I'm scratching my head as I do every year the preseason polls come out. Can anyone tell me why Ohio State is ranked 6th after losing their last two games last season?....and one of those two teams Clemson and Michigan State are ranked lower than OSU?
I noticed there was one first place vote for them, too. Urban must be voting for them. If not Urban, it could have been either Navy, Virginia Tech or Kent State's coaches so that it will bolster ticket sales.

I would say Talent Mort... This is year 3 for Urban and he has gotten alot of good players since he got to OSU. Miller is a Senior and they have one of the best D-Lines in the country.. Bucks gotta watch out tho night games at PSU and MSU are gonna be tuff to win. As for bolstering ticket sales that makes no sense Mort because Va Tech and Kent St are playing in C-Bus and regardless of who they play at home they always get 100,000 plus.. The Navy game is being played in Baltimore and I do not think they need to drum up ticket sales there either because of the hugh Navy presence in that area.


Locally all the talk around FSU is what team scares them on the schedule..... The team everyone says is Louisville.... No one thinks ND has a chance to keep it close vs the Noles in Tallahassee.

Finally Direct TV announces they will carry SEC Network

seen a lil blurb about charter being in talks also. i have charter, get more freeze ups, drop outs, and audio issues with them than i ever did directv. and omg the price, sheesh

It's way too early to tell what ND is going to do this year. With Golston coming back, they'll certainly have stronger QB play. The offensive line is solid and their skill positions have a lot of untested, talented younsters.

The defense concerns me especially with losing Tuitt and Nix on the D-line. But, they'll have Sheldon Day who will play on Sundays down the road. The linebacking corps concerns me even with Jaylon Smith back there. I think the DBs will be fine.

As with all college football teams, they depend on senior leadership. I don't know who is going to step up to the plate this year for them because they are so young. With their schedule, I'd bank on waiting until next year to see them in the playoffs...but, you never know.

"wait till next year"????? >>>>>>>>>>>>>the eternal lament of the Cubs fan. Certainly, I am not used to seeing you make that comment with regard to Irish football, morte'!!!

But the comment you make about senior leadership is spot on. What a treat it is to have responsible senior leadership on any team. They drive the success of their team. Michigan State had some outstanding senior leadership last year, and what a difference it made!!!! The Spartans are well regarded again this season, but I have to see who is going to lead this year.

It will certainly help the Irish to have Golston back behind the center this year. ND's QB play will definitely take a step UP compared to the dismal play of Rees last year.

In a related issue, morte', I am hearing some great things out of Lions camp this year with regard to one Theo Ridd*ck. He impressed me in some spot duty last year. Looking for more good things from him this year.

BUT BUT BUT.........

i just heard the story about the athletes from Notre Dame on my way home this afternoon........most certainly disappointing.........but the thing to notice is that ND caught this themselves, and reported it........and are handling it appropriately.........


caught your little "touche" moment there, 10s........well done.......

what i will say is that of course it wasn't players from the SEC........the charge was ACADEMIC fraud..........

no self respecting SEC player would EVER be guilty of practicing academics!!!!

and here we go again with another round of DH asleep at the switch........noticing that the order of posts are not getting all screwy........

as you can see, the posts for August 15 are now following the posts of August 16

I have a conspiracy theory . . . Reverend Time intentionally put all of these posts out of order because he can throw but he cannot catch . . .

with every post you make, you reveal more and more about your true identity, "tommy".

This is not 4 young men that just didn't make the grades - this is about integrity - it's about cheating and it does not just happen at Notre Dame....My point in posting this is because the SEC is so constantly accused of being dishonest and stupid and just about athletics and it is just not true. And it's not just athletes that are being investigated. It is suspected there may be other students also. I commend any University that holds their students accountable to integrity and I firmly believe that any University that would have gotten this information would have acted the same way....

People are people everywhere - North South East West - no matter - there are those with integrity and those that just don't give a flying flip....there are intelligent and educated and uneducated people and honest and dishonest people in all parts of the world. It is so wrong to classify an area of the country with negativity just because someone is from another section of the country.

This is a quote from Jenkins at Notre Dame...

"At any university you're dealing with young people. The vast majority of them make good decisions. But young people sometimes make bad decisions," he said. "Our job is to hold them accountable and to use those incidents as ways to educate them. That's what we're doing."

Notice he did not say at Notre Dame - He Said at any University....and that is true....At any University you have those that are intelligent, those that are honest and those that make good decisions....and then you have others....

Integrity is not limited to one section of the country.

^^^ I just hope he can come back healthy Just. Scary having 2 injuries to the same shoulder within 8 months. That is true the offensive line was replacing 4 starters and they lost Carlos Hyde so when Miller comes back next year it the O-Line should be better than this years version. I just hating seeing him go down this close to the season. The season is not lost but boy sure gonna be alot of pressure on TJ Barrett and the back end of the defense. The Va. Tech game just got alot tuffer because the young O-line and Barrett is gonna see a good schemes from Bud Fosters defense... Injuries do happen so the boys will just have to work alot harder to get that Big10 Title

I can understand your disappointment, Low. My daughter who is a student at OSU tells me that there are a lot of heads hanging in Columbus.



I saw something that made me feel a little better. I was watching BTN Live a Bucks fan sent in a message that said .....In 2007 we made the National Title game with Tood Boeckman as QB everything will be fine.... I do not think the Bucks can go that far now but I do still think they can win the Big10.