ND 34, TSUN 38 (Final)

[NFBuck]

That's hilarious.

Last year we lost 35-17. We fumbled a kickoff away, and dropped another one as well as a punt. The offense also fumbled twice - once on the Irish 5, and one that was returned for a touchdown. Nick Sheridan threw two interceptions to run the turnover count to five, not including the dropped kicks that gave us field position inside our 10.

The dysfunctional offense that managed 3.9 yards a carry last year and was run by two wildly inaccurate quarterbacks managed 17 points. Notre Dame had two scoring drives of less than 15 yards and a defensive touchdown.

Brandon Minor and Carlos Brown were held out for most of the game with injuries.

I would dearly love to know how having two functional quarterbacks and two healthy running backs means we'll score fewer points and give up more. Perhaps we'll drop five kicks instead of just three?

Yeah, because last years game is such a fantastic measuring stick for this years and all those issues were clearly fixed based on one game against a MAC team with no defense.

Love the scUM arrogance after one competent game against wmu.

 

[jwinslow]

I would dearly love to know how having two functional quarterbacks and two healthy running backs means we'll score fewer points and give up more. Perhaps we'll drop five kicks instead of just three?

No one thought you'd score half as many points in 05 either. I'm predicting something closer to 31-28 or 34-31, but anyone who has any idea what will happen in this game is simply guessing.

Both programs have "rebounded" against cupcakes. I think both are showing progress, but it's impossible to judge the amount of progress given the ineptitude of the opponent. That may still be true after this week for the victor.

 

[Mike80]

That's hilarious.

Last year we lost 35-17. We fumbled a kickoff away, and dropped another one as well as a punt. The offense also fumbled twice - once on the Irish 5, and one that was returned for a touchdown. Nick Sheridan threw two interceptions to run the turnover count to five, not including the dropped kicks that gave us field position inside our 10.

The dysfunctional offense that managed 3.9 yards a carry last year and was run by two wildly inaccurate quarterbacks managed 17 points. Notre Dame had two scoring drives of less than 15 yards and a defensive touchdown.

Brandon Minor and Carlos Brown were held out for most of the game with injuries.

I would dearly love to know how having two functional quarterbacks and two healthy running backs means we'll score fewer points and give up more. Perhaps we'll drop five kicks instead of just three?

What's hilarious is you think you have 2 functional QBs after beating a lower-tier MAC team.

 

[NFBuck]

What's hilarious is you think you have 2 functional QBs after beating a lower-tier MAC team.

Wait and see what happens if they win this one...National Title. Book it.

 

[buckeyemania11]

I would dearly love to know how having two functional quarterbacks and two healthy running backs means we'll score fewer points and give up more. Perhaps we'll drop five kicks instead of just three?

I want to know how you can be so sure you have two functional quarterbacks after 1 game against an awful defense

 

[jwinslow]

 

[jwinslow]

I didn't watch the last 15-20 min of the UM game until now, which makes HTM's claim a bit more outlandish. Would you care to explain where denard showed he was a functional quarterback? He's clearly a dynamic runner, but he is very spotty in executing the offense, made some poor decisions in the pocket, and pretty much looked like a raw, explosive athlete.

Another interesting thing... looking at the play by play, it appears that espn recorded some sacks of Denard as negative rushing plays. I wonder if the official statisticians know better, or will that will improve their sack % numbers?

 

[Mike80]

Wait and see what happens if they win this one...National Title. Book it.

All because of Barwis~~~~!@@!@!!!!@@!#@!~!@#!~@#~!@#!##1`~````~!!!!!!!

 

[CentralMOBuck]

All because of Barwis~~~~!@@!@!!!!@@!#@!~!@#!~@#~!@#!##1`~````~!!!!!!!

I saw this post on another forum the other day and nearly lost it the library.

I was at work all day. Just started watching a few games on DVR.I

Barwis.

This was the response a few posts later.

Now you love him...

If I was a betting man I'd put my money on the meteor strike.

 

[Steve19]

10000 on the good guys.

A. There are no good guys in this game.

B. It's your lucky day. TSUN by a touchdown! TSUN is back !1!!!1!1eleventy!1!!

 

[Steve19]

I guess we'll be disappointed in the outcome. One of them has to win.

 

[HailToMichigan]

What's hilarious is you think you have 2 functional QBs after beating a lower-tier MAC team.

Love the spin. Western was the second-best team in the MAC last year, and went bowling. About half the predictions around here before that game were WMU to win, including this gem:

Favored by two touchdowns? I'll be impressed if they score two touchdowns.

And even if we only have one functional quarterback and Denard doesn't count, it's still more than last year.

Anyway, it sure is nice that you've all forgotten what happened last time we went against a lower-tier MAC team. I'll chalk that up as improvement.

Love the scUM arrogance after one competent game against wmu.

Yes, clearly, the definition of arrogance is thinking we won't lose by 24 points.

 

[Mike80]

Love the spin. Western was the second-best team in the MAC last year, and went bowling. About half the predictions around here before that game were WMU to win, including this gem:

Guess what? Western Michigan sucks. You'll realize this today when Ntre Ame is running it up on you.

And even if we only have one functional quarterback and Denard doesn't count, it's still more than last year.

Anyway, it sure is nice that you've all forgotten what happened last time we went against a lower-tier MAC team. I'll chalk that up as improvement.

Trust me, no one has forgotten that OR the last time you went up against a SoCon team.....

Yes, clearly, the definition of arrogance is thinking we won't lose by 24 points.

The definition of arrogance is thinking you have two functional QBs after playing a lower tier MAC team.

 

[Jake]

Last year we lost 35-17. We fumbled a kickoff away, and dropped another one as well as a punt. The offense also fumbled twice - once on the Irish 5, and one that was returned for a touchdown. Nick Sheridan threw two interceptions to run the turnover count to five, not including the dropped kicks that gave us field position inside our 10.

That reminded me of a hilarious video of last year's game.

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9orixjAk87A]YouTube - Introducing, Your 2008 Michigan Wolverines![/ame]

I agree, however, that I don't see where all the Notre Dame blowout predictions are coming from at this point. ND whips a couple of mediocre WAC teams and suddenly they're title contenders? I think this one will be a lot closer than some expect.

 

[Jaxbuck]

At least one team will lose. Hope it's Notre Dame. We can take care of scUM later ourselves.

Although the sudden resurgence of confidence in AA has been nauseating.

We have 3 chances for a B10 team to take ND out as well as USC. For the bigger picture I guess I'd still rather have ND win this and keep Jabba's ample ass off the hot seat. I still feel that a CW coached ND is good for OSU long run.

As always there is just no "good" scenario to wish for in this game save for the meteor strike.