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  1. Old Man Mike

    '22 IA TE Eli Raridon (Notre Dame Signee)

    For as good as Raridon is, I'm utterly boggled by his whole-body-spatial unawareness during the simple act of running. Had it been one time, well, OK. But .... reminds me of the goof-headed Bball players who step out of bounds when catching or dribbling. (I was a mediocre player compared to a...
  2. Old Man Mike

    Joe Rudolph - Offensive Line Coach

    He actually should come back. I believe (purely amateur opinion here) that the pros will be concerned about whether he has the necessary strength. Maybe one more year growing into his "man-strength" might give him a career chance. He has the smarts and the attitude and the dependability and all...
  3. Old Man Mike

    2025-2026 Notre Dame Women's Basketball

    I hope so. We still need to see that on the college court. And, as to that: Bigs. We're still short-ish compared to power programs. I looked at the TCU roster to whom Miles transferred. They have FOUR scholarship athletes 6'6" or taller.
  4. Old Man Mike

    Joe Rudolph - Offensive Line Coach

    I'd find that "interesting" and entertaining. (I've been asking for an old-time "Stanford heavy package" with a giant fullback-type for a while. We don't do that though.)
  5. Old Man Mike

    2025 College Football Playoffs

    Re' Reesus: I get the alternative way of thinking. My (overly optimistic?) view is that we even in a loss would play OSUs ass off, and others wouldn't. Good football people would remember that, even if internet fans wouldn't.
  6. Old Man Mike

    Joe Rudolph - Offensive Line Coach

    Bane is correct. The exception would be a superstar fully operational and with time to resonate together with teammates with whom he has already had good cohesion. My guess is, however, that the arm bone injury is far more difficult to fully strengthen than the pec-muscle injury (which is what I...
  7. Old Man Mike

    2025 College Football Playoffs

    Since playing in the tournament is just as good for me, wherever we finish other than winning a championship, I'll stick to my minority opinion: I don't care how "soon" we get Ohio State. We either beat them or we don't. IF we beat them, then we get "their seed" bracket from then on. Earlier in...
  8. Old Man Mike

    2025 College Football Playoffs

    We want to be ranked ahead of everyone we can be every week. That psychologically establishes that the Committee doesn't want anyone last minute jumping us. Stay ahead of OU. Get ahead of Alabama. Get ready to jump Ole Miss and Oregon.
  9. Old Man Mike

    2025-2026 Notre Dame Women's Basketball

    Believe me; I hated writing that. But it's what I saw.
  10. Old Man Mike

    Joe Rudolph - Offensive Line Coach

    Please coaching staff: I like that you think that CJ is our QB. In all situations. Don't change that.
  11. Old Man Mike

    2025-2026 Notre Dame Women's Basketball

    The game was unwatchable. We are really below par for a ACC team. It would not surprise me if we won very few games in the league. Why? A. No one on this team can shoot. Almost from any distance. Astounding. B. No one on this team can rebound. (Michigan is NOT a big team, nor a particularly...
  12. Old Man Mike

    Any "Preppers" Out There?

    All your posts did were to disparage. What did you expect in return? Our spiritual covenant, which we would all sign and occasionally remind ourselves of in community, would however encourage us to welcome you and your family if you needed a good meal and an overnight as you pursued your...
  13. Old Man Mike

    Any "Preppers" Out There?

    We had elaborate social mechanisms well thought through.We were not idealistic children
  14. Old Man Mike

    Any "Preppers" Out There?

    If what you're facing is Mad Max Apocalyptic World, then you're just screwed, especially if you're alone. Go and be well with that future scenario. Our view was a future with the majority culture stumbling "forward" in its somewhat miserable dollars-focus materialism, while we turn away from...
  15. Old Man Mike

    Any "Preppers" Out There?

    My take is not the usual prep-popular one, but my feelings were (twenty years ago in my 60s) that the best way to live, period, (catastrophe or not) would be to be part of a small (100 person?) eco-village based upon Gospel of Love and neighborliness type principles. The eco-village would be...
  16. Old Man Mike

    2025-2026 Notre Dame Women's Basketball

    I saw Maria Jilian from Western Michigan University get 10 steals in two different games. She was the best I'd ever seen, male or female, at this. Hannah's 16 is a boggler. Maria used to utterly terrorize opposing point guards, to where they'd throw the ball to anyone else to avoid the...
  17. Old Man Mike

    Any "Preppers" Out There?

    Making your home(stead) as self-sufficient (not just a large storage container) as possible must be the Base (just as Bluto said.) All intelligent planners know that. THE base is energy sufficiency. So, whether "perfect" or not, the only things that you can count on when the Big System goes down...
  18. Old Man Mike

    2025-2026 Notre Dame Women's Basketball

    And for THAT type of double/double it just might the largest totals in Bball history.
  19. Old Man Mike

    2025 College Football Playoffs

    This possibly just got easy. I believe that all we need is to win out, and root for both Alabama and Georgia to eliminate Texas and Oklahoma this week. Then, no matter what happens with the Tech/BYU dance, we're still in. The committee likes us. They are not going to let any three loss team in...
  20. Old Man Mike

    2025-2026 Notre Dame Women's Basketball

    Cowles is tall enough, but has no history of bulk rebounding. Maybe she can be convinced to wade in there.
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