• Where’s The Party? (Notre Dame 13, Michigan 6)

    That’s how the 2007 Michigan-Notre Dame game was supposed to go, right? Damn that was so painful to watch.    I give Denard a lot of credit for trotting out after the game and facing the mob—that’s not how it was supposed to go on his birthday and at the site of his greatest performance two years ago.   Despite all the mistakes I’m certain the Notre Dame fans weren’t comfortable until the kneel down.  Denard was horrible but had help.   Sure, Dileo was open on the halfback pass but whhhy that play at that point after an excellent drive?  (And was Vincent Smith wearing oven mitts (kind of) when he shot-putted that thing?)    I get that Michigan’s plan was to try exploit the young Irish DBs but the question is how do you go about that.   Dropping Denard straight back into the pocket seemed to be the answer and to that I say, “Oy”.  Hats off to the defense for stepping up several times to limit the damage.  Really, the defense was impressive all in all.  Jake Ryan looked like he had a monster game. The Miscellanea: * It’s well known that the media is prohibited from cheering in the press box but it’s not just a collection of writers upstairs at Notre Dame.  After Denard connected with Gardner on a…