College Wolf wrote:
themerryprankster wrote:
Actually, having grown up in LA and having spent a significant amount of time in the Coliseum watching the then-LA Rams and USC Trojans, I hate Notre Dame!
My take on this game was that Notre Dame couldn't get no respect! (Thanks, Rodney Dangerfield.) and that the SEC is overrated. I mean, come on, Alabama beat up on Western Kentucky, Florida Atlantic and Western Carolina - who are these guys? My high school team could beat any of them - today! We're all in our mid-60s! LOL!
The SEC will begin to impress me enough to give them the props they claim all the time when every school in that conference plays nothing but big-time schools. As long as they continue to beat up on these little have-nothing programs, I won't give them squat.
Huh? Notre Dame's schedule pales in comparison to Alabama's. Heck, ND almost lost 3 games to Purdue, BYU, and Pittsburgh (got lucky in 3 OT's to win!!!) That is just pathetically sad.
CW, no disrespect, but Notre Dame did not have even one powerhouse the likes of Western Carolina (Who?), Florida Atlantic (What?) or Western Kentucky on their schedule. These three perennial juggernauts were, respectively, 7-6 in the Sunbelt Conference (Western Kentucky), 3-9 in the Sunbelt Conference (Florida Atlantic) and 1-10 in the Southern Conference (Western Carolina) for a combined record of 11-25!
I could pull together my old high school team and beat those teams! Hell, I have suffered from a terminal case of "White Man's Disease" since I was born - I can't run or jump! But, I could have outrun those clowns - today!
You mentioned ND's three OT victories -Purdue went 6-7 in the Big Ten, BYU went 8-5 as an Independent, playing a much tougher schedule that anyone in the freakin' Sunbelt or Southern Conferences, and Pitt went 6-7in the Big East Conference. That is a combined 20-19 against much more difficult competition than the three patsies Alabama beat up on. ND's weakest opponent was probably Navy! They went 8-5!
Come on, my brother! Every year, every team in the SEC plays 2-4 absolutely dogmeat teams like those Alabama played. Georgia played Florida Atlantic, Georgia Southern (really?) and Buffalo. LSU beat up on North Texas, Towson (where in Hell is this?) and had trouble doing it, and Idaho. Auburn played Louisiana-Monroe and Alabama A & M . . . . need I quote more?
No, I am not impressed by the SEC teams usual schedules. Those patsy games are tantamount to having "bye" weeks.