2013 ND season kickoff

As a follow up to my award-eligible post of a few years ago, I'm changing speeds just a bit with a new kind of countdown list.  This year's theme:

Top 10 Reasons I'm excited about the 2013 reason in spite of Tommy Rees.

Here goes:

10.  This is the longest the coaching staff has had to prepare for a Tommy Rees start.  

9.    We don't know for certain that Tommy's still slower than the South Bend police.

8.  Speaking of the law, toughness runs in the Rees family.  Here's hoping Tommy can tap into that genetic talent.

Megan Rees: even in a mugshot, more photogenic than her brother 

7.  Opponent injuries in fall camp:  taking help however we can get it.

6.  The RB tandem of Amir Carlisle...

...and George Atkinson III.

5.  To my knowledge, Tommy Rees has no jurisdiction over tailgating.

4.  Hey, we've still got the band.

3.  No Tom Hammond!!!!

More Photoshop greatness (and humor) in this article from EDSBS

2.  Tommy's facial hair is improving, if ever so slightly.

1.  The (likely) final season with Stephon Tuitt and Louis Nix, and all of the sleep they will make opposing teams lose:

Well, that got me one hour closer to kickoff.  Go Irish 2013.