Winds of Change Blow Through South Bend
As spring practice draws near, the Domer nation has an excuse to talk incessantly about the state of the Notre Dame football program. Despite the fact that ND hasn’t been in serious contention for a National Championship since 1993, hope springs eternal in South Bend. Traditionally, the six week period between National Signing Day and the first of 15 spring practices, is when the Irish faithful lick their wounds from the previous fall. That time has come and gone, and Rockne’s wayward sons are daring to dream again...
Anchors Away!!
Jimmy Clausen Dropping Back... out of the Top 25. Again.
Notre Dame did it again...
The Fighting Irish went 10 games before the smoke and mirror show was exposed like Peter Bretter in "Forgetting Sarah Marshall". Everybody in blue jerseys on Saturday evening were looking to cover their collective dongs when the final score showed Navy 23 - Notre Dame 21.
Miami Rolls Over Georgia Tech: ‘Canes Look Like Well Oiled Machine
- Are the Miami Hurricanes back?
by Jim March
The opening kickoff went out of bounds Thursday night, giving the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets the ball at their 40 to start the game. Tech had last year’s 472 yard rushing performance in mind when they carried the ball on all 12 plays of the first drive. For the first five minutes of the contest, it looked like the Yellow Jackets might be picking up where they left off the last time the two teams met. However, things didn’t work out the way they planned as the Miami Hurricane defense gained a great deal of confidence when they ended Tech’s 12-play, 60-yard drive. The drive chewed up almost seven minutes of clock, but Miami showed their grit with a third down red-zone stand forcing Georgia Tech to settle for a field goal. ...
The Other Game Thursday Night
Georgia Tech and Clemson are for real
By Jim March
Last night, nearly every football fan in America watched as Pittsburgh and Tennessee kick off the NFL season. Here’s what you missed: an 82-yard TD run, an 85-yard punt return TD, two interceptions, and a 34 yard touchdown pass thrown by a kicker. That was the first quarter in Atlanta, as Georgia Tech fans welcomed Clemson to town with a white-out, and sent them home with a 30-27 loss to start conference play.
…And The ‘09 Season Starts With a Bang
By Jim March
“We owe that team an ass-whooping.” -Oregon Tailback LeGarrette Blount
On 8 carries, -5 yards rushing LeGarrette Blount offered little help in #16 Oregon’s 19-8 loss to the #14 Boise State Broncos in the first Top 25 match-up of 2009.
Why Don’t They Call it the Big 11?
The 2009 College Football season kicks off this week. Does anyone else share my spastic enthusiasm for this sport? Have you been counting down the days until kickoff? Do you plan on watching 12 hours of football every Saturday for four months? Does your girlfriend catch you sneaking out of bed in the middle of the night to check your favorite team’s website? Do you the names of all the high school kids your college is recruiting? And when your team loses to, oh I don’t know… Syracuse, Syracuse, 24-23 last November when you were favored by 19 at home, do you curl up in the fetal position and cry yourself to sleep?
Are the Wildcats Ready to Take the Next Step?
Can the Wildcats survive without Tyrell Sutton?
Head Coach Pat Fitzgerald's Northwestern Wildcats finished the season last year with a disappointing overtime loss in the Alamo Bowl to Missouri. However, the Wildcats 2008 9-3 record was the school's best finish since their surprise 10-2 season in 1995 when they won the Big Ten Conference. ...