Woody Baron, Bud Foster, Ken Ekanem
Woody Baron and Ken Ekanem played very well against Notre Dame, and Bud Foster made key defensive adjustments at halftime. (Ivan Morozov)

I was on the road for a family holiday week in the Buckeye state when the game was going, so I only had tracker updates and TSL forum posts to keep my updated. So like other fans, I was in a state of dejection, but a step removed from in the game compared to most. I knew the Domers were picking up chunks of yardage in the passing game, but I didn’t know how, though I figured it was a bit of the usual: guys in man coverage biting on fakes or getting flat burned on deep routes.