SPOILER ALERT: Florida to Edge ND by 168 Points In BCS Title Game
by SCM on Aug 24, 2009 6:00 AM CDT
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PrintSorry to ruin the '09 college football season guys, but Lou Holtz has spoken!
Humourous speech aside, this is 8 shades of stupid that should make even the most blatantly idiotic Irish fans blush.
Predictions are just that, predictions, some have some thought put behind them, others have no thought and all heart put behind them. Some people learn from their poor predictions, others don't. But this is simply too much for me. I understand that the mere suggestion of objectivity by almost anyone who discusses college football is nothing more than that, a suggestion... I also understand that Lou Holtz is an obscene Notre Dame homer, but this? This is just too much. Why is it that this man even gets the airtime any more? How many years has he been on air? In that time period, has he EVER predicted ND to not win 10 games in a season? EVER? I'm dead serious on this. Oh wait, the Ghost of College Football past would like to weigh in...
via www.clker.com
Why what's that you say Ghost of College Football Past? A little louder? Oh yes, I do recall him prediciting 11 wins for ND last year... but there's more you say? No way! Really? Ghostly voice says fast forward to 2:50 in the following clip....
They don't rebuild, they RELOAD.... weeeeeeeeeeeee!
Geez.
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And there is no way they win even 10 games with it
ND thinks they have a one game season with USC, while Michigan State owns them in South Bend, Boston College owns them period, and they won’t be able to avoid one Syracuse-like gaffe.
A futile crusade to prevent mass ignorance
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really? Michigan talking about ND after coming off a 3-9 record?
I agree it’s idiotic for Holtz to say that, but come on.
COOL BEANS!
Yes really, ND was in the title so it's safe to assume I was talking about them.
Although is there any mention of ND smack in this post other than the assumption that Florida would win by 168? The entirety of the post focuses on the ludicrous homerism of Holtz and how he managed to one-up even himself with his latest prediction.
I was unaware of the “record requirement” for talking about other teams, particularly a rival… nevermind a rival that has come redefine soul crushing mediocrity (at its best) quite as much as the Irish have over the past 15 years or so. Juxtapose that with the guy who comes on television every year and predicts them to win no-less than 10 games, and well, yes it’s flat out hilarious, even to a team that 3-9 last season. Apparently if you eeeeek into a bowl after going 3-9 then all is well and you get to cast stones again? Noted.
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you can say whatever you want
regardless of your record. but the Lou Holtz thing really shouldn’t surprise you. he picks ND to beat everyone, May picks ND to lose to everyone. Both have generally bad commentary.
"People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf."
--George Orwell
I think Notre Dame will be pretty good this year
I don’t think they will play for the national championship. But they should win 9 games this season. If not – with that schedule – Wies is gone!
http://fourthdownand5.blogspot.com/ — a “playoff” blog
+1
Agreed on Weis. Even 9 games could mean he’s on the hot seat, since 9 wins means one loss that shouldn’t have happened.
Still, if there’s any lesson the Irish have learned (or should have learned) between Davie and now, it’s that you can’t just fire a coach for underperforming unless you have a sure-fire candidate lined up. They blew it firing Davie and hiring Willingham, and then they blew it firing Willingham and hiring Weis (not to mention all that went on in between).
The moral of the story is that you’re better off waffling about with a mediocre team than firing a coach without a backup plan and resetting your football program to start from scratch (which basically happened after Willingham).
So, I’m an Irish fan, but I’m no Weis apologist. But I’m glad they didn’t fire him because we’d probably have Romeo Crennel as our Head Coach if we had.
"People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf."
--George Orwell
Have you guys ever heard Lou speak before?
I mean, sure, his prediction is a bit daffy, but what did you expect him to say? he picks ND to beat USC every year! He picks them to play in a BCS game every year! and now they finally have a schedule where they can win.
I think ND can win 10 games and go to a BCS game. That’s not unrealistic, unless you’re one of those knee-jerk “ND will suck forever” people. (Cue ten replies saying exactly that.) But as for Lou? I mean, come on. He’s an old guy who picks his team to win every time. Just like May picks them to lose every time. Both are frequently wrong and say absurd things so we can probably just get over it.
"People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf."
--George Orwell
Lou is a character, I'll give you that
It’s tough with Lou. It really is. Because I want to like the guy. But the knee jerk homerism gets to the non-Notre Dame fans after a while. At a certain point a CFB “analyst” has to actually analyze something. When it comes to ND, he just refuses to do so.
Regarding the schedule, I agree. Notre Dame can win 10 games this year. Do I think they’ll do it? Probably not. You can call this a knee-jerk response, but Weis just has not impressed me as a head coach. The loss to Navy. The loss to Syracuse. Honestly, pick any game in the last five years Notre Dame should’ve won but didn’t. I just can’t get the Syracuse game out of my mind. Coaching will cost Notre Dame two wins this year. The third loss is USC. Nine wins seems like a fair assessment.
As for a BCS game. God I hope not. A BCS game for Notre Dame this year would be embarrassing for the program. It’s just not there yet. A mid tier bowl and a win will go a lot further that getting crushed on New Years.
Maize n Brew
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