Navy

[IrishChris209]

Lose to Navy AGAIN. Come on this is so crazy. All this BCS talk we are NOT THAT GOOD. I fell like I am at a Basketball game "Over Rated .....Over Rated....."Any of the top 3 Sec teams would DESTROY us. We would get DRILLED by 30 plus(even against Alabama) .On the positie note maybe they can play in the Music City or Liberty Bowl so I can go see Jimmy before he goes Pro !

 

[KajuNM]

Remember when Powlus played (I can't remember the year) I think the team went 8-3? And they skipped a bowl game, because the team didn't think that they deserved to go to a bowl game. Well do you think this team deserves go to a low level bowl game?

 

[IrishChris209]

they went to Hawaii and that is not the Sugar...lol

 

[Irish74]

Remember when Powlus played (I can't remember the year) I think the team went 8-3? And they skipped a bowl game, because the team didn't think that they deserved to go to a bowl game. Well do you think this team deserves go to a low level bowl game?

I don't see why not, they're not a BSC team. Does BC going around saying BSC or bust? We are no better of a program right now than BC or WV or Pitt. If they would play in the Papa John's bowl then we should as well.

 

[PCloud76]

You people are pointless. You guys know that this is was a pretty decent Navy team that almost beat Ohio right? Stop throwing the season away because of this. We can still win every game we got left on the schedule, because we are a good football team, and we can get into a decent bowl.

 

[devolg]

You people are pointless. You guys know that this is was a pretty decent Navy team that almost beat Ohio right? Stop throwing the season away because of this. We can still win every game we got left on the schedule, because we are a good football team, and we can get into a decent bowl.

I wouldn't get too far ahead of yourself there. Remaining 3 teams are as good or better than Navy. I saw nothing today that gave me any reason to not believe that any one of these games could end up in the L column.

 

[PCloud76]

Fact of the matter is we should have won this game. We just didn't execute. But that's football, things sometimes don't go the way you want it to, and you just gotta keep fighting. We got a chance against Pitt, in fact we can win big over Pitt.

 

[PADOMERNUT]

Remember when Powlus played (I can't remember the year) I think the team went 8-3? And they skipped a bowl game, because the team didn't think that they deserved to go to a bowl game. Well do you think this team deserves go to a low level bowl game?

Completely wrong. They didnt go to a bowl that year because Lou's stance was if they couldnt go to one of the big bowl games then it was beneath them to go.

 

[HereComeTheIrish]

Completely wrong. They didnt go to a bowl that year because Lou's stance was if they couldnt go to one of the big bowl games then it was beneath them to go.

Not so fast my friend...

It would have cost them more money to go to the game in transportations, hotels, grub etc...than what the bowl was paying out...I think the figure was something like 900K in the hole when all was said and done.

ND is no different than anywhere else....it's a business.

 

[IrishChris209]

Not so fast my friend...

It would have cost them more money to go to the game in transportation's, hotels, grub etc...than what the bowl was paying out...I think the figure was something like 900K in the hole when all was said and done.

ND is no different than anywhere else....it's a business.

Then why would any team do that ?

 

[HereComeTheIrish]

Then why would any team do that ?

Because every team is not Notre Dame....We can afford not to.

 

[tankjeep]

navy is....

navy is....

actually better than what you people think.

sorry to dig this up, but all week it's been bothering me that so many people thought we should've walked all over this team, but navy's record speaks otherwise.

they were 6-3 coming into this game. their three losses were to ohios state (ranked top 15 i think?), pitt (who we are playing this weekend and are ranked 8th) and to temple.

now before you go off and say "temple, wft??!?!!?".....temple is bowl eligible this season for the first time in a long time (since '79) and they are 6-2 with losses coming by way of villanova and penn state. villanova (even though a fcs team) is 8-1.....which to me says they are a good football team. and each season since their coach arrived in '07 temple have improved record wise. so they are a team on the rise with something to prove.

so my point being....that navy is a very solid and well coached football team. when you play a team like that, you can't make mistakes and have to play a near perfect game. especially when they are clicking and their rythm is in full flow. who knows they may have had a bad game (like we did against them) vs. temple. all i know is that their other losses were against very respectable opponents in pitt and ohio state.

i wouldn't sell this navy team short by no means. they may not have the pure football players like we recruit, but like notre dame the academic requirements are pretty tough. so, these navy boys aren't dummies. combine that with a big heart and some pretty good athleticism.....you get a pretty darn good football team.

i wasn't happy with this loss, but i'm not going to say it should've been a cake walk.

 

[BeatSC]

I wouldn't get too far ahead of yourself there. Remaining 3 teams are as good or better than Navy. I saw nothing today that gave me any reason to not believe that any one of these games could end up in the L column.

Yes they could wind up as losses but could they all end up as wins? This team has alot on the line still maybe even a very slim chance of a BCS game. Playing in ANY bowl game is critical to the continued growth of a prgram. I think we saw that in Hawaii. It allows a team to practice as a team for another month. ND will go anywhere they are invited but
6-6 may be played with an interim coach.