Trying to figure out what I wanted to write about day seemed an easy task around 5:30 today – clearly it was going to be about the Cowboys and the sorry state of quarterback affairs in the Big D. But as I was skimming some of the sports websites, a story shocked me to the point of response.
The following is an AP story pulled from cnnsi.com:
Charlie Weis isn't sure Notre Dame is a top-10 caliber team.
He's convinced, though, the 11th-ranked Fighting Irish didn't deserve to be jumped in the polls and the Bowl Championship Series standings after a last-minute win over UCLA.
Can you, the casual sports fan, see the problem here?? Let me spell it out for you. U…C…L…A. The Bruins from LA, a mere mediocre team, go into South Bend and almost knock the Fighting Irish out of the BCS picture with a sound defensive game. Yes, that’s right, the #115 ranked defense in the country in 2005 made the Irish their bitch in their own backyard.
And Charlie Weiss can’t figure out why his team dropped? Let’s take a look, and perhaps ol’ fatty will understand a bit better.
Notre Dame is 6-1. We all know the one lost, at home to Michigan. Fair enough, most teams in the country would lose to Lloyd Carr’s boys (by the way, do we think those Wolverine fans still want his head on a platter now??)
But who have they beat? Georgia Tech in game one. I think we all saw what GT had when they played a team in the ACC with actual talent this past Saturday in Clemson. Penn State was game two. As this season continues to play out, we’ve been able to see that the Nittany Lions 11-1 season in 2005 may have been an aberration, and we are looking at a mediocre at best team in State College. The third game was the debacle at Michigan. Then, of course, is the Miracle in Michigan State. Congrats on that big victory ND! This is the same MSU team that needed to come back from 35 points down to NORTHWESTERN!
Of course, ND bounced back with the trouncing of Purdue and Stanford, two teams with a combined record of 5-11. And then, there was the UCLA game. A pass and catch in the mold of Rudy saved the day.
Let me spell it out for Charlie “Jabba the Hut” Weiss. You dropped because you have wins against middle of the pack teams. In reality, you should be 4-3 right now, but somehow you pulled out two miracle wins against MSU and UCLA. The combined records of those two teams? 8-7. A 53% winning percentage, and the mighty Notre Dame team can’t beat these guys without some heroics? Overrated never knew such an easy metaphor as Notre Dame.
And the quotes from Fatty get better.
“One of the teams (Tennessee) that jumped us had the same game that we had. They're down, they're playing at home and they win by a field goal," Weis said Tuesday. "Another team (Florida) that jumped us wasn't even playing. They were home eating cheeseburgers and they end up jumping us. That befuddles me."
Home eating cheeseburgers? Spoken from experience? Do you think Weiss can even spell the word SALAD?!?
I would love for ND to play Alabama, Tennessee, or Florida, and see just why those teams jump the Irish in the polls. And I’m sure the walking beached whale is furious that Texas, who went into a hostile environment and beat a RANKED team (like Notre Dame would know what the hell a ranked football team IS) jumped the Irish in the BCS.
It wouldn’t surprise me if Navy came out Saturday and handed Notre Dame their second loss of the season. Of course, I am sure Heisman hopeful Brady Quinn will pull out some tremendous comeback against the Midshipmen, and our national media will hand that trophy over to ND. And the next time Lard-O and his boys play a ranked team? Expect USC to kick so much ass outta of the overrated Irish that Weiss ends up hiding in his own man-fat pouch as he rolls his way out of LA.
You know what would make the BCS a worthwhile system? If somehow we matched Notre Dame up with Boise State (who appears to be this year’s BCS sleeper) and watched the boys from the blue field run all over the Irish on a glorious New Year’s Day.
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