Andy

TT 20 Oklahoma 7 in the early going...

LOL at Zbikowski, a HS QB, taking snaps on Senior Day at Notre Dame. And of course, Travis Thomas fumbles. What a pitiful player he's been this year.

Yay, ND might be able to avoid double-digit losses after all.

Jimmy is 14/28, 172 yards, 2 TD and it should be more like 18/28 for 250.

UL Monroe now leads Bama 21-14 after 3, speaking of how good the SEC is.

Jimmy throws two great balls for TDs after Duke fumbles in the last two minutes and suddenly the Irish lead 14-0 at halftime. First halftime lead all year.

Jimmy makes an absolutely gorgeous pass on 4th and 17 and Robby Parris flat-out drops it. Absolutely amazing.

So it's the exact opposite of the ND/Duke game. These 2 teams are absolutely horrible. Or just really good on defense!!!! /delusional

Hey, more dumb penalties. Nice.

John Carlson is getting flagged for signaling a 1st down after a 1st down play. That's really cool.

The Gators aren't running up the score, that's all. When they win big you guys complain and when they're winning small you guys complain... I beg you to tell me this is sarcasm

Notre Dame 76, Monmouth 33...wow. Outscored them 39-8 in the second half. Next up: Baylor on Sunday night for round 2. Winthrop really needs to beat GT so we can get a piece of them in the final.

I wouldn't get too cocky we (UIC) are pretty good... we've already beat Bradley. crap, we're getting killed by Winthrop at the moment. I'm not cocky, my smart-ass comment was more directed at our athletic department that refuses to let us play a regularly scheduled game with a good team this year (other than Kansas State). I really want to play Winthrop. I want revenge on them.

ND will continue their buzzsaw non-conference schedule tonight at the Paradise Jam tournament, which features such powerhouses as Georgia Tech, UIC, Baylor, Wichita State and tonight's Irish opponent, Monmouth.

Your guess is correct. The Big Ten has the dumbest tiebreaker in the history of the world, that of whoever has gone the longest without one gets the BCS bid in a tie. I have no ties to Illinois, but little would make me happier than the UM/OSU game being meaningless.

Truest comment of the thread.

YOU'RE bitter...I'M bitter. UM/OSU would be essentially meaningless if you guys had just beaten Iowa, because you'd have clinched a Rose Bowl berth by now.

I'd like to see Milwaukee get Kendall.

I think whoever escaped that two-game miniplayoff in the Big 12 would've gone over Oregon regardless.

Yeah, it's a complete travesty if McFadden wins the Heisman over Tebow.

I know you hate Notre Dame, but this is ridiculous. ND has at least two rivals - USC and Michigan. Maybe to ND and their fans, but not so much for the other team and their fans. That's the thing, my defineiton of a rivialry must include both teams (a) with a history, (b) a history that includes many important games, and © a history that includes some level of enmity. ND-Michigan is traditionally at the begining of the year, is out of conference, and aside from the John Carney kick hasn't included much in the way of drama. ND-USC is out of conference and the fate of the two teams is many times decided before the game begins. I don't think many USC teams have prepared their season to play ND. They are out of conference games.While USC/ND is out of conference, it's ludicrous to say their fates are decided before the game. I couldn't tell you the exact number, but USC and ND have played many a game in the rivalry where one team ruins the other's national title hopes and/or sends themselves on to one. 1964, 1973, 1977, 1988, and 2005 are five good examples of USC and ND ruining each other's title hopes, and in the last four cases, the winning team went on to play for a title of their own. One could say that about any team who plays a team who is going for a national title. If that is your definition, Illinois-OSU and Michigan State-OSU are big rivalrys. Live the dream! My final thought on the subject is remembering when Reggie Bush said of the 2005 win at ND: "This is the biggest win of my career." The man had already won a Rose Bowl and a national title.

I know you hate Notre Dame, but this is ridiculous. ND has at least two rivals - USC and Michigan. Maybe to ND and their fans, but not so much for the other team and their fans. That's the thing, my defineiton of a rivialry must include both teams (a) with a history, (b) a history that includes many important games, and © a history that includes some level of enmity. ND-Michigan is traditionally at the begining of the year, is out of conference, and aside from the John Carney kick hasn't included much in the way of drama. ND-USC is out of conference and the fate of the two teams is many times decided before the game begins. I don't think many USC teams have prepared their season to play ND. They are out of conference games.While USC/ND is out of conference, it's ludicrous to say their fates are decided before the game. I couldn't tell you the exact number, but USC and ND have played many a game in the rivalry where one team ruins the other's national title hopes and/or sends themselves on to one. 1964, 1973, 1977, 1988, and 2005 are five good examples of USC and ND ruining each other's title hopes, and in the last four cases, the winning team went on to play for a title of their own.

I know you hate Notre Dame, but this is ridiculous. ND has at least two rivals - USC and Michigan. And there's no Y in Rockne and there's an H in Parseghian. My pick is Army-Navy.

I don't know if that's a hard and fast rule, but I think it's already generally observed. Last year KU was 6-6, and everybody knew there was almost no chance they'd go to a bowl because, while eligible, there were too many 7-5 teams out there. Bowls must select teams with winning records before they can select a 6-6 team. I'm pretty sure that it includes 6-5 teams. If a conference doesn't have enough bowl-eligible teams for their tie-ins, then a bowl must select a team outside of the conference with a winning record before they can select a team outside of the conference with a 6-6 record. Hence why a 7-5 Ball State team might sneak into a bowl game even if they don't get a MAC tie-in, just as Northern Illinois did last season.

Ball State blows a 17-point lead and loses to UW-Milwaukee in overtime. Panthers made not one, but two ludicrous threes in the last ten seconds to tie it. Ball State will be 0-3 for the first time since 1973 after they get blasted by Georgetown next week.