This week, we get to ask the questions of the Irish Blogger Gathering. We're thrilled, really, as we hate Michigan like Michigan hates economic growth. We're posting the questions here for your consideration and discussion, and then as our questions are answered by the members of the Gathering, we'll post links to 'em. At the end of the week, we'll unveil our answers.
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1) You've now seen Notre Dame Football: The Kelly Edition, Volume 1,
Episode 1. Was it everything you thought it would be? Were characters missing from this episode that you were expecting to see featured? Did it strike you as a carbon-copy of Kelly's Cincinnati teams, or is there something discernible between the 2 programs beyond the colors of the uniforms?
2) Pick one positive play, offense or defense, by the Irish from last Saturday that you feel serves as a bit of metaphorical foreshadowing for the 2009 2010 Irish. Extra points if you can stretch the metaphor to fit Kelly's entire tenure at Notre Dame.
3) Pick another play, offense or defense, by the Irish from last Saturday again, but this time, make it a negative play. Tell us how that play serves as a bit of metaphorical foreshadowing for the 2009 2010 Irish. And again, bonus points for stretching it over Kelly's tenure.
4) You know us, we're stat geeks. Give us a stat that we should be watching this season that will A) Tell us something enlightening about the 2009 2010 Irish and/or B) Tell us something enlightening about the average Top-5 teams at the end of the 2009 2010 season.
5) Notre Dame is currently a 4 point favorite in the coming Michigan game. You get 3 points for being at home. The AP poll actually ranks Michigan higher than ND. ND is 1-4-1 in the last 6 games with Michigan in which the Irish were favored and 9 and 6 in the last 15 games in which Michigan was favored. Does any of this worry you? Why or why not?
6) Last week, Frank at UHND put the Gathering on the spot with our predictions for the season. After week 1, are there any of those predictions that you'd like to alter? Any upon which you'd double down?
7) Describe in no fewer than 30 words why you hate Michigan.
By tjak September 8, 2010 - 8:58 am
You are talking about the 2010 season right?
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By Trey September 8, 2010 - 9:02 am
Only one egregious error I see…foreshadowing of the 2009 Irish is unnecessary. That team sucked. Im curious about the foreshadowing of the 2010 team
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By domer_mq September 8, 2010 - 9:11 am
Dammit.
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By Craig September 8, 2010 - 9:35 am
I’d also guess we’re not all that interested in being enlightened about either the 2009 top 5 or the 2009 Irish.
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By domer_mq September 8, 2010 - 9:48 am
I’m on medication. This is not my fault.
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By Trey September 8, 2010 - 10:50 am
Love to give you hell, brother!
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By The Biscuit September 8, 2010 - 10:57 am
hey, uh, DMQ, it’s 2010 dude…
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By domer_mq September 8, 2010 - 11:18 am
Thank god I decided to delete the questions about whether anyone thought Weis could save his job with a win this weekend.
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By Brendan September 8, 2010 - 11:59 am
Can we stop with this “Weis in on the hot seat” nonsense? Two BCS bowls in five years, he’s safe.
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By borromini September 8, 2010 - 12:56 pm
Yes, but will Weis keep Tenuta?
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By The Biscuit September 8, 2010 - 1:02 pm
I think Jimmy has a shot at the Heisman. His numbers are amazing, and he’s been HURT.
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By Trey September 8, 2010 - 1:19 pm
On a serious note, what is with the God-awful ‘The Shirt’ color this yr? What is that, urine yellow?
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By borromini September 8, 2010 - 1:29 pm
Is it possible that the financial crisis has hit home here and rather than using expensive ink, the good folks decided that a more “natural and plentiful” ingredient would suffice to produce the yellow shirts?
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By sagcat September 8, 2010 - 9:17 pm
1991 game at Michigan at which four of us (sophomores all) miraculously got 4 tickets together in the UM faculty section. Those distinguished Phd’s talked so much trash about how crappy our school was, you’d think they actually thought they were teaching at Yale. And when Desmond Howard won the Heisman on that horrible _thing_ that happened on that 4th down, the Michigan faculty made sure that I’ll always remember them as some of the most classless fans I’d ever had the bad fortune to be around.
Was that less than 30 words? I didn’t have time to touch on their idiot helmets.
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By domer_mq September 8, 2010 - 9:31 pm
That’s 89 words. That’s almost 300% of the effort we requested. You, sir, are a champion.
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