Well, that was a pretty wild weekend of college football. It started, as it often does with me, while I was at a poker game. I'm over at my buddy Sean's house playing a little hold 'em and eight-or-better Omaha (dealer ante, of course), and the Louisville-Rutgers game comes on. Due to my wife being from Louisville, I feel compelled to sit through the horror that is this game. When Louisville is up 25-7, I am feeling pretty good about UofL's championship chances. I figure, at this point, that ND is totally out of the running, so I should root for UofL.
But not so fast, my friend, says Corso. Louisville loses to Rutgers, followed by losses by Texas, Auburn and Cal. Tennessee also lost, which is not necessarily relevant for ND's title hopes, but makes me all warm and fuzzy inside nonetheless. So now ND is ranked #5 in the BCS, with a legitimate shot at the BCS national championship game if they beat USC and Florida manages to lose.
Here is my dilemma. A month ago I bought ticket futures for ND in the Sugar Bowl. If you haven't seen how this works yet, you should definitely check it out. You pay a certain amount of money per ticket, and then if your team makes that particular bowl game, you buy tickets to that game at face value. Before Saturday, all looked to be in line for an ND Sugar Bowl appearance. I don't know if I plan to go to the game or sell the tickets, but the point is that I would have the tickets. Now, if ND goes to the NC game, I am more than happy to forfeit that money. However, if ND goes to the Rose Bowl because tOSU and UM get a rematch, I am going to be pissed.
On to the game recap.....
ND-Air Force, 39-17
Five Things I Liked:
1. Brady Quinn's rocket arm.
2. The sight of the Shark running free in the secondary.
3. Charlie's playcalling on the first two series.
4. Charlie not running up the score just to impress voters.
5. Four touchdown passes to four different receivers.
Honorable mention: Rhema's move after he caught his TD pass. Showed strength and agility. We'll need both against USC.
Five Things I Didn't Like
1. STOP THE RUN FOR THE LOVE OF GOD.
2. Continued inability to wrap up by Zibby.
3. Is it that difficult to recruit a kicker? It seems like there are probably lots of kids who would like to come to ND and could kick a fucking extra point. Really. It doesn't seem that hard.
4. Dropped passes. Yes, I am looking at you Darius Walker.
5. Life after Quinn looks bleak right now.
This was again one of those weeks where I was very happy to win, but playing a service academy always is a little depressing because it feels like beating up on someone who is not quite capable of responding in kind. 9-1, though, is very nice.
2 comments:
Unfortunately I never got to see the ND game on TV, but following it on the BlackBerry made me happy as the boys did well. The injury to Carlson will hurt us a bunch, so let's hope Brady can get comfy with one of those uber-stud frosh TEs.
With the BCS looking like this, I'm a bit curious:
1) OSU
2) Michigan
3) USC
4) Florida
5) ND
6) Rutgers
7) Arkansas
It's a given that either OSU or Michigan will go to the NC game. IF ND can beat USC, that looks nice for us. The thing that scares me is if Arkansas beats Florida or vice-a-versa, we will still get locked out of the NC game all because of the SEC's whining.
The best thing for Brady's Heisman chances is to see Michigan's D throttle Troy Smith.
As for the best thing for ND's NC bowl chances, I dunno. If OSU wins then Michigan will say that they're still a better 1-loss team and should be ranked ahead of ND. If Michigan wins, no one will want an ND/Michigan rematch.
Up for debate: Who has the worse place kicker?
ND or South Carolina?
Discuss.
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