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Super Saturday coming up - time to pick'em:
Florida St. at Oklahoma - I going with OK at home in a close one.
Miami at Ohio St. - taking the upset here. Miami avenges the phantom pass interference call that cost them the national championship.
Michigan at Notre Dame - the battle of struggling programs. Loser is on the hot seat. ND with an ugly win.
Penn St at Alabama - I'm pulling for PSU but they don't have a chance. Bama wins by three TDs.
Florida St. at Oklahoma - I going with OK at home in a close one.
Miami at Ohio St. - taking the upset here. Miami avenges the phantom pass interference call that cost them the national championship.
Michigan at Notre Dame - the battle of struggling programs. Loser is on the hot seat. ND with an ugly win.
Penn St at Alabama - I'm pulling for PSU but they don't have a chance. Bama wins by three TDs.
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Michigan at Notre Dame - the battle of struggling programs. Loser is on the hot seat. ND with an ugly win.
Can't we just say rebuilding programs?? We can't all be like USC and buy our players
After all w/o Bush in "05" Brady Quinn and company walk away with a win and USC doesn't even make it to the big game.
Can't we just say rebuilding programs?? We can't all be like USC and buy our players
After all w/o Bush in "05" Brady Quinn and company walk away with a win and USC doesn't even make it to the big game.
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Michigan at Notre Dame - the battle of struggling programs. Loser is on the hot seat. ND with an ugly win.
Can't we just say rebuilding programs?? We can't all be like USC and buy our players
Michigan was 3-9 in '08 and 5-7 last year. ND was 7-6 and 6-6 then fired their coach. They have also lost twice to Navy in the last three years and eight in a row to the mighty Trojans dating back to 2002. Those are struggling programs. If they do well this season, we can call them rebuilding.
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Michigan was 3-9 in '08 and 5-7 last year. ND was 7-6 and 6-6 then fired their coach. They have also lost twice to Navy in the last three years and eight in a row to the mighty Trojans dating back to 2002. Those are struggling programs. If they do well this season, we can call them rebuilding.
Wow! Very confident "The Mighty Trojans". Lets not forget who holds the lead in the rivalry. I believe ND is up 42 to 33 with 5 or 6 ties. I believe they are exactly tied when it comes to championships with 11 a piece and both schools have 7 Heisman winners. Oh wait, USC is about to lose one of their National Championships and a Heisman trophy
I love this time of year! I'm sure you and I could go on and on until each of our ears bleed from hearing about the others school. Our conversation is much more mild then it would be with the last USC fans I had to sit next to at last years game. Of course they were about 12 years younger then me and really didn't care about the history between these two programs
Unfortunately I get to hear from Michigan and MSU fans all the time. Truthfully I could care less about the Michigan game its the MSU game and the USC game that really mean something. Michigan fans hate it when I tell them that.
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I have nothing but respect for ND football. A great history. A good run by SC and the Orwellian NCAA takes nothing away from it. These things go in cycles though and ND will have their day again. What mystifies me is the lack of talent at ND in recent years. Without too much bias, I would say in the last decade of 22 starters on O and D, SC had bigger, faster and stronger players on average than ND in about 20 positions. These were not competitive games for the most part. Unfortunately, ND is going the way of the SEC and softening its schedule with only 4 away games.
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Thanks for the invite, Chris. Will do. We Terps need to commiserate together about turtle troubles.
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My feelings are likewise for SC. Its hard to dislike such a dynamic team like USC has been over the years. I frequently compare USCs run (correct me if I'm wrong when SC turned it around) to NDs run in the 80's.
The funny thing about ND is that they always get a top recruiting class and nothing ever comes of it???? I don't know if its the coaching the last couple of years, the offensive/defensive style or what??? When Weis came in we kept hearing that he would draw the recruits because he was bringing in a pro mentality and that kids would naturally be drawn to the glimmer of the NFL. The only problem is that ND has really high standards for their recruits and truth be told a lot of these recruits just can't hack it. Unfortunately I do not think ND will return to the powerhouse that it once was until they lower their standards. To compensate for this ND is starting to "soften" their schedule which I completely disagree with.
Some good games yesterday. ND should have beat Michigan but defense couldn't get it done. Virginia played USC well and could have won. Navy squeaked by, won but could have lost. Bama looked good. Oregon shocked me by thrashing Tenn. so badly. Enjoyed my Terps winning but it meant nothing against lower competition. Enjoyed VaTech getting beaten, again. Was an enjoyable day, overall. -- Al
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I only wish Crist was in the whole game. I think the outcome would have been different but thats football you have to roll with the injuries as they come.
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Only a few good games this weekend:
No. 9 Iowa at No. 24 Arizona - this has upset potential. I'm picking AZ at home.
No. 10 Florida at Tennessee - an ugly game given how UF has been playing on O. Might be interesting but Florida should pull it out.
Maryland at No. 21 West Virginia - the end of MDs undefeated run or minor upset? WVU should take care of business.
No. 18 USC at Minnesota. Uh-oh. MN coming off a terrible defeat - playing at home against an SC team that has not played well. Forget it as Lee Corso says. SC wins big.
No. 9 Iowa at No. 24 Arizona - this has upset potential. I'm picking AZ at home.
No. 10 Florida at Tennessee - an ugly game given how UF has been playing on O. Might be interesting but Florida should pull it out.
Maryland at No. 21 West Virginia - the end of MDs undefeated run or minor upset? WVU should take care of business.
No. 18 USC at Minnesota. Uh-oh. MN coming off a terrible defeat - playing at home against an SC team that has not played well. Forget it as Lee Corso says. SC wins big.
I had it on gamecast, have also tuned out. 4 penalties on the first 3 plays. Truely impressive. Only 14-0, WVa, at end of 1st. Could get bad.Well, I've already turned off the MD WVA game. Ralph Freidgen showing true incompetence again and early!
-- AlBad enough, but not a total disgrace, Md. loses 31-17. Won the 2nd half.I had it on gamecast, have also tuned out. 4 penalties on the first 3 plays. Truely impressive. Only 14-0, WVa, at end of 1st. Could get bad.
UMd. ended with negative yards rushing but had some nice pass plays. Still not a complete effort. -- Al