It's a ballgame...

It's official
The Irish win, 42-21.
And Charlie Weis has his first win as a head coach, his first win for the Irish...

The Panthers tacked on a late touchdown on a nice pass from Tyler Palko.

The Irish defense looked better after that lousy 1st quarter.
But the second half was pretty sloppy in general-- a number of penalties and a few mental errors.

But overall, I have to say-- this looked like the best-coached Irish team I've seen in years and years.. maybe the best I've ever seen. Then again, maybe I'm just still giddy with the excitement of witnessing it...

And it does look like Weis is going to be able to turn Brady Quinn into a star.
Last year, Quinn couldn't seem to throw a hard, accurate pass to save his life.
Tonight, he was zinging the ball in their and hitting his receivers beautifully.
10 for 10 for 100 yards, just in the second quarter.

And thank the Lord the coaches appear to have recognized that Jeff Samardzija can catch the ball!

Wake up the echoes! Shake down the thunder!