It's going to be a lonnnnnng day at work waiting for this one. I think Golson is going to surprise some people tonight and Eifert is going to improve his draft status with a clutch TD grab. Go Irish!!
if anyone wants to avoid the pregame nonsense, #21 ranked Notre Dame basketball is at #12 ranked Cincinnati at 6:30 and the game is on ESPN2. The rankings will likely change after Cinci's loss to the Johnnies, but it'll still be a nice hard fought Big East game and will lead right into the main event.
But to my knowledge his negligence never contributed to a kid's death, so I'm gonna go ahead and say Brian Kelly's an even bigger asshole, not to mention the way Kelly screwed his kids in Cincinnati.
what ive seen on South Beach last few days, yhere are going to be a lot more ND fans at the game. The ND pep rally on Saturday night was insane, prob 30k people
I'm pumped for this one, and I don't like either team. I could see anything happening here - Bama is deserved favorites, but they've got some holes and they're not the dominant force they've been in some other recent seasons.
The fact that they are an extremely forgiving family doesn't absolve anyone at Notre Dame of resposibility for their actiosn. Have you ever been up in a scissor lift? I have. I worked for an equipment rental company for several years. Even in moderate winds those things sway like crazy. For anyone with even a slight, passing familiarity with them to send that kid up there on an extremely windy day is stunning. It was a massive failure of judgment and it cost the kid his life.
hasn't even been up for an hour and you've already made close to half a dozen anti-ND posts, including stuff not even related to the game tonight. I'm sorry your team didn't make it, but get over it.
The biggest question mark I have on Te'o is how he'll handle an offensive line that can get to the 2nd level. For as good as he's played I think his DT's are underrated. In fact I think Tuitt is the best defensive player on the team. As previously mentioned Bama's oline vs. ND's dline will be a great battle. It's almost cliched but whoever wins in the trenches in this game will win. Both teams have an old school smash mouth approach to the game that I can't wait to see
And I explained why that's rather comical given who coaches Notre Dame. The rest has been an extention of that comment.
So far as my team goes, give me a break. If you really think that has any relevence here, I don't know what to tell you. No one stays a loyal UVA fan expecting anything other than heartbreak and misery.
that we would be playing in this game. Having just beat Michigan to get to 4-0 ... right after the game they started playing 'Oh what a Night' over the loud speakers throughout the stadium. No one left. Everyone stayed in the stands dancing with euphoria. It was a feeling that I had never experienced before.
Time to write the final chapter to this story book season. Go Irish!
I was at that game too. Atmosphere was electric and the defense absolutely crushed Michigan. The defense bought us some time to get Golson acclimated to the starting QB job. Just another one of so many great games/moments this season.
If they pull it off tonight, combined with the Giants two runs, I don't think I can ever complain about football again.
post is one of the most unintentionally comical posts I think I've ever read on BBI:
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that we would be playing in this game. Having just beat Michigan to get to 4-0 ... right after the game they started playing 'Oh what a Night' over the loud speakers throughout the stadium. No one left. Everyone stayed in the stands dancing with euphoria. It was a feeling that I had never experienced before.
Time to write the final chapter to this story book season. Go Irish!
by reading some of these posts that my schadenfreude levels are going to be reaching Divisional-Rival-Playoff-Loss type levels at about midnight tonight.
ND's front 7 is legitimately Championship worthy. Only problem is that Bama's OL is just such a monstrous group that ND's Front 7 might actually be over-matched.
If ND's Front 7 can win the battle AND Golson has a good game (Bama's D isn't unbeatable this year), Notre Dame can definitely win. But it's still a longshot that both of those things happen imo.
My dream scenario involves the NCAA implementing a mercy rule
The kid has a howitzer for an arm and has sow decent straight line speed.
But his pocket presence is still in the early part of the learning curve and he will force balls because he believes in his arm.
If it is good Gholston, ND is going to win.
If it is bad Gholston, they lose...unless Kelly pulls him early and goes for Rees, who has been fairly reliable, and gets into the game on time to have an impact...
Thanks. So at least there's a legitimately elite aspect to the team, unlike the NFL teams I listed who had similar seasons.
I tend to think quite negatively of teams that plod along winning by the skin of their teeth against bad opponents. Yes, that includes the 2011 New York Giants up until after the divisional round, which by that point had racked up three straight blowouts (against high level opponents no less).
Rees is in for anything more than a series or two I think ND is going to be in deep trouble. We're going to have a hard enough time moving the ball on 'Bama even with Golson, Rees would make one-dimensional enough that Bama would tea off on us.
getting hurt on a scrabmle in the 4th quarter and then Rees having to step in ... thats just my story book 'Rudy 2' script... i hope Rees doesn't actually see the field at all
close game, I'll be happy. I think Alabama is clearly the better team, but football is a funny sport and in one game anything can happen. Wait and see, I guess.
would go a long way to ending the SEC douchebaggery that has taken over college football
My friends were at the Cotton Bowl and started talking to A&M fans about the national title game and the A&M fans said shit like "we are gonna beat Notre Dame in the BCS game" ... "we" meaning the SEC ... that would be like Giants fans saying "we are gonna win the super bowl" when refering to the Dallas Cowboys
understand peoples love for a conference. You hate them all year and they are your rivals then root for them? Makes no sense. Two days ago Ole Miss fans during the Pitt game were chanting SEC, cringe worthy
really you, but the other two. I have no shame in being a homer. If I wanted to rub it in everyones face you should know me well enough by now that I have no hesitation doing that on BBI. That really wasn't my intention. I just thought it was interesting.
a victory tonight puts them in a position to become SEC like powers year in and year out, they'd be foolish. If ND can keep recruiting well along the D-line, they've got a shot to be consistently good (and I think Kelly's a very smart, target recruiter and his ability to adjust his O and philosophy to suit his roster bespeaks an intelligent leader). But they're clearly not as good as Alabama. One game though, one game.
Is the origin of anyone's distaste for Notre Dame obscure? You're the Cowboys of college football, so own it. Look, I love the Yankees but it doesn't baffle me why most of the population of North America despises them.
I hate the "root for your conference" nonsense, I hate conference pride in general (the Big Ten blows, I'm just happy to cash their checks and gain a boost from their undeserved reputation), but above all else in college sports, I hate the genuflection and bullshit reverence for "tradition".
And if there's one team that is the embodiment of that thing I hate most... well...
bring a similar result to when the Red Sox won the title?
Remember how popular Red Sox hats were for a little while post-2004? They almost reached Yankee hat levels for the first time ever because of all the bandwagon dickriders. Now it's died down but Sox hats were everywhere for a bit.
There won't be hats, but there will be the same douchebags coming out hiding.
And yet... I'll take that over more SEC bullshit. This SEC movement needs to be derailed.
Urban Meyer is going to make some serious dents in SEC douchebaggery.
Mack Brown is a waste. You have all of Texas and you can't produce winning teams. The second Texas gets a coach with his ass out of his head, they're going to be silly good again too.
I'm used to SEC dominance. You'll see ND bandwagoners who didn't even go to the school coming out of the woodworks and preaching about their holier than thou bullshit. I hope Bama whoops em.
More often than not I'll root for an ACC team when it's not against Virginia. There are exceptions, obviously - VPISU, Duke - but for example I was glad to see Clemson win their bowl game.
because my dad rooted for them when he came to the states in the late 70's. I've rooted for ND throughout the mid 90's and 2000's when they sucked. I'd love to see em win, but you have to be realistic. Building a one off winner and building a consistent top 10 force are two diff. things.
Thank you. I remember making that argument several years ago when Texas played Bama for the title, and there were several Texas fans spluttering about how great Mack Brown is. Great recruiter, yes. Great coach, hell no. For Texas to win all of one championship with the ludicrous amount of talent that has passed through Austin in Mack's tenure is borderline disgraceful.
I think one thing that might piss you off is how ND fans bitch about how their academic standards make winning hard, to which you rightly respond, Stanford is a better institution with higher standards and we still win.
Now obviously Stanford has a geographic adv, but given how much appeal ND has, that's not an excuse. ND has been horribly mismanaged for years.
Auburn fans will be rooting for Notre Dame, but fans of teams like Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, etc will mostly be rooting for Bama. It's good for those teams if Bama wins and the SEC continues its dominance. And there's a regional pride to it as well.
This is something that happens with all conferences in both football and basketball.
I went on ratemyprofessor once to see how my uncle got rated
fuck yea. The registrar's office became my best friend after I discovered its existence my sophomore year. Not surprisingly, my GPA has skyrocketed since then.
It's entirely cultural. You have a large group of people who, for most of the year, feel that their region gets shit on constantly by the rest of the country. For a couple of months, they reign supreme, and that's why "SEC Pride" exists. It's revenge.
locational adv. since there are so many damned good football players in the south that even if you miss out on a few, you can still get terrific athletes. That said, California and Texas are similarly endowed and Ohio, New Jersey and PA have terrific players too. If you've got the resources of a OSU, ND, or UT there are absolutely no excuses why you can't build an elite team. Other than "sanctions" or whatnot, the failures falls on the coach.
grade inflation bit that comes into play a little.
Coming from a school and conference that severely valued academics from the athletes more than the national median and average, good coaches can scheme around it and can offer the "smart" athletes a double advantage.
Climate does matter, I just think of how Tressel got elite players to play in Goddamned Columbus, Ohio for years. No offense to Columbus, OH but I'd rather be elsewhere.
We were a competitive program under George Welch with the same damn academic restrictions. Academics might make things more difficult but they're not a reason why anyone can't win.
They are not on the back nine, and for 1 simple reason - local talent. LSU, Florida & GA don't have to do anything out of state and produce 3 of the top 10 if not top 5 NFL talent programs. Ala has the history and keeps winning and also produces a huge amount of NFL talent.
Texas A&M is in the fold now - they are one of the wealthiest schools in the country - they are also in one of the best recruiting states - which now opens up the SEC
Do you really think this is suddenly going to change.
If the league ever gets QB's it would be ridiculous
I don't think the SEC is going to fall apart or anything, I expect them to still be the top conference. But I think others are going to catch up pretty soon.
are some in every fanbase. There were two dickheads in the press box who were outwardly cheering for Stanford and shouting across the room the entire game. I was really close to chucking ice cubes at them. You know, the mature route.
I actually found one of them. You know this guy dubs? Link - ( New Window )
Oh, I didn't take offense or anything, it was just funny
claiming this sort of regional pride. Granted, none have had the shared, sustained success of the SEC, but I mean you don't see Pac-10 guys being like yeaaaa USC, WOOOOO, DUCKS. BRUINS ARE GREAT TOO.
are Stanford's specialty. They also like venture capital and startups. On weekends they sample the Bay Area's terrific culinary scene and share their experiences with you through their new social networks, which obviously add great value to an already saturated market.
Exactly. When I moved to Alabama, I was shocked by how many guys I met who were football fanatics but had only a casual, passing interest in the NFL. Many of them don't really even have a favorite NFL team.
Many of them don't give one iota of a damn about the NFL
Deep South teams. You have Atlanta, Caolina (Charlotte), and New Orleans.
The Saints are the closest thing to a team that has a college following (LSU), but this now precludes a whole hell of a lot of other fans (rest of the SEC) from liking them.
Bama is my prediction. Michigan played them 2 weeks apart and the differences were stark, though I think ND has closed the gap over the course of the season.
24 years for this. I was 12 years old the last time ND won a National Championship. That's long enough!
However, I will say if they do not win I think it's safe to say they're back to being a relevant program ON THE FIELD. That's a huge step in the right direction.
Hey I wear my class ring during a period ND was bad. I think Bama with four weeks to prepare is a killer, a tall task for ND tonight.
ND's front seven will be tested and risk being worn down with the dual back combo bama brings to the table. Plus ND's DB's will be tested more so then before. The USC game shown it can be done but their QB was lacking.
Hard to think bama cannot score 24 to 27 pts, the question is can ND's score on bama? That is where I have a problem with ND winning this game.
Should ND catch a break or two and hit a few unlikely TD's it could come down to late in the fourth. If not bama by ten or more pts.
As far a ND haters. Its all good because deep down they are filled with envy. And yes there are bandwagon fans for all teams.
Win or lose I not not vanish from rooting for my teams.
BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA......unless you have an actual connection to the university, I can't imagine why anyone would put themselves through that kind of torture.
the longest day of work ever. I have a 5-5:30 meeting to discuss a new deal and then I'm out of hear and home in time to watch ND @ Cinci. Just gotta get through 2 more hours!
- Alabama could've easily lost to the 3 best teams they played this season. In those 3 games, guys played well that had not done so previously against other top teams (Mettenberger, Manziel, Murray).
- Defense isn't fluky. Good offenses can be exposed by superior athletic ability (Colt Brennan vs. UGA, Collin Klein vs. ORE, even Weis' offenses in 2 BCS games), but good defenses are just that. They tend to play well regardless of whom they're playing against. ND is here on the strength of a defense that allowed less TDs than any FBS team in a dozen years.
Keys to ND winning:
1 - Move Everett Golson. Let him roll out, bootleg, play action, designed runs under center and in the spread. An athletic QB creates problems for even the best defenses.
2 - They MUST score TDs in the red zone. They've been absolutely awful in this area. They won't win kicking FGs with what is certain to be limited oppotunities.
3 - Limit Alabama's big plays. For all the talk about Alabama's o-line, that is still a big play offense. They want to hit HRs in the deep passing game and even the screen game. ND has to make Alabama move down the field the long way.
4 - Irish must create turnovers for easy scoring chances. Alabama lost the turnover battle in all 3 of the aforementioned games.
Alabama's keys to winning
1 - Use plenty of play action and misdirection on offense. Show the Irish a ton of looks and fakes in order to keep the defense off balance. Teams like BYU and PITT were successful vs. the Irish doing that.
2 - Zero turnovers... don't let ND get any easy scoring opportunities.
3 - Attack ND's offensive line. It really isn't that good.
4 - Get ND to 3rd & long. It removes a lot of the options for the Irish offense and allows Alabama to take advantage of #3.
I think the Irish win 20-19. Notre Dame is the 2nd biggest underdog ever in the BCS Championship. The 2 previous biggest underdogs both won and beat teams trying to win their second straight title.
Why would three close games against very good opponents
Alabama hasn't played that much better than the good teams they've played this season... they could've easily lost all three. Also, in those 3 games, players who had not performed well prior to the game or against other good teams played exceptionally against Alabama.
- Mettenberger had been awful for a month before playing very well against ALA.
- Murray was terrible versus Florida and USC, but played well versus ALA. Georgia played 3 good teams this season and the only one they didn't look absolutely awful against was ALA. In fact, they might've won the game if they had an intelligent head coach.
- A&M scored almost as many points versus ALA as they did in the Florida and LSU games combined.
I have never been a big ND fan and always rooted against the Irish.....but tonight I am going to be rooting big time for ND to win it all.
My brother-in-law, a graduate of the University and biggest ND fan I ever knew passed away this past October from Myeloma Cancer quite suddenly. Of all years for ND to dominate. His son, my nephew and my wife's Godchild, is currently a Freshman at the school in the Electrical Engineering program.
Thus, for the first time in my life I will be rooting hard for the Irish tonight wearing my "Play Like A Champion" shirt my nephew gave to me for Christmas from the campus bookstore. I hope they win it in memory of my beloved brother in law Tom.
"Notre Dame Our Mother --- Strong and True" GO IRISH!!!
27 - 13 ... if ND played LSU and Georgia ... they'd LOSE to BOTH! Just my 2 cents ... ND did not play a tough schedule. I'm sure I'll get slammed for posting this ... Oh well.
And, have you been watching the bowl games? LSU lost. Georgia barely hung on. Florida lost.
But, I'm not gonna get in the way of your rant. Notre Dame has a pretty big game coming up in awhile. So, carry on...(though it's funny you didn't tell us all the teams that could beat Alabama).
We'll see. And, I wouldn't be surprised at all if Alabama wins. They are a great team. I just think it's funny that people still have to piss on Notre Dame.
Because people accuse Dallas fans of hopping on the bandwagon because they always won. Yet, Notre Dame has won one championship in most peoples lifetimes (BBI lifetimes) and that was 1988. So it's a strange comparison.
then people actually hate on them... in some sick way it makes them think they are still the chosen ones of college football.
im a cuse fan, im rooting for ND as i want the underdog. I could give a rats ass about hating ND. they have been absolutely irrelevant other then the bush push for the bulk of my adult life. they are relevant this year. good for them.
I root for a good game, and that either Teo or warmack end up in gmen blue. neither likely
but when a title game is on cable, it just lacks a certain tinge of big game feel. I know 90+% of everyone has cable and all of those have ESPN, but this game should be on network TV. ESPN obviously outbid everyone, but it just makes the game feel slightly off. Maybe its just me
Pretty excited for this game. Should be a good one.
I think ND covers but Bama wins. It's gonna be all about Lacy and Yeldon behind that line (I have a feeling Yeldon is going to be the difference maker tonight). Bama can be thrown on a little but I don't know if Golson is good enough to beat them with his arm. I don't see ND being able to run much.
Big Amari Cooper fan. We'll see if they're able to get him the ball. I don't love McCarron.
Bama can be beaten in the pass game. I don't know if I'm really sold on it happening with Golson even now.. but we shall see. That's why they play the game.
Because the truth is that Notre Dame is the college football team for people who don't like college football. They're a novelty, a program designed to capture the attention of casual casual casual casual college football fansNew York-media types who believe that something is relevant only when they've deigned to pay attention to it. These are the people who say they're rooting for Notre Dame because "they're a great story," which is what you say when you're a front-running douchebag.
For the Notre Dame enthusiasts, the massive, rabid fanbases littering the SEC may as well not exist. Those schools are a provincial matter. The success and regional popularity of teams like Alabama are a constant to be taken for granted, but Notre Dame being good is something SPECIAL, something far more meaningful than your routine LSU national title. That's an SEC school, right? Where are they located? Bob Costas totally forgot.
This is why I've hated Notre Dame for years and years and years. I fucking loathe them, even though I have no business loathing them. I've never set foot on campus. I've never been personally assaulted by a Notre Dame player (though there's still time). I have friends who went to that school who I like. But still... FUCK THEM. I hate Notre Dame for the exact same reasons I hate Tim Tebow. It's an underperforming football entity with an irritating tribal gloss of holiness, which gets far too much acclaim and adulation when it happens to succeed. The Fighting Irish belong with the Red Sox, the Yankees, Twilight, Taylor Swift, and any other property that is artificially relevant because the media wastes so much fucking time telling you how relevant they are.
And now here is Notre Dame in the BCS title game, finally fulfilling the hype-driven prophecy. It's the kind of thing that gets you cheering for Nick Saban, and Nick Saban is pure shit.
He had possession in bounds, but started bobbling it, and then when he regained control he was out of bounds... but the ball never hit the ground. What is the call there?
I'm sick of having ref apologists in broadcast booths/studios. All they do is spew bullshit about how the plainly fucked up calls were legit. No ones ever made a shit call according to these cocksuckers.
need to give? It looked to me like the ND guy was within 4-5 yards, at full speed, when the 'Bama guy put his hand up -- and the ND guy didn't even touch him...
is being pushed back into their locker room. Absolutely manhandled at the LOS.
I don't care what level of football you are playing, you win in the trenches. I can't remember the last time I saw a college OL that was as dominant as this one for Alabama.
I mean major diseased moose cock sucking. Bullshit. Guy gets blocked into the punt returner. Eifert's knee is clearly down. He had possession of the pass in bounds not once but twice.
that is why they have instant replay.... not sure otherwise where the fck job is... depends how u interpret "space to catch the ball". if your a ND fan, he had space... if your not, he had no space... and if your indifferent it was a 50/50 call that unfortunately went against ND
As much as I dislike Notre Dame and hate the SEC fanboy dbags, I was hoping it would be a game at least worthy of watching. I can see the majority of people turning this game off at halftime. This is like watching an NFL team play a college team right now.
schedule, they beat good teams and there is some serious talent on the roster. Alabama is certainly better, but the unfortunate thing is that the entire season ND has is going to be completely tarnished because of one game.
I wanted Te'O for the NYG's, but he is having problems tackling, shedding blockers, or getting fooled in PA coverage! Shit we got players like that on the Giants now!
Guy from South Carolina Clowney is gonna be a beast in the NFL. I don't have to be Jerry Reese to figure that out. No Brainer. He hit that guy so hard his helmet came off! Nasty player! Would be criminal to have him and JPP!
McCarron showed nice arm strength. That was impressive.
Second, Cooper's often been compared to Julio Jones, another star Bama WR. But to be frank, he plays like a smaller AJ Green. Long strider, builds up speed as he goes. Obviously he doesn't have Green's catch radius, but he's a real long strider.
he's had a bad game. He had an entire body of work. It's just disappointing to see him have his worst game in a big spot. He's usually a terrific tackler.
kid for ND is terrible and the ND defense is outclassed. I don't watch too much college football but from what I can see ND was/is WAY overrated. They can't do a DAMN thing! What a joke.
or whatever his name is I wouldn't take him at all in the draft. He has missed like 4 or 5 tackles. In fact I wouldn't waste a draft pick on ANY of these ND kids.
I can't believe Kelly said that shit. You can't say that as a HC ever, not to mention say it on national fucking tv. Not going to instill confidence in your players when the coach is saying something like that.
against boys. ND has a handful of players, Bama has a whole team of them. I've been keying on Te'o and he's been more of a liability than a non-factor.
Lacey would sure look good in blue, as would Warmack.
ND looks like a team that won a bunch of coinflip games against bad opponents, and now has to face an elite squad, kinda like when the Colts went to Foxboro.
it has effected "Bama at all. I'm with the dude that said I wouldn't draft any Irish and I'd draft just about any of the 'Bama lineman, offense or defense.
I'd be saying a whole LOT more then that to these players faces when I get into the lockerroom for sure. If these guys can't handle it then the coach is right they lost this game weeks ago.
where Riddick should have been stopped for 2 and he got 5... I watched every game of ND's season and this is what I was afraid of for this game. They'd get blitzed by a bigger, stronger, faster, and more experienced squad. No shame in it.
Kuondijio is making the ND d line look like a pop Warner squad. Other than the holding call he is absolutely smashing ND.
I've said it almost all season - 71 will be Alabamas best player next year. His feet, awareness, bend, punch, kick and movement are all exceptional. And he's just starting to learn. His down blocks and reaches on Georgia were just absurd. He's driving tonight and ND is getting locked up on his side. Kid is an absolute beast.
I thought Notre Dame's strength was it's front 7. Lacey is running through, around, and over anyone that puts a hand on him. He is getting to the line untouched and then punishing people.
draft this Lacy kid. Lacy is exactly what the Giants don't have, a fucking beast at the RB position. I love AB and all but he is always broke and this Lacy kid looks like a truck for crying out loud.
Will this loss cause a big, "See! Notre Dame didn't belong in the national championship" sentiment, and will that affect pollsters next year? So, even if Notre Dame starts 5-0 or something in 2013, they won't be ranked very high because of this?
might be the annual suprise MLB fall of the draft, similar to james lauranitis a few years agp, who got massive hype although obviously not on teos level
The scary thing is that they have two 1st/2nd round talents
espn must be wondering what they are paying all that money for.
ncaa really screwed up with auburn and daddy newton.
don't be disheartened ND fans. You've got a good college team playing semi-pros. The only thing that will break this up is if espn starts cranking about the ratings and selling advertising for pork rinds and the ncaa turns the screws- musn't mess with the money after all.
ND will always have a good team under Kelly. Next year's squad seems fine w/ the returning players and the recruits, but can we compete with the Bamas and Ohio States who are like NFL-lite teams?
seemed like the worst collection of bowl mismatches ever. Usually I get into a couple of the bowl games but none this year - every one that I turned on was a blowout. I think a lot of BBIers could have matched up teams better than whoever put together these matchups.
Love to get the results of the Alabama players after getting tested for HGH. These guys are just too big.Their defensive tackle benchpresses 600 pounds!!! This team reminds me of Nebraska a few decades ago.Just thinking out loud after watching this.
single aspect of his team. On offense he emphasizes the O-line and physical running backs. Some years he'll have a game breaking WR and some years he won't.
On D he again emphasizes size. His LB's often are humongous and incredibly strong. His corners tend to be big and physical too. Speed-wise his D's tend to be fast but not as quick as say LSU. His D's can be outquicked. See Manziel. But they tend to just physically overwhelm teams.
They've faced a historic O-line, so getting rocked upfront, I'll forgive em a bit more. The LB's have been abysmal when they've gotten a chance to tackle players so it's not all on the D-line.
The place where things have been supremely pathetic is the secondary. Amari Cooper has exposed a slow ND secondary. They're gonna need to add talent in secondary.
not as good a last years. it's very good, but they can be scored on. The issue is ND's offense simply is very inconsistent and does not have the sort of threats to really scare Bama. Golson's not a good enough QB at this point to really threaten Bama.
No chance in hell Bama beats an NFL team. I hate when people say that. You do realize that the NFL weeds out the weak. Not every player on Bama is going to the NFL. Only a small percentage will go pro. And of those players not all will be starters and many might not even crack the practice squads. The players you see playing in the pros are the fastest of the fast, biggest of the big, and smartes of the smart. They would get demolished by any pro team by 42 points easily.
I'd still LOVE to see them arrange an exhibition game just once. Put the 32nd ranked NFL team against the clearly ranked #1 team in college. That's a game I'd pay to go see even though I know it would be a blow out.
that'll be called being competitive and gritty.. if the score was reversed, they'd be saying the team is in turmoil and the locker room is divided... lol
Those mid 90's Nebraska teams were insane. A BS call away from 4 championships in 5 years. They were different. Their OL had 1 really good NFL player while Ala really looks to have 4.
They were built different on D. 2 big DT and lots of pass rushing ends and converted Safeties to play LB. it was how they finally got the speed edge against the FL teams
I loved Tommie Frazier but the AL QB's have been better as are the receivers. Alabama is loaded
But McCarron crying after the LSU win turned me off a bit. I know it's an intense game and rivalry but it wasn't the Championship and this kid was crying like a baby.
I wasn't comparing Nebraska and Alabama's talent on the field.I was comparing their use of PED's off of it. I have little doubt that Alabama's lineman use PED's.
Notre Dame played some good teams and their defense was pretty damn good... but give Saban a month to prepare for it and he exploits every tiny weakness
It's like getting into a small tussle with a brother. To me, it's absolutely nothing and a complete non-story. Heat of the moment.. probably something Jones should have thought better of but it's not like it's going to have any effect on anything. Barely anyone will even remember it down the road. They'll just remember the ass kicking Bama laid on ND.
ND is going to be very good again next year. I wouldn't be surprised if Kiel gives Golson a serious run for his money in spring ball. There is some receiving talent on this ND O and Golson's simply not a very good pure passer.
Terrific recruiting class too. ND can play with almost any team in the country. A healthy, motivated and well prepared Alabama is simply physically better than everyone though. That O-line can't be challenged.
Until Saban retires Bama is going to be a top 3 title contender every single year.
but the shitty version that got Gene Chizik fired. It really was truly embarrassing, perhaps the most embarrassing loss I've ever seen as an Irish fan.
I'd give Alabama a ton of credit, but they didn't do anything special. They did what they do every week.
The defense was manhandled, but the inability to tackle anyone (RBs, WRs, TEs) was frightening.
The offense was terrible because Brian Kelly treated the Alabama defense like they were Purdue in week 2. They didn't do anything differently... they just tried to line up and beat the Tide. I thought he would at least speed the pace up, but after rare first downs, they just did their normal, slow no-huddle. I won't say Kelly got outcoached, but we see the difference between a good coach and an all-time great in Nick Saban. His offense in the championship game last season was an example of a coach changing to get the job done.
Congrats to Alabama and their fans.
No offense but anyone that thinks McCarronis a game manager
Is a fucking idiot. He played lights out against as virtual NFL secondary last year with garbage at WR. Most of these stat whore quarterbacks pad their numbers facing jv level competition all year.
by the guy on this thread who said the SEC is going the way of the dodo.
If you want to see the best teams in the country play each other, just watch CBS at 3:30 (and sometimes 8:00) every Saturday in the fall. They're right there playing each other.
Bama is just ridiculous and they're not getting any worse anytime soon either. That Bama-A&M game in College Station is going to be awesome.
For Notre Dame, they had a great season and they deserved to be there, but they just don't have the talent to match up with a team like Bama. Not even close. There's really no way that game could've gone that would resulted in a Notre Dame victory. Even if Alabama told them what play they were about to run, they still would've scored a ton of points.
that are the pinnacle of recruiting. LSU's recruiting hasn't fallen off one bit since he left and even Mike Shula got great players at Alabama before being fired.
Saban knows what he wants in a team (the biggest motherf'ers alive at every position) and makes sure all of his squads look like that. Add in that he's an excellent Xs & Os guy and the combo is nearly impossible to beat.
Onviously the game was a disaster. Alabama is just simply much better, nothing wrong with that, I thought ND would either win or get blown out, thats usually how these title games go when one team is a big dog, the underdog wins or gets smoked.
Saban with over a month to prepare and talent like that is nearly impossible to beat.
Pregane atmosphere was better than anything ive ever experienced, and I have been to two Super Bowls. Ill never forget it. I dont regret coming down here at all and spending a ton of money. The game sucked but the weekend was awesome and so was the tailgate.
ND had a great year. They have a bright future. Go Irish
you cannot take over a month off and play the title game. Not a fan of either team, though, ND's momentum going into this game was shoot to hell in early Dec.
Basically, the SEC today, like UM/FLst in the 90's has the competitive advantage with talent to simply wait it out to appease to corporate sponsors as opposed to taking a week off and riding the momentum.
we are football fans first, however, when it comes to college athletics, football takes back seat to hoops, baseball, lacrosse, etc., in determining the national champion.
its that they can and do routinely circumvent the rules with no fear of getting busted. Auburn got away clean with the Newton purchase. Bama has done likewise many times and no one will say or do anything about it.
Welcome the oligarchy era, even the new playoff system will be slanted in the SEC's favor as it will stack the deck in its favor.
Just landed at JFK, running on fes, had to switch my flight to this morning instead of stYing down there for a couple days to get back home for a viewing this afternoon
He certainly had a really good game last night. But you have to realize that his job becomes quite a bit easier behind that line with two 1,000+ yard rushers as well. I think he's a good QB. I don't love him in terms of his future as some sort of big time NFL QB.. I'd be surprised if it happened. But he's good and he made a lot of real nice throws last night and did a great job overall.
Well, that may be true but look at it this way - where was LSU before Saban took over? Back to back losing seasons and a program that hadn't been a real power since the 1960s. Alabama was at their lowest point since before Bear Bryant. They'd lost 4 straight Iron Bowls and had one winning season in 5 years. I lived in Alabama in 2006 and knew many Bama fans, and they had no hope for the team before Saban was hired. I don't particularly like Saban, but give the man his due. He's done incredible things in college football.
I had club level seats and was walking through the club level before the game, and I saw Justin's father in law, who I know because my step dad has been friends with him for 20 years. I went over and talked to his father in law for a bit and he called my step dad and my step dad nearly shit when he put me on the phone. Then he goes wait a minute let me go grab Justin for you who was in the suite. Brings him out and Lauran (Tuck's wife) out and we chat for a few minutes, I've met Lauran a few times before but not since she married Justin. Didn't really chat about anything Giants, was all Irish last night. I grabbed a quick picture with him before I went to my seat about 15 minutes before game. We asked his father in law Freddie to take a picture of us and he didnt know how so Tuck grabbed my iphone and goes here ill do it and turned on front facing camera and took a picture.
Anyways, I'm rambling now. It was one of the few highlights of the game for me. The camera part had me dying laughing. The quality is shitty because the front facing camera sucks but it was still pretty awesome
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So far as my team goes, give me a break. If you really think that has any relevence here, I don't know what to tell you. No one stays a loyal UVA fan expecting anything other than heartbreak and misery.
Time to write the final chapter to this story book season. Go Irish!
If they pull it off tonight, combined with the Giants two runs, I don't think I can ever complain about football again.
31-17.
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that we would be playing in this game. Having just beat Michigan to get to 4-0 ... right after the game they started playing 'Oh what a Night' over the loud speakers throughout the stadium. No one left. Everyone stayed in the stands dancing with euphoria. It was a feeling that I had never experienced before.
Time to write the final chapter to this story book season. Go Irish!
Carry on.
Should be fun.
From a "chance to win" perspective, that is.
I'm actually going to a friends house so I won't be able to participate. I'll try to check in for the post game.
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If ND's Front 7 can win the battle AND Golson has a good game (Bama's D isn't unbeatable this year), Notre Dame can definitely win. But it's still a longshot that both of those things happen imo.
But his pocket presence is still in the early part of the learning curve and he will force balls because he believes in his arm.
If it is good Gholston, ND is going to win.
If it is bad Gholston, they lose...unless Kelly pulls him early and goes for Rees, who has been fairly reliable, and gets into the game on time to have an impact...
I tend to think quite negatively of teams that plod along winning by the skin of their teeth against bad opponents. Yes, that includes the 2011 New York Giants up until after the divisional round, which by that point had racked up three straight blowouts (against high level opponents no less).
I know ND played some close games ... but they still have a zero in the loss column
Bama is far from the juggernaut a lot of people are making them out to be. This game is not going to be a blowout
My friends were at the Cotton Bowl and started talking to A&M fans about the national title game and the A&M fans said shit like "we are gonna beat Notre Dame in the BCS game" ... "we" meaning the SEC ... that would be like Giants fans saying "we are gonna win the super bowl" when refering to the Dallas Cowboys
I need better friends.
You're mean.
Dammit. I thought it was because I was a hard worker...
I didn't want a rational response. I just wanted people to see how mean you are.
And if there's one team that is the embodiment of that thing I hate most... well...
Remember how popular Red Sox hats were for a little while post-2004? They almost reached Yankee hat levels for the first time ever because of all the bandwagon dickriders. Now it's died down but Sox hats were everywhere for a bit.
There won't be hats, but there will be the same douchebags coming out hiding.
And yet... I'll take that over more SEC bullshit. This SEC movement needs to be derailed.
Do the math.
Mack Brown is a waste. You have all of Texas and you can't produce winning teams. The second Texas gets a coach with his ass out of his head, they're going to be silly good again too.
I'm used to SEC dominance. You'll see ND bandwagoners who didn't even go to the school coming out of the woodworks and preaching about their holier than thou bullshit. I hope Bama whoops em.
That and I aim to get as many ratemyprofessor ratings as possible.
PAC 10 and Ohio State will see to that.
I just want to see Alabama versus a dynamic offense. Instead of meh offenses the past two national championships...
Now obviously Stanford has a geographic adv, but given how much appeal ND has, that's not an excuse. ND has been horribly mismanaged for years.
That and the tool where you can see the grade distributions of professors for several years...
This is something that happens with all conferences in both football and basketball.
Whoops.
I just can't be a hardass.
Coming from a school and conference that severely valued academics from the athletes more than the national median and average, good coaches can scheme around it and can offer the "smart" athletes a double advantage.
Still impressive what Stanford has done.
When you can recruit your home state alone and field a competitive team, it makes it so so so much easier.
The fact that Texas is so bad despite being in arguably the most talent rich state in the country is pathetic.
fuck you.
All I had was word of mouth and a wish, given the professors I took, for more cleavage.
Texas A&M is in the fold now - they are one of the wealthiest schools in the country - they are also in one of the best recruiting states - which now opens up the SEC
Do you really think this is suddenly going to change.
If the league ever gets QB's it would be ridiculous
Last I looked it was around 35 kids.
Congrats on keeping the Rose Bowl close.
I actually found one of them. You know this guy dubs?
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Before: "We're going to beat you."
During: "We're beating you."
After: "We beat you."
It really is amazing how football brings out the pride, and everything else is a distant second.
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Death Valley holds 80,000 people. On game days, 200,000 people, on average, come to Clemson. Most come to watch the game on TV tailgating.
Basketball or baseball? About the capacity of the stadium.
But I really hope Notre Dame brings it.
The Saints are the closest thing to a team that has a college following (LSU), but this now precludes a whole hell of a lot of other fans (rest of the SEC) from liking them.
However, I will say if they do not win I think it's safe to say they're back to being a relevant program ON THE FIELD. That's a huge step in the right direction.
Go IRISH!
But anyone who can beat or better yet batter that prick Saban, has my full support
ND's front seven will be tested and risk being worn down with the dual back combo bama brings to the table. Plus ND's DB's will be tested more so then before. The USC game shown it can be done but their QB was lacking.
Hard to think bama cannot score 24 to 27 pts, the question is can ND's score on bama? That is where I have a problem with ND winning this game.
Should ND catch a break or two and hit a few unlikely TD's it could come down to late in the fourth. If not bama by ten or more pts.
As far a ND haters. Its all good because deep down they are filled with envy. And yes there are bandwagon fans for all teams.
Win or lose I not not vanish from rooting for my teams.
Or something.
Notre Dame 23, Alabama 21
there has already been reports that bama has not had the focus during practice and one of the linebackers hd to say something to the team..
the key tonight is gholston will he come out and play like a veteran or will he come out and let the bright lights effect him
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- Defense isn't fluky. Good offenses can be exposed by superior athletic ability (Colt Brennan vs. UGA, Collin Klein vs. ORE, even Weis' offenses in 2 BCS games), but good defenses are just that. They tend to play well regardless of whom they're playing against. ND is here on the strength of a defense that allowed less TDs than any FBS team in a dozen years.
Keys to ND winning:
1 - Move Everett Golson. Let him roll out, bootleg, play action, designed runs under center and in the spread. An athletic QB creates problems for even the best defenses.
2 - They MUST score TDs in the red zone. They've been absolutely awful in this area. They won't win kicking FGs with what is certain to be limited oppotunities.
3 - Limit Alabama's big plays. For all the talk about Alabama's o-line, that is still a big play offense. They want to hit HRs in the deep passing game and even the screen game. ND has to make Alabama move down the field the long way.
4 - Irish must create turnovers for easy scoring chances. Alabama lost the turnover battle in all 3 of the aforementioned games.
Alabama's keys to winning
1 - Use plenty of play action and misdirection on offense. Show the Irish a ton of looks and fakes in order to keep the defense off balance. Teams like BYU and PITT were successful vs. the Irish doing that.
2 - Zero turnovers... don't let ND get any easy scoring opportunities.
3 - Attack ND's offensive line. It really isn't that good.
4 - Get ND to 3rd & long. It removes a lot of the options for the Irish offense and allows Alabama to take advantage of #3.
I think the Irish win 20-19. Notre Dame is the 2nd biggest underdog ever in the BCS Championship. The 2 previous biggest underdogs both won and beat teams trying to win their second straight title.
That's not at all equivalent to close games against bad opponents...
Hope tonight's game looks a little bit more like actual football.
- Mettenberger had been awful for a month before playing very well against ALA.
- Murray was terrible versus Florida and USC, but played well versus ALA. Georgia played 3 good teams this season and the only one they didn't look absolutely awful against was ALA. In fact, they might've won the game if they had an intelligent head coach.
- A&M scored almost as many points versus ALA as they did in the Florida and LSU games combined.
My brother-in-law, a graduate of the University and biggest ND fan I ever knew passed away this past October from Myeloma Cancer quite suddenly. Of all years for ND to dominate. His son, my nephew and my wife's Godchild, is currently a Freshman at the school in the Electrical Engineering program.
Thus, for the first time in my life I will be rooting hard for the Irish tonight wearing my "Play Like A Champion" shirt my nephew gave to me for Christmas from the campus bookstore. I hope they win it in memory of my beloved brother in law Tom.
"Notre Dame Our Mother --- Strong and True" GO IRISH!!!
Go ND. Make me happy.
But, I'm not gonna get in the way of your rant. Notre Dame has a pretty big game coming up in awhile. So, carry on...(though it's funny you didn't tell us all the teams that could beat Alabama).
im a cuse fan, im rooting for ND as i want the underdog. I could give a rats ass about hating ND. they have been absolutely irrelevant other then the bush push for the bulk of my adult life. they are relevant this year. good for them.
I root for a good game, and that either Teo or warmack end up in gmen blue. neither likely
I think ND covers but Bama wins. It's gonna be all about Lacy and Yeldon behind that line (I have a feeling Yeldon is going to be the difference maker tonight). Bama can be thrown on a little but I don't know if Golson is good enough to beat them with his arm. I don't see ND being able to run much.
Big Amari Cooper fan. We'll see if they're able to get him the ball. I don't love McCarron.
For the Notre Dame enthusiasts, the massive, rabid fanbases littering the SEC may as well not exist. Those schools are a provincial matter. The success and regional popularity of teams like Alabama are a constant to be taken for granted, but Notre Dame being good is something SPECIAL, something far more meaningful than your routine LSU national title. That's an SEC school, right? Where are they located? Bob Costas totally forgot.
This is why I've hated Notre Dame for years and years and years. I fucking loathe them, even though I have no business loathing them. I've never set foot on campus. I've never been personally assaulted by a Notre Dame player (though there's still time). I have friends who went to that school who I like. But still... FUCK THEM. I hate Notre Dame for the exact same reasons I hate Tim Tebow. It's an underperforming football entity with an irritating tribal gloss of holiness, which gets far too much acclaim and adulation when it happens to succeed. The Fighting Irish belong with the Red Sox, the Yankees, Twilight, Taylor Swift, and any other property that is artificially relevant because the media wastes so much fucking time telling you how relevant they are.
And now here is Notre Dame in the BCS title game, finally fulfilling the hype-driven prophecy. It's the kind of thing that gets you cheering for Nick Saban, and Nick Saban is pure shit.
Alabama 77, ND 3.
Great effort there.
This recovery is meaningless, because of the penalty.
The flag on the punt was terrible. That shit happens every game.
I hate both teams, though.
Too late now.
I don't care what level of football you are playing, you win in the trenches. I can't remember the last time I saw a college OL that was as dominant as this one for Alabama.
Few bad calls by the officials IMO but this one may be over soon and those calls wont matter.
this Bama oline is outstanding
Oh wait, he is clearly down.
Breaking news: Sun comes up in east.
The Irish getting screwed.
In fact, it's a shame that a questionable call will overshadow the first quarter brutalization of the Notre Dame defense thus far.
Holy fuck AJ McCarron.
YES!!!!!
fuckin' quarterbacks have all the fun
Cot damn.
its going to be a long, LONG day
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NDs offense has no chance against the blitzes too
- Gilbride smiling ear to ear...
Yeah. Right.
She was Mrs. Alabama for God's sake!
it's not like they're the one loss team. this is just another example of the bad things that happen when you give Saban a long time to prep for a game
We got the worst of the two.
fck it i would give up a 3 and a 4 to move up for warmack.
guy is a team changer. steve hutchinson seattle style
Makes perfect sense.
Second, Cooper's often been compared to Julio Jones, another star Bama WR. But to be frank, he plays like a smaller AJ Green. Long strider, builds up speed as he goes. Obviously he doesn't have Green's catch radius, but he's a real long strider.
Jeez Golston's got an arm.
Heisman he is not.
Ugh. Horrible showing by ND.
Imagine the SB being like that...we complain about two weeks.
Lacy is rugged .....
WR and TE look like great prospects ...
Think Bama could win with there B team and McCarron..
Dear God.
Maybe he's too amped-up. Not sure.
I never thought he was physical enough at the POA. That's why I prefer - by a comfortable distance - Minter.
Brian Kelly: "Yeah it is."
Under no circumstances can the HC say that. Jeez. And I like Kelly too, but that was horrible.
Lacey would sure look good in blue, as would Warmack.
ND looks like a team that won a bunch of coinflip games against bad opponents, and now has to face an elite squad, kinda like when the Colts went to Foxboro.
and tell the team he took the Eagles job
but I've been in an out of the game and in general you don't want a NT having to go across the field to finish off a back
Kuondijio is making the ND d line look like a pop Warner squad. Other than the holding call he is absolutely smashing ND.
I've said it almost all season - 71 will be Alabamas best player next year. His feet, awareness, bend, punch, kick and movement are all exceptional. And he's just starting to learn. His down blocks and reaches on Georgia were just absurd. He's driving tonight and ND is getting locked up on his side. Kid is an absolute beast.
What a mystery his career is.
What did Parcells say to his SB 21 team at half time? "Just don't embarrass yourself in the second half"........
And what are they trying to prove by constantly testing Millner?
Lacy just destroying ND linebackers. That dude just got obliterated.
But Lacy is legit. He can bounce outside, he can run over people, run through arm tackles, carry defenders.. he's just a truck.
I don't really know how it works.
no. ND is getting their votes no matter what, the pollsters didn't hold the Weis losses against them
My beef with him is he gives too much in his stance.
He is down three in his drives and sometimes gets off balance on his dig step. He will get better with that but the kid is a horse.
I've heard some say Alabama was a better match up for ND than Georgia would have been...
LOFL.
Very boring Bowl season capped off by a Championship Game that was over after 10 minutes. The playoffs can't get here soon enough.
Perhaps his motivation is to get laid tonight!!!!
Thank God for Katherine Webb. The only thing good about tonight.
ncaa really screwed up with auburn and daddy newton.
don't be disheartened ND fans. You've got a good college team playing semi-pros. The only thing that will break this up is if espn starts cranking about the ratings and selling advertising for pork rinds and the ncaa turns the screws- musn't mess with the money after all.
All in all, I expect a hell of a lot of meltdowns after tonight.
Alabama/Notre Dame is a crap game.
Who am I missing?
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It's okay Notre Dame this happened to the Jets every week
Yea I said it.
On D he again emphasizes size. His LB's often are humongous and incredibly strong. His corners tend to be big and physical too. Speed-wise his D's tend to be fast but not as quick as say LSU. His D's can be outquicked. See Manziel. But they tend to just physically overwhelm teams.
Oh yea and someone tell Teo that the game started at 7:30 ... have never seen a player come up so small in such a big game
Holy shit. This defense is getting absolutely demolished.
The place where things have been supremely pathetic is the secondary. Amari Cooper has exposed a slow ND secondary. They're gonna need to add talent in secondary.
Cmon now......or, Cmon man!!!
I'd still LOVE to see them arrange an exhibition game just once. Put the 32nd ranked NFL team against the clearly ranked #1 team in college. That's a game I'd pay to go see even though I know it would be a blow out.
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I would imagine the odds would be very high that it would finish 0-16.
mccarron needs to stop that tom brady shit.
Kind of like when Leinart said, minutes after Texas beat USC in the national championship, "I still think we're the better team."
I decided at that moment that Leinart was a big douche destined for NFL failure.
They were built different on D. 2 big DT and lots of pass rushing ends and converted Safeties to play LB. it was how they finally got the speed edge against the FL teams
I loved Tommie Frazier but the AL QB's have been better as are the receivers. Alabama is loaded
Amazing run by Bama.
Terrific recruiting class too. ND can play with almost any team in the country. A healthy, motivated and well prepared Alabama is simply physically better than everyone though. That O-line can't be challenged.
Until Saban retires Bama is going to be a top 3 title contender every single year.
Yeah, that makes a shitload of sense.
I'd give Alabama a ton of credit, but they didn't do anything special. They did what they do every week.
The defense was manhandled, but the inability to tackle anyone (RBs, WRs, TEs) was frightening.
The offense was terrible because Brian Kelly treated the Alabama defense like they were Purdue in week 2. They didn't do anything differently... they just tried to line up and beat the Tide. I thought he would at least speed the pace up, but after rare first downs, they just did their normal, slow no-huddle. I won't say Kelly got outcoached, but we see the difference between a good coach and an all-time great in Nick Saban. His offense in the championship game last season was an example of a coach changing to get the job done.
Congrats to Alabama and their fans.
If you want to see the best teams in the country play each other, just watch CBS at 3:30 (and sometimes 8:00) every Saturday in the fall. They're right there playing each other.
Bama is just ridiculous and they're not getting any worse anytime soon either. That Bama-A&M game in College Station is going to be awesome.
For Notre Dame, they had a great season and they deserved to be there, but they just don't have the talent to match up with a team like Bama. Not even close. There's really no way that game could've gone that would resulted in a Notre Dame victory. Even if Alabama told them what play they were about to run, they still would've scored a ton of points.
It's him, his recruiting, and his coaching churning out great, talented teams year after year.
Saban knows what he wants in a team (the biggest motherf'ers alive at every position) and makes sure all of his squads look like that. Add in that he's an excellent Xs & Os guy and the combo is nearly impossible to beat.
Saban with over a month to prepare and talent like that is nearly impossible to beat.
Pregane atmosphere was better than anything ive ever experienced, and I have been to two Super Bowls. Ill never forget it. I dont regret coming down here at all and spending a ton of money. The game sucked but the weekend was awesome and so was the tailgate.
ND had a great year. They have a bright future. Go Irish
Yet the team that Oregon lost to ND beat and if Oregon went undefeated Bama would have sat home.
ND 100% deserved to be there, the result of the game tonight doesnt change that one bit
Basically, the SEC today, like UM/FLst in the 90's has the competitive advantage with talent to simply wait it out to appease to corporate sponsors as opposed to taking a week off and riding the momentum.
The process is flawed, playoff's or not.
Welcome the oligarchy era, even the new playoff system will be slanted in the SEC's favor as it will stack the deck in its favor.
1) Manzel deserved the Heisman
2) Bama would have done this to any team in the country with 40+ days to prepare against
Looked like he was doing a deport Piers Morgan interview last night....
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And I have seen some people, including LeBron, basically say that Oregon should have been in the game and not ND.
Yet the team that Oregon lost to ND "beat"
FIFY
I had club level seats and was walking through the club level before the game, and I saw Justin's father in law, who I know because my step dad has been friends with him for 20 years. I went over and talked to his father in law for a bit and he called my step dad and my step dad nearly shit when he put me on the phone. Then he goes wait a minute let me go grab Justin for you who was in the suite. Brings him out and Lauran (Tuck's wife) out and we chat for a few minutes, I've met Lauran a few times before but not since she married Justin. Didn't really chat about anything Giants, was all Irish last night. I grabbed a quick picture with him before I went to my seat about 15 minutes before game. We asked his father in law Freddie to take a picture of us and he didnt know how so Tuck grabbed my iphone and goes here ill do it and turned on front facing camera and took a picture.
Anyways, I'm rambling now. It was one of the few highlights of the game for me. The camera part had me dying laughing. The quality is shitty because the front facing camera sucks but it was still pretty awesome
Seriously - cool stuff. Too bad about the game. Glad you got something nice out of it.