Michigan 53, Notre Dame 45 (3OT)

[ufer2]

All-American, 7 min quarters

Maybe the best game I've played going all the way back to the Bill Walsh College Football days.

ND leads 24-7 at the half.
M scores 24 unanswered points.
Brady Quinn goes down for game with elbow injury as Irish drive for game-tying score.
ND backup David Wolke throws TD pass with 1:11 left to tie it.
Wolke throws a 24-yard TD pass on 4th-and-9 to tie it again in 1st OT.
David Harris intercepts pass in end zone in 3rd OT to seal it for Michigan.

Henne 21-32-1-213-3td
Hart 34-187-4td
Arrington 11-101-3td

Quinn 25-37-1-267-2td
Wolke 9-14-2-88-3td
Walker 12-(-9)
Mike Richardson 16 tackles (most I've ever seen in one game)

ESPN Classic score: 725 (way way too low)

[Eski33]

I used Notre Dame for my first dynasty season and, in the opener vs. Georgia Tech, I overcame a 42-18 deficit in the last four minutes.

I cut the lead to 42-34 with less than 30 seconds left. I recovered the onside kick, scored a TD with four seconds left and scored a 2-point conversion to force overtime.

In OT, Georgia Tech scored a FG to lead 45-42. On first and goal from the nine, I hit Smardzija over the middle to win 48-45. My ESPN Classics score was 1,425.

This was the last game in which I played in a shootout. I cranked the defensive AI awareness level to 60, which helped to improve AI defense.