Fightin' Words: Stay Perfect.

With upcoming games against Pitt, Backup College, and Wake, just about everyone, myself included, seems to be looking ahead to the 2012 season finale against U$C in the LA Coliseum on Nov. 24.  

As fans, we have that luxury.  As a football team, Kelly's Fightin' Irish don't.  Notre Dame fans know all too well what it feels like to watch a team get caught looking ahead beyond their current opponent, and I assure you they'll agree that it doesn't feel good.

  

Luckily for us, Kelly won't let that happen.  He won't rest at 8-0, and last week's "signature win" won't make him complacent.  When he came to Notre Dame his stated purpose was to win National Championships (plural).  He keeps that goal in his sights through a week to week approach, and come Saturday his squad will remain focused on staying perfect.

Score Prediction:

Notre Dame: 34

Pittsburgh: 13

Notre Dame is 8-0. Do you believe?

"Ya gotta believe!" - Lou Holtz

Not many did, including most of the Fightin' Irish Faithful.  

Yet, here we stand.  

Notre Dame is 8-0.

  

Four games stand between Kelly's squad and perfection.

  

The final battle will take the form of a showdown in the LA Coliseum against the Men of Troy, 

featuring fallen preseason favorites and their once-hopeful Heisman candidate, now yearning to spoil the hard fought success of a band of underdogs led by their grieving warrior-hero...

 a seemingly fitting climax to a script that would leave many a Hollywood writer green with envy. 

My suggestion?  Enjoy the ride.