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You want to be a running team? Then you gotta be able to run it here & now. Because right now it really, really matters.

Nobody held. I watched it. The refs are propping the Jets up. What the heck is this? First Joe Buck now the refs?

WTFH? There was no hold!

Jets all-out going for the strip on Benson now. The strip is on.

No can't be. DAMN!

Ugh Obviously Rex is off target.

Wow they will blitz.

I won't actually curse out of defence to Tim, but Joe Buck you can suck you know what and you know where. God I hate that guy. :evil:

Incredible. What on Earth is happening here today. There's 2 rooks on that Jets OLine. Just wow.

Joe Buck is such a disgrace. Everything is what the Jets need to do to win.

We can't do anything but run up the middle now? What happened Turner?

That was terrible. Rex could easily have stepped up on that throw. This is an embarrassment.

Trap game. Just as I had thought it would be. Dammit all.

Criminey. We're playing scared. I sort of thought this would happen. We're so lucky to not be down right now. And if we keep playing like this, we ARE going to be down.

Looks very much like the Jets have found something that works. That no-huddle is maddening, we can't rotate our DLine and we can't get to Pennington in time for those short passes. Not good.

This isn't going real well right now.

We so need a drive here to break this thing up. I hate that the Jets are pulling a Peyton Manning.

Todd was blitzing on that play though......others need to pick it up too. But obviously losing Mike Brown has been huge. Tillman couldn't even get off Washington. Looks bad.

This run defense is starting to flat out suck.

While I would agree that money is the primary consideration, there is the aspect that ND simply does not want to give up certain games. They feel the favor to Navy to give them an annual game is very important. They of course also would not want to take the USC game off the schedule. That's 2 of the 4 nonconference games already: and that doesn't address teams like Stanford and Boston College who the Irish want to play as much as possible, and also the 1 big game around the country that ND wants to play to get to as much of their fan base as possible. It would just be a really tough schedule fit for ND also, and there would have to be some tough choices and some problems with scheduling if they joined the Big 10-that and the money makes it pretty much impossible. Too bad. I agree it would be difficult, but with those 3 academy games on the schedule it really hurts the Irish in the new BCS-type scheme. Years ago, if the Irish were doing well they got the benefit of the doubt from the voters. But now, with the big conferences tagged and given preference by voters, I just think it's going to be next to impossible for the Irish to be in the title game unless they go undefeated. I think they should buckle down, make a few sacrifices, and joing the Big 10. But I agree it's probably not going to happen.

Why not? If Louisville really wants to become a big time program like they keep saying they want to, a move to the Big 10 would be the perfect opportunity to take it to the next level. They're not likely to be taken seriously when they play Cinci, Connecticut, South Florida (!), and Syracuse every single year. Those are programs that wouldn't likely fare well in the MAC in football. They're basically basketball schools with an afterthought football program. Rutgers made a move this year, and WV is decent----but it's hard to take them seriously either because they get to beat up on these programs every year too instead of playing tough games against quality, *primary* football programs.

Interesting. However, I'm thinking when the Cubs duel with the Red Sox over players, the Boston club will come out on top most of the time.

So then I guess Bonds will be refusing to claim the HR title because Aaron got his dingers in a 'different era' huh? Perhaps some of the great pitchers of yore should give up all their accolades too.....because after all, they pitched in a 'pitcher's era.' Come on. Sammy's numbers are his numbers. You all are just making excuses to hate on him because you feel betrayed by him. Face it. I feel betrayed by him too. But in life, you must take the good with the bad, and Sammy provided one heck of a lot of good along with his bad.

Last time I checked, the Big 10 doesn't have to do that-they just love tradition, and that's what they choose to do. They could play next week just like all the other conferences are if they choose to-blame the Big 10, not the NCAA. I wouldn't mind seeing a Big 10 Championship game. I think that would be a good idea for the Big 10 as well-they would just have to figure out what 12th team to add in order for them to be eligible to have a championship game. ND, but they won't cooperate ;) I wish they would. They are a perfect Big 10 team, with a natural rival already built in. They will never do it because of the money. But yes, I would LOVE to see a 12 team Big 10 (the Big 12?...oh wait) And have a 10 game conference schedule. PSU, O$U, Michigan, MSU, ND, IU in one division and UofI, Iowa, Wisconsin, Purdue, NU and Minnesota in the other. Yeah, the cash is too attractive with that individual TV deal they have. But from a fan perspective, it just seems to make so much sense.

Last time I checked, the Big 10 doesn't have to do that-they just love tradition, and that's what they choose to do. They could play next week just like all the other conferences are if they choose to-blame the Big 10, not the NCAA. I wouldn't mind seeing a Big 10 Championship game. I think that would be a good idea for the Big 10 as well-they would just have to figure out what 12th team to add in order for them to be eligible to have a championship game. ND, but they won't cooperate ;) I wish they would. They are a perfect Big 10 team, with a natural rival already built in.