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Counting my ‘bet against ND’ winnings
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Something fun I have liked doing for about five years now, three years on ESPN’s message boards and last year on IE. Hope you all enjoy… some serious, some not so much, feel free to add where you see fit. Here you go…
Heading into the season there are a few things we all know are just going to happen... even if we don’t want to admit it… Here’s what to expect out of the upcoming season, and a few things to think about…
1.) The University of Oregon will continue to have to most intense combination of ugly uniforms and annoying fans in the entire country.
2.) U.S.C. will lose two games in the regular season, despite this Mike Garrett will kick and scream like a two year old who lost his candy when SC doesn’t get a spot in the National Title Game.
3.) New Mexico State will give Boise, New Mexico and Hawaii all they can handle and should surprise many by earning a spot in a bowl game.
4.) South Carolina will continue their push towards joining Notre Dame as the most hated team throughout the South. Except more wins this year will only intensify Spurrier U’s climb in bitter hater’s hearts everywhere.
5.) Wake Forest will go from first to worst in the Atlantic Division immediately starting sites like FireGrobe.com.
6.) Remember during the late 1990’s Mississippi State consistently contended in the SEC and even played for an SEC crown one year?? What the hell happened to that program? Slyvester Croom and his team will continue to be this man’s national sentimental favorite. Except this year, there just might be a ray of hope.
7.) Don’t look now, The convicts... They’re Baaaacck!
8.) On that note, maybe the only day all year I’ll be flipping to and from a Notre Dame game will be Sept. 8th. Watch out for the winner of the Oklahoma/Miami game. Also on Sept. 8th, college football fans everywhere will be following closely as Virginia Tech travels to Baton Rouge. If the Hokies can somehow pull off a win against LSU… better buy an extra box of tissues and start working on that script boys and girls, the Hokies will be undefeated heading into November, but by then it won’t be just college football fans taking notice.
9.) Sept. 1st Georgia Tech has NO CHANCE!!! You hear that Yellow Jackets?? NO CHANCE!!
10.) The best uniforms in college football outside of South Bend will continue to reside in Chapel Hill.
11.) Welcome back to the “good ole days,” all of the big three Florida schools should win nine plus games, the winner of FSU, Miami may very well play for the National Title.
12.) Even CJ Spiller and co. won’t save Baby Bowden this year. The Clemson faithful will finally get their wish, by year’s end Bowden gets the boot.
13.) Notre Dame once again will play a top twenty schedule, but if they survive it and make a bowl of any regard, a nation of haters will insist it’s due to favoritism and that the Irish played nothing but service academies.
14.) Boston College could very well be undefeated when they travel to South Bend. It’s gonna be real fun derailing Fredo’s season. They won’t win many games after they leave South Bend, we of course must take full credit for this…
15.) James Aldridge will have a much greater impact than most now give him credit for, oh and this just in, Sam Young is good.
16.) UCLA fans will finally accept Karl Dorrell. The battle for L.A. this year will be epic like never before, splitting families throughout the south land in half. Those family members with half a brain will be in baby blue, those with no heart or those in the state penitentiary will be wearing mustard.
17.) tOSU will play one meaningful regular season game all year, and in that game Michigan will ass-hammer them.
18.) Boise State may very well go undefeated again, and if they do it will cause the biggest crisis the BCS has faced to date.
19.) The Big East will be innovative, high scoring and very entertaining, but their integrity and place in the BCS will continue to be challenged… rightfully so??
20.) Darren McFadden will not gain 1500 yards this season, and Arkansas will not win ten games.
21.) Many top level programs will continue to get away with murder right in the face of the NCAA. All while SMU, Alabama, Washington and others look on and think, “Wait, what?!”
22.) Notre Dame does not play on Nov. 8th but TCU does travel to Provo. Circle that game; it’ll be the best non BCS conference game all year.
23.) The Iron Bowl may very well decide the SEC West, yet strangely the Egg Bowl will continue to be more interesting.
24.) The Missouri Tigers will cruise to their first ever Big 12 title game and maybe even win it. Staying in the “Border War,” Kansas will top the seven win mark for the first time since 1995.
25.) Last year I called for the ACC to ascend to the SEC’s equal in competitiveness, ah… ops?? This year I’m not that bold but they will return to top level status as Va. Tech, the U and FSU will all be national players.
26.) Wisconsin will NOT win ten plus games this year. Iowa on the other hand very well might, the reason you ask? Iowa and Wisky basic trade schedules from last year.
27.) Remember when the MAC and Sun Belt conferences mattered??........ me neither.
28.) The Pac 10 is the second strongest conference in the country, though no one east of the Colorado will ever admit it.
29.) Haters everywhere will make any excuse they possibly can about why Notre Dame isn’t the greatest college football program ever, they will go to such absurd heights and make such ludicrous claims they will only go so far as to prove Notre Dame’s hold over the CFB landscape.
30.) Closing note… The eventual 1988 National Champion University of Notre Dame Football team opened its season;
- Void of numerous senior leaders from the year before…
- With a new defensive coordinator and advanced scheme…
- An offense that was filled with unquestioned high school talent at various positions, very few of whom had proven a thing at the college level.
- With a young and somewhat unproven QB; many felt the questions at that position would cost the Irish a handful of big games.
- Under a third year coach who had taken over for a disastrous predecessor.
- Being viewed as a work in process, recruiting was going well but the team was obviously still a year or two away.
- facing a nightmare of a schedule.
- hearing West Virginia was the nation’s team full of young talent that every one should be looking out for.
-starting a sophomore defensive back who would end up leaving a lasting impression.
- hearing its defensive interior would be the team’s downfall.
- with slew of talented running backs, all of whom highly regarded out of High School, but none of whom had yet to prove themselves on the field.
-hearing detractors everywhere saying Notre Dame’s glory was forever in the past.
- with the shadow of a recently departed Heisman hyped Irish legend hovering over the entire team.
- with a number of special teams questions, including the stability at kicker and who would emerge as the main return man.
- with a 5’10” true freshman back who ranked among the nation’s fastest in high school.
- adjusting to nation wide rule changes in college football.
- with more uncertainty than answers.
- with a hardnosed junior fullback who would become one of the teams true leaders, on and off the field.
- with a 6’5” plus, 270 plus, backup linemen with a distinctly eastern block name.
- with a head coach that some viewed as too brash and or coarse for the University of Notre Dame.
- with a 5’10’’ speed demon who wore number 25.
- being simply too young to gel in time to overcome the difficult start to the season.
- with the player wearing the number 9 as the heart and soul of its team.
I ask you all now, where is our 5’4” “Ho” of a kicker??... It’s all we need… Go Irish!
Heading into the season there are a few things we all know are just going to happen... even if we don’t want to admit it… Here’s what to expect out of the upcoming season, and a few things to think about…
1.) The University of Oregon will continue to have to most intense combination of ugly uniforms and annoying fans in the entire country.
2.) U.S.C. will lose two games in the regular season, despite this Mike Garrett will kick and scream like a two year old who lost his candy when SC doesn’t get a spot in the National Title Game.
3.) New Mexico State will give Boise, New Mexico and Hawaii all they can handle and should surprise many by earning a spot in a bowl game.
4.) South Carolina will continue their push towards joining Notre Dame as the most hated team throughout the South. Except more wins this year will only intensify Spurrier U’s climb in bitter hater’s hearts everywhere.
5.) Wake Forest will go from first to worst in the Atlantic Division immediately starting sites like FireGrobe.com.
6.) Remember during the late 1990’s Mississippi State consistently contended in the SEC and even played for an SEC crown one year?? What the hell happened to that program? Slyvester Croom and his team will continue to be this man’s national sentimental favorite. Except this year, there just might be a ray of hope.
7.) Don’t look now, The convicts... They’re Baaaacck!
8.) On that note, maybe the only day all year I’ll be flipping to and from a Notre Dame game will be Sept. 8th. Watch out for the winner of the Oklahoma/Miami game. Also on Sept. 8th, college football fans everywhere will be following closely as Virginia Tech travels to Baton Rouge. If the Hokies can somehow pull off a win against LSU… better buy an extra box of tissues and start working on that script boys and girls, the Hokies will be undefeated heading into November, but by then it won’t be just college football fans taking notice.
9.) Sept. 1st Georgia Tech has NO CHANCE!!! You hear that Yellow Jackets?? NO CHANCE!!
10.) The best uniforms in college football outside of South Bend will continue to reside in Chapel Hill.
11.) Welcome back to the “good ole days,” all of the big three Florida schools should win nine plus games, the winner of FSU, Miami may very well play for the National Title.
12.) Even CJ Spiller and co. won’t save Baby Bowden this year. The Clemson faithful will finally get their wish, by year’s end Bowden gets the boot.
13.) Notre Dame once again will play a top twenty schedule, but if they survive it and make a bowl of any regard, a nation of haters will insist it’s due to favoritism and that the Irish played nothing but service academies.
14.) Boston College could very well be undefeated when they travel to South Bend. It’s gonna be real fun derailing Fredo’s season. They won’t win many games after they leave South Bend, we of course must take full credit for this…
15.) James Aldridge will have a much greater impact than most now give him credit for, oh and this just in, Sam Young is good.
16.) UCLA fans will finally accept Karl Dorrell. The battle for L.A. this year will be epic like never before, splitting families throughout the south land in half. Those family members with half a brain will be in baby blue, those with no heart or those in the state penitentiary will be wearing mustard.
17.) tOSU will play one meaningful regular season game all year, and in that game Michigan will ass-hammer them.
18.) Boise State may very well go undefeated again, and if they do it will cause the biggest crisis the BCS has faced to date.
19.) The Big East will be innovative, high scoring and very entertaining, but their integrity and place in the BCS will continue to be challenged… rightfully so??
20.) Darren McFadden will not gain 1500 yards this season, and Arkansas will not win ten games.
21.) Many top level programs will continue to get away with murder right in the face of the NCAA. All while SMU, Alabama, Washington and others look on and think, “Wait, what?!”
22.) Notre Dame does not play on Nov. 8th but TCU does travel to Provo. Circle that game; it’ll be the best non BCS conference game all year.
23.) The Iron Bowl may very well decide the SEC West, yet strangely the Egg Bowl will continue to be more interesting.
24.) The Missouri Tigers will cruise to their first ever Big 12 title game and maybe even win it. Staying in the “Border War,” Kansas will top the seven win mark for the first time since 1995.
25.) Last year I called for the ACC to ascend to the SEC’s equal in competitiveness, ah… ops?? This year I’m not that bold but they will return to top level status as Va. Tech, the U and FSU will all be national players.
26.) Wisconsin will NOT win ten plus games this year. Iowa on the other hand very well might, the reason you ask? Iowa and Wisky basic trade schedules from last year.
27.) Remember when the MAC and Sun Belt conferences mattered??........ me neither.
28.) The Pac 10 is the second strongest conference in the country, though no one east of the Colorado will ever admit it.
29.) Haters everywhere will make any excuse they possibly can about why Notre Dame isn’t the greatest college football program ever, they will go to such absurd heights and make such ludicrous claims they will only go so far as to prove Notre Dame’s hold over the CFB landscape.
30.) Closing note… The eventual 1988 National Champion University of Notre Dame Football team opened its season;
- Void of numerous senior leaders from the year before…
- With a new defensive coordinator and advanced scheme…
- An offense that was filled with unquestioned high school talent at various positions, very few of whom had proven a thing at the college level.
- With a young and somewhat unproven QB; many felt the questions at that position would cost the Irish a handful of big games.
- Under a third year coach who had taken over for a disastrous predecessor.
- Being viewed as a work in process, recruiting was going well but the team was obviously still a year or two away.
- facing a nightmare of a schedule.
- hearing West Virginia was the nation’s team full of young talent that every one should be looking out for.
-starting a sophomore defensive back who would end up leaving a lasting impression.
- hearing its defensive interior would be the team’s downfall.
- with slew of talented running backs, all of whom highly regarded out of High School, but none of whom had yet to prove themselves on the field.
-hearing detractors everywhere saying Notre Dame’s glory was forever in the past.
- with the shadow of a recently departed Heisman hyped Irish legend hovering over the entire team.
- with a number of special teams questions, including the stability at kicker and who would emerge as the main return man.
- with a 5’10” true freshman back who ranked among the nation’s fastest in high school.
- adjusting to nation wide rule changes in college football.
- with more uncertainty than answers.
- with a hardnosed junior fullback who would become one of the teams true leaders, on and off the field.
- with a 6’5” plus, 270 plus, backup linemen with a distinctly eastern block name.
- with a head coach that some viewed as too brash and or coarse for the University of Notre Dame.
- with a 5’10’’ speed demon who wore number 25.
- being simply too young to gel in time to overcome the difficult start to the season.
- with the player wearing the number 9 as the heart and soul of its team.
I ask you all now, where is our 5’4” “Ho” of a kicker??... It’s all we need… Go Irish!
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