Still reeling..

Still reeling from yesterday's loss... I couldn't believe my eyes when Teague when scampering into the end-zone in Overtime...
Then again, I couldn't believe that the Irish came back from a 3-touchdown deficit to tie the game in the 4th quarter.
Makes the loss all the more heartbreaking.

Quinn threw for close to 500 yards and five touchdowns...

And Samardzija caught three touchdowns..

But, as Weis said after the game,

"I'm not a stat guy. I play the game to win. We didn't win and that's the bottom line."

But about Samardzija, it does my heart good to see him making those catches this year. After seeing a guy like Samardzija be so under-utilized last year-- then see him catch three touchdowns yesterday, five on the year...

He's got great hands-- can catch just about anything thrown near him. And Quinn was not real consistent with his accuracy-- throwing behind open receivers a number of times. Samardzija seemed to be the only one among them able to reach back and make the grab under pressure. Impressive.

As the 'Rock' says in his report on ndnation.com, by USC week, this team will be a much improved squad. They're learning and building chemistry each week. They don't have that bewildered expression the way they did last year.

All is not lost.
And it's not like we were honestly expecting to go undefeated this year. It just would have been nice to end this ridiculous streak of MSU wins at ND Stadium...