The desert heat is the perfect thing to help fight a cold, so I’m regretting even more the fact I can’t go. But I soldier on with the Irish Blogger Gathering, muscling through the Nyquil fog and sharing my opinions with the masses. My fellow participants asked their usual questions of me, and their answers…
In listening to Arkansas AD Jeff Long (Long has worked in 4 of the 5 power conferences) describe his rationale for rankings it becomes clear that the committee has no consistent and objective criteria in place. Two weeks ago Long talked about “best wins” in order to justify Michigan State’s ranking (best wins is not…
Notre Dame will travel to Tempe, Arizona on Saturday to battle fellow playoff contender Arizona State University (7-1). The Sun Devils are currently ranked #9 by the Playoff Committee, so this matchup essentially is an elimination game. ASU has registered wins against Stanford, USC, and most recently Utah, but fell apart in a 62-27 home…
Driving home from South Bend today after watching the men’s basketball team open their season with a win, hoping to watch the gridiron Irish dismantle the Navy Midshipmen, I said to myself, “Some things you wonder, some things you think, and some things you just know.” My voice sounded nothing like Mike Royko’s, which is…
Everett Golson passed for three touchdowns and ran for three more as Notre Dame overcame numerous defensive lapses to outlast Navy by 49-39. The Irish surged to a 28-7 lead midway through the second period, went to sleep as the Midshipmen fought back to take a 31-28 lead with 19 minutes left in the game,…