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Old 11-26-2012, 11:41 PM
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The me against the world mentality is kind of silly man. I never said you were a bad fan. I said your approach today, is what turns a lot of people off to ND. The underdog, we get no respect, everyone who can't quote Rudy word for word is a hater stuff is what makes people dislike ND. Mostly because none of it is true and is perpetuated by their fans who can't understand why everyone else doesn't "get it."

Obviously the not beating anyone in the top 10 comment was ridiculous and people called it out.

I think you're taking some of this stuff to heart, when it's not meant to. Your board name is IrishofNDman dude. You have to expect a little needling about ND for that reason alone, right?
I grew up with my family liking notre dame and a couple friends. Being from michigan I am surrounded by state and wolverine fans who hate and I mean hate notre dame. Maybe growing up hearing **** from them constantly gave me the us against the world mentality... Maybe someone like Rick Reilly writing that article about ND being irrelevant gives us that mentality. I dish it out and expect it back, if you think this is bad you should see the shi* I've gotten into on Facebook with people. Alcohol and the Internet don't mix too well haha
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Old 11-26-2012, 11:45 PM
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Last thing for the night, if Manti Teo doesn't win the heisman then that award is officially offensive players only. I honestly think they will give it to him and he is well deserving of it. He embodies what a college athlete should be on and off the field, class act.
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Old 11-27-2012, 12:16 AM
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Last thing for the night, if Manti Teo doesn't win the heisman then that award is officially offensive players only. I honestly think they will give it to him and he is well deserving of it. He embodies what a college athlete should be on and off the field, class act.
Dude is a lock. A lot of old school voters are not voting Johnny football just because he is a freshman. I actually think Braxton Miller will finish second.
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Old 12-08-2012, 08:29 PM
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Dude is a lock. A lot of old school voters are not voting Johnny football just because he is a freshman. I actually think Braxton Miller will finish second.
Well Done. At the time I was so tempted.....but I figured what would be the point.
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Old 12-08-2012, 09:54 PM
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Dude is a lock. A lot of old school voters are not voting Johnny football just because he is a freshman. I actually think Braxton Miller will finish second.

Bad news Irishofndman, he loves ND in the national championship game.
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Old 12-09-2012, 02:43 AM
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Bad news Irishofndman, he loves ND in the national championship game.
It's an offensive award, pretty damn stupid if you ask me. That zit faced kid didn't deserve it over manti, but he is a qb.
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Old 12-10-2012, 12:46 PM
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It's an offensive award, pretty damn stupid if you ask me. That zit faced kid didn't deserve it over manti, but he is a qb.
i've watched MUCH better defensive players than the kid for nd and they didn't even get invited to NY. he should be lucky he even got invited to be on tv.
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Old 12-10-2012, 03:33 PM
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i've watched MUCH better defensive players than the kid for nd and they didn't even get invited to NY. he should be lucky he even got invited to be on tv.
If you don't think he's an outstanding player then I don't know what you've been watching.
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Old 12-10-2012, 01:56 PM
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It's an offensive award, pretty damn stupid if you ask me. That zit faced kid didn't deserve it over manti, but he is a qb.
yes, he did.
and mantis numbers were better last year than this. he just got attention this year because nd finished #1 in the rankings.
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Old 12-19-2012, 11:19 AM
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Here's my take on the game.

Both teams have great defenses. Outside of the great defenses about everything else is horribly bad to lukewarm good.

The excitement over this game is extremely premature because it looks to me like this game will ultimately come down to special teams and field goals.

Going by that logic the advantage goes to Alabama. When you face a team that returns kickoff for an average of 2.4 yards about the only way you lose the game is through breakdowns on defense and turnovers.

Pardon my French but Notre Dame's offense isn't even on the same planet compared to Georgia's and I fail to see how you can be so cocky. You fools actually believe you can throw the ball against Bama with the success Georgia had? You can delude yourselves into believing that will happen.


Sure ND has an excellent run game but Bama's strength on defense is stopping the run. Georgia had a good run game too. Actually had 9 more rushing td's than Notre Dame.

The fact of the matter is this is a very young Alabama team in a bad season of football. Both of these teams would have been non-BCS bowl bound in 09.

But all that really matters is the championship. The only exciting thing to me is potential for a rematch next season when both teams are a little older and mature.
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Anyone else PRAYING that ND gets the $hit kicked out of them? Back to the dark hole of irrelevance in which ND fans have been hanging in for the past 10 years +.
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Old 11-27-2012, 09:13 AM
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Last thing for the night, if Manti Teo doesn't win the heisman then that award is officially offensive players only. I honestly think they will give it to him and he is well deserving of it. He embodies what a college athlete should be on and off the field, class act.
http://www.suntimes.com/sports/16641...manti-teo.html
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Old 11-27-2012, 09:35 AM
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So this guy sees a problem with Kelly pushing his guy for heisman? This team is not 12-0 without HEISMANTI!!
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Old 11-27-2012, 10:41 AM
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when they were discussing matthieu last year (glad he didn't get it, knowing all that's happened since) they said only one defensive player ever had gotten the heisman. and probably with good reason.
manziel has had a terrific season, but probably won't get some votes because he's a freshman (i think that is absurd, if he was the best player, why does it matter what year he's in?) so there has been and always will be people who won't for certain players for certain reasons. and one of those reason will always be position played. after all, linemen never get a nod. ray guy still isn't in the hall. plenty of examples of people who weren't considered the best player because of their position, or which side of the ball they play on. not saying it's right, it's just how it is.
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Old 11-27-2012, 10:50 AM
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Manziel got arrested in July in an incident in which racial slurs were used by his buddy, doesn't seem like a guy heisman worthy.
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Old 11-27-2012, 11:02 AM
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Manziel got arrested in July in an incident in which racial slurs were used by his buddy, doesn't seem like a guy heisman worthy.
I know you love ND but this is just silly. Why should he be responsible for something his buddy said in anger? Gino Toretta won the Heisman Trophy, the trophy has been a joke since.
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Old 11-27-2012, 11:42 AM
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Manziel got arrested in July in an incident in which racial slurs were used by his buddy, doesn't seem like a guy heisman worthy.
ok, ndfan. do you feel you should be held responsible for the actions of a buddy?
hell, cam newton was a thief, didn't keep him from winning. but a guy who was with a guy who said some things, that should keep manziel from winning?
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ok, ndfan. do you feel you should be held responsible for the actions of a buddy?
hell, cam newton was a thief, didn't keep him from winning. but a guy who was with a guy who said some things, that should keep manziel from winning?
No but he was arrested for getting in a fight with the guy the racial slurs were directed at, he's not innocent in all this.
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Old 11-28-2012, 02:43 PM
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Last thing for the night, if Manti Teo doesn't win the heisman then that award is officially offensive players only. I honestly think they will give it to him and he is well deserving of it. He embodies what a college athlete should be on and off the field, class act.
You do know that Peyton Manning didn't win the Heisman right? Know who did?
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Old 11-27-2012, 07:49 AM
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I grew up with my family liking notre dame and a couple friends. Being from michigan I am surrounded by state and wolverine fans who hate and I mean hate notre dame. Maybe growing up hearing **** from them constantly gave me the us against the world mentality... Maybe someone like Rick Reilly writing that article about ND being irrelevant gives us that mentality. I dish it out and expect it back, if you think this is bad you should see the shi* I've gotten into on Facebook with people. Alcohol and the Internet don't mix too well haha
Who cares what Rick Reilly says? He's a hack.
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