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cloudboy -> RE: NCAA Bowl Schedule (1/6/2007 7:43:13 PM)
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ORIGINAL: caitlyn
When I watch the NFL, I'm left thinking they should interview the officials before the game, and let us know if we should bother watching. Yes, there are bad calls in college football too, but in general you can watch ten college games and pretty much feel that nine of them came down to who played better. I just don't get that feeling watching the NFL.
I hope Brady Quinn makes it big. I've seen interviews with him and he seems like a really cool guy ... but something about him that makes me think he won't. He never seems to play really well in big games or at big times in big games. Some would say he plays for a bad team, but I remember watching Jay Cutler last year and how he played against Florida, etc ...
In my view, he has it. Where ND is concerned, Quinn could not compensate for a weak defense, avg running game, and avg. pass blocking OL.
ND has produced Theisman and Montana, and Quinn smashed all the school's passing records.
Yes ND lost to USC, MICH, and LSU, but it beat the bowl teams of GT, NAVY, Purdue, and Penn State.
Against USC Quinn passed for over 250 yds and connected for three (3) TD passes without throwing a pick.
Against Michigan, he had a bad game, and against LSU the defense was too formidable. Against MICH and LSU, the whole game depends on QUINN, which is too much to expect from one player against top notch defenses. The other components of ND's team were all overmatched. So, it was not a case where the teams were even and Quinn laid an egg.
I can't speak for the other QBs coming out of college this year, but two of my brothers went to ND, so our family follows them closely. From my perspective, ND has become an excellent second tier football program but one that will fall short of the National Championship. The school's academic standards are too high and they were raised during the last years of the Holtz era. This is one reason Holtz left when he did, as the school was no longer going to admit players like Tony Rice and Chris Zorich (who both graduated, BTW) anymore.
I think this strict policy is stupid b/c there's more to education than just straight academics. And no, I'm not making a case for basket weaving either.
The stupidity of the the School has been put thusly, "You can't expect to be Princeton M-F and Oklahoma on Saturdays.
Anyhow, your matchup of ND v. WF was an astute one.
ND fans think Charlie Weis might be the difference-maker, and truly he is an excellent coach, but I'm captain of a tennis team, and we don't defeat our opponents on guile and preparation, we defeat them on talent. Without the talent, you just can't beat superior teams in College Football. ND hasn't produced a first round draft pick in about forever, and to me, that's the barometer of a college football program.
As bad as NFL football might be, it will never be nearly as bad as the watered down, season never ending, NBA. Ickkkkk
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