We're in the movies ?

More predictable grasping for straws ranting, the latest claim to fame as to why ND is superior goes like this: " see Rudy, a story about ND kid who made good and dreamed about playing at ND, what a great story....also saw Knute Rocke, story of a coaching legend who made history in college football....what legends ND has produced"

Jack the Ripper , the Boston Strangler, Charlie Manson and not to mention the Hunchback of Notre Dame (hung out in a french church bell tower) all had movies too. Maybe they were all misunderstood football players at heart ? No G2 could actually envision the Hunchback on a 4th and 1 play. They were all legends. Check out the "good behavior " links in the entry below for more legends that ND has produced - some still walking the streets.

Academic Football Redeaux - please be good

YIKES !

U Can't Fix Stupid Bowl

If team "intelligence" as measured by the NCAA graduation success rate (GSR) has any relevance to winning as repeatedly touted by the Domers , then the "smarter" teams in BOLD below will win their bowl games -so just for fun stay tuned:

Texas Tech wins over Minnesota Dec. 29 Insight Bowl
Navy loses over Boston College Dec. 30 Meineke Car Care Bowl
Iowa loses over Texas Dec. 30 Alamo Bowl
Va Tech loses over Georgia Dec. 30 Chick-Fil-A Bowl
Miami wins over Nevada Dec. 30 MPC Computers Bowl
Nebraska loses over Auburn Jan. 1 Cotton Bowl
Penn St wins over Tennessee Jan. 1 Outback Bowl
Wisconsin wins over Arkansas Jan. 1 Capital One Bowl
West Va wins over GA Tech Jan. 1 Gator Bowl
Michigan loses over USC Jan. 1 Rose Bowl
Boise State wins over Oklahoma Jan. 1 Fiesta Bowl
Wake Forest loses over Louisville Jan. 2 Orange Bowl
Notre Dame loses big time over LSU Jan. 3 Sugar Bowl
Florida wins over Ohio State Jan. 8 Tostidos BCS Championship

Results: the smarter team won 50% of the games. Half of the time the stupid team wins.

How 'bout some cheese with that Whine ?

Domers Top 10 Excuses for Losing

1) opponents are not well behaved
2) opponents are dumb
3) game was during final exams
4) opponents were ranked
5) opponents drink and raise hell
6) opponents are thugs
7) poor officiating
8) we had injuries
9) if we played them again, we would win
10) opponents won't graduate

Academic Football Redeaux - please be good

No G2 explained back in August that the Domer whining would revert to academics when it became obvious that they were overrated and had not quite performed to expectations. It gets worse -now it's academics and good behavior - the predictable script occurred - a recent quote:

"Good news for ND and Rutgers, they beat Tenn in the Final BCS ratings....so it shows that academics, good behavior and good football do go together."

A couple of links on good behavior:

http://www.geocities.com/notredamebadboys/

http://www.nd.edu/~observer/01192000/News/0.html

http://www.nd.edu/~observer/02012001/News/8.html

http://www.nd.edu/~ndmag/siebsp97.html

http://www.nd.edu/~ndspd/ndspcib.html

http://www.nd.edu/~ndspd/blotter/blotter.HTM

http://www.nd.edu/~ndmag/su2003/salveson.html

The Domers behave no better or worse than most students/fans and all of the teams ranked ahead of ND in the pre-Bowl BCS ( not final) rankings have a lower GSR % = dumber.

The reader can decide if academics and good behavior have anything to do with good football.