This week’s Fake 3-2-1 is for those we lost in 2024. I’m missing my good boy Rex terribly, and I know there are many of you missing people or pets from your life who left us this year. Let’s all raise a glass today to those who didn’t make it to 2025 but who we desperately wished had. If you want to mention someone you lost in 2024, list them below so we can toast to their honor. Let’s get after it.
3 Fax
1. Notre Dame doesn’t screw around. No, seriously, they’re not allowed. Listen to Dawg legend Isaiah McKenzie express concerns about not being able to use his “Joystick” whilst in South Bend
2. 3-0. There are 10 schools - including Northern Illinois- who have played Notre Dame and never lost. The Dawgs are 3-0 against the Irish, and no other school is better than 1-0 against them (including Yale and UConn). We’ve beaten them in three different states; we’ve beaten them on grass; we’ve beaten them on turf; we’ve beaten them inside and outside. Tomorrow night we beat them in a playoff game.
3. 16-1. Since 2020, the Dawgs are 16-1 when we’ve had 9 or more days to prepare with the only loss at Bama this year. Kirby just doesn’t lose when he gets extra time, and all the pressure is on the Irish who haven’t won a title since The Gipper was president. If things go sideways for the Irish early, it’s gonna get tighter than a checkpoint in Belfast.
Two Questions
1. How good does Gunner have to be to win? Let’s face it: Gunner has played the best defense he’s going to play in the second half in Atlanta and for the last 3 weeks in practice. We’ve beaten Notre Dame when we completed one pass, and we’ve beaten them when we had a QB making his first start. Gunner just needs to extend plays with his legs and take care of the ball for the Dawgs tomorrow.
2. Anyone see the Leprechaun? Say yeah!
1 prediction
The Dawgs aren’t going anywhere no matter what happens tomorrow night. There’s been a lot of wailing and gnashing of teeth about us not making big plays in the portal (some, at times, by this author even), but no one recruits high school like we do. We’re here to stay as long as Kirby is running the show.
As for the Irish, they get to focus more on the portal starting January 2 because their season is coming crashing down like confetti in Times Square.
3 Fax
1. Notre Dame doesn’t screw around. No, seriously, they’re not allowed. Listen to Dawg legend Isaiah McKenzie express concerns about not being able to use his “Joystick” whilst in South Bend
2. 3-0. There are 10 schools - including Northern Illinois- who have played Notre Dame and never lost. The Dawgs are 3-0 against the Irish, and no other school is better than 1-0 against them (including Yale and UConn). We’ve beaten them in three different states; we’ve beaten them on grass; we’ve beaten them on turf; we’ve beaten them inside and outside. Tomorrow night we beat them in a playoff game.
3. 16-1. Since 2020, the Dawgs are 16-1 when we’ve had 9 or more days to prepare with the only loss at Bama this year. Kirby just doesn’t lose when he gets extra time, and all the pressure is on the Irish who haven’t won a title since The Gipper was president. If things go sideways for the Irish early, it’s gonna get tighter than a checkpoint in Belfast.
Two Questions
1. How good does Gunner have to be to win? Let’s face it: Gunner has played the best defense he’s going to play in the second half in Atlanta and for the last 3 weeks in practice. We’ve beaten Notre Dame when we completed one pass, and we’ve beaten them when we had a QB making his first start. Gunner just needs to extend plays with his legs and take care of the ball for the Dawgs tomorrow.
2. Anyone see the Leprechaun? Say yeah!
1 prediction
The Dawgs aren’t going anywhere no matter what happens tomorrow night. There’s been a lot of wailing and gnashing of teeth about us not making big plays in the portal (some, at times, by this author even), but no one recruits high school like we do. We’re here to stay as long as Kirby is running the show.
As for the Irish, they get to focus more on the portal starting January 2 because their season is coming crashing down like confetti in Times Square.
