Rakes Report #155: And I never wanted anything from you...except everything you had, and what was left after that, too (Oh) (The Clemson Review)
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~mandatory musical accompaniment~ If you were forwarded this email and would like to sign up to receive future editions, you can do so here. 1) I am not sure when I will be able to fully process what happened on Saturday night. It was the conclusion of a draining week amid a draining year and I will openly admit my hope waned in the second half as I resigned myself to this being another one that got away. There was so much swirling between the election and COVID (ten games canceled or postponed this past weekend, as cases and hospitalizations set records in many areas) that the idea of the Irish being able to break through and get this one — against Dabo and the Tigers on the biggest stage with GameDay there and the whole nation watching — was difficult to keep steady in my foggy brain. But thankfully, I didn’t have to conceive it, because the Notre Dame Fighting Irish went out and did the damn thing to win their 13th consecutive game, toppling a top-ranked team for the first time in nearly three decades in a stone-cold classic and announcing to the college football world what many of us already knew: They’re a really good team.
Rakes Report #155: And I never wanted anything from you...except everything you had, and what was left after that, too (Oh) (The Clemson Review)
Rakes Report #155: And I never wanted…
Rakes Report #155: And I never wanted anything from you...except everything you had, and what was left after that, too (Oh) (The Clemson Review)
~mandatory musical accompaniment~ If you were forwarded this email and would like to sign up to receive future editions, you can do so here. 1) I am not sure when I will be able to fully process what happened on Saturday night. It was the conclusion of a draining week amid a draining year and I will openly admit my hope waned in the second half as I resigned myself to this being another one that got away. There was so much swirling between the election and COVID (ten games canceled or postponed this past weekend, as cases and hospitalizations set records in many areas) that the idea of the Irish being able to break through and get this one — against Dabo and the Tigers on the biggest stage with GameDay there and the whole nation watching — was difficult to keep steady in my foggy brain. But thankfully, I didn’t have to conceive it, because the Notre Dame Fighting Irish went out and did the damn thing to win their 13th consecutive game, toppling a top-ranked team for the first time in nearly three decades in a stone-cold classic and announcing to the college football world what many of us already knew: They’re a really good team.