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You’re So Predictable: Opening Weekend FAIL

Matt Q. (DMQ) — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 15:20:44 +0000

Three traditionally major college football programs (including 1 with real student-athletes), have an actual opportunity to suffer an opening weekend loss because their programs are in some sort of state of flux. One hopes to take the momentum from a bowl game all the way through the offseason. One hopes the first freshman starting QB doesn't end an era. One hopes their coach doesn't embarrass them by crying because then he might get embarrassed himself and make the team run more. A lot more.

So the first You're So Predictable poll of the season is...

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You’re So Predictable: 2010 Irish Draftees

domer.mq — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 17:41:24 +0000

Our announcement of the ND vs. Opposition Draft, coupled with this post over on UHND, reminded me of this post we did a year ago looking at draft talent in ND's upper classes and this post from this past spring looking at the poor state of draftable players on the 2008 squad (again, keep in mind, we were looking at the more senior classes) where we proposed a thought-experiment:

What sort of ratio of wins-to-2010-draftees would that represent? Go ahead and throw your guesses down in the comments. I’ll think on it a bit more and throw mine in there as well, but I’m having trouble dividing by zero.

And remember, we found that, in the 31 seasons studied, the average number of wins for a season per draftee in the following year was 1.75.

So with that in mind, and the 2009 season approaching quickly, we ask...

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A passing in the Notre Dame/NBC family

Father Birdonnell — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 22:29:21 +0000

Sadly, NBC and Notre Dame will be missing a familiar face when this season eventually, finally, rolls around. Bea Arthur has left the building.

Silky coiffed Bea Arthur waves "So long" to an indifferent crowd of well-wishers.

Soon after the cancellation of her hit sit-com Golden Girls, Arthur found her way to another passion: Notre Dame football. Assuming a nom de télévision, Arthur worked alongside former USC quarterback and elf Pat Haden to bring her wry wit, astute observations, and rich, vanilla timbre to homes across America for many years.

We will miss her soulful eyes, her shimmering neck scarves, and the way she'd seamlessly weave a reference to the upcoming episode of "My Name is Earl" into game action.

Gone too soon. Gone.... too soon.

You’re So Predictable: 2009 B&G Game

domer.mq — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 16:03:49 +0000

Once again, Notre Dame will utilize Bizzaro Rules for their Blue and Gold game. And really, I'm not opposed to the idea because it seems to enable the coaching staff to utilize the game as an actual practice rather than some sort of dog and pony show. Still, it makes keeping track of the score a bit tricky, so naturally we're asking y'all to predict the score and the final outcome...

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You’re So Predictable: Loser Mentalities

domer.mq — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 21:59:35 +0000

F it. We're bring this "Very Special, Man Up Edition" of You're So Predictable because we just can't stand the cloud of pathetic from which so many Irish fans seem to be taking hits. You sissies! The Irish are going to win this damn game or my name isn't domer.mq!

Who's with me?

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You’re So Predictable: Best Running Back We’ll See All Year

domer.mq — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 19:07:07 +0000

Last week, y'all guessed that Ty Willingham would mismanage his way to 2 Delay of Game penalties against the Irish. And you were wrong! I guess Ty is a better coach than you gave him credit for, eh?

This week, Notre Dame faces the best running back on the 2008 Schedule: LeSean McCoy. A man so talented, he can make Dave Wannstedt appear non-stupid on occasion (if and only if Dave remembers to just give LeSean the damn ball). A talent so great he gets 4, count 'em, FOUR capital letters on his roster listing. A football player so awesome that he could well send this Irish defense, ranked in the top (ha!) 90 of rushing defense this week, plummeting to the 100s by Sunday.

So with that in mind, we ask...

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Remember to wrap up, damn you. WRAP UP!

You’re So Predictable: Poor Game Management

domer.mq — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 22:25:59 +0000

Last week you did a pathetic job, predicting that Southern Cal would not beat a team who had to hold open try-outs for a QB roster spot by at least 42 points.

Also pathetic: Last week Washington started the first drive of the game with a delay of game penalty. It was mind blowing. It was stunning. And if you were a Notre Dame fan, you were just surprised they didn't also get hit with a penalty for too many men on the field because you know all too well that delay of game penalties to start drives are just part of the game when your coach is Ty Willingham. This is something you know. This is something I know. This is something that most of the college football world does not know.

So, knowing what you know, we ask...

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You’re So Predictable: Spreadable Spreads

domer.mq — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 16:58:35 +0000

Last weekend, we saw some really intriguing match-ups. Texas v. Okalhoma lived up to the billing. UNC v. Notre Dame, while terribly disappointing, was quite entertaining. LSU v. Florida... okay, not so much. But hey, what a barn-burner Michigan (sucks!) v. Toledo proved to be!

This week, we've got some match-ups that are so uninteresting that we actually have to look at the Vegas point spreads to find some intrigue.

Last week, some of you did pretty well, guessing that Vandy is a great pretender. This week, we ask...

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You’re So Predictable: The Great Pretenders

domer.mq — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 12:56:07 +0000

Last week, you came as close to being right as circumstances would allow, as Kentucky certainly put a bit of a scare into Alabama.

If we learned one thing in the last week of College Football, it's that South Florida was not a top-10 team. We can probably take it further and say that a lot of "top teams" probably aren't top teams, and probably will get exposed as the mediocre teams they are by losing to other mediocre teams (side note: it sure helps the less highly rated, mediocre team if that team has LeSean McCoy. (side-side note: Imagine if that kid were playing for Southern Cal)). So taking that into consideration...

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And since we're talking pretenders...

Man, Oldie really needs to use that song in a highlight video. Hey, where the hell is Oldie?

You’re So Predictable: Completely Unpredictable Losses

domer.mq — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 18:27:48 +0000

Last week we saw Southern Cal lose to Oregon State. That schadenfreude was good eats, and we feasted upon it like a ravenous animal, not knowing that it was just the first course in a multi-course meal that included Florida losing to Mississippi State thanks to a blocked PAT.

Last week, we also saw you, the voters, completely whiff in picking Washington over Michigan (sucks!) as the team most likely to use the Bye Week (and, apparently, halftime) to rebound and win.

So we'll see if y'all can rebound this week when we ask...

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