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Hi Bruce! Any news?
Derwood replied to RynoRules's topic in MLB Draft, International Signings, Amateur Baseball
Maybe someone can mak Bruce a "Bruce Miles Headshot" avatar. Then people will believe! -
I agree, there's no reason ND should decline their invite. They've had a great season and it's not like they aren't deserving. Even if they did decline, it wouldn't help bring change. Of course they shouldn't turn down the invite. That's not fair to the players or the fans. But I really hate the repeated "Don't hate the playa, hate the game" attitude about what's broken in the BCS
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Does anyone think that perhaps the 2 at-large teams should have to face each other in the "lowest" BCS bowl? In other words, should the Fiesta be allowed to (potentially) pick the two at-large teams with picks 1 and 3 over the conference champs?
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My mistake. The fact that it was posted on the main page like a featured article led me to believe it was something different than the message board, But the point of my posting it was simply to show yet another example of the attitude that ND is somehow above or better than conference teams. Also, it once again brings up the extremely flawed logic of "It's okay for ND to bump out more deserving teams because they make more money, etc." It's very easy for you or any other Irish fan to say "well, that's just the way the system is, don't blame the school, blame the BCS, etc." But I don't hear any ND fans or supporters say "ND really ought to opt out of this privelaged arrangement for the betterment of the sport." It's like a spoiled rich kid saying "don't hate me because my daddy buys me a new BMW every year, It's not MY fault he's rich. What? Sell the car and donate the money to charity? Errr...."
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A prime example of the ND mentality... from http://www.ndnation.com (an editorial...not from the message board)
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Army and Navy would also have a bit of a problem with that. If you can somehow come up with a way for this to work with alignments and memberships and such, you talk to Myles Brand and maybe he can pull it off. I'll also note that this is an ironic argument coming from someone whose team stopped being independents one decade ago and up until this year had been sliding downhill ever since then. Really? PSU joined the big Ten in 1990 and played their first conference schedule in 1993. Their record since then: 106-50 Notre Dame's record in that same period: 99-55-1 Oh, plus 4 different coaches in that span. So how has joining the Big Ten made PSU inferior to ND (or anybody)?
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Damn those Cardinals :wink: Cardinals=Louisville Cardinal=Stanford Damn that Notre Dame education :twisted:
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Too true. I was really rooting for Stanford just to make all this argument academic, but they didn't cooperate.
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I think that West Virginia and Louisville are just as good as any of the one or 2 loss teams. If Colorado and/or Florida St win will that knock ND out of the BCS? I mean who do they pick Texas or ND or do they drop Ohio State? I think that something has to be done about these Conference Playoff games. At least the team with the best conference record goes in the BE but to have these 4 loss teams go in automatically is a joke. What would be worse IMO is if college football had a playoff the fact that Florida St or Colorado would be one of the 8 or 16 teams would just be wrong. I think Ohio State is out the window if USC or Texas goes down because those teams would become at-larges. If they both lost, ND and OSU are both probably out. If Va Tech loses, IMO they are probably out of the at-large picture and are headed for the Gator Bowl. And that's a problem. OSU lost to the current #2 and #3 teams in the BCS. ND lost to the current #1 and #NR in the BCS. And yet OSU would get screwed.
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I think the ND hatred comes from the fact that they seemingly play by different rules than everyone else. Considering there are less than 10 independent schools, I would be all for a rule stating every division 1-A school MUST be in a conference. Then we wouldn't keep having this argument
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Does anybody else find this pretty funny? I'm not sure bowl comittees are bright enough for irony
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Haven't you heard? It doesn't matter. It's not their fault that their super tough schedule ended up being weak, so you can't hold it against them, and every other team plays weak teams, and they are Notre Dame and God loves them and so does Lou Holtz so they belong in the Fiesta Bowl.
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Why would Giles want to go play CF in that park?
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I hear there's some sort of football game going on next Saturday at the LA Coliseum. Might even be an important one. Orange County High School Playoffs?
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How would UCLA get screwed. They would win the PAC-10 and get an automatic berth, right? I'm still unclear on this. I thought I read that USC could lose and still win the PAC-10 If UCLA defeats USC, there would be a 3-way tie for first place (Oregon, USC, UCLA). Then they'd go to losses against common opponents - losing to a worse team is worse. Obviously, UCLA will be eliminated there. Obviously it's their fault for losing to a bad Arizona team. But that 1 loss has more than likely eliminated UCLA from a BCS game, which I think is a screw job. If UCLA beats USC they should get an at-large over ND since ND's claim to fame is that they almost beat USC. You and your logic are not welcome here! :wink:
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That spelling is the gayest thing I've ever seen.
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Terry Adams just signed a minor league deal with Philly or Toronto or somewhere.....
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Fighting Illini and Fighting Irish both suck. The players on the field (as well as the student body in general) or mostly NOT Irish or Illini
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11/27 Chicago Bears vs. Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Derwood replied to burnt out cubbie fan's topic in Other Sports
Orton sucks, but they win. It's not like Grossman can make them win MORE. What, do the Bears get two victories today if Grossman is in? I'm not sure you throw a guy who has missed 20+ straight regular season games into the middle of a legit playoff push -
Yeah, you'd think the networks would want as many gold helmets as possible :lol:
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Here we are, last weekend of the regular season! BCS UPDATE --------------- Penn State (Big Ten Champ): IN West Virginia (Big East Champ): IN ACC Champ (Va Tech/Florida St.): TBD Big 12 Champ (Colorado/Texas): TBD SEC Champ (Georgia/LSU): TBD Notre Dame (9 wins): Eligible Auburn, Miami, Ohio St., Oregon, UCLA, Texas Tech, Va Tech (if they lose), Texas (if they lose), USC (if they lose), LSU (if they lose) all at-large posibilities. BOWL UPDATE ---------------- Arkansas St. (New Orleans Bowl) Toledo (GMAC Bowl) BYU (Las Vegas Bowl) Colorado St. vs. Navy (Poinsettia Bowl) Arizona St. vs. Rutgers (Insight Bowl) Boise St. (MPC Computers Bowl) Utah (Emerald Bowl) Fresno St. (Liberty Bowl) TCU (Houston Bowl) Louisville (Gator Bowl) CHAMPIONSHIP GAMES --------------------------- Big Twelve: Colorado vs. (2) Texas ACC: Florida St. vs. (5) Virginia Tech SEC: (13) Georgia vs. (3) LSU OTHER GAMES ----------------- (11) UCLA vs. (1) USC Louisiana Tech vs. (23) Fresno St. (12) West Virginia vs. South Florida (17) Louisville vs. Connecticut Akron vs. Northern Illinois Tulsa vs. Central Florida Army vs. Navy
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How would UCLA get screwed. They would win the PAC-10 and get an automatic berth, right? I'm still unclear on this. I thought I read that USC could lose and still win the PAC-10
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We know WVa is in now, and it seems ND is in no matter what. OSU as well. So Oregon is probably screwed akready, and Va Tech will be out should they lose to Florida St. On the contrary, I think both Texas and USC can lose next week and make the BCS. Colordo would get the auto-berth (and likely play WVa in the Sugar), but Texas would bump OSU out of an at-large. UCLA could beat USC and STILL get screwed by a ND at-large
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Might make you feel a little better to know it is the last time ND will ever get a payout like that. My problem is not that it's ND, it's that the networks make such a big deal about ND's payout (as opposed to anyone else's). In other words, I don't care that ND gets that money, but don't make the outcome of the game ABOUT the money btw, what is ND's deal next year?
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Seems to me that when a team has an overcrowded outfield and one member says "play me or trade me", that player has basically written his own plane ticket out of town.
