Yesterday's games add another feather to college football's cap. Just the best sport there is all day every day. Anyway two things caught my eye.
1. Notre Dame will deservedly be #1 in the polls. Despite their Pitt, BC, Wake mid-season siesta, their schedule strength is still better than teams like Kansas State, Oregon, and most teams outside the SEC. What's funny is that Domers were probably running around with their pants off after witnessing the perfect day. Kansas State lost, Oregon lost, Barkley got hurt. In hindsight, while they were going nuts as Baylor was crushing the Wildcasts in Waco, a Kansas State win would have been much better for ND fans. They wouldn't be double digit underdogs against Bill Snyder's crew.
2. In 2011, Michigan had a weird schedule en route to an 11-2 record. They faced more bowl-eligible teams than any other program in the country but never had a matchup with a Top 10 team. 2012 is a much different story. If Michigan loses in Columbus next weekend, they will likely have faced the AP #1 team (ND), the #2 team (Bama), the #3 team (Ohio St), and a Top 10 Nebraska team, all away from Ann Arbor. And three of them at night. Toughest schedule in the country.
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Notre Dame fans on Sunday morning:
4 comments :
It's a special team H. They've gotten lucky a few times, but that happens in an undefeated season. They remind me of the 2002 Ohio state team with a little better QB play.
Also that GIF applies perfectly to my state this morning.
ND 2012= tOSU 2002 with better QB play
Will they have their "Holy Buckeye" moment against USC? Or does Pitt-wide-right count?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oRyh6Esnh5U
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