Best case and Worst case scenario?

[anarin]

Rivals gave their take on the upcoming season for the Irish here

THE BEST-CASE SCENARIO: The defense continues to improve, TB Cierre Wood stays healthy and someone emerges as the clear-cut starting quarterback. Notre Dame earns a BCS bid after finishing the regular season with an 11-1 record.

THE WORST-CASE SCENARIO: Kelly never settles on a quarterback and the Irish continue to have problems establishing a ground attack. Injuries reveal the Irish's lack of depth at key spots. K David Ruffer fails to recapture his 2010 magic and misses key kicks that turn potential wins into close losses. The Irish slip to 6-6 and settle for an appearance in a minor bowl.

What do you think is the Best and Worst case scenario?

 

[BeauBenken]

Best Case: Defense is considered SEC caliber and the offense really hits stride scoring 30+ every game; we win a BCS National Title.

Worst Case: Universe explodes and we all die...?

 

[FightingIrishLover7]

Worst Case: Universe explodes and we all die...?

Actually, I'd probably prefer death than going 0-12....

 

[BeauBenken]

Actually, I'd probably prefer death than going 0-12....

But 0 - 12 is impossible.

 

[Old Man Mike]

Best case scenario: Crist goes Zen and calmly reads progressions in an orderly conscious manner making Kelly-correct choices and not short-arming throws. Rest of offense and defense play like we already know they can. Result: we go undefeated and play in NC game.

Worst case scenario: Dayne can't go Zen afterall, we still beat USF and Michigan, but trip up with MSU, before Kelly has Andrew Hendrix ready to take over. We then roll but aren't quite well-oiled enough to get by USC. Gary Gray gets hurt, one of only four unreplaceable guys we have [Gray, Te'o, Cave, and Floyd]. We're so good we win anyway, but lose close to Stanford as Luck torches our corner. We finish 9-3 and play a big bowl against South Carolina and rally together and smash them.

Within any reason, there AREN'T any really worst case scenarios this year --- we're too deep in good tested players. Come-on Dayne Baby!! Something big is in your hands!!

 

[crzychris]

But 0 - 12 is impossible.

Haha we used to say that losing to Navy was impossible, the irish have found that they can be pretty darn good at doing that grin:

I wonder who rivals has us losing to in the "best-cased" scenario? I assume Stanford, but with the exception of Luck do they have anyone coming back?

 

[jason_h537]

Best Case Scenario: ND runs the table and plays for the Championship

Worst Case Scenario: We lose starters at the RB and CB position. No QB steps up and the run the defense made last year was just a blip.

 

[Bogtrotter07]

This Rivals thing - is a bunch of unadulterated drivel. I mean what stupid sh!t. Anyone knows the best case scenario is undefeated. The worst case scenario is to lose to everyone that can field a team, so we would be 2 and 10.

 

[Riddickulous]

Best Case Scenario: ND runs the table and plays for the Championship

Worst Case Scenario: We lose starters at the RB and CB position. No QB steps up and the run the defense made last year was just a blip.

This is probably the most accurate one I've read thus far.

 

[GreatGolson]

Best case scenario: Crist goes Zen and calmly reads progressions in an orderly conscious manner making Kelly-correct choices and not short-arming throws. Rest of offense and defense play like we already know they can. Result: we go undefeated and play in NC game.

Worst case scenario: Dayne can't go Zen afterall, we still beat USF and Michigan, but trip up with MSU, before Kelly has Andrew Hendrix ready to take over. We then roll but aren't quite well-oiled enough to get by USC. Gary Gray gets hurt, one of only four unreplaceable guys we have [Gray, Te'o, Cave, and Floyd]. We're so good we win anyway, but lose close to Stanford as Luck torches our corner. We finish 9-3 and play a big bowl against South Carolina and rally together and smash them.

Within any reason, there AREN'T any really worst case scenarios this year --- we're too deep in good tested players. Come-on Dayne Baby!! Something big is in your hands!!

that is a scarily realistic possibility

 

[pkt77242]

Best case scenario: Crist goes Zen and calmly reads progressions in an orderly conscious manner making Kelly-correct choices and not short-arming throws. Rest of offense and defense play like we already know they can. Result: we go undefeated and play in NC game.

Worst case scenario: Dayne can't go Zen afterall, we still beat USF and Michigan, but trip up with MSU, before Kelly has Andrew Hendrix ready to take over. We then roll but aren't quite well-oiled enough to get by USC. Gary Gray gets hurt, one of only four unreplaceable guys we have [Gray, Te'o, Cave, and Floyd]. We're so good we win anyway, but lose close to Stanford as Luck torches our corner. We finish 9-3 and play a big bowl against South Carolina and rally together and smash them.

Within any reason, there AREN'T any really worst case scenarios this year --- we're too deep in good tested players. Come-on Dayne Baby!! Something big is in your hands!!

OMM, I mostly agree with you but I would add one other player to our unreplaceable list Cierre Wood because we don't have any back up for him.

 

[notredomer23]

best case is not one player gets injured and we win the NC.

Worst case is Gary Gray gets injured, Dayne gets hurt, and Cierre Wood goes down. That leaves us with question mark at the running game, a mediocre back up in Tommy Rees and a young Lo Wood at the corner spot. We finish the season 7-5 and Kelly receives some heat.

 

[Riddickulous]

best case is not one player gets injured and we win the NC.

Worst case is Gary Gray gets injured, Dayne gets hurt, and Cierre Wood goes down. That leaves us with question mark at the running game, a mediocre back up in Tommy Rees and a young Lo Wood at the corner spot. We finish the season 7-5 and Kelly receives some heat.

Change the bolded to "formidable".

 

[The Polish Irishman]

Best Case: We go undefeated

Worst Case: We lose every game

 

[Junkhead]

Secondary is thin, but I think Jonas will "get it" this year, with or without Cierre playing a full season. Best case is national champions, worst case is probably 8-4, which would be a huge disappointment.

 

[Whiskeyjack]

I really hope much wood was getting knocked as these posts were written.

 

[tommyIRISH23]

Best Case: ND goes undefeated and beats Bama in the NCG

Worst Case: We go 3-9/The Chicago Tribune releases a story with proof that Brian Kelly is having an affair with a nun whom is involved with paying players to lose games to cover her gambling problem with the wise guys.

 

[EddytoNow]

Best Case = 11-1 with a slip-up in the Michigan State, Southern Cal, or Stanford game. BCS bowl game victory for 12-1 season. Dominating victory over Navy.
Worst Case = 7-5 regular season with close losses to Michigan, Michigan State, Southern Cal, Navy, and one other team. Bowl victory over mediocre opponent for 8-5 record once again.

 

[nlroma1o]

Best Case: National Championship..... DUHHH!!!
Worst Case: Loosing to scUM and I cry myself to sleep for another year...

 

[Bogtrotter07]

Secondary is thin, but I think Jonas will "get it" this year, with or without Cierre playing a full season. Best case is national champions, worst case is probably 8-4, which would be a huge disappointment.

?????

 

[Old Man Mike]

Whiskey: lots of wood-rapping, of course --- but blame it on the OP. Such a thread demanded unpalatable visions.

But: best case scenario .--- we are undefeated and win the National Championship and all ascend into heaven, finding that we have been transformed into unbeatable athletes who win football games against purgatorial USC, Michigan, and Navy fans by 75 touchdowns, everyone rotating at QB and middle linebacker.

Worst case scenario: we go undefeated and win National Championship only to find that Reggie Bush is our our team, and, before we can protest, the 2012 apocalypse occurs condemning us to a place where we lose to USC and Navy every alternate Saturday, and all we get to play is Nose Tackle at 165 pounds.

 

[Kingbish01]

Best case: We run the table and play for NC and win.

Worst case: We run the table and get crushed in NC game.

 

[anarin]

I didn't even give mine

Best Case: We go undefeated. The stanford game comes down to the last drive where Crist hits Floyd on a Fade route in the corner of the end zone. We hit the National Championship game and win by 10. By signing day we have DGB, Marshall and Jones sign with us.

Worst Case: USF shocks us, Michigan State owns us, USC finds a way to beat us on a last second field goal and Stanford beats the breaks off of us. We finish 8-4 and we lose 3 prized recruits by signing day.

 

[ShakeDown]

Best: 11-1 with a 4-7 pt loss to Stanford... After a bone-jarring loss, USC's Kiffin loses a bet and must register as a sex offender in all states East of the Mississippi (not sure if you can actually register as a sex offender but you get the gist)

Worst: After a horrific 7 loss season (including a double overtime loss to UM and a 16pt loss to Navy) Te'o enters the draft and is selected by the Cowboys in the late 2nd round. We fail to land an elite RB, and Darby and Shepard jump ship and sign with FSU.