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Message: [QUOTE="Irishsecra1, post: 5173574, member: 8453"] This was a tough loss to be sure. I was there screaming my guts out until the end. What I want to know is what is the deal with our tight ends, especially Villari. He completely screwed up on the interception (just look for the ball!) and then didn't even try to tackle/stop the defender. He just stood there like a deer in headlights. If you analyze the tape from the Georgia Tech game, you see he made two pretty anemic attempts at blocking which contributed pretty significantly to the blocked punt and blocked field goal. And he was one of 2 SU players who touched the onsides kick. Where is the focused guy from last year - right now he seems to be playing in a daze. Then there is Gadsden. He not only had the late hit but he was the one called for a hold on that fantastic Hatcher catch. And he seemed to give up a bit on catching the balls in the second half. Yes he was double teamed but you still have to fight. Frustration is probably causing some of this but if he wants to play for money on Sundays he has to grow up a bit and really focus!. Fact of the matter is I think the bye could not have come at a worse time. The players and coaches got to drink in all that positive press and hype and started to believe it. I dare say all they thought they had to do was show up and Stanford would lose to them. I think Fran might have drank the Kool Aid - he literally looked shell shocked at the press conference. I don't think he will ever make that mistake again! No one took into account how important this game was to Stanford. It was like the Super Bowl to them as it was their first ever game in the ACC. They had been pointing to this game since training camp. Stanford, like us, has a proud football tradition that has fallen on hard times. I remember all the great Notre Dame vs Stanford games that I watched with my Dad over the years. It was very important to them to win their first ACC game. [/QUOTE]

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