What an arrogant classless post. Can I ask what college team you chear for? He's a tOSU fan who went to Illinois, if I remember correctly. Notre Dame's defense wasn't good at all, but the game was closer than the score indicated. ND drove down the field several times on USC that many times did not result in any points. ND isn't as bad as Slick is making it out to be. I think the final score was quite indicative of how close the game was. as much of a problem as the D was, that was expected. what wasn't was the horrendous offensive line play and the drops. Brady also missed a sure TD on that first drive, over threw another easy TD on a fourth down (out of the endzone? WTF?), etc etc. sure the offense drove the ball, but once the field was shortened ND stalled time after time because USC were able to rush four and drop seven back, and still harrass Quinn all night long. ND probably isn't as bad as Slick is making them out to be, but they aren't a BCS team IMO. they are a Wake Forest upset away from having zero victories against top 25 teams, and they had a real struggle against GT. The offensive line was horrendous, especially when USC was only rushing 4 and they were still putting pressure on Brady. McKnight was very good at times, and also extremely bad at times. I think he had 3 drops, which all turned out to be huge. The wideouts for ND were very disappointing IMO with all of the drops that they had in the game. I still think ND deserves to go to a BCS bowl...their two losses only came to the #2 and #3 teams in the nation. Yes they weren't that close, but still you would have a hard time trying to find any other worthwhile teams to take over ND in a BCS game. A 10-2 record is nothing to be ashamed of, especially when those two losses came against two of the three best teams in the country.