Swarby will excuse the defense based on "outside" time

In other words, a built in excuse for not catching the ball is that ND is a cold weather team, despite the several days they practiced outside in February due to nice weather (on Field Turf) and the use of Loftus....you can view videos of simulated games/scrimmages on the twitter feed....oh, and since so many colleges are playing on field turf outdoors now, I'm not sure how indoor Field Turf is different than outdoor, but don't let that stop you.

I guarantee at some point you'll hear the excuse that ND wasn't outside enough to play good defense....