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Showing posts with label notre dame football schedule. Show all posts
Showing posts with label notre dame football schedule. Show all posts
Saturday, November 27, 2010
U.SOnlineNews: The transitive property of wins and losses never holds true in college football - especially in the case of a rivalry game like Notre Dame-USC. That doesn’t taken into account USC’s recent dominance of the series either and despite their lack of a top 25 ranking this year, the Trojans are still a very solid football team with playmakers on both sides of the ball.
USC’s record might not be what most Trojan fans became accustomed to under Pete Carroll, but USC has played some very good football teams tough. They took Stanford down to the wire and hung with Oregon for about three quarters until their lack of depth caught up to them and the Ducks ran away with it.
At the same time, USC was hanging by a thread for a couple of weeks before getting blown out by Oregon State last weekend. Three weeks ago they squeaked by Arizona State and two weeks ago hung on to a three point win over Arizona.
The X-factor here is what USC team shows up? The one that played Stanford and Oregon tough or the one that got blown out by Oregon State and doesn’t have a chance to play in a bowl game because of USC’s probation? The lack of a bowl game can work for or against the Irish here. On one hand, they could treat the Notre Dame game as their bowl game while on the other they could be lacking motivation after last week.
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U.S online News : The absurdity of Notre Dame's bowl situation was underscored by the fact that both Boise State's upset loss to Nevada and a game between two hyphenated Louisiana schools on Saturday (UL-Monroe and UL-Lafayette) actually tinkered with their bowl picture.
Of course, the score that mattered most in the equation was the one the Irish were directly involved with - their rivalry renewal with USC at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum late Saturday night. Win, and the Irish were logically headed to the Champs Sports Bowl, Dec. 28 in Orlando to play an ACC team.
Lose and a 6-6 ND team was faced with sifting through leftovers of conferences who couldn't fill their designated allotment - many of which were games that were bad fits for the Irish.Now imagine the same scenario with an 8-4 or 9-3 Irish team. That could happen sometime in the remaining three years of this bowl cycle. Once the Irish play the Champs Sports chip, they cannot return there during the length of the contract, which runs through the 2013 season.
Read More: Notre Dame football: Bowl picture only a little clearer
Of course, the score that mattered most in the equation was the one the Irish were directly involved with - their rivalry renewal with USC at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum late Saturday night. Win, and the Irish were logically headed to the Champs Sports Bowl, Dec. 28 in Orlando to play an ACC team.
Lose and a 6-6 ND team was faced with sifting through leftovers of conferences who couldn't fill their designated allotment - many of which were games that were bad fits for the Irish.Now imagine the same scenario with an 8-4 or 9-3 Irish team. That could happen sometime in the remaining three years of this bowl cycle. Once the Irish play the Champs Sports chip, they cannot return there during the length of the contract, which runs through the 2013 season.
Read More: Notre Dame football: Bowl picture only a little clearer
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