Predict your season Vol. III

[]\/[GoBlue]

First off, hi! Hope your off season was good.

Vol. I
Vol. II
Vol. III
Your schedule should you need it.


Overall Record:
Wins:
Losses:
Toss up:
Offensive MVP:
Defensive MVP:
Biggest surprise player:
Bowl Game:
Best Tailgating Beer:
Inanimate object most likely to meet its demise:

Just like last year I wont predict your season, due to ignorance of your team.

 

[]\/[GoBlue]

Overall Record: 9-3/10-2
Wins: Cent Michigan, Akron, UConn, Minny, Penn St*, Indiana, Michigan State*, Iowa
Losses: No straight up losses this year, it's been awhile since I could say that.
Toss up:ND, Nebraska, Northwestern, osu
Offensive MVP: Gardner (Lewan is the best player on the team but QB's get all the glory)
Defensive MVP: Frank Clark
Biggest surprise player:
Bowl Game: Cap One, maybe
Best Tailgating Beer: None for me this year
Inanimate object most likely to meet its demise: UVerse remote is already struggling so that's a safe bet.

Great schedule for us this year, no insurmountable Alabama's and Michigan is starting to have depth. I think the run game will struggle early on, Nix should have a good game, but hopefully come on later in the year.


*MSU/PSU, I would normally put them in the Toss up category, but they lost too much.

 

[Riddickulous]

Overall Record: 9-3
Wins: Temple, Purdue, Navy, Air Force
Losses: Stanford
Toss Ups: The remaining 7 games
Offensive MVP: Tommy Rees
Defensive MVP: Louis Nix
Biggest Surprise Player: Kona Schwenke
Bowl Game: ?
Best Tailgating Beer: Alcohol is for degenerates
Inanimate object most likely to meet its demise: Remote

 

[IrishInFl]

Overall Record: 12-1
Wins: Temple, UM, Purdue, MSU, OU, ASU, USC, AF, Navy, Pitt, BYU
Losses: Bama
Toss up: Stanford
Offensive MVP: Tommy Rees
Defensive MVP: Louis Nix III
Bowl Game: National Championship
Best Tailgating Beer: Yuengling (At FSU games)
Inanimate object most likely to meet its demise: Lawn chair (again)

 

[greyhammer90]

Hope your off season was good.

 

[NDPhilly]

Overall Record: 10-2
Wins: Temple, @Purdue, Michigan St, @Air Force, Navy, @Pitt, BYU
Losses: None
Toss up: @Michigan, Oklahoma, Arizona St, USC, @Stanford
Offensive MVP: Zack Martin
Defensive MVP: Louis Nix
Biggest surprise player: Chris Brown
Bowl Game: Sugar Bowl vs Georgia
Best Tailgating Beer: Root Beer
Inanimate object most likely to meet its demise: TI-84 Calculater

 

[IrishSteelhead]

Overall Record: 8-4
Wins: Temple, Air Force, Navy, Purdue, BYU
Losses: Michigan, Oklahoma, USC, Stanford
Toss up: Arizona State, Michigan State, Pitt
Offensive MVP: Davaris Daniels
Defensive MVP: Stephon Tuitt
Biggest surprise player: Daniel Smith
Bowl Game: Loss VS s-hitty ACC team
Best Tailgating Beer: Anything 3 Floyds
Inanimate object most likely to meet its demise: Tommy Rees (again)

 

[fightingirish26]

Precise

 

[fightingirish26]

Overall Record:10-2
Wins:Temple, Purdue, MSU, Arizona State, USC, navy, Air Force, Pitt, BYU
Losses:
Toss up:Michigan, Oklahoma, Stanford
Offensive MVP: TJ Jones
Defensive MVP: Prince Shembo/ Louis Nix
Biggest surprise player: kona schwenke
Bowl Game: Sugar vs. Florida
Best Tailgating Beer: natty ice (jk) birch beer
Inanimate object most likely to meet its demise: wall

 

[T Town Tommy]

Overall Record: 8-4
Wins: Temple, Purdue, MSU, AF, Navy, Pitt, BYU, USC
Losses: UM, ASU, OU, Stanford
Toss up:
Offensive MVP: Daniels
Defensive MVP: Day
Biggest surprise player: S. Elmer
Bowl Game: Sun Bowl vs. Washington
Best Tailgating Beer: Sweet Tea
Inanimate object most likely to meet its demise: Gameday Program

 

[AllGoldEverything]

Overall Record: 10-2
Wins: Temple, Purdue, Michigan State, Air Force, Navy, Pitt, BYU, Arizona State
Losses: Oklahoma, Stanford
Toss up: Michigan, USC
Offensive MVP: Tommy Rees
Defensive MVP: Bennett Jackson
Biggest surprise player: Amir Carlisle
Bowl Game: Sugar
Best Tailgating Beer: Jameson
Inanimate object most likely to meet its demise: Computer

 

[woolybug25]

Overall Record:11-1
Wins:Temple, Purdue, MSU, Arizona State, USC, navy, Air Force, Pitt, BYU
Losses:
Toss up:Michigan, Oklahoma, Stanford
Offensive MVP: Zach Martin
Defensive MVP: Louis Nix
Biggest surprise player: Ishaq Williams
Bowl Game: Sugar vs. Florida
Best Tailgating Beer: Southern Tier Hoptoberfest
Inanimate object most likely to meet its demise: Nothing. I am a peaceful man.

 

[greyhammer90]

This thread has me excited for fall beers as much as football.

Overall Record: 9-3
Wins: Temple, Purdue, Michigan State, USC, Air Force, Navy, Pittsburgh, BYU
Losses: Not sure which, but we'll lose one of the games I have marked as a win.
Toss-up: UM, OK, Ariz. St., Stan. We'll go 2-2 on these.
Offensive MVP: Carlisle (OL is the real reason, but unsung as always)
Defensive MVP: Nix. Win or lose, it will be Nix that sets the tone.
Bowl Game: We miss the BCS games due to other teams doing well, so who the hell knows.
Best Tailgating Beer: Guinness. Pour a new one every touchdown.
Inanimate Object: Somehow tore a pair of shorts at the pocket jumping around and doing cartwheels after the Stanford game last year. (Ain't even mad.) I guess I'll go with that again.

 

[Irishokie]

Lol! Exactly.. Oh, a wise guy eh?

 

[Irish YJ]

Overall Record: 11-1
Wins: All but.... 1 of the toss ups
Losses:
Toss up: UM / Stanford / ASU
Offensive MVP: Chris Brown
Defensive MVP: Tuitt
Biggest surprise player: Cole Luke
Bowl Game: Orange vs FSU
Best Tailgating Beer: Bourbon
Inanimate object most likely to meet its demise: one of my tailgating chairs

 

[greyhammer90]

Overall Record: 11-1
Wins: All but.... 1 of the toss ups
Losses:
Toss up: UM / Stanford / ASU
Offensive MVP: Chris Brown
Defensive MVP: Tuitt
Biggest surprise player: Cole Luke
Bowl Game: Orange vs FSU
Best Tailgating Beer: Bourbon
Inanimate object most likely to meet its demise: one of my tailgating chairs

Dude I gotta get back to Knoxville sometime to watch ND outside and drink bourbon with you. It sounds glorious.

 

[NDWorld247]

Overall Record: 11-1/12-0
Wins: All
Losses: None
Toss up: Stanford, Arizona State
Offensive MVP other than Tommy Rees: DaVaris Daniels
Defensive MVP: Stephon Tuitt
Biggest surprise player: Troy Niklas (Offense); Elijah Shumate (Defense)
Bowl Game: NCG (if undefeated); Sugar Bowl vs. Florida (if one loss)
Best Tailgating Beer: I don't always drink beer, but when I do, I prefer Dos Equis
Inanimate object most likely to meet its demise: Cell phone

 

[D-BOE34]

Overall Record: 11-1
Wins: ?
Losses: ?
Toss up: Stanford, Arizona State, OU
Offensive MVP: Tommy Rees
Defensive MVP: Shembo
Biggest surprise player: Troy Niklas
Bowl Game: NCG
Best Tailgating Beer: Other folks brews
Inanimate object most likely to meet its demise: Cell

 

[Irish YJ]

Dude I gotta get back to Knoxville sometime to watch ND outside and drink bourbon with you. It sounds glorious.

Absa-F'ing-lutely my friend!

I'll be in Hilton Head the first two games, the next two games are away, but feel free to do a road trip to ATL. I'll likely have some people over to watch the games out by the pool. Not sure if I'm going to the South Alabama game, but leaning towards it (ND plays OK that week). I'll be at the UGA and SC games, bringing people down for both. Both of those are great because ND plays ASU and USC. Bringing one of my employees to the UT/SC game (he's a USC fan, so help a brother out and join me). Will also be going to the Auburn game (ND plays Pitt). Doubt that I'll go the Vandy game (will be back in Indy visiting family).

PM me when you figure out what week/weeks look good for you. Likely will have extra tix too.

 

[greyhammer90]

PM me when you figure out what week/weeks look good for you. Likely will have extra tix too.

I definitely will. Law school is a b*tch but I'll find a free weekend sometime.

 

[stlnd01]

Overall Record: 10-2
Wins: Temple. Purdue. MSU. A-State. Air Force. Navy. Pitt. BYU.
Losses: None
Toss up: Michigan. Okla. USC. Stanford. We win two.
Offensive MVP: Daniels.
Defensive MVP: Shembo.
Biggest surprise player: Chris Brown/Elijah Shumate
Bowl Game: Sugar
Best Tailgating Beer: Whatever they've got.
Inanimate object most likely to meet its demise: A window the night of the Michigan or USC game.

 

[Andy in Sactown]

Overall Record: 10-2
Wins: Temple, @Michigan, @Purdue, Michigan State, USC, @Air Force, Navy, Pittsburgh, BYU
Losses: @Stanford
Toss up: Oklahoma, Arizona State*
Offensive MVP: Zack Martin
Defensive MVP: Louis Nix III
Biggest surprise player: Jaylon Smith (defense), Amir Carlisle (offense)
Bowl Game: Sugar Bowl versus Georgia
Best Tailgating Beer: Stella Artois
Inanimate object most likely to meet its demise: Sheet rock.

*Neutral site (Cowboy's Stadium)


I was tempted to put @Stanford in toss up, but the edge went to the home field, largely because I expect it to be the shittiest, slow, overgrown, poorly drained piece of **** field in the country; Power-O prevails in a very unsportsmanlike field dependant squeaker.

 

[woolybug25]

Overall Record: 10-2
Wins: Temple, @Michigan, @Purdue, Michigan State, USC, @Air Force, Navy, Pittsburgh, BYU
Losses: @Stanford
Toss up: Oklahoma, Arizona State*
Offensive MVP: Zack Martin
Defensive MVP: Louis Nix III
Biggest surprise player: Jaylon Smith (defense), Amir Carlisle (offense)
Bowl Game: Sugar Bowl versus Georgia
Best Tailgating Beer: Stella Artois
Inanimate object most likely to meet its demise: Sheet rock.

*Neutral site (Cowboy's Stadium)

What are you... a peasant?

 

[NDWorld247]

I was tempted to put @Stanford in toss up, but the edge went to the home field, largely because I expect it to be the shittiest, slow, overgrown, poorly drained piece of **** field in the country; Power-O prevails in a very unsportsmanlike field dependant squeaker.

Isn't this exactly what we did to USC in the Bush-Push game?

 

[Andy in Sactown]

Overall Record: 10-2
Wins: Temple, @Michigan, @Purdue, Michigan State, USC, @Air Force, Navy, Pittsburgh, BYU
Losses: @Stanford
Toss up: Oklahoma, Arizona State*
Offensive MVP: Zack Martin
Defensive MVP: Louis Nix III
Biggest surprise player: Jaylon Smith (defense), Amir Carlisle (offense)
Bowl Game: Sugar Bowl versus Georgia
Best Tailgating Beer: Stella Artois
Inanimate object most likely to meet its demise: Sheet rock.

*Neutral site (Cowboy's Stadium)


I was tempted to put @Stanford in toss up, but the edge went to the home field, largely because I expect it to be the shittiest, slow, overgrown, poorly drained piece of **** field in the country; Power-O prevails in a very unsportsmanlike field dependant squeaker.

What are you... a peasant?

I like a nice dry draft for tailgating. It's not like I'll be drinking beer all game as I'll surely be drinking whisky by the second quarter.

Isn't this exactly what we did to USC in the Bush-Push game?

Yes, but it was more in line with, "we didn't cut the grass so it's a little longer this week" as opposed to Stanford's "we're pretty confident that it's the shittiest unmaintained mud bowl any week we need it to be" philosophy.

See: Getting the real dirt on that lousy Stanford field. It's a little old, but very much applicable today. Especially when you consider we play them on November 30th.

 

[NDWorld247]

Yes, but it was more in line with, "we didn't cut the grass so it's a little longer this week" as opposed to Stanford's "we're pretty confident that it's the shittiest unmaintained mud bowl any week we need it to be" philosophy.

See: Getting the real dirt on that lousy Stanford field It's a little old, but very much applicable today.

Hmmm, I always thought it was more like "we are playing lightening fast Reggie Bush and the USC Trojans so we're going to grow our grass as long as possible to slow them down". Either way, I don't see a problem with maintaining your field in a way that gives your team an advantage.

 

[Andy in Sactown]

Hmmm, I always thought it was more like "we are playing lightening fast Reggie Bush and the USC Trojans so we're going to grow our grass as long as possible to slow them down". Either way, I don't see a problem with maintaining your field in a way that gives your team an advantage.

Oh, it was, but growing your grass long (which, like you I am completely alright with) is COMPLETELY different from what Stanford's field is like.

Here's an excerpt from Keith Arnold's Five things we learned: Stanford 28, Notre Dame 14 from two seasons ago:

Stanford’s playing surface is an embarrassment.

That a university with some of the world’s finest facilities can’t grow grass that withstands Northern California’s climate is beyond embarrassing. And that’s all you can call the natural surface inside Stanford Stadium, in horrific shape after some rain and three straight home football games turned the football field into a mud pit.

Both teams had to play on the same surface, but the grass clearly hurt Notre Dame more than Stanford. The Irish looked hesitant and a step slow, and a spread offense relies on the ability to make plays in space at full speed, something the Irish just couldn’t do when they slipped and slid all over the football field.

Notre Dame equipment manager Ryan Grooms knew full well that his players would need long cleats and excellent footwear to get through the football game. But there isn’t a cleat on the planet that could keep the Irish from sliding or falling, with a very unscientific hand count revealing a dozen plays affected by someone in an Irish jersey slipping and falling. That’s just too many players in a football game to be changed, and Stanford needs to take a bulldozer to their field and find a solution now, because it’s absolutely unacceptable.

Again, we both finish our regular seasons against each other on November 30th.

That's why I called it the way I called it blue.

 

[NDWorld247]

Oh, it was, but growing your grass long (which, like you I am completely alright with) is COMPLETELY different from what Stanford's field is like.

Here's an excerpt from Keith Arnold's Five things we learned: Stanford 28, Notre Dame 14 from two seasons ago:



Again, we both finish our regular seasons against each other on November 30th.

That's why I called it the way I called it blue.

Ok. I agree it's an embarrassment. I guess I was thrown off by the "unsportsmanlike" comment.

 

[Andy in Sactown]

Ok. I agree it's an embarrassment. I guess I was thrown off by the "unsportsmanlike" comment.

No worries; it's a strong statement, but in this instance I thought it justified. As we're talking about potential records, I thought a reminder about Stanford's playing surface was very much relevant. Two seasons is just enough time for some posters to forget about that slop.

They play 7 home games, 3 of their last 4 are at home ending with us. Anyone else see a perfect storm for a mud bowl?

 

[Eddie.Smith Irish]

Overall Record: 9-3
Wins: Temple, Purdue, Navy, Air Force
Losses: Stanford
Toss Ups: The remaining 7 games
Offensive MVP: Tommy Rees
Defensive MVP: Louis Nix
Biggest Surprise Player: Kona Schwenke
Bowl Game: ?
Best Tailgating Beer: Alcohol is for degenerates
Inanimate object most likely to meet its demise: Remote

Apparently remote controls are for degenerates as well. I hope you can look yourself in the mirror the next day and say, damn, I feel good about myself for destroying a perfectly good remote control because I got ticked over a football game. You're obviously a bigger man than the rest of us. Good for you, Man. Good for you.