GentleJackJones

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If there’s no Leavitt, it’s going to be a rough year

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Not really — he’s honestly not that good.

An 11-1 Notre Dame is definitely getting in, especially with a 1-point loss to Miami. Miami, again, is going to be a really good team.

If Notre Dame loses another (BYU, SMU, Wisconsin, Michigan State …. The opponent doesn’t matter), they should, again, be bounced from the Playoff. The schedule is that bad this year.

When BYU and SMU are marquee games, you know it’s a rough schedule. Those are 5,6 win teams in the SEC. Those are the formidable to the extent that South Carolina, Kentucky, MS State and perhaps Mizzou are formidable. They’re decent, but far, far from top 15 caliber.

We saw what SMU did against Penn State…

We saw BYU get two cracks at Texas Tech. They lost by an average of what, 32-7? In turn, we saw Texas Tech be totally outclassed and dominated by Oregon the following week….

Even though they’re ranked (due to easy conference schedules), those two are not top 15 caliber teams.

Northshore. It would be New Orleans if it ever got its act together

The 90’s were a great time for parity in college football. Teams were elite at every corner of the US:

Nebraska
Miami
FSU
Florida
Michigan
Penn State
Ohio State
Notre Dame
Colorado
Washington
Virginia Tech
Kansas State
Alabama
Auburn
Tennessee

Wasn’t FSU playing their 3rd string QB?

Safer? Depends on how you look at it. We were off Letitia nearby St Joseph. Never felt unsafe, but I wouldn’t let the little ones just go around freely like Country Club of LA or U Club. We’d occasionally get sketchy people “roaming around” and checking car doors and petty theft and whatnot at night. I never felt unsafe, but I also was constantly checking to make sure I locked the doors, kept the garage shut, locked the hatch on the gates, lock the cars and such. I was anal about it.

Finally got tired of that and really the size and age of our home so we recently moved and bought a new build in Long Farm. One of the better decisions made. Wish we would have made the decision sooner.

Have a work / family vacation with conferences coming up in September.

Given the work conferences, we’ll be confined one the aforementioned cities. I’ll probably be solo for 2, 3 nights with work and then the family will come up.
Which sound best for 2 nights solo and 4,5 additional family days in terms of sights, attractions, food and drink etc.

Kids 11, 13 and 17.

I have no reason why, and it’s wholly illogical, but this rivalry never did it for me.

Can someone explain the Aquafresh or Irish Spring marketing let down?

I can’t muster up any energy in me whatsoever to even care. As an American, and this isn’t intended to sound douchey, I just can’t fathom competing for the equivalent of a bronze as an enticing spectacle to watch. It just doesn’t “happen” in the States. Could be a phenomenal game, but to me, it’s already a dud.

1997 Independence Bowl: LSU 27 Notre Dame 9

White helmet, gold jersey game.LSU and Rondell Mealey went off in the 2nd half and avenged a pretty big butt kicking by the Irish in Tiger Stadium just a little over a month prior. Great season that ended on a high note.

2000 Peach Bowl: LSU 28 Georgia Tech 14

Such an up and down year for LSU and Saban's first year.

We lose to a good Auburn team and a poor UAB team to follow it up and beat a really good Tennessee team. We're then blasted by Florida and then go beat a top 15 Mississippi State team and beat Alabama, at home, for what felt like the first time ever. We finally crack the top 25 only to have a letdown against an average-at-best Arkansas team in Little Rock. We all could see the momentum, enthusiasm, and upward trajectory despite setbacks throughout the year.

We go into Atlanta, play a really good GT team. We're down big in the first half and then just explode in the 4th quarter. LSU put up something like 20 points in the 4th quarter and we should all remember Josh Reed's incredible TD catch and 2-point conversion.

We finished the season ranked and with a ton of momentum and optimism heading into 2001, in which we won the SEC....