Despite beating Washington 38-3 Saturday, Notre Dame coach Tyrone Willingham was not quite satisfied.
“We did not play a complete football game,” he said. “But we won’t worry about that. We’ll celebrate.”
Willingham had gone 0-5 against the Huskies as coach at Stanford.
“That felt pretty good, thinking that there were a few times that I felt like we had let them off the hook,” he said. “It’s nice to get them, but that’s not that important. What’s important is that we’re 3-1 right now.”
The Irish were led by quarterback Brady Quinn, who was 15 of 23 for 196 yards and four touchdowns in the first half.
“Brady [is] a very young quarterback,” Willingham said. “That can be a very frightening thought, that he is performing at the level that he’s performing and he still has a great deal of room to grow and develop.”
Frightening for whom?
“I hope for the opponent,” Willingham said.