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Iowa at MSU isn't a game of note?

exactly

I don't know who did what to you to create this deep hatred, but it's hilarious.

I think whether he's been paid to much is debatable. Whether he'll be worth the $13m he'll get each of the next 2 seasons, I don't know. But so far, his value hasn't been so far below his salary that we'd be better off without him. Unless Reed Johnson or Sam Fuld in CF is the answer. Which it's not.

really b/c we said the same things about UM's fans. we were right then too lol. ND fans are the St. Louis Cardinal fans of college football. Smug, condescending, self-congratulatory, completely delusional, and living on ancient history. Wake up the echos Ka-nute! Wake up the echos. Since none of it holds much water, I'm going to ignore the bulk of your post to simply point out that St Louis won a damn world series just 3 years ago. Ancient history indeed.

why in the world

really b/c we said the same things about UM's fans. we were right then too

Are they really worth insulting? BC is a nonentity. Though their punk fan base would never accept that. I attended the BC game in 2004 that we lost by one and their fans were intolerable leaving the stadium. It's good that you clarify they lost that game by one since it's so hard to differentiate between all the losses without such details. I attended the game in 1993 when all the ND student section cried like a bunch of little girls and it was glorious. I believe that was a 2 point margin. Aren't you a midwest kid that lives in jersey now? And you're a BC fan? Or just an ND hater?

Are there any BC fans on nsbb? I just want to know how personally I can insult the team and fans without violating any rules.

I'd take ND over all 3 of those teams, but that's just me. I imagine you feel the same way about Penn State. It's no guarantee that ND goes 10-2. But if they do, they will likely have beaten 4-6 bowl teams and lost to 2 bowl teams by a combined 11 points. First things first, let's see them beat the brats from BC.

If they win out and some of their competition plays well I dont think it is impossible for them to be top 8. My guess is they will not win out though. Maybe. Pitt's going to be the biggest remaining test, though Stanford won't be a cake walk.

it was the 3rd to last play. on replay it was pretty clear that Rudolph's knee hit the ground (oob) before he got control of the ball. It was on his hand as his knee was coming down but I don't think you could say he had "control" yet.

It's odd that USC couldn't run much at all, yet ND couldn't get any pressure on the QB. But based on the first 6 games, there's no reason they can't go 10-2. Not sure where that puts them this year. Probably depends on how good Pitt and Stanford end up.

my BIL had swine flu on Tuesday and ran a marathon on Sunday. Sack up Hawkeyes.

hahahahahaha

McCoy's girlfriend http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j56/ceedunk/rachel-glandorf-6-450x337-1.jpg she's got to be a happy camper these days http://www.google.com/trends/hottrends?q=rachel+glandorf&date=2009-10-14&sa=X

[expletive] DLee

not far off, truffle http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/science/10/13/social.networking.class/index.html

I hate Texas/OU week.

I don't remember what bowls get which Big Ten finisher, after the Rose Bowl, but PSU is going to have a tough time finishing higher than 3rd. I'd bet it comes down to Iowa/OSU with PSU 3rd. MSU 4th? Wisconsin? Hard to say. The Big Ten schools have played such crappy out of conference schedules that it's hard to know how good any of them are. It used to go Rose - Capital One - Outback - Alamo, but I don't know if that's true anymore Champs says "Big Ten #4 (after BCS)" so I don't know if that's #5? I'd be shocked if PSU is 5th in the Big Ten. Maybe CFBN doesn't think they can beat UM in Ann Arbor? Losses to Iowa, UM, and OSU might make them 5th.

I'd rather play Miami. The media would arbitrarily decide that that didn't count as a big game if we beat Boise State, and Miami would be an awesome matchup for historical purposes to harken back to the old rivalry. Sure Miami would be fun. And we might be able to beat the Canes. I'm not putting much stock into it. I just like the idea of facing a team we have a chance to beat in a BCS game.

I don't remember what bowls get which Big Ten finisher, after the Rose Bowl, but PSU is going to have a tough time finishing higher than 3rd. I'd bet it comes down to Iowa/OSU with PSU 3rd. MSU 4th? Wisconsin? Hard to say. The Big Ten schools have played such crappy out of conference schedules that it's hard to know how good any of them are.

I hope that's right. A BCS game ND might actually be able to win.

Other guys have too much ground to make up and play on teams that won't get as much media attention. I don't really see McCoy or Tebow having that defining game based on the schedule ahead. But even if they do, its going to be hard to argue that if one of them wins it their career didn't have a huge impact on winning it this season. I may be dense, but I just don't get it. Who are these "other guys" that have too much ground to make up and don't get media attention? I mean, if Clausen wins, it's not going to be based on his performance in 2007 as a true freshman on a terrible team a few months after elbow surgery. It's going to be b/c he led a decent/good team to an 11-win season (I can't see him winning it unless ND wins out) including several 4th quarter come-from-behind Ws and a big game against USC. Clausen, Pike, Berry. Its just more based on how I think the Heisman voters vote. For career that only applies to McCoy and Tebow should one of them win the award, if Clausen wins its based solely upon this season. Berry's just not going to win. Great player, but great defensive players that aren't also punt returners have a steep hill to climb. Pike has gotten some attention, but he's not going to win unless they're in the title game. Clausen doesn't belong in that class. He was the #1 recruit 2 years ago, he's been fantastic statistically this year, he's had a number of dramatic wins and he plays on national TV almost every week. I'm not sure ND plays a game that isn't nationally televised this year. While he doesn't usually get much love from the ESPN/ABC family, he has actually had some recently (Herbstreit on Saturday being the most obvious). I don't know who will win the award, obviously, but it'll come down to Tebow, McCoy, and Clausen and how they perform this year (and where their teams finish) will be the driving force, imo.

Other guys have too much ground to make up and play on teams that won't get as much media attention. I don't really see McCoy or Tebow having that defining game based on the schedule ahead. But even if they do, its going to be hard to argue that if one of them wins it their career didn't have a huge impact on winning it this season. I may be dense, but I just don't get it. Who are these "other guys" that have too much ground to make up and don't get media attention? I mean, if Clausen wins, it's not going to be based on his performance in 2007 as a true freshman on a terrible team a few months after elbow surgery. It's going to be b/c he led a decent/good team to an 11-win season (I can't see him winning it unless ND wins out) including several 4th quarter come-from-behind Ws and a big game against USC.