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Safe to say Notre Dame is relevant unlike what Rick Reilly said.

The hysteria is always relevant.

Until you get in a BCS bowl you're not necessarily back, Irish.

Unless two decades of mediocrity have lowered your standards...then yes you're back!!

Two BCS bowls since 05, granted they were both losses. Is that good enough?

That's right. Forgot about those two.

Didn't they have like 3 or 4 losses one season and still got a bcs bid?

Broncos -3.5 +220

400/880

Whats up with Manning and the wounded ducks so far tonight?

reality..

nice comeback win from the noles. after giving away 18 pts in stupidity.. after that performance i fear noone . clemeson has some speed..and playmakers.i would guess they will be strong next year..ucf is the game im worried about..

I wish Notre Dame had the same schedule as FSU, they shouldn't have a problem all year.

So far so good and I give you credit for calling it early.

Granted...you probably would have even if they were terrible ;), but they are a lot better than many, including myself thought.

That said, they still look like the 3rd best team in the nation after Alabama and Oregon.

Agree. I was obviously wrong about them.

Well I'm looking forward to the next 9 weeks. Hoping the Tide keep things going. Want nothing more than a Bama - ND match-up and a Romney win so I can troll the sh.it out of this board and the people who actually believe that Oklahoma is a good team this year.

ND has a great defense. But what you saw last night was Bob Stoops getting exposed as a mediocre coach and great recruiter. Again.

How many times does Oklahoma have to lose in order for sanity to be regain on deciding who is an elite team?

The same Oklahoma that made Boise State relevant? Now we have to suffer with that god-damned marriage proposal in flashback ESPN fluff?

Meh.

Hell even LSU against Notre Dame. Les couldn't f.uck that one up.

I'll get bashed for saying this probably, but after the tragic losses manti Teo encountered and seeing the team rally around him at the Michigan State game I really had this feeling they were gonna keep it going. Teo is everything a college athlete should be. Can't slip up now, 11-0 going into USC will be huge! 8-0 and they graduate 97% of the football team, not too shabby.

I'm a notre dame homer but I pretty much hit it right on the head after 1 game... Great defense, speed on offense, and a good chance to be undefeated going into USC. I'm an ND homer but I do my homework on them and normally know the talent level pretty well.

ND could lose to Pitt this weekend if they don't take it serious and come to play, I know other ND fans are worried they will run the table and be left out, I think it will all play itself out and even if that did happen it would suck but 13-0 would still be the goal.

Good grief. If I'm still here next Wednesday I'd like to make a DT wager with you on the BCS championship.

ND vs any opponent.

+7 ND

I've never said they are unbeatable, I obviously know they are. The way ND plays though I am not one bit scared of any team. They play the type of defense that will keep them in any game against any team.

Good luck Coach/dd. Whether we have a chance or not depends on the hat. I just want to go down swinging, not that lame shiat that happened in the BCS.

golfer, your guys played well in the first half. let's hope for a good, clean, hard fought second half!

We are going to have to throw a bunch in the 2nd half. And that can only mean 1 thing: Nick is blitzing.