I also hear their starting RB and a number of receivers will also be true freshmen. We could see as many as 8 at any given time on the field. As such, I dont expect much offensive output from the Noles.

2) Lots of stuff Coach Kelly has been saying lately is getting people to believe that if Hendrix looks hot during the bowl game, he may just keep playing in the game. Give me 1 pro to that scenario and 1 con.

The pro is too easy to answer. Kelly finally gets ‘his type’ of qb in there and the Irish(including the dusty ol codgers among us who will never be happy as long as the veer and the option arent our main weapons) will finally be pacified, at least for a short while. Con, how would YOU feel if you were, say Gunner Kiel watching this from outside the fold. Can you really expect Kelly to really develop you and stay with you through the
Tough times and idiot fans calling for your head? If kelly flops again on signal callers, what do recruits think about BK’s promises?

3) If you’ve paid any attention at all, you know that the Champs Sports Bowl was officially a sell-out pretty darn quickly. Meanwhile Virginia Tech is struggling to get their allotment of tickets to the Sugar Bowl sold. Remember, the Champs Sports Bowl is a game between 2 very disappointed 8-4 programs longing for the glory days of yore. So explain how this bowl sold out, and try to leave all the rah-rah stuff out of it.

The Champs Bowl is the Mitt Romney of the non-BCS games. Theyve effectively been selling ND in their game for 4 years now. Last year, if ND hadnt slipped one game, we would have been there last season. As such, the stars FINALLY align and the Champs get their man.

4) Will there be an unexpected “hero of the game” for the Irish, or will such a hero prove useless, as the Irish blow out the Seminoles or the Seminoles take the game too far out of reach for the Irish for a hero to be effective? If there will be a hero, who will it be?

It HAS to be Mike Floyd or we’re toast. FSU is too stput against the run but they have a bit of a weakbess in the secondary. Those quick screens to Floyd could save us.

5) You Play. To Win. The Game. Unless you don’t. In which case You Play. To Prepare. For Next Year. Which would you prefer to see in this game? And yes, it’s a binary choice. Pick one.

Bob Davie, Ty Willy and Charlie weis tended to pick the latter. What do YOU think we should do?