Notre Dame startin' gooooood!

This article is taken from the ESPN website:

Notre Dame makes a big statement
September 5, 2009 6:45 PM
Posted by ESPN.com’s Graham Watson Notre Dame made the nation sit up and take notice with its 35-0 thrashing of Nevada. Here are a couple of odds and ends: Stat of the game: In coach Charlie Weis’ five seasons with the Irish, he’s never been on the winning side of a shutout. But on Saturday, in a decisive year of his coaching tenure, the Notre Dame defense held the Wolf Pack off the scoreboard. Nevada hasn’t been shutout since the New Mexico beat them 23-0 in the New Mexico Bowl in 2007. Player of the game: Notre Dame quarterback Jimmy Clausen picked up right where he left off from last season’s Hawaii Bowl performance with a fantastic game. He started the game 9 of 10 for 114 yards and two touchdowns and went on to complete 83.3 percent of his passes (15-for-18) for 315 yards and four touchdowns. Best call: Notre Dame co-defensive coordinators Corwin Brown and Jon Tenuta had a brilliant defensive game plan. The Irish blitzed on every down and continually disrupted the Wolf Pack offense. Quarterback Colin Kaepernick played under duress most of the game and was never able to consistently do the dynamic things for which he has become known. Second guessing: Nevada’s ability to move to the upper tier of nonautomatic qualifying schools was overestimated. Yes, playing in South Bend is a daunting task, but Nevada looked overwhelmed and out of sorts most of the game. What it means: Notre Dame has given fans a reason to be optimistic and has made the nation sit up and take notice. Yes, it’s just Nevada, but the Wolf Pack is a quality offensive team and they couldn’t get anything going against the Notre Dame defense. Notre Dame could have easily looked past this game, but it came in focused and put the game out of reach early. It was as dominant a performance as the Irish could have had in its season opener. Record performance: Notre Dame receiver Michael Floyd set a personal best Saturday with four catches for 189 yards and three touchdowns. The most amazing stat was that he averaged 47.8 yards per catch. He and Clausen connected on an 88-yard touchdown strike, which was the longest play from scrimmage in both player’s careers.



What was that??? OH....35-0!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Yeah Baby!!!