A Notre Dame Football Blog
When Subway rode off into the sunset and placed the IBG into my care, he probably didn't anticipate that I'd start tinkering with the thing before the season was even done. However, soon after I took hold, I couldn't help it and the wheels started spinning in my head for how to shake things up again. When another member of the IBG came to me asking for change as well, I took it as a sign to go for it. I threw out an idea. It wasn't hated. So here we go. I took inspiration from the roots of ...
Well, I for one welcome our new computer overlords. The BCS in its current form - ridiculous - is hitting the home stretch. At this point, no self-respecting fan of college football should be able to sing any praises of this system which proved to be experimental at best and lacking, limited, and lousy at worst. Systematic and complex ranking algorithms, whether human or CPU-based, have been both the calling card and scourge of college football for quite some time. In a grand sense, there is ...
So much for a lull until the national title game. While I usually handle catching up on news in the Roundup, quite a lot has happened over the weekend and yesterday. Plus, I wanted to comment more than just a sentence or two to these stories. So here are four headlines that will dominate the rest of the week. ...
In case you missed it, Notre Dame defeated the USC Trojans 22-13 to finish a perfect 12-0 and pick up a Number One ranking in the BCS and AP Polls. If you really did miss it, and I have a hard time believing you did, given the game's 10.3 overnight television ratings, you must go back right away and read Tex's fantastic recap. Once you're up to speed, we can begin. Ready? Okay. On January 7, 2013, Notre Dame will in all likelihood play the winner of the SEC Championship. To be played ...
I thought we had already settled this before, but Les Miles simply refuses to shut up about Gunner Kiel. With the way Les Miles talks, you would think that LSU is home to nothing but the most elite quarterbacks in the land. Of course, watching LSU play any football at all last season with their terrible QB duo would shoot that ridiculous assumption down and watching the BCS title game last season would remove all doubt. Different breed of cat indeed. Now, yes, I'm fully aware that I'm ...