Predict your season Vol. III

[woolybug25]

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.

You should start with the whiskey. There is nothing "nice" about Stella. It's a terrible beer.

If you prefer pale lagers then you should try Becks, Singha or Lagunitas Pils. Not that I really know. I drink IPA's like a gentleman.

 

[Chris P. Bacon]

Overall Record:11-1
Wins:Temple, @Michigan, @Purdue, Michigan State, USC, @Air Force, Navy, Pittsburgh, BYU,OKLA, STAN
Losses: ASU
Toss up:Mich+OKLA
Offensive MVP:TJ Jones
Defensive MVP:Bennett Jackson
Biggest surprise player: Amir
Bowl Game: BCS
Best Tailgating Beer: IPA
Inanimate object most likely to meet its demise: Ceiling

 

[mgriff]

Overall Record: 10-2
Wins: Everyone
Losses: ASU, Stanford
Toss up: Arizona St
Offensive MVP: REESUS!
Defensive MVP: Lou
Biggest surprise player: Jarrett Grace
Bowl Game: BCS
Best Tailgating Beer: Yuengling, America's Oldest Brewery.
Inanimate object most likely to meet its demise: ]V[GoBlue's face.

Happy season!

 

[Andy in Sactown]

You should start with the whiskey. There is nothing "nice" about Stella. It's a terrible beer.

If you prefer pale lagers then you should try Becks, Singha or Lagunitas Pils. Not that I really know. I drink IPA's like a gentleman.

I very much enjoy Bremen style brewing. But I'd prefer a St. Pauli's Girl over a Becks (I do love both). Although they are both brewed in strict accordance with the German Purity Law of 1516 (Reinheitsgebot).

It's not my first beer, dude.

 

[woolybug25]

I very much enjoy Bremen style brewing. But I'd prefer a St. Pauli's Girl over a Becks (I do love both). Although they are both brewed in strict accordance with the German Purity Law of 1516 (Reinheitsgebot).

It's not my first beer, dude.

It was hard to tell with the Stella choice, lol.


I'm not a fan of Pale Lagers myself, but I know that Stella is a terrible beer. One day we will have to share a beer (an IPA, preferably).

 

[mgriff]

It was hard to tell with the Stella choice, lol.


I'm not a fan of Pale Lagers myself, but I know that Stella is a terrible beer. One day we will have to share a beer (an IPA, preferably).

This is what you want.

 

[Irish Insanity]

Overall Record: 14-0

Wins: All, plus somehow Reesus will win us another game we don't even play

Toss up: Reesus will get tossed up and carried off the field following a game

Offensive MVP: D. Daniels

Defensive MVP: S. Day

Biggest surprise player: J. Smith

Bowl Game: NC

Best Tailgating Beer: There will be no reason to drink.

Inanimate object most likely to meet its demise: The Big House

 

[Old Man Mike]

Record:11-1 [ with one more WTF game possible] and a bowl win, but not in the NCG. Defense establishes itself as the best Notre Dame defense ever recorded.

1). Temple: methodical crushing.
2). Michigan: controlled win pulling away.
3). Purdue: harder grind than expected, but controlled win.
4). MSU: typical meatgrinder but a win.
5). Oklahoma: controlled win pulling away.
6). Arizona State: season-maker; hard, low-scoring win. IE crowd partially hospitalized in mental institutions.
7). USC: Trojans mysteriously funk out, for relatively easy ND win.
8). Air Force: methodical win pulling away.
9). Navy: simple crushing win.
10). Pitt: ND remembers; violent crushing win.
11). BYU: letdown emotionally to team exactly opposite in attitude, but big senior leadership pulls through win anyway. More IE mental hospitalization.
12). Stanford: I greatly dislike this game. Stanford's year to strut their Big Boy stuff. Our one regular season loss.

Offensive MVP: Tommy Rees [not NFL brilliant, just solid and clutch]; Honorable mention: ZMart and TJJones.

Defensive MVP: ... impossible choice. Nix/ Tuitt/ Day/ Shembo are the Havoc-makers. Russell allows us to blitz. ... and now the completely crazy choice: Austin Collingsworth gets us in the right spots.

 

[notredomer23]

Overall Record: 11-2
Wins: Temple, Purdue, MSU, Navy, Pitt, Air Force, BYU, USC (Bowl win)
Losses: None
Toss up: Stanford, Oklahoma, Arizona State, UM
Offensive MVP: George Atkinson
Defensive MVP: Bennett Jackson
Biggest surprise player: Chris Brown
Bowl Game: Sugar Bowl W over some overrated SEC team
Best Tailgating Beer: Natty(don't hate)
Inanimate object most likely to meet its demise:Not about that life

 

[GowerND11]

This is what you want.

I love living 5 minutes from America's Oldest Brewery!

 

[NoJusticeNoPeace]

Overall Record: 9-3
Wins: Temple, Purdue, Michigan State, Oklahoma, USC, Air Force, Navy, Pitt, BYU
Losses: Michigan, Arizona State, Stanford
Offensive MVP: Amir Carlisle
Defensive MVP: Louis Nix
Biggest surprise player: James Onwualu
Bowl Game: Some non-BCS Bowl. Hopefully somehow the Bahamas one.
Best Tailgating Beer: Yuengling
Inanimate object most likely to meet its demise: Wall

No predicting toss-ups.

 

[phgreek]

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.

Overall Record:10-2
Wins: Temple, Purdue, Navy, Air Force
Losses: AZ state, one of Stanford or BYU (just calling the losses, Stanford is the only one I feel like we could get handled)
Toss Ups: All others
Offensive MVP: Amir Carlisle
Defensive MVP: Sheldon Day
Biggest Surprise Player: Daniel Smith
Bowl Game: ORANGE
Best Tailgating Beer: New Castle
Inanimate object most likely to meet its demise: all items within reach are in jeopardy (my wife turns my den into a "clean room" on game day...hehehehe)


Sparty...watch out now. Bye helps...but I'd worry about that game a little more.

 

[greyhammer90]

Overall Record:10-2
Wins: Temple, Purdue, Navy, Air Force
Losses: AZ state, one of Stanford or BYU (just calling the losses, Stanford is the only one I feel like we could get handled)
Toss Ups: All others
Offensive MVP: Amir Carlisle
Defensive MVP: Sheldon Day
Biggest Surprise Player: Daniel Smith
Bowl Game: ORANGE
Best Tailgating Beer: New Castle
Inanimate object most likely to meet its demise: all items within reach are in jeopardy (my wife turns my den into a "clean room" on game day...hehehehe)


Sparty...watch out now. Bye helps...but I'd worry about that game a little more.

I don't mean to call you out specifically, because I've seen this on a couple other predictions but: How do you predict 10-2, put 2 losses in the loss category, and then say that all but 4 of the rest of our games are "toss ups"? Doesn't toss up mean roughly fifty-fifty chance of winning or losing? If so, 10-2 has us as the luckiest team in the country.

 

[phgreek]

I don't mean to call you out specifically, because I've seen this on a couple other predictions but: How do you predict 10-2, put 2 losses in the loss category, and then say that all but three of the rest of our games are "toss ups"? Doesn't toss up mean roughly fifty-fifty chance of winning or losing? If so, 10-2 has us as the luckiest team in the country.

tried to qualify with the parenthetical...I see Stanford as a loss on paper...

So that's my loser.

I predicted who else we could lose to in order to get to the two losses...for fun. But it could be any of the teams in toss-up.

I think the "wins" go in because I expect us to win no matter how catastrophic the injury list, or other circumstances...

I think toss-ups go there because yes, some are 50/50...but really its a bin for those teams that could beat you with bad officiating, injuries, or flat play. Inside there, sure there is a ranking...I'm too lazy to do it. But now that you called me out (;.

ASU, OU, USC, Michigan=BYU, Michigan State, Pitt

Real toss-ups ASU/OU the rest we should win...

SO, in the real toss-up = 50-50 scenario it looks like this


Record 10-2
Wins: Temple, Michigan, Purdue, Michigan State, USC, Air Force, Navy, Pitt, BYU
Losses: Stanford
Toss Ups: ASU/OU
Upset Loss: BYU
Upset Win: Stanford if we lose to BYU
Offensive MVP: Amir Carlisle
Defensive MVP: Sheldon Day
Biggest Surprise Player: Daniel Smith
Bowl Game: ORANGE
Best Tailgating Beer: New Castle
Inanimate object most likely to meet its demise: all items within reach are in jeopardy (my wife turns my den into a "clean room" on game day...hehehehe)



I'm happy to do it that way...

 

[greyhammer90]

I was just wondering how that worked. I will say that I think 50-50 is more fun because if "toss up" just means "team we could conceivably lose to given the right conditions" then these predictions wouldn't be very much fun, because you could say that about practically any team on any schedule. Predictions are more fun when they are more specific. It's gameweek! Put up or shut up!

 

[phgreek]

I was just wondering how that worked. I will say that I think 50-50 is more fun because if "toss up" just means "team we could conceivably lose to given the right conditions" then these predictions wouldn't be very much fun, because you could say that about practically any team on any schedule. Predictions are more fun when they are more specific. It's gameweek! Put up or shut up!

I agree...just never gave it much thought. Kinda just did what came natural...

I think this is funny because my initial approach is a perfect reflection of pretty much everything else I do...I put stuff in bins based on risk...in professional and investing life it matters, obviously...odd I'd do it here too. that approach is burned in I guess...

 

[Patulski]

Overall Record: 11-2
Wins: Temple, Purdue, Michigan State, ASU, AF, Navy, Pitt, BYU
Losses: Two of the four toss ups, likelihood in order.
Toss up: Oklahoma, Stanford, USC, Michigan
Offensive MVP: George Atkinson
Defensive MVP: Irish Chocolate
Biggest surprise player: Atkinson
Bowl Game: Fiesta
Best Tailgating Beer: Wine
Inanimate object most likely to meet its demise: Pillow