mvanbv00
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As a Purdue student that wore ND gear to class today you can guess I got an earful of $hit from everyone. I was mainly asked two questions:
1. If ND can barely squeak by teams like Pitt and Purdue (the students here hate the football program this year because we suck), what makes you think that you can hang with any team like Oregon or Bama?
I didn't quite know what to say about this. My explanation was that we had jet-lag so we didn't play so well against Purdue. Everyone jumped on my case immediately and said "Typical ND fan, always making excuses" "What do you expect, he's a ND fan, of course he has excuses"... I just countered with ND has the toughest schedule of the top few teams and we don't play any $hitty FCS schools like Bama, LSU, etc. AND we are STILL the only qualified team that is undefeated, even with our schedule.
2. What makes you think you can actually beat Bama?
I was laughed at and mocked when I said I honestly thought we could beat Bama. Well, we weren't supposed to be able to hang with that tough MSU team, weren't supposed to be able to keep up with the speed of that lightning quick Miami team, Stanford is just too tough for us, Oklohoma is just too good of a team. No on gave us a chance all year, yet we wound up at this point undefeated.
So they say "Bama is a whole different animal, they are way too tough for ND".
One of the people I was talking to at this point is on the Purdue team and he is just amazed with our front 7. That led me into my point of how we have one of the best, if not the best, defenses in the country. And if our offense plays to it's potential, we can play with anyone in the country.
A LOT of hate for ND here at Purdue. I guess I shouldn't be surprised though. Just the typical hate and misconceptions about our team this year that I see and hear all around. It's just a matter of perspective. No one outside the program gave us a chance all year, why should that change now.
1. If ND can barely squeak by teams like Pitt and Purdue (the students here hate the football program this year because we suck), what makes you think that you can hang with any team like Oregon or Bama?
I didn't quite know what to say about this. My explanation was that we had jet-lag so we didn't play so well against Purdue. Everyone jumped on my case immediately and said "Typical ND fan, always making excuses" "What do you expect, he's a ND fan, of course he has excuses"... I just countered with ND has the toughest schedule of the top few teams and we don't play any $hitty FCS schools like Bama, LSU, etc. AND we are STILL the only qualified team that is undefeated, even with our schedule.
2. What makes you think you can actually beat Bama?
I was laughed at and mocked when I said I honestly thought we could beat Bama. Well, we weren't supposed to be able to hang with that tough MSU team, weren't supposed to be able to keep up with the speed of that lightning quick Miami team, Stanford is just too tough for us, Oklohoma is just too good of a team. No on gave us a chance all year, yet we wound up at this point undefeated.
So they say "Bama is a whole different animal, they are way too tough for ND".
One of the people I was talking to at this point is on the Purdue team and he is just amazed with our front 7. That led me into my point of how we have one of the best, if not the best, defenses in the country. And if our offense plays to it's potential, we can play with anyone in the country.
A LOT of hate for ND here at Purdue. I guess I shouldn't be surprised though. Just the typical hate and misconceptions about our team this year that I see and hear all around. It's just a matter of perspective. No one outside the program gave us a chance all year, why should that change now.
