BCS Title Game Open Thread: Part II

Oh well. A couple generous calls from the refs to give ND the touchdown.

http://twitter.com/BryanDFischer/statuses/288492783738683393

Winner of the internet > RT @KateUpton: It's okay Notre Dame this happened to the Jets every week

 

BOOM ROASTED

the key play of the drive was a gift to the irish. no shutout.

7 pts for the Irish. The return to glory has begun again.

there's very little audience left.  Anyone without strong interest that didn't turn the channel at halftime left when it went 35-0.

My favorite is the heat Musberger is taking on twitter after commenting on McCarrons girlfriend. lmao

http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/ncaaf-dr-saturday/brent-musburger-73-live…

So we watch full set of commercials to see a kick off then back to full set of commercials.  GG

Awesome tweet by Kate Upton

almost equally certainly not a top 5 team

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAnddd here come the referees to help Notre Dame save face!

I didn't see a hold there.  If the refs wanted to control the game, they should have done it from the start.

Michigan football's place in the universe. I'm glad we've been recruiting well of late because we're going to need it. 

Whole 'nother level: Alabama

Higher level: LSU, Oregon

Probably higher level: Ohio

'Old school programs that should be on the higher level; won't take much for them to return: USC, Texas, Florida, Florida State, Oklahoma, Notre Dame

Plethora of other 'new school' programs that have sniffed the higher level: Texas A&M, Kansas State, Oklahoma State, Stanford, South Carolina

Other stuff/who knows/recently good (in BCS): Virginia Tech, Georgia, Arkansas, Auburn, Wisconsin, Louisville, Clemson, West Virginia

And I haven't even mentioned Penn State and Nebraska. 

...where does Michigan land in all of this? Where are we headed?

We BELONG alongside Ohio. We should at least be lumped in with the Old School programs that are always "there." But unfortunately we're probably in the "other stuff" category thanks to the 2011 BCS win (so it could be worse). But there are over a dozen programs with comparable recent recruiting histories standing between us and being top-five elite. 

I love the direction Hoke has the program headed in. I believe our coaching and recruiting will leapfrog us over everyone, into the "higher level." I envision Michigan, Ohio, ND, LSU, Stanford and Oregon being the "group of five" challengers to Alabama. I wouldn't be surprised to see this group occupy the BCS' new "Football Four" for the foreseeable future. 

Even ND + the Refs can't stop Alabama.

pull the starters after this drive?

 

#55 on ND just assaulting bitches

That's it, Herb. It's that sooo fast SEC speed that has made the Irish miss all these tackles.

Flight from South Bend to Miami: $786 Ticket to Game on Stubhub: $870 5* hotel near Stadium for 2 nights: $1,026 Look on Notre Dame fans faces in stands? Priceless.

Brian Kelly's gameplan is just murdering his team tonight

#6 on ND just bounced off lacy like a pinball on that last drive

I feel like a common theme whenever I watch Bama is always "that opposing defense is really starting to wear down" around the 4th quarter.

McCarron. QB 4 Yeldon. RB 5 Lacy. RB 4 Cooper. WR 4 Norwood. WR 4 Williams. TE. 4 Fluker. T 5 Warmack. G. 3 Jones. C. 4 Steen. G. 3 Kouandjio. T. 5 The recruits span from 5 yr guys to two true frosh so 5 years of classes with 2-3 per year. My point: it will take several years of premium recruiting and solid development for us to return to elite status. *Rivals rankings.

Who didn't see this coming? What was the 'Bama-UM score after 3?

Gotta hand it to Alabama, their OL is really in tune and well coached. They rarely miss a block and even when they do, they don't miss a beat finding the next relevant guy to block. Compared to our line where there are two to three OL looking around blocking air at the end of most run plays.

"Maybe Alabama won't come out" - Your AP 2012 Coach of The Year

The person hating this game more than anybody has to be Teo.  His draft stock is moving down with each missed tackle.  My guess is that he won't be #2 on Mel's Big Board tomorrow morning.

to hope for a player to crash into Saban and erase his memory....?

I can haz FreekBass?

I'm so glad ND has been exposed as pretenders. I expected it to happen much earlier in the year.

That we remember the true struggle of Michigan football before Hoke and appreciate the rise back to prominence.

Saban is taking a pay cut to coach the BCS championship game.

McCarron to Cooper is going to be deadly next year

Cooper sure has short arms on deep balls.  For everything else Bama has going for it he doesnt like laying out for passes.

Oh.....and how in the hell did Alabama lose a game this year?  

to be honest im almost ok with ND being exposed as pretenders on the national stage like this. I mean, this is fantastic. Crap, I look away from the TV for 1 min and miss another 3 missed ND tackles

And THAT is what an A/A+ back will get you