eerily similar to 2006

[irishfan]

In all honesty, Boise would hang 40 on ND, if it was on the blues they would most definitely hang 40 on us. They are in the top 10 arent they?

People need to get over the funny named schools being ranked high. Boise is a legit power football program and has been for years.

once they actually schedule someone i'll be impressed

 

[irishtrain]

not so similar

not so similar

This team is deeper with more of an upside and will produce more pros. That team was doing it with smoking mirrors and the other coaches knew it. This team has raised eyebrows and people see the talent shift and know its just a matter of time. Todd Blackledge inferred as much by his comments-they dont degrade Notre Dame anymore it's just keep watching to see if all this firepower developes. The people who know see the potential of what is coming.

 

[phork]

once they actually schedule someone i'll be impressed

You mean like the Oregon team who beat #6 Cal by 39 points? They have the same Nevada team and Hawaii team that is on NDs schedule. So I guess the same could be said of ND. Not to mention their prime time showdown with OU in a major bowl.

no im not suicidal, we just held the second best back in the nation to 67 or so yards.

we've had an interception in each game.

the defense has improved from game to game.

im not shrugging of bsu but i would love to play them.

You mean these stats for Bolden?

Bolden, Ralph 12 67 3 64 0 17 5.3 ?

Thats 12 rushes for 67 yards with a long of 17. Oh wait wrong cut & paste, that was from the Northern Illinois game.

 

[irishfan]

You mean like the Oregon team who beat #6 Cal by 39 points? They have the same Nevada team and Hawaii team that is on NDs schedule. So I guess the same could be said of ND. Not to mention their prime time showdown with OU in a major bowl.

Playing a pac-10 team whose claim to fame is Nike, flashy uniforms, and being a middle-to-upper PAC 10 team does not impress me. Also, the fact that Oregon was the first ranked team ever to play at Boise is pretty embarassing. They didnt schedule Oklahoma, and Oklahoma offered them a home-and-home this past offseason and Boise declined. And ya Nevada is 0-3, and is no powerhouse. Scheduling games with Washington, Oregon State, and Oregon and going 4-2 against those middle-of-the-road Pac-10 teams the past 5 years really only proved that they would be just that, a middle-of-the-road team in the PAC-10. The only time they faced a ranked team out of conference on the road, they got destroyed by Georgia 48-13.

And you guess the same could be said of ND? Honestly, just stop writing stupid shit. You pointed out two teams who Notre Dame has played, one of which was scheduled due to moving the BYU game up in 2004, and the other was a bowl game. Half of ND's schedule is better than Fresno State (the 2nd best team on Boise's schedule) and that's not even including Purdue who nearly beat Oregon (the best team on Boise's schedule). Face it, Boise State has proved that they are content to roll through their weak conference, play one or two decent, not great BCS teams a year, and bitch at the end of the year when they aren't considered for the BCS National Championship. Every other premier non-BCS team schedules well. BYU scheduled Oklahoma State and FSU. TCU scheduled Clemson and Virginia. Tulsa scheduled Oklahoma. ECU scheduled WVU and Virginia Tech. Houston scheduled Okla State, Texas Tech, and Miss State. Fresno State scheduled Wisconsin, Cincy, and Illinois. Southern Miss scheduled Virginia, Louisville, and Kansas. Louisiana Tech scheduled Auburn and LSU. Even Navy has ND, Ohio State, Pitt, and Wake Forest scheduled. Central Michigan has Arizona, Mich State, and BC. Western Michigan has Michigan, Indiana, and Mich State. But youre right, Boise State deserves all our respect and admiration for playing Oregon, Nevada, and Hawaii. Good thing they scheduled UC Davis with their extra 13th game too.

 

[jason_h537]

They play VTech next year and Oregon has been a very good program for 6 or 7 years now.

 

[irishfan]

They play VTech next year and Oregon has been a very good program for 6 or 7 years now.

Va Tech game will be fun.

Oregon past 7 years
2002: 7-6
2003: 8-5
2004: 5-6
2005: 10-2
2006: 7-6
2007: 9-4
2008: 10-3

I like Oregon. I like Chip Kelly. I even like the uniforms. But this shows me that they have been the 2nd-3rd best team in what has been perceived as a weak conference outside of USC. Not to nitpick, they are a good team. They're not a very good team, and clearly in a different group when compared to USC, Va Tech, Oklahoma, etc.

That Va Tech game will be sick next year though. Where is it played?

 

[jason_h537]

Not sure. could be a home at home but the perception of the Pac 10 as weak is because no one watches them. Flawed teams yes, but they can bring it to anyone. ask LSU how they like playing the lower tier Pac 10 teams like UW, Arizona St, and Oregon St. this decade

 

[irishfan]

Not sure. could be a home at home but the perception of the Pac 10 as weak is because no one watches them. Flawed teams yes, but they can bring it to anyone. ask LSU how they like playing the lower tier Pac 10 teams like UW, Arizona St, and Oregon St. this decade

ya good point. i just checked and the game is in maryland. one year thing and the next year they play Toledo, Tulsa, Utah, Wyoming.