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re: NDs Reg Season opponents in bowl games....
Posted on 1/7/13 at 11:26 am to boddagetta
Posted on 1/7/13 at 11:26 am to boddagetta
Transitivity doesn't work in college football. It's almost like a whole new season in one game.
Whoever shows up more prepared and executes more precisely will win the game.
My Bama buddy says "If I play my 'A' game, and ND plays his 'A' game (sic), then I win."
I respectfully disagree. Bama has more top-tier athletes, IMHO, but ND has enough to win the game.
I would favor Bama slightly in that they have more experience in a championship environment and better QB play. That should be enough.
But will it?
Whoever shows up more prepared and executes more precisely will win the game.
My Bama buddy says "If I play my 'A' game, and ND plays his 'A' game (sic), then I win."
I respectfully disagree. Bama has more top-tier athletes, IMHO, but ND has enough to win the game.
I would favor Bama slightly in that they have more experience in a championship environment and better QB play. That should be enough.
But will it?
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Posted on 1/7/13 at 11:36 am to loweralabamatrojan
Bama hasn't played nearly the schedule ND has. It's not even close.
On the other hand, it's very hard imagining Bama in double OT with Pitt. The SEC as a whole has more quality wins than any other conference, and Bama is the champion. Yeah, Carolina and Georgia beat B1G teams, one of which ND beat, but it's not like those were blowouts.
I think Bama's the better team, but it's not like ND stinks.
On the other hand, it's very hard imagining Bama in double OT with Pitt. The SEC as a whole has more quality wins than any other conference, and Bama is the champion. Yeah, Carolina and Georgia beat B1G teams, one of which ND beat, but it's not like those were blowouts.
I think Bama's the better team, but it's not like ND stinks.
Posted on 1/7/13 at 11:45 am to boddagetta
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Bama also played Michigan. I see your list there and I raise you this:
I deliberately left out:
Boston College - 2 wins (one of them was over a team on their 5th string QB. Even lost to ARMY)
Wake Forest - another pathetic ACC school
Miami - a team that voluntarily removed themselves from bowl and championship consideration...lost to VIRGINIA
Posted on 1/7/13 at 11:49 am to elvisleft
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Bama hasn't played nearly the schedule ND has. It's not even close. On the other hand, it's very hard imagining Bama in double OT with Pitt. The SEC as a whole has more quality wins than any other conference, and Bama is the champion. Yeah, Carolina and Georgia beat B1G teams, one of which ND beat, but it's not like those were blowouts. I think Bama's the better team, but it's not like ND stinks.
Let the Alabama hate go.
Notre Dame played a bunch of mediocre teams that boost strength of schedule. What's harder- going 12-0 and never playing an FCS or good team or going 12-1 playing really good teams and FCS teams?
If you picked the former, you are a moron. Notre Dame's Bowl opponents played 7 unranked teams. 5 of the bowl opponents were annihilated. They went 3-6 with the only easy win coming over perennial contender San Diego State. Bama had 6 bowl opponents. They played 5 ranked teams. They went 3-3. Two teams Bama played destroyed teams that played Notre Dame close. They played no one.
Posted on 1/7/13 at 11:53 am to rmn9799
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Let the Alabama hate go.
How do you get Bama hate out of what I wrote?
"It's very hard to imagine Bama in double OT with Pitt."
"I think Bama's the better team."
Bama fans have more to brag about than any fans in college football. They're also the most insecure. More than Tennessee fans -- and that takes a hell of a lot.
Posted on 1/7/13 at 11:55 am to elvisleft
Who's the Barn playing Elvis?
Posted on 1/7/13 at 11:58 am to CGSC Lobotomy
Obscene use of the transative property
1. Missouri > Arizona State > Navy
2. Missouri > Arizona State > Arizona > Oklahoma State > Purdue
3. Georgia > Nebraska > Michigan State
4. 27 point win over Michigan > 7 point win over Michigan
5. Georgia > Vanderbilt > Wake Forest > Duke > Virginia > Miami
6. LSU > Washington > Stanford
7. LSU > Washington > Oregon State > BYU
8. A&M > Oklahoma by 28 points, but only 5 better than Alabama
9. Ole Miss > Pitt
10. EVERYBODY > Boston College
11. Georgia > Vanderbilt > Wake Forest
12. Georgia > Georgia Tech > USC
1. Missouri > Arizona State > Navy
2. Missouri > Arizona State > Arizona > Oklahoma State > Purdue
3. Georgia > Nebraska > Michigan State
4. 27 point win over Michigan > 7 point win over Michigan
5. Georgia > Vanderbilt > Wake Forest > Duke > Virginia > Miami
6. LSU > Washington > Stanford
7. LSU > Washington > Oregon State > BYU
8. A&M > Oklahoma by 28 points, but only 5 better than Alabama
9. Ole Miss > Pitt
10. EVERYBODY > Boston College
11. Georgia > Vanderbilt > Wake Forest
12. Georgia > Georgia Tech > USC
Posted on 1/7/13 at 12:06 pm to Dmiles2000
Oh, that shut me up. Since I so clearly hate Bama. We've had Bama fans starting Auburn threads the very week they're playing for a championship.
But they're not sensitive....
But they're not sensitive....
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Who's the Barn playing Elvis?
Posted on 1/7/13 at 12:21 pm to elvisleft
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Bama hasn't played nearly the schedule ND has. It's not even close.
Oddly enough, Sagarin says their strength of schedules are actually quite close.
Posted on 1/7/13 at 12:29 pm to JustGetItRight
Wrong link on Sagarin. But I don't think the two are all that close.
It's not Bama's fault their schedule was down this year. Auburn, Arkansas, and Tennessee were awful. That left them with LSU as a signature win, then Georgia.
But you can say the same about ND. They played Stanford, SoCal, Michigan, Michigan State, Oklahoma, Miami -- how do you not admire the schedule they set up? What does Stanford's season look like if they beat ND? Every team they scheduled was in a bowl this year or last, except BC and Wake. That's impressive as hell.
It's not Bama's fault their schedule was down this year. Auburn, Arkansas, and Tennessee were awful. That left them with LSU as a signature win, then Georgia.
But you can say the same about ND. They played Stanford, SoCal, Michigan, Michigan State, Oklahoma, Miami -- how do you not admire the schedule they set up? What does Stanford's season look like if they beat ND? Every team they scheduled was in a bowl this year or last, except BC and Wake. That's impressive as hell.
Posted on 1/7/13 at 12:33 pm to elvisleft
Those are solid "name" universities. But quite a few of them underperformed.
Georgia, LSU, and A&M. All trump anyone on ND's schedule.
Georgia, LSU, and A&M. All trump anyone on ND's schedule.
Posted on 1/7/13 at 12:46 pm to LoneMDG
I think Stanford trumps each one of those three. I can see how you could think differently, but Stanford looks solid to me.
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