It's not that I really really really hate Notre Dame. It's a little bit that I've been way too nice here lately, when I have been here. It's a little bit hate since I've really enjoyed Notre Dame falling out of the polls with a huge thud.

And of course, with the whole thing about having a D-I football team but not being in the football side of the Big East. I just think of them as freeloaders. If you're going to be independent in football, you should have to be in all sports.

Having said that, for everything the Villanova game did for validating the season, a loss to the Irish could take that away.

It's going to be just as important for a big rowdy crowd to show up. It's going to be more important for Truck Bryant to stay out of foul trouble, Alex Ruoff to hit some shots, and Devin Ebanks to fly to the rim. Because if Notre Dame is worth a damn as a basketball team at all, they are going to have a plan to slow down Da'Sean Butler.

We beat Nova because everything went right and everyone was on the same page. The Irish got a shot of confidence when they beat Louisville and South Florida at home. Let's make them feel unwelcome when they come into Morgantown tomorrow.

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