Imo, a court is not likely to make Mensah play for Duke or forbid him playing for Miami. (Of course, he might decide to do that.) The fight will be about how much money he/Miami will have to pay Duke. Duke might argue it should more than 'normal' in this situation because the timing of his...
The scheduling this year was definitely bad. But I don't know of a future (or, for that matter, past) schedule where we play our two toughest opponents first. I don't know who signed off on that.
Apparently he doesn't practice on the field as much as other coaches. Could that explain the lack of injuries? It seemed like a lot of the big injuries last year happened in camp.
Apart from Carr improving, our defense and OL were functional by the end of the season. And maybe the OC decides to give the ball to the Heisman candidate RB a little more often.
He was probably joking about Rudy. And who cares what he says about ND? Even if they lose, frankly, the available evidence indicates they are superior to ND this season. If we win a title, things change. No reason that can't happen soon.
It's true that the late shifts in the rankings, especially Bama jumping us, were not responsive to actual events on the field. Did anyone watch Bama play Auburn? Or OU play LSU? And then when Bama got smoked by UGA, ND (not Bama) drops again? Huh? The contrived explanations obviously suggested...
Among the worst losses in recent ND history because its consequences. The coaches/team didn't seem ready, especially on defense. Oh, and the timing of the first two games was the result of awful scheduling.