Tactical Dispositions (Advantage Nevada)
V. Energy (Advantage Nevada)
VII. Maneuvering (Advantage Nevada)
VIII. Variation of Tactics (Advantage Nevada)
XII. The Attack by Fire (Advantage Nevada)

There you have it. Notre Dame gets 8 points while Nevada only gets 5 points. According to Sun Tzu's The Art of War, Notre Dame beats Nevada.

Notre Dame (with 38 points) beats Nevada (with 27 points)

Source: All words in italics are from Wiki.

The Art of War: Notre Dame Football Style

School started again, so I haven't posted any lately. Just trying to get settled in for what hopefully will be my last semester. Not a lot of news lately. Everything being posted right now has been posted 3 months ago. To summarize all ND news,

Weis in hot seat... Jimmy live up to expectations... O Line is big, big question mark that is... Manti mania in full bloom... Defense is young but fast... Stars are aligned... Pathetic schedule... OH YEAH, Dr. Lou Holtz saying crazy stuff again in national television that makes everyone laugh.

That's pretty much all of it.

Anyways, this is the time where everyone in the net and TV is predicting wins and losses for the whole season and prediction for the week 1 games. I could write a prediction for the Notre Dame and Nevada game like everyone else. I could look at the films or statistics and all that, but that has been done before for a kazillion times already so I decided to change it up.

I now release my new series "The Art of War: Notre Dame Football Style" to preview and predict who will win the football game. I got the idea from the History Channel.

Hope you guys tune in every Wednesday and subscribe for my predictions based on Sun Tzu's writings The Art of War. The prediction will solely be based on Sun Tzu's 13 chapters

I. Laying Plans
II. Waging War
III. Attack by Stratagem
IV. Tactical Dispositions
V. Energy
VI. Weak Points and Strong
VII. Maneuvering
VIII. Variation of Tactics
IX. The Army on the March
X. Terrain
XI. The Nine Situations
XII. The Attack by Fire
XIII. The Use of Spies

And nothing else. I figured if generals used these tactics in wars to help them lead the troops to victory then why not apply them to football. Since there are 13 chapters, there will be thirteen points. Thus there will be no ties and the team with the most points win. ND and its opponents each week will fight for every chapter.

Hope you guys read my first "The Art of War: Notre Dame Football Style" for week 1 against Nevada. Hopefully, ND gets enough points to win. Speaking of wars, hope every men and women serving this country stays happy and safe and may you find a way to watch some football. PEACE!

Cites: Sun Tzu picture, War picture, and writing from wikipedia.

Old Notre Dame Songs of the Season

Looking around many different Notre Dame blog sites, one thing that I really love is that each site has its own specialty. For instance, one site uses the Wu-Tang Clan names to relate current ND players. Another one I really like is what type of beer to drink every ND game. So I thought about it and came up with music. I mean who doesn't love listening to music? So every week including training camp, I will choose a music that relates to that particular week and give a backdrop on that music.

If any one has a music to suggest, feel free to comment!

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The Entire Season

August 3 - August 9 (The first three days of 2009 training camp)

August 10 - August16 (Second week of training camp)

August 17 - August 23 (Third week of training camp)

August 24 - August 30 (The final week of training camp)

Nevada Week

Michigan Week

Michigan State Week

Purdue Week

Washington Week

Bye Week

USC Week

Boston College Week

Washington State Week

Navy Week

Pittsburgh Week

Connecticut Week

Stanford Week

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Rivals: Notre Dame Rankings (Team and Individuals)

As College Football 2009 season approaches, rankings from various sources too emerges. Rivals along with Yahoo Sports have their Preseason Top 120 Countdown (Teams) and Top 100 Players Countdown (Individuals).

The list only goes up to No. 41 thus far. So far ND has three. I do no think ND will have any more individuals on the list unless the list is based on NFL potential which I do not think it is, so that leaves Sam Young off the board because he will be the best prospect on ND next year. Thus far the list only has one USC, but that should change in time. The best QB that ND will probably face is the first one, Colin Kaepernick of Nevada. This is why Nevada will be the toughest game before USC. Nevada will have a lot of ammunition: underdog, unknown, Appalachian State, road team. In short, they want to be the headliners in SportsCenter. Plus they ran that crazy "Pistol" formation. Bluegraysky breaks it down and reading it makes me want to buy a pistol and shoot something. The other eight opponents does not have anyone on the list. All in all, expect USC to have at least THREE players on the list. All in all, ND should have the second largest total number of players on the list (Just accounting for ND and its 2009 opponents). Which smells a lot like an 11 - 1 record or a 12 - 0 record solely based on star power. Records most ND fans are projecting. Jimmy Clausen is around the tenth best QB on the list thus far and will probably be the 15th best when the list is finished. Floyd and Tate is the only WR tandem on the list thus far, but do expect them to be the only tandem when it's all said and done which clearly says ND has the best duo in the country.

Notre Dame
1.) No. 95: Notre Dame QB Jimmy Clausen
2.) No. 93: Notre Dame WR Michael Floyd
3.) No. 64: Notre Dame WR Golden Tate

Nevada
1.) No. 89: Nevada QB Colin Kaepernick

Michigan
1.) No. 58: Michigan DE Brandon Graham

USC
1.) No. 60: USC G Jeff Byers

Connecticut
1.) No. 96: Connecticut LB Scott Lutrus

***** Teams with ZERO individuals on the list *****

Michigan State
Purdue
Washington
Boston College
Washington State
Navy
Pittsburgh
Stanford

As for the teams rankings, it clearly shows that we are the second best team (Just accounting for ND and its 2009 opponents) which bodes well for ND fans predictions of a record of 11 - 1 or even an undefeated one. Tallying all teams except USC, we get 699 and divide that by 10 teams we get an average of 69.9 or a 70 which is a C- students. ND, number 24, is a B student. The analysis the Rivals is, I HATE TO SAY IT, is very good.

Your opinion of Notre Dame likely depends on how much stock you put in the Irish's bowl performance. The Irish looked every bit the part of a potential BCS contender while overwhelming Hawaii in the Hawaii Bowl. Of course, this is the same Irish team that lost to Syracuse at home and struggled to pick up a first down against USC in its final two regular-season games. If Clausen carries his Hawaii Bowl performance over to the regular season and the Irish figure out how to run the ball, they ought to win at least eight or nine games. If they also can put together a merely adequate defensive line, they could be BCS-bound. But that's a lot of ifs. The most realistic scenario is a 9-4 finish that includes a trip to the Gator Bowl.

24. Notre Dame

104. Washington State
97. Washington
76. Purdue
68. Boston College
63. Navy
57. Nevada
55. Connecticut
54. Stanford
48. Pittsburgh
46. Michigan
31. Michigan State

Not Yet Ranked. USC (Probably in the TOP 10)

P.S. If anyone how this block quoting works in HTML please comment.

Notre Dame Football 2009

WOW!!!

It has been so long since I've posted. I stopped posting right after the Syracuse debacle. WOW!!! I hope that never happens again, but hey, I think that is the reason why Manti Te'o decided to choose ND over USC and UCLA. He probably figured if such a debacle never happens when he is playing in ND then he'd be a legend.

Anyways, I hope you guys subscribe to my feed because I would post more frequently this upcoming season. It seems the 9 or 8 planets are finally aligning for me to be consistent with this blog. First and for most, this is the year we've been waiting for guys, 2009. I remember last year, mostly everyone is saying "JUST WAIT 'TIL NEXT YEAR'. Well CFB is just a month away and this is that 'YEAR'. I don't want to go in details now about how all the ND players are aligned this years to win it all since I was two years old. Second, I will graduate (knocking on wood) at the end of the year, and there is nothing more I want for graduation present than a krystal ball. Third, I should be able to watch all the games without freaking reading about theories and all that crap for the first time since I only have an internship and a few General Education classes.

Anyways again, hope you guys keep coming back. And may I now present you the 2009 Notre Dame Football Logo this year.



First,at the first zero in the 2009 is Sam "Future Millionaire" Young. And below Sam is the heart and soul of the defense Mr. Smith. Then in the ND lettering, in the middle is TouchDown Jesus (We're going to need a little bit of a miracle to shut up everyone [See Brandon Walker]). For the defense, we have Robert Blanton, Ethan Johnson and the Hawaiian Sensation Manti Te'o. For the offense, we have Mr. ImNotABust Clausen, Floyd and Tate.

Well, there you go!

P.S. the pictures are not mine and am too lazy to cite so yea.