IIRC, it was Jerian's last game of the season. Eight point lead with 50 seconds to go turned into a crushing loss. I threw my iPad after that one.

I remember Vasturia missing a critical 1 and 1 and a succession
of turnovers.I remember the team coming back back to the bench
during a timeout with their heads down and I remember blurting
out,"Get your heads up for cripes sake".

The wheels started falling off at the end of the first half against Tennessee. OSU was midway through the third quarter.

Right after we blew a chance to take a 38-7 lead, had to settle for a field goal try, and then had that blocked and returned for a TD (injuring our star kicker in the process). I also had no faith in the Gary Darnell-led defense to hold the 31-14 halftime lead, especially since Tennessee had all the momentum.

The 1995 Ohio State game is not quite in the same league. Our biggest leads were by 10 points (10-0 and 17-7) in the second quarter. It was 17-14 at halftime and 20-14 in the third, before OSU scored two TDs to take the lead for good, 28-20 after 3. The magnitude of the collapse was comparable in that OSU ended the game on a 31-6 run, but ND never was as safely ahead in that game as they were today.

FG and return it 85 yards for a TD...

I thought we were the better team against Tennessee. No way against Ohio State in 1995. That wasn't a choke. That was a couple of bad things happening to an over-matched team. Lou had us in it by virtue of the offense he ran. The muffed punt--and he was most assuredly interfered with--sealed it.

Along w/the 1964 fade at USC....

There's time to right this ship. And lacrosse is a game of runs. Hopefully this team is resilient, and Doss just had a flu bug or some such thing. If he's this bad going forward, it will be a very short postseason for us.

I was concerned about the rematch before today's shitfest.