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fan forum The Lost Art I read with great interest "The Fifth Quarter" (Nov. 4, 2013) regarding the quarterback sneak. It seems like goal-line offense or short-yardage situations are becoming a lost art in football. It drives me crazy when I'm watching a game and thirdand-two is now an automatic passing down with empty backfields and five wide receivers. Even more maddening is having the ball at the goal line and having to rely on a fade pattern to get the ball into the end zone. My favorite goal-line offense was in 1993 when Lou Holtz would insert Paul Failla at quarterback and line up in a T-formation. This enabled the offense to go left, right, middle, or option with the quarterback keeping it. I don't know what the statistics were that year for red-zone offense, but it seemed like Jeff Burris scored every time running behind Aaron Taylor. I would love to see the Irish give it a try again. Ed Polli Bridgeport, Ohio No Sales Pitch Needed On Nov. 1, I went online to Stanford to see if Fox TV had given them a kickoff time for the Notre Dame game yet. be heard! Send your letters to: Letters Blue & Gold Illustrated P. O. Box 1007 Notre Dame, IN 46556 or e-mail to: lsomogyi@blueandgold.com No, but … • On Nov. 7 they play Oregon, the No. 2 or No. 3 team in the nation, at Stanford — and they have over 2,000 tickets still available. • Their next home game (Nov. 23) is against archrival California from just across the bay. They still have over 4,000 tickets available. • Finally, they close out the season Nov. 30 against some little parochial school from northern Indiana — and that game has been sold out since early summer. And the Notre Dame haters wonder why the Irish are on national TV every Saturday. John Paul White Hemet, Calif. A Fear Of More Embarrassment As the Irish continue through the season, I wonder each week why Blue & Gold Illustrated focuses so much energy on becoming BCS eligible. With the current team and its offensive and defensive identity, or lack thereof, what makes BGI think that a BCS matchup against a top-10 team (Auburn, LSU, Clemson, Texas A&M) wouldn't land the Irish in another 40plus to 14 result? Would a BCS beat down be better than a possible midlevel bowl victory? I agree New Orleans, Miami and possibly Dallas are better than the Motor City Bowl or Car Care Bowl. Gorman Findley Centre Hall, Pa. Mr. Findley, this is the topic that we covered in the Nov. 11, 2013 "The Fifth Quar-