Eleven Days

Readers: 

another day has passed, bringing us another day closer to football.  Specifically, eleven days.  

For many many years, pickings for Notre Dame's #11 were slim.  Our best player with that number by far was one Tom Krug.  A backup quarterback for the 1995 season, he performed well in a losing effort against Florida State in the 1996 Orange Bowl.  Then, after an injury, on to law school he went, and then onward to the judicial bench in Florida.  Therefore, while he may not have played in the NFL, each and every day, he does battle with one of civilization's greatest foes: Florida Man.  Not a football career, but a successful and worthy career nonetheless.

Of course, now we have a different #11.  Tommy Rees, aka

aka

Yes, he is not the starting quarterback we planned on having this year, thanks to an altogether different cheat code.  But please note that he is that rarest of things: both a backup QB and a former starter.  And not just any starter, but one who went 14-4 in the role.  And in fact, he would have been 15-3, had it not been for a certain man named Gary Gray.  

There are numerous photos of Gary Gray that could go here.  They have been redacted for the moment out of concern for readers' sanity. 

But the fact remains: fourteen wins to four losses.  And this year, for the first time in his college career, he enters the season as the presumptive starter.  So while you may have the urge to do this: 

Keep calm.  We still have all sorts of pieces to put together for a very, very good season.  Starting only eleven days from now.