Irish Backs Go Marching By

Today, the Fighting Irish returned to the form of the first two games. Led by Darius Walker, who has rushed for over 100 yards in all four games this year, the Irish backfield racked up 243 yards rushing in yet another dominant performance en route to a 36-17 route of former Irish coach Ty Willingham's Washington Huskies. The Irish defense, true to the form of the first two games, bent but did not break. Like last week, the Irish created two turnovers inside the 5 yard line and gave up only three points before ceding 14 points in garbage time. The one weak spot was the kicking game. Though DJ Fitzpatrick went 3/3 on field goals, two bad snaps led to a missed extra point and a turnover on downs because the holder couldn't put the ball down for a FG. Those problems will surely be fixed by coach Weis before next week's game against Purdue.