Predict your season vol. II

[]\/[GoBlue]

I posted this thread last year and it seemed to be a good one, so I thought I'd post it again.

Overall Record:
Wins:
Losses:
Toss up:
Offensive MVP:
Defensive MVP:
Bowl Game:
Best Tailgating Beer:
Inanimate object most likely to meet its demise:

Just like last year I wont predict your season, due to ignorance of your team, but unlike last year I wont predict our record either...new coach and all.


Overall Record:???
Wins/Losses per game:
Offensive MVPenard
Defensive MVP:Mike Martin
Bowl Game: ?????
Best Tailgating Beer: I'm in a high life kick right now
Inanimate object most likely to meet its demise: The remote has seen better days

 

[Whiskeyjack]

Overall Record: 11-2
Wins: USF, Pitt, Purdue, USC, Navy, WF, Maryland, BC
Losses: Stanford (narrowly), AF (because we'll drop a random game)
Toss up: UM, MSU
Offensive MVP: Cierre Wood (~1100, 6.3 YPC)
Defensive MVP: Darius Fleming (67 Tackles, 19.5 TFL, 11 sacks)
Bowl Game: Fiesta v. Boise State (win)
Best Tailgating Beer: Kiltlifter
Inanimate object most likely to meet its demise: my ottoman, though I expect it will see much less abuse this year.

 

[Meacon Irish]

Overall Record: 10-3
Wins: USF, UM, Purdue, AF, USC, Navy, WF, Maryland, BC
Losses: MSU, Pitt, Stanford
Toss up: USC, Pitt, MSU, Navy
Offensive MVP: Theo Riddick
Defensive MVP: Harrison Smith
Bowl Game: Champ Sports Bowl
Best Tailgating Beer: Budweiser
Inanimate object most likely to meet its demise: Remote control and/or sofa pillows

 

[Irish2015]

Overall Record: 10-3
Wins: USF, UM, Pitt, Purdue, USC, Navy, WF, Maryland, BC
Losses: Stanford, and AF
Toss up: MSU
Offensive MVP: Theo Riddick 1000+ yards recieving 7+ touchdowns
Defensive MVP: Harrison Smith (lots of tackles and interceptions)
Bowl Game: Fiesta v. Boise State
Best Tailgating Beer: -
Inanimate object most likely to meet its demise: My computer.

 

[Whiskeyjack]

Overall Record: 10-3
Wins: USF, UM, Pitt, Purdue, USC, Navy, WF, Maryland, BC
Losses: Stanford, and AF
Toss up: MSU
Offensive MVP: Theo Riddick 1000+ yards recieving 7+ touchdowns
Defensive MVP: Harrison Smith (lots of tackles and interceptions)
Bowl Game: Fiesta v. Boise State
Best Tailgating Beer: -
Inanimate object most likely to meet its demise: My computer.

You think we'll make the BCS as a 3-loss team? That would require absolute chaos among the top-25.

Edit: Just realized you could be predicting a loss to BSU. You'd put us in the BCS only to lose to Boise State!? WTF, man!

 

[Buster Bluth]

Overall Record: 12-1
Wins: Yes
Losses: Yes, one. Most likely USC or Michigan.
Toss up: All of them except Wake Forest.
Offensive MVP: Crist
Defensive MVP: Te'o
Bowl Game: Yes. BCS, too.
Best Tailgating Beer: A nice six pack of Guiness, then PBR to finish the job.
Inanimate object most likely to meet its demise: My phone.

 

[Riddickulous]

Overall Record: 10-3
Wins: USF, Michigan, Pitt, Purdue, AF, USC, Navy, WF, Maryland, BC
Losses: Stanford, Bowl
Toss Up: MSU
Offensive MVP: Michael Floyd
Defensive MVP: Manti Te'o
Bowl Game: Fiesta Bowl
Best Tailgating Beer: Mountain Dew
Inanimate object most likely to meet its demise: The remote

 

[Whiskeyjack]

Overall Record: 12-1

Bold. If that one loss comes against a surprisingly strong UM or USC, we'd be talking NC game.

Also, is it safe to assume that these 10-3/ BCS predictions are 10-2 with a BCS loss?

 

[fitz_bu47]

Overall Record:12-1
Wins: All of them.
Losses: None of them. (OU in title game)
Toss up: Michigan, MSU, USC, Navy, Stanford
Offensive MVP: Michael Floyd
Defensive MVP: Manti Te'o
Bowl Game: BCS National Title vs. Oklahoma
Best Tailgating Beer: Busch Light/Guinness
Inanimate object most likely to meet its demise: T.V., cell phone or bbq grill.

 

[Riddickulous]

Bold. If that one loss comes against a surprisingly strong UM or USC, we'd be talking NC game.

Also, is it safe to assume that these 10-3/ BCS predictions are 10-2 with a BCS loss?

Yes.

Many of us, myself included, are predicting a loss to Michigan State. Sparty is not BCS caliber. Alabama made them look like my old third grade flag football team. It depends on who we play in the bowl, but I have a hard time seeing us beating a BCS caliber program if we have trouble beating Sparty.

 

[]\/[GoBlue]

Best Tailgating Beer: Busch Light/Guinness

That is a horrid combination

 

[Cali_domer]

Overall Record: 8-5
Wins: USF, , Pitt, Purdue, AF, , Navy, WF, Maryland, BC
Losses: Stanford,USC, Michigan, MSU Bowl
Toss Up: MSU
Offensive MVP: Michael Floyd
Defensive MVP: Manti Te'o
Bowl Game: Sun Bowl or Toilet Bowl
Best Tailgating Beer: Pepsi
Inanimate object most likely to meet its demise: The Couch

 

[military_irish]

Overall Record: 26-0 because ND will beat teams double. Mentally and physically
Wins:all
Losses: none
Toss up: the coin at the beginning of the game
Offensive MVP: Floyd
Defensive MVP: Te'o
Bowl Game: National Championship
Best Tailgating Beer: no beer for me, Whiskey, Vodka, Rum in this belly
Inanimate object most likely to meet its demise: opposing teams helmets as the ND defense comes in contact with them

 

[fitz_bu47]

Horrid my arse sir!!!! A nice sixer (or four pack) of Guinness before about 12 busch lights makes for a great saturday.....if the game doesn't go well it might get washed down w/ some Jameson.

 

[ClausentoTate]

Overall Record: 11-2
Wins:
Losses: UM, bowl opponent
Toss up: Stanford
Offensive MVP: Floyd (1300, 15TD)
Defensive MVP: Ethan Johnson
Bowl Game: BCS (which one I don't know)
Best Tailgating Beer: Guiness + carbombs
Inanimate object most likely to meet its demise: Whatever glass I'm holding at the time

 

[Buster Bluth]

Bold. If that one loss comes against a surprisingly strong UM or USC, we'd be talking NC game.

I could see this team ending anywhere from 7-5 to 12-0. The truth is, no one here as a clue what will happen, might as well think they'll do well in August and be happy until it doesn't happen.

For the real record, 9-3 is my benchmark for an acceptable regular season.

Also, I think a lot of people are taking Michigan. A night game in the Big House is too mysterious for my liking.

 

[Whiskeyjack]

Many of us, myself included, are predicting a loss to Michigan State. Sparty is not BCS caliber. Alabama made them look like my old third grade flag football team. It depends on who we play in the bowl, but I have a hard time seeing us beating a BCS caliber program if we have trouble beating Sparty.

It doesn't work that way. By that logic, our losses to UM, Tulsa, and Navy signalled guaranteed failure against a ranked Utah, USC, and Miami. Yet we still beat those teams.

Vegas says we're likely to lose 2-3 games, so many of us will naturally pick our 2-3 toughest opponents (pre-season) as the likely losses: MSU, USC, and Stanford. Perfectly reasonable. I think we're likely to beat MSU and USC, lose narrowly to Stanford, and drop another random game (probably Air Force).

 

[adsnorri]

Overall Record: 12-1
Wins: USF, UM, Pitt, Purdue, AF, USC,
Navy, WF, Maryland, BC, stanford
Losses: MSU
Toss up:
Offensive MVP: tyler eifert
Defensive MVP: manti obviously, gary gray as a dark horse
Bowl Game: national championshio v. Lsu
Best Tailgating Beer: coors/ beam & coke
Inanimate object most likely to meet its
demise: my ottoman, think it will be fine though. Kelly says hes willing to bet anyone with his 22!

 

[ClausentoTate]

Overall Record: 8-5
Wins: USF, , Pitt, Purdue, AF, , Navy, WF, Maryland, BC
Losses: Stanford,USC, Michigan, MSU Bowl
Toss Up: MSU
Offensive MVP: Michael Floyd
Defensive MVP: Manti Te'o
Bowl Game: Sun Bowl or Tiolet Bowl
Best Tailgating Beer: Pepsi
Inanimate object most likely to meet its demise: The Couch

God I hope we don't drop every one of those games, like you think. That would make this season a complete failure in my eyes. If we win 3/5 of those I'd be alright. We'd also be 11-2 grin:

 

[irishtrain]

'Man' -I cant be that specific but right now I'm stuck on 9 1/2 wins and 2 1/2 loses. I think they will win the bowl game. Right now the offense is bothering me. Never imagined that under Kelly but if someone gets hurt the next guy in is reliable but not explosive. My loses are USF (already taken heat for that ) MSU and either Stanford or Maryland. If they beat Stanford and Maryland they should be in a BCS game. But once again I am preparing for a tough start against USF. Of course I would like to be dead wrong and see this defense smother people and make the offense's job a bit easy.

 

[irish1958]

No question: 13-0

 

[Veer option]

Overall Record: 9-4
Wins: Navy, USF, BC, AF, Terps, USC, WF, Pitt, and Purdue
Losses: MSU, UM, Stanford, Bowl loss
Toss up: Terps, USC, Bowl game
Offensive MVP: Floyd or Wood
Defensive MVP: Teo.
Bowl Game: Midlevel bowl game.
Best Tailgating Beer: Dechutes Brewery
Inanimate object most likely to meet its demise: Xbox controller.

 

[Whiskeyjack]

Overall Record: 9-4
Wins: Navy, USF, BC, AF, Terps, USC, WF, Pitt, and Purdue
Losses: MSU, UM, Stanford, Bowl loss
Toss up: Terps, USC, Bowl game
Offensive MVP: Floyd or Wood
Defensive MVP: Teo.
Bowl Game: Midlevel bowl game.
Best Tailgating Beer: Dechutes Brewery
Inanimate object most likely to meet its demise: Xbox controller.

An 8-4 or 9-3 finish virtually guarantees us a berth in the Champs Sports Bowl, in which we'd face the #3 ACC team. Most analysts are projecting that team as either NC State or Miami.

You think we'd lose in a bowl game against either of those teams? I don't.

 

[NDOM]

Overall Record: 9-4
Wins: S. Fla, Pitt, Pur, Usc, Wake, Mary, BC, Navy
Losses: Michigan, Michigan State, Air Force, Stanford
Toss up: Michigan State
Offensive MVP: Michael Floyd
Defensive MVP: Manti Teo
Bowl Game: Champs
Best Tailgating Beer: Guinness, The Poet
Inanimate object most likely to meet its demise: Wesley Pipes or Billy bong Thorton.

 

[Veer option]

You think we'd lose in a bowl game against either of those teams?

I would not be surprised. As you know, for a long time ND has had the stigma of not being able to beat teams that they should be mopping the floor with Navy, Syracuse, Uconn to name a few. Until ND starts to consistently beat teams like the aforementioned, I will remain cautiously optimistic on predicting wins against other teams that ND should be beating especially when it comes to a bowl game.

 

[Whiskeyjack]

I would not be surprised. As you know, for a long time ND has had the stigma of not being able to beat teams that they should be mopping the floor with Navy, Syracuse, Uconn to name a few. Until ND starts to consistently beat teams like the aforementioned, I will remain cautiously optimistic on predicting wins against other teams that ND shouldbe beating especially when it comes to a bowl game.

If we're good enough to get to the Champs Sports Bowl with our schedule, we're definitely good enough to beat either of those teams.

 

[BeauBenken]

Overall Record: 12-1 or 11-2 (USC Toss Up)
Wins: USF, UM, MSU, Pitt, Purdue, AF, USC, Navy, WF, Maryland, BC, Fiesta Bowl
Losses: Stanford (I want to say we don't lose this one, but I hate to get my hopes up for an undefeated season. The team was straight handled in this game last year too so it makes for the most logical loss this year.)
Toss up: USC, Stanford (We beat USC for the first time last year. They still have a **** ton of talent though. They will be tougher than MSU IMO though.)
Offensive MVP: Cierre Wood (~1100, 6.3 YPC)
Defensive MVP: Darius Fleming (76 Tackles, 19.5 TFL, 9.5 sacks, 2 INT) or Manti Te'o (156 Tackles, 8.5 TFL, 2 sacks, 3 INT)
Bowl Game: Fiesta v. Boise State
Best Tailgating Beer: N/A
Inanimate object most likely to meet its demise: Computer chair. I think it's the last piece of furniture I broke. I snapped off the wheels while slamming it on the floor. I have a bit of a temper.

Oh and yes, we go to the Fiesta Bowl against Boise either way. lol

 

[TDHeysus]

Overall Record: 12-1 (cant believe im saying that)
Wins: USF, UM, Pitt, Purdue, AF, USC, Navy, WF, Maryland, BC
Losses: Stanford
Toss up: All except WF, Maryland, Purdont
Offensive MVP: Michael Floyd (Cierre Wood)
Defensive MVP: Harrison Smith (Manti Te'o)
Bowl Game: BCS (they will win, too)
Best Tailgating Beer: Corona
Inanimate object most likely to meet its demise: anything that resembles Tom Hammond is getting pummeled this year.

 

[notredomer23]

12-1
Loss to Stanford or Pitt
Beat Boise or FSU in the Fiesta or Orange
offensive mvp: Riddick
defensive mvp: Harrison Smith
Tailgate drink: mellow yellow
Demise-My pilllows

 

[Whiskeyjack]

Do all these people predicting 11-1 regular season records realize that could easily put us in the NC game?

It seems unlikely that we'll have multiple undefeated teams this season (Boise State and TCU excepted), so depending on when, how, and against whom that loss comes, ND would have a strong case to play for the MNC.