The Notre Dame "hella-hype"

[IrishLax]

Louisville finished 7-6 last year... in the Big East... and is ranked #25 in the AP poll. ND is unranked finishing 8-5 with 4 of the 5 losses coming against a top 5, 2 top 10, and a top 25 teams. Louisville lost to Marshall and Florida International last year. FSU, who came into the bowl game against ND with an equivalent 8-4 record and barely won by 4 points as Tommy Rees threw an interception in the endzone, is ranked #7.

Anyone (looking at you Rick Reilly) who thinks ND gets undeserved hype is at best a conscious hater and at worst a complete moron incapable of processing factual information.

 

[Rack Em]

Fantastic

 

[Yes]

If you want to hear an even bigger joke, Michigan got a #1 vote. MICHIGAN.

 

[DomerInHappyValley]

6-7 osu is ranked 18th.
Somehow scUM got a first place vote.
8-5 Texas is 15th
7-6 Florida is 24th.
Me thinks the media wants to be able to say see we didn't rank them their overrated

 

[Irishnuke]

Preseason polls are complete bullshiit. I'm glad ND isn't ranked. Unfortunately it won't stop idiots from saying ND is overrated.

 

[Ultimate Penn St. Hater]

Great points Lax. There shouldn't be pre-season polls.

 

[Rack Em]

Great points Lax. There shouldn't be pre-season polls.

The BCS had a few things right in my opinion, waiting until week 6 or whatever to publish their first poll was one of them.

 

[IrishJayhawk]

The BCS had a few things right in my opinion, waiting until week 6 or whatever to publish their first poll was one of them.

No one would stand for that. The preseason polls generate all kinds of interest (read: this thread). But, I agree that they mean absolutely nothing.

 

[Nothingman]

If you want to hear an even bigger joke, Michigan got a #1 vote. MICHIGAN.

Saw this too. Seriously, WTF? Hopefully Bama is firing on all cylinders week 1 and puts an end to that voter's delusional thinking.

 

[yankeeND]

I hear ya LAX! Same old song and dance. If we start out 4-0 none of it will matter.

 

[NDhoosier]

Does Brady Hoke have a vote?

 

[tadman95]

I still haven't figured out Reilly's article. Anyone that follows college football has some sense of where things stand. I can't figure out his motives now other than the start of the season is near annd things are a little slow for him.

It seemed like a personal attack to me. I've never been a Reilly fan but I didn't necessarily dislike him. His stuff seemed like fluffy, lighthearted journalism. I don't remember anything that struck me as hard work, deep digging reporting. I guess I figured he had a decent TV presence and would tell these little stories of interest. Never associated him as a heavyweight beyond tv appearances. May be I was wrong.

Well, maybe I wasn't.

 

[tommyIRISH23]

Louisville finished 7-6 last year... in the Big East... and is ranked #25 in the AP poll. ND is unranked finishing 8-5 with 4 of the 5 losses coming against a top 5, 2 top 10, and a top 25 teams. Louisville lost to Marshall and Florida International last year. FSU, who came into the bowl game against ND with an equivalent 8-4 record and barely won by 4 points as Tommy Rees threw an interception in the endzone, is ranked #7.

Anyone (looking at you Rick Reilly) who thinks ND gets undeserved hype is at best a conscious hater and at worst a complete moron incapable of processing factual information.

I was looking at the AP Poll earlier and thinking the samething. For once, the coaches poll actually reconizes the potential of ND. I, for the life of me, could not figure out how FSU is ranked 7 when ND lost by 4. What questions has Texas answered about its football program? Louisville...what the ****?

Yeah. ND is annually overrated. And if my aunt had a dick she'd be my uncle.

 

[tommyIRISH23]

Saw this too. Seriously, WTF? Hopefully Bama is firing on all cylinders week 1 and puts an end to that voter's delusional thinking.

I hope Michigan upsets bama, and then ND beats Michigan like it should have last season. Rick Reilly would have a stroke

 

[tommyIRISH23]

I still haven't figured out Reilly's article. Anyone that follows college football has some sense of where things stand. I can't figure out his motives now other than the start of the season is near annd things are a little slow for him.

It seemed like a personal attack to me. I've never been a Reilly fan but I didn't necessarily dislike him. His stuff seemed like fluffy, lighthearted journalism. I don't remember anything that struck me as hard work, deep digging reporting. I guess I figured he had a decent TV presence and would tell these little stories of interest. Never associated him as a heavyweight beyond tv appearances. May be I was wrong.

Well, maybe I wasn't.

Yeah I don't know where this came from. It's not like the media, or CFB is hyping ND up this season. Most give them, at best, somewhere around 7 wins. Even last season, pundits were cautious with ND. I don't know, maybe hes going through a midlife crisis or a divorce and needs an outlet for his rage.

 

[NDPhilly]

Eric Hansen South Bend Tribune
Week Team Rank
1
Alabama 1
Southern Cal 2
LSU 3
Oregon 4
South Carolina 5
Wisconsin 6
Oklahoma 7
Virginia Tech 8
Georgia 9
Michigan St. 10
Texas 11
Arkansas 12
Clemson 13
TCU 14
Michigan 15
Stanford 16
Oklahoma St. 17
Florida St. 18
Nebraska 19
West Virginia 20
Boise St. 21
Ohio St. 22
Texas A&M 23
Florida 24
Notre Dame 25
RETURN TO MAIN PAGE

 

[tommyIRISH23]

Eric Hansen South Bend Tribune
Week Team Rank
1
Alabama 1
Southern Cal 2
LSU 3
Oregon 4
South Carolina 5
Wisconsin 6
Oklahoma 7
Virginia Tech 8
Georgia 9
Michigan St. 10
Texas 11
Arkansas 12
Clemson 13
TCU 14
Michigan 15
Stanford 16
Oklahoma St. 17
Florida St. 18
Nebraska 19
West Virginia 20
Boise St. 21
Ohio St. 22
Texas A&M 23
Florida 24
Notre Dame 25
RETURN TO MAIN PAGE

I hope Michigan beats Alabama. Itd be awesome to see ND knock off a top 3 team at night.

 

[GreatGolson]

I hope Michigan beats Alabama. Itd be awesome to see ND knock off a top 3 team at night.

It wont happen, but if both teams were undefeated by that game the hype would be at 05 USC levels

 

[Rhode Irish]

Louisville finished 7-6 last year... in the Big East... and is ranked #25 in the AP poll. ND is unranked finishing 8-5 with 4 of the 5 losses coming against a top 5, 2 top 10, and a top 25 teams. Louisville lost to Marshall and Florida International last year. FSU, who came into the bowl game against ND with an equivalent 8-4 record and barely won by 4 points as Tommy Rees threw an interception in the endzone, is ranked #7.

Anyone (looking at you Rick Reilly) who thinks ND gets undeserved hype is at best a conscious hater and at worst a complete moron incapable of processing factual information.

Great post, Lax. My biggest issue with Golic's response to Reilly was that he did not make any of this case. Don't get me wrong, I'm glad he said what he said, but I did think it was a tad defensive because his main point was "how can you blame ND?" or "it's not ND's fault" and I thought there was a good case to make attacking Reilly's points directly. What overhype? What treatment "like Lombardi's Packers"? Too many people just accept these ideas as true without any real examination of how the facts line up with the claims.

 

[IrishBlood81]

I am so glad we are un-ranked! Can only go up from there. I've hated it the last few years where we are ranked and then totally disappoint.

 

[magogian]

I am so glad we are un-ranked! Can only go up from there.

Oh, I don't know. I thought they gave us a negative ranking in Weiss' 3 and 9 year . . .

I do not understand Louisville at 25.

 

[johnnykillz]

If you want to hear an even bigger joke, Michigan got a #1 vote. MICHIGAN.

Hoke.

 

[johnnykillz]

I am so glad we are un-ranked! Can only go up from there. I've hated it the last few years where we are ranked and then totally disappoint.

It's nearly impossible to play for a NC if you go undefeated starting unranked.

So it's not a good thing.

But with the schedule we have, we'll be fortunate to ever reach ranking.

And to add to that, if we go undefeated, we should certainly make the NC with our schedule strength.

That's the only blessing to our daunting road ahead.

 

[irishfanjho15]

For those who care in the AP poll we received the most votes of anyone not in the top 25 at 83 votes. Washington (55 votes), Auburn (53), North Carolina (32) and Utah (30) round out the top five of unranked teams.

In the USA Today Poll we are ranked 24th preceded by Florida and followed at 25th by Auburn.

 

[CarrollVermin]

This one was my favorite: Ira Schoffel Tallahassee (FL) Democrat. FSU, Michigan, Georgia, and Oklahoma all ahead of LSU. Not to mention UNC being ranked??

Southern Cal 1
Oregon 2
Michigan 3
Alabama 4
Oklahoma 5
Georgia 6
Florida St. 7
LSU 8
South Carolina 9
West Virginia 10
Clemson 11
Arkansas 12
Wisconsin 13
Michigan St. 14
Virginia Tech 15
Texas 16
Nebraska 17
Stanford 18
Oklahoma St. 19
Kansas St. 20
Florida 21
Ohio St. 22
North Carolina 23
Boise St. 24
Auburn 25

 

[ShamrockOnHelmet]

It's nearly impossible to play for a NC if you go undefeated starting unranked.

Typically, you are correct of course. But if ND goes undefeated this season, we will be in the BCS Title game.

 

[johnnykillz]

Typically, you are correct of course. But if ND goes undefeated this season, we will be in the BCS Title game.

Please finish reading my post.

But thanks.

I think...?

 

[ShamrockOnHelmet]

Please finish reading my post.

But thanks.

I think...?

Umm, yeah, maybe you should read my post, first.

will > should certainly.

But thanks.

I think.

 

[johnnykillz]

Umm, yeah, maybe you should read my post, first.

will > should certainly.

But thanks.

I think.

 

[peoriairish]

I still haven't figured out Reilly's article. Anyone that follows college football has some sense of where things stand. I can't figure out his motives now other than the start of the season is near annd things are a little slow for him.

It seemed like a personal attack to me. I've never been a Reilly fan but I didn't necessarily dislike him. His stuff seemed like fluffy, lighthearted journalism. I don't remember anything that struck me as hard work, deep digging reporting. I guess I figured he had a decent TV presence and would tell these little stories of interest. Never associated him as a heavyweight beyond tv appearances. May be I was wrong.

Well, maybe I wasn't.

A little late on this, but here's my theory.

You're not wrong... he's all fluff.

Honestly, I think the reason for this attack was because ESPN/ABC was contemplating not renewing his contract so he picked an easy and high profile target. He knew it would ruffle the feathers of one of the biggest fan bases in the country and everyone would be talking about it making HIM relevant for a little while prompting the big boys to renew his deal. Just my opinion.