College Football

[Crothian]

BC had the freshmen QB, but they used to have a pretty good defense.

And USC should pull away from the Irish in the seocnd half, but the Irish kept it closer in the first then many were expecting.

 

[drothgery]

And USC should pull away from the Irish in the seocnd half, but the Irish kept it closer in the first then many were expecting.

As I write this, Notre Dame's down by 24 with less than 11 minutes to go. They had a 4th & 1. Why did they punt?

 

[Crothian]

no idea, it didn't make any sense...but USC just scored again this one is soo over....

 

[drothgery]

no idea, it didn't make any sense...but USC just scored again this one is soo over....

... and then Willingham apparently couldn't make up his mind whether he wanted to try and get back in the game or just run out the clock, alternating between runs and passes. If they wanted to make a comeback, they had to try and throw deep; if they just wanted to get it over, they shouldn't've passed at all.

Of course, I said when he took the job that he had a better chance of winning at Stanford.

 

[Crothian]

He hasn't done bad at ND...just not a as good as the fans want. But coaches rarely do as well as the fans want.....

 

[drothgery]

He hasn't done bad at ND...just not a as good as the fans want. But coaches rarely do as well as the fans want.....

He hasn't done bad, and if he weren't pretty much forced to play a killer schedule by Notre Dame's independent status, NBC TV contract, and desire to have a shot a national title, he'd have a respectable string of 8+-win seasons to talk about.

But the Irish will have to get worse before they get better; until the ratings drop enough that NBC isn't willing to give them their own TV deal, the Irish won't join a conference. And until they join a conference, they won't be an upper-echelon team.

 

[Crothian]

Ya, the biggest prooblem with Division 1A football is the money, it rules the BCS and the bowls, and ND....it really has ruined the game.

 

[Dimwhit]

Well, my Boise State Broncos finished their 11-0 season by thumping Nevada 58-21. Lousiville's 70 points put them one-tenth of a point ahead of Boise as the highest scoring team in the nation. Bummer. But it's looking like the Liberty Bowl for the both of them. Already I'm hearing that Boise can't run with Louisville, but also that it could be the most entertaining bowl game outside of the title game (or even including that one). I can't wait! (And no, I don't see either team slipping in to the BCS Top 6. Maybe if Texas had lost, but I don't even think a Cal loss would do it, and Cal ain't losing anyway.)

 

[Crothian]

Aftrer finishing their season last week, Ohio State makes the top 25 of both polls!!

 

[drothgery]

Aftrer finishing their season last week, Ohio State makes the top 25 of both polls!!

... and the pollsters decided to rank Pitt, and in all likelyhood prevent something ludicrous from happening (namely, my Orange in a BCS bowl this year). Pitt has to be ranked 5 spots higher than SU to take a "higher" bowl slot even though Syracuse won head-to-head.