Monthly Archives: August 2010

At least in student surveys administered by Forbes we’re #33. I always thought this was weird. “How much do you like your school? Tell us and then we’ll rank it.” I’ve heard of school leaders begging students to rate them … Continue reading →

Seems like it’s Strength of Schedule week, eh? The Police think so anyway. SDI had a good idea. He was wondering what kind of an SOS is ‘needed’ to get to the BCS MNC. So I ran the numbers on … Continue reading →

ND Haters love to talk about how weak ND’s schedule is, was, and always will be. Lately, ND Fans do a lot of the same. Both are wrong. So wrong it’s practically insane. Looking at Sagarin’s SOS ratings since 1998 … Continue reading →

And that ranking includes an adjustment for the 8 home games we play. That means that, overall, Steele puts the difficulty of the opponents themselves higher than 17. So ND is facing a tough schedule this year – a big … Continue reading →

Check it out here. Read the transcript here. A few highlights for me: Q. Coach, obviously you can’t watch the guys in the summer, but I’m sure Paul Longo gives you some good reports. Was there anybody he reported that … Continue reading →

Stanley Havili, a senior on what remains of USC’s football ‘team’, fought with and seriously injured his teammate TJ Bryant in practice. Bryant then had to have facial surgery to fix his broken-ass cheekbone. Coach Kiffin, a silver-lining kind of … Continue reading →

It’s like Twister, but with a better plot (and better acting), with starring roles for RichRod and Kiffin. Sure is a shame that the damn thing just had to run straight into the ONLY HOUSE IN A HUGE FREAKING FIELD. … Continue reading →

The Roundup It doesn’t matter because it doesn’t matter: Except when it does. And right now, Notre Dame is, effectively, ranked 34th in the first USA Today Coaches Poll of the year. Alabama is number 1. Iowa is number 10, … Continue reading →

The only downside to this deal! It’s official. Texas and Notre Dame will meet up on the gridiron in 2015, 2016, 2019, and 2020. Pause to consider that 20 years after “the year 2000″ isn’t all that far away. Okay, … Continue reading →

Over the last ten seasons, Notre Dame has sported a winning percentage of 57% – 70 wins and 52 losses. And overall, Notre Dame is now second in all-time winning percentage at about 74%. Prior to this last decade, ND … Continue reading →