The Dawgs Ramblings

Thoughts

Everybody should be reaching out to all Notre Dame fans that they know to 'discuss' last nights ass-kicking. Even Domers must now wish they get a 3rd loss in the regular season to save the automatic shoe-in they get to the BCS and the ensuing embarrassment that comes with it. Here is a classic graph that was passed along to me from an unofficial BC site.



http://www.bceaglesfootball.com/ndfan.htm



How pissed are you if you are Wisconsin? They only lose in the Big House and now that most of the bowls have been played, they have a valid argument for the spot that Notre Dame took from them.

If you are up by 15 with like 9 minutes to go in the game, do you think going for 2 makes just as much sense as going for one? 3 scores vs two scores and the other team would still have to convert one 2 pt opportunity.

Nick Saban is making 4 million. Guaranteed. For 8 years. That’s insane. It’s probably worth it. I bet Alabama had heard that university donations might taper off.

Does Tom O’Brien really think he can win at NC St.? He is bringing more-conservative than-a-Christian radical offensive coordinator Dana Bible with him and if the mans MO has not changed in 10 years of play-calling then what are better athletes going to do if you are running fullback outs and draw plays all game long. Now, he gets to recruit against Spurrier and Butch Davis in his own backyard. If you were a recruit, where would you go?

Steve Logan is an awesome hire for BC. His teams at East Carolina were offensively exciting and produced David Garrard and Jeff Blake. He built that program to a level that had not been seen before and was let go. East Carolina has never recovered. Cant wait to see his wide open offenses.

Dwayne Jarrett is a punk. How he did not get called for taunting after his catches I do not know.

Name a team other than Oregon that gets worse as the year goes on. They start off hot and then completely collapse.

I think its great that one Catholic school has the longest bowl winning streak and the other the longest bowl winless streak. I heard that over 80 teams had won bowl games since ND last won one. If that’s true, that’s hilarious.

Poor Rutgers. They have their best season ever and the game is on the NFL network. Good work by the Big East commissioner.

The most improved player from the regular season to the bowls had to be Tony Morelli. The Penn St QB made his team a completely different animal.

Do not have to say much about Boise and Oklahoma. The emotional swings in those few minutes were like getting hit by Ferris when he is drunk only to be hit by his soft underbelly as he tries to make room for himself a moment later.

Cant wait to see how Jeff Smith gets utilized next year.

Lets also hope Matt Ryan does not continue his regression.

Looking back on my bowl picks, I can not believe I took Clemson with as much conviction. They have underachieved all year. Why would the bowl game be different?

Everybody geared up for the Cincinnati bowl game on Sunday?

I love how Charlie Weis gets mentioned for every job still. He has not done more than Willingham yet for crying out loud.

I wonder if Nebraska is near turning the corner. They have better athletes but probably a ways to go before competing with the big boys.

The Big 12 got flat out embarrassed in their bowls. This conference needs to be derided more.

Riley Skinner is a gamer. I love this kid. He is so cool in remaining in the pocket. Wake Forest wins that game if they can just hang on to the ball.

I would love to see a Hawaii—Boise St. rematch. They should make this the end game for both teams in that conference each year.

How does a team beat USC and then get blown out by Florida St? I don’t get that one.

I have zero rooting interest in Florida and Ohio St.

Early call – BC beats North Carolina in the ACC title game.

Rumors on the Internet say that Mark Whipple was told that he would need to retain Spaziani which he did not agree to. That opened the door for Jags.


I think a safe pick in this year’s NFL draft is anyone from LSU. So many big, fast guys.

Next year will be the 3rd in the Ron Zook era at Illinois. How fast has he fallen?

Where will ND be in the final rankings? Where would you rank them?

The announcement I am looking most forward to in the offseason is that the clock will not start on a change of possession now.

Replay has changed so many things this year and reversed some terrible calls but I still want it to go away. We are watching games that often hinge on momentum. Some calls took 5 minutes to overturn. By that point, I have forgotten who has the ball.

Kind of funny that Miami hired internally with Randy Shannon. You usually don’t promote from within when the program is in turmoil.

You know what stat I hate? Larry Coker’s track record. How he is one of the five winningest coaches in 5 years or something. They are missing the point. The program was on a downcycle and there was no sense for optimism. This is not your older brother’s Miami team. By the way where did would be brawl-basher Lamar Thomas end up?

posted by oceanjay @ 2:03 PM