Week 7 BlogPoll Out, Notre Dame Rises to 28
by CW on Oct 11, 2011 3:05 PM EDT
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PrintThe latest poll is out and the Irish sit third in "Also Receiving Votes." I still think it's absurd they're behind Penn State in any poll, but it's October so whatever. Odds are pretty good the Irish will get to sit around this weekend, eat some cheeseburgers and move into the Top 25, as Michigan State, Texas, Texas A&M, Baylor and Arizona State all face ranked opponents. (A&M and Baylor face off against one another, so one is destined to fall from the polls.) The odds of the Spartans, Longhorns and Sun Devils all prevailing? Minimal.
If the Irish don't get into the polls following their bye, they almost certainly will if they get a win over the Trojans. If they don't beat the Trojans? Well, I'll just be over there in the corner of the room, curled up in a ball and gently weeping.
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It's time to start a streak against USC
for those years they used the cheating Reggie Bush and “The Push”
Didn't ND start a streak last season?
I always turn to the sports section first. The sports page records people's accomplishments; the front page has nothing but man's failures.
~Earl Warren
by lookingdeadred on Oct 11, 2011 5:18 PM EDT up reply actions
If you call winning one game a "streak"
It’s not difficult to win just one game, it’s multiple games in a row with the pressure of “the streak” on the line that makes it impressive.
This year, I hope we make it back-to-back games. The Irish can’t let a Kiffin-led team EVER beat them!
Amazing sea change in the rivalry shaping up.
From Willie/Weis vs. the Poodle to Kelly vs. Kiffykins. I like our chances in the long term (or at least until the sanctions are over with and USC dumps their fall guy).
I guess we could screw this up, but I think if Zombie Zona and ASU could both hang 40 on USC, we’ve got a good shot at doing the same, and I don’t see the D giving up 30.
"You've got to have poise. You've got to walk away. You're a long snapper!"
B. Kelly
You said "it's time to start a streak",
It has already begun. All streaks have to start with the first win and that happened last season
I always turn to the sports section first. The sports page records people's accomplishments; the front page has nothing but man's failures.
~Earl Warren
by lookingdeadred on Oct 12, 2011 9:28 AM EDT up reply actions
I see what you're saying,
but to me, a streak starts with winning at least two games. Any team can upset another in a year, but in my opinion, you can’t say that’s a start of a streak.
One in a row is not a streak, on that we agree
but all streaks start with that first win. If ND, sorry, after ND beats USC, will you say the streak began in 2011? No, you will say it started in 2010.
I always turn to the sports section first. The sports page records people's accomplishments; the front page has nothing but man's failures.
~Earl Warren
by lookingdeadred on Oct 12, 2011 10:34 AM EDT up reply actions
I truly see what you are saying...
And you are right in the fact that down the road if the winning continues that the streak would start in 2011. But, for now, until ND wins a few games in a row, we need to start that streak. Or maybe continue to streak, but that just sounds dirty.
would start in 2010
I always turn to the sports section first. The sports page records people's accomplishments; the front page has nothing but man's failures.
~Earl Warren
by lookingdeadred on Oct 12, 2011 11:00 AM EDT up reply actions
just correcting a typo, not bustin your chops
I always turn to the sports section first. The sports page records people's accomplishments; the front page has nothing but man's failures.
~Earl Warren
by lookingdeadred on Oct 12, 2011 7:17 PM EDT up reply actions
"Shameless Homer"
One Foot Down was the most biased says the article… Oh well we are undervalued I think
Changed my mind
We were beating Michigan for 59 of the 60 minutes of the game. We lost. They beat us fair and square. So I’m not saying they should be #11 and we should be # 12. But for Michigan to be #11 and for us to be below 25? Weird. What about Michigan State? We manhandled them. That 31-13 makes it look closer than it was. We were in charge the whole game. For them to be top 25 and for us not to be?
It’s an irrational process. If you’re not ranked, you’re not on the radar of poll voters unless you play somebody ranked.
Guess it only matters between 1 & 2 when they’re deciding who gets to go to the big game. But It gives you a little consolation prize. And probably helps in recruiting.
Trying to remain objective, and failing miserably. You?
All good points.
I’d say beating USC may get us a little more love, but we’ll probably only get credit for doing what we’re supposed to do.
I guess we’ll just have to crush everyone from here on out. Fine by me.
by Mouth of the South on Oct 12, 2011 2:43 PM EDT up reply actions
'SC will dictate national perception until last week of season
This game is really season-defining. If ND wins a close game then we’ll be a team solidly in the top 25 unless it loses to a team other than Stanford. If ND wins convincingly then we’ll be a top 15 team going into the Stanford game. A Stanford win under either of these two scenarios puts ND in the BCS.
Lose, and ND won’t sniff the top 25 unless they beat Stanford. Even then it’s still the Champps Sports Bowl. Huge game for Kelly.
Win/loss is the difference between half a season in the national spotlight and irrelevance.
by JSB on Oct 12, 2011 12:06 AM EDT via iPhone app reply actions
Hmmm...
I’m just spitballing, but I think we may “want it” a little more than USC will.
by Mouth of the South on Oct 12, 2011 2:45 PM EDT up reply actions
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