Comments on: Good Luck Today, Notre Dame http://thebiglead.com/index.php/2007/10/20/good-luck-today-notre-dame/ Not just another sports blog. Wed, 10 Feb 2010 16:02:02 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: jpq1999http://thebiglead.com/index.php/2007/10/20/good-luck-today-notre-dame/comment-page-1/#comment-73140 jpq1999 Mon, 22 Oct 2007 16:12:42 +0000 http://thebiglead.com/?p=3467#comment-73140 tom; You are the epitomy of the ND delusional douche: someone who thinks ND is still relevant and changes their story to fit their version of that delusion. ND had NO business playing in a BCS bowl in the last 10 years, but when your precious ND finally gets screwed over by a less derserving team to go to one, you'll scream louder than anyone about how "unfair" it is and all the "ND bias" that is out there. GET A LIFE, LOSER! Your team sucks and they are going to for a LONG time. I was at BC-ND in 1992 when Holtz was pulling fake punts when they were up by 35 points (they won 54-7). I told everyone I knew that ND would "get theirs" for that. The next year, BC beats them when they're ranked #1 and cost them a national Championship. Remember, "Karma's gonna get you". tom; You are the epitomy of the ND delusional douche: someone who thinks ND is still relevant and changes their story to fit their version of that delusion. ND had NO business playing in a BCS bowl in the last 10 years, but when your precious ND finally gets screwed over by a less derserving team to go to one, you’ll scream louder than anyone about how “unfair” it is and all the “ND bias” that is out there. GET A LIFE, LOSER! Your team sucks and they are going to for a LONG time. I was at BC-ND in 1992 when Holtz was pulling fake punts when they were up by 35 points (they won 54-7). I told everyone I knew that ND would “get theirs” for that. The next year, BC beats them when they’re ranked #1 and cost them a national Championship. Remember, “Karma’s gonna get you”.

]]> By: jpq1999http://thebiglead.com/index.php/2007/10/20/good-luck-today-notre-dame/comment-page-1/#comment-73141 jpq1999 Mon, 22 Oct 2007 16:12:33 +0000 http://thebiglead.com/?p=3467#comment-73141 tom; You are the epitomy of the ND delusional douche: someone who thinks ND is still relevant and changes their story to fit their version of that delusion. ND had NO business playing in a BCS bowl in the last 10 years, but when your precious ND finally gets screwed over by a less derserving team to go to one, you'll scream louder than anyone about how "unfair" it is and all the "ND bias" that is out there. GET A LIFE, LOSER! Your team sucks and they are going to for a LONG time. I was at BC-ND in 1992 when Holtz was pulling fake punts when they were up by 35 points (they won 54-7). I told everyone I knew that ND would "get theirs" for that. The next year, BC beats them when they're ranked #1 and cost them a national Championship. Remember, "Karma's gonna get you". tom; You are the epitomy of the ND delusional douche: someone who thinks ND is still relevant and changes their story to fit their version of that delusion. ND had NO business playing in a BCS bowl in the last 10 years, but when your precious ND finally gets screwed over by a less derserving team to go to one, you’ll scream louder than anyone about how “unfair” it is and all the “ND bias” that is out there. GET A LIFE, LOSER! Your team sucks and they are going to for a LONG time. I was at BC-ND in 1992 when Holtz was pulling fake punts when they were up by 35 points (they won 54-7). I told everyone I knew that ND would “get theirs” for that. The next year, BC beats them when they’re ranked #1 and cost them a national Championship. Remember, “Karma’s gonna get you”.

]]> By: Nick Papageorgiohttp://thebiglead.com/index.php/2007/10/20/good-luck-today-notre-dame/comment-page-1/#comment-72999 Nick Papageorgio Sun, 21 Oct 2007 20:52:05 +0000 http://thebiglead.com/?p=3467#comment-72999 I'm not sure how it's backpedaling to say I only watch tOSU games. How does that somehow refute anything I've said, namely that I'm a fan of tOSU, not a fan of college fball, and that non-title college fball games are meaningless in the grand scheme of things. Obviously the players themselves are gonna try full bore. For many, it's the last game they'll play as a collegian and it's what they went to school to do, play football. I’m not sure how it’s backpedaling to say I only watch tOSU games. How does that somehow refute anything I’ve said, namely that I’m a fan of tOSU, not a fan of college fball, and that non-title college fball games are meaningless in the grand scheme of things. Obviously the players themselves are gonna try full bore. For many, it’s the last game they’ll play as a collegian and it’s what they went to school to do, play football.

]]> By: tom_servo22http://thebiglead.com/index.php/2007/10/20/good-luck-today-notre-dame/comment-page-1/#comment-72993 tom_servo22 Sun, 21 Oct 2007 17:40:15 +0000 http://thebiglead.com/?p=3467#comment-72993 Way to backpedal. I was at the 2006 Fiesta Bowl when our teams played each other... sure didn't feel like a meaningless exhibition to me. It felt like two of the best teams in the country, and two of the best programs of all time, going at each other on a huge national stage with a ton of bragging rights and recruiting prestige on the line. And I'm pretty sure Tressel and Weis both wanted to put "Fiesta Bowl winner" rather than "Fiesta Bowl participant" on their resumes. Seriously, maybe you should switch to boxing or ultimate fighting. No one cares who the fifth best heavyweight in the world is; TONS of people care who the fifth best college football team in the country is. Way to backpedal. I was at the 2006 Fiesta Bowl when our teams played each other… sure didn’t feel like a meaningless exhibition to me. It felt like two of the best teams in the country, and two of the best programs of all time, going at each other on a huge national stage with a ton of bragging rights and recruiting prestige on the line. And I’m pretty sure Tressel and Weis both wanted to put “Fiesta Bowl winner” rather than “Fiesta Bowl participant” on their resumes. Seriously, maybe you should switch to boxing or ultimate fighting. No one cares who the fifth best heavyweight in the world is; TONS of people care who the fifth best college football team in the country is.

]]> By: Nick Papageorgiohttp://thebiglead.com/index.php/2007/10/20/good-luck-today-notre-dame/comment-page-1/#comment-72982 Nick Papageorgio Sun, 21 Oct 2007 14:59:07 +0000 http://thebiglead.com/?p=3467#comment-72982 I used to be a fan of college football. Now I'm a fan of one team but not the sport. As a double graduate of tOSU and lifelong fan, I watch their game every week and that's it. However, I think college football system is pretty much perfect. Every game of the regular season IS a playoff game, culminating in one "Super Bowl" and a bunch of meaningless exhibitions (that I don't watch unless tOSU is involved). Lose and you no longer control your own destiny, I love that. The problem with college football, to me, is that the games are so poorly played and the coaching (outside of a select few) is almost laughably horrible (You hear that, Les Miles?) So yes, Tom, I do follow your advice and maybe I'm a bit jaded, but that's where I stand. I used to be a fan of college football. Now I’m a fan of one team but not the sport. As a double graduate of tOSU and lifelong fan, I watch their game every week and that’s it. However, I think college football system is pretty much perfect. Every game of the regular season IS a playoff game, culminating in one “Super Bowl” and a bunch of meaningless exhibitions (that I don’t watch unless tOSU is involved). Lose and you no longer control your own destiny, I love that. The problem with college football, to me, is that the games are so poorly played and the coaching (outside of a select few) is almost laughably horrible (You hear that, Les Miles?) So yes, Tom, I do follow your advice and maybe I’m a bit jaded, but that’s where I stand.

]]> By: tom_servo22http://thebiglead.com/index.php/2007/10/20/good-luck-today-notre-dame/comment-page-1/#comment-72978 tom_servo22 Sun, 21 Oct 2007 08:25:59 +0000 http://thebiglead.com/?p=3467#comment-72978 "The goal is to win a championship,"Aaaaaand... you're already wrong. For dozens and dozens of teams, the goal is to beat their rivals and win a bowl. That's what makes NCAA football so cool. Sure, a championship would be nice. But do you really think more than 20 teams come into each season honestly saying their main objective is to win it all? People like to think big, but ultimately realism creeps into the picture at some point. Saying "the ultimate goal is to win a championship" and implying nothing else matters for the 115 teams that don't win one is like saying "the ultimate goal for the average american is to be a millionaire" and implying people are failures if that does'nt happen to them. Every year some ridiculous matchup like the #4 MAC team vs. the #5 C-USA team takes place in some random bowl on December 19th. The National Championship isn't exactly on the line; yet it's often a great, interesting, compelling game. Your point of view is comically simplistic. Here's my advice to you: stop following college football and just focus on something else that better suits a winner-take-all mindset. You're not cut out to follow something in which plenty of teams end their seasons successfully without finishing #1. (And yes, I see the irony in me saying all this as a ND fan. I'm sticking to it, though. You're an idiot.) “The goal is to win a championship,”

Aaaaaand… you’re already wrong. For dozens and dozens of teams, the goal is to beat their rivals and win a bowl. That’s what makes NCAA football so cool. Sure, a championship would be nice. But do you really think more than 20 teams come into each season honestly saying their main objective is to win it all? People like to think big, but ultimately realism creeps into the picture at some point. Saying “the ultimate goal is to win a championship” and implying nothing else matters for the 115 teams that don’t win one is like saying “the ultimate goal for the average american is to be a millionaire” and implying people are failures if that does’nt happen to them. Every year some ridiculous matchup like the #4 MAC team vs. the #5 C-USA team takes place in some random bowl on December 19th. The National Championship isn’t exactly on the line; yet it’s often a great, interesting, compelling game. Your point of view is comically simplistic. Here’s my advice to you: stop following college football and just focus on something else that better suits a winner-take-all mindset. You’re not cut out to follow something in which plenty of teams end their seasons successfully without finishing #1. (And yes, I see the irony in me saying all this as a ND fan. I’m sticking to it, though. You’re an idiot.)

]]> By: Nick Papageorgiohttp://thebiglead.com/index.php/2007/10/20/good-luck-today-notre-dame/comment-page-1/#comment-72972 Nick Papageorgio Sun, 21 Oct 2007 02:42:21 +0000 http://thebiglead.com/?p=3467#comment-72972 It's not ridiculous. The outcomes are completely meaningless and trivial. The goal is to win a championship, and only 1 of the bowl games decides that. It’s not ridiculous. The outcomes are completely meaningless and trivial. The goal is to win a championship, and only 1 of the bowl games decides that.

]]> By: tom_servo22http://thebiglead.com/index.php/2007/10/20/good-luck-today-notre-dame/comment-page-1/#comment-72970 tom_servo22 Sun, 21 Oct 2007 02:22:29 +0000 http://thebiglead.com/?p=3467#comment-72970 Nick, that's a ridiculous statement and you know it.Dornoch, I agree. The resemblance is scary.younghermit, I'll agree they might not have deserved it last year. But 2005-06, when they lost to OSU in the Fiesta, they most definitely earned. Look at their schedule that year. They earned their spot in 2000-2001 too. I stand by what I said- I'd rather lose in the Sugar Bowl (ok, maybe not get embarrassed, but lose) than win a nothing bowl that happens on December 28th. Nick, that’s a ridiculous statement and you know it.

Dornoch, I agree. The resemblance is scary.

younghermit, I’ll agree they might not have deserved it last year. But 2005-06, when they lost to OSU in the Fiesta, they most definitely earned. Look at their schedule that year. They earned their spot in 2000-2001 too. I stand by what I said- I’d rather lose in the Sugar Bowl (ok, maybe not get embarrassed, but lose) than win a nothing bowl that happens on December 28th.

]]> By: younghermit75http://thebiglead.com/index.php/2007/10/20/good-luck-today-notre-dame/comment-page-1/#comment-72959 younghermit75 Sat, 20 Oct 2007 23:27:27 +0000 http://thebiglead.com/?p=3467#comment-72959 tom_servo, you're missing the point, ND did not deserve to be in ANY of those BCS bowls. Thats one of the main reasons they get ripped so much. tom_servo, you’re missing the point, ND did not deserve to be in ANY of those BCS bowls. Thats one of the main reasons they get ripped so much.

]]> By: Dornochhttp://thebiglead.com/index.php/2007/10/20/good-luck-today-notre-dame/comment-page-1/#comment-72954 Dornoch Sat, 20 Oct 2007 22:15:19 +0000 http://thebiglead.com/?p=3467#comment-72954 Weiss has officially adopted the Art Shell deer in the headlights look. Weiss has officially adopted the Art Shell deer in the headlights look.

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