Obviously on cloud nine at the moment. That game was about as stressful of a game as I've ever personally watched our Irish play. I'll admit this game really worried me. PSU is very good, they have a lot of weapons to solve for each play and I worried myself sick about our injuries. Those injuries were only compounded watching a lineman go down, then Leonard for a spell. I honestly thought this was it, we couldn't push through all these injuries any further. I was wrong.

One word comes to mind tonight about this group, Gutsy. Every single guy on that field tonight just showed guts, play after play. We are certainly not a flashy team, putting up big numbers, etc, but each and every player shows guts and plays that way for 60 minutes. We needed it tonight.

Leonard is well.. Leonard. He continues to blow me away with his ability to keep calm, focus himself and teammates and go back out there and get it done. He used to drive me nuts early in the season with his seemingly lackadaisical reaction to throwing a pick,etc. I was always like.. why in the F are you smiling?! lol

Love gutted it out all night and made some nice runs when asked. Receivers all did their jobs and came up HUGE. Gray, that kid has been much maligned all season, but he came up with the biggest play of the season. Very happy for him.

And how about Marcus Freeman. He absolutely is the heart and soul of this team, despite him always saying otherwise. Calm, confident and gutsy, and the players are a reflection of him. This is a different program now. You can feel it. This is not the same program and team of the past era. Down 10-0, teams of the past would have folded up like a cheap tent and rode it out till the end. Not this team, not a Marcus Freeman led team.

I'm going to enjoy this one for sure, being from central PA and 10 minutes from PSU campus. ND football is headed in the right direction and in good hands right now.