OT - Go Irish!

in Atlanta the last 9 years. An Irish victory will do little to stem the tribalism and triumphalism of the typical SEC fan, I suspect.  Will take repeated National Championships by other conferences/teams over several years to change the tune.  And even then, it may not sway opinion. 

Despise ND. So Roll Tide.

Get this shit out of here.  i want to never see this on my blog again, unless it's in jest for something stupid ND has done. 

Now that you've said this, I hope Alabama wins by twice as much as I did before.  Doubly infinity.

I absolutely can't stand the SECC hype machine.  However, I believe its annoyingness would only pale in comparison to the ND hype machine/haughty ND fans everywhere.  That's why I must say it, begrudgingly so...ROLL TIDE

Also, as I learned at the Dallas game, the Bama fans are for the most part incredibly nice (albiet a bit arrogant—can you blame them).  Can't say as much for ND fans though.

I hate ND as much as any other guy on this blog but I sort of agree with the OPs sentiment.  Now I wouldn't go so far as to title the post "Go Irish!", but I do hope they beat Alabama even if I will have to take an hour long shower afterwards. 

The entire SEC infuriates me and as a whole really has no redeeming qualities like ND does (sorta). Yes, ND fans are annoying as shit, and we are rivals, and we all hate them etc etc, but I don't think they are cheaters like I do SEC teams, and they actually hold their athletes to some sort of standard academically and in society.  I am seriously so sick and f'ing tired of the SEC superiority the media perpetuates and the idiots down south latch on to that I have resorted to the sickening thought of rooting for ND. 

Ohio is the only team I would not root for over an SEC team in the MNC at this point in time.  I just want the SEC to go down, hard, no matter the costs such as rooting for ND (with the aforementioned exception of rooting for tsio).

It should be noted that I was born and raised in Ann Arbor and have been a diehard Michigan fan for as long as I can remember.  Thus, while there is certainly no way one can challenge my Michigan fandom I may be slightly more sheltered from obnoxious ND fans than some and thus hate them less.  I have really only known a few ND fans in my life excluding people you come across for two seconds on gameday.

Both of my grandfathers were Irish fans so there is some residual affection for the Irish. But the thought of  Lou Holtz drowning Reece Davis in spittle in the event of an Irish victory makes me want to cheer for the Tide  if for no other reason than to spare Davis his life.

 But then I think how sweet it will be to watch Devin and Devin to go ham on ND in UTL Part Duex. Watching Michigan  blast the defending national champs would be much sweeter than watching them curb stomp the runners up. I also would feel a little better about Michigan being annihiliated  by Bama if the Tide repeat the performance versus ND. 

I live in "ND territory" i suppose being in Chicago.  Aside from "END SEC REIGN" and "ND FANS WOULD BE INSUFFERABLE" it kind of sucks to feel this way but I feel like ND doesn't deserve to be in this game because they had so many close calls that went their way (Pitt field goal, stanford no TD, USC Barkley is out...).   If they win I am just going to quietly shake my head (also because I am watching the game with a bunch of my ND friends).

This is one of the three dirtiest programs in college football taking on a team that has an obnoxious, entitled fanbase, but generally follows the rules.  In this matchup, ND really does stand for what's right about the game.  

There won't be much passion behind it, but I will be pulling for ND.

Roll Tide!

The day I root for Notre Dame... I will have officially lost my damn mind.

I just threw up a little.

Not gonna do it. Wouldn't be prudent.

If they win, ND basically catches us for the all-time win %.

NO.

hell no

I'm hoping for a 0-0 tie

BUT IT WON'T LET ME DOWNVOTE THIS THREAD MORE THAN ONCE

Never thought I'd see the day "Go Irish" would appear on MGoBlog. 

To hell with Notre Dame.  To hell with Brian Kelly.  To hell with the leprechaun guy.  To hell with those dudes who wear plaid skirts and play bag pipes, or whatever the hell they do.  To hell with their small scale immitation stadium, their fans, their alumni, and every single ESPN analyst who has kissed their ass...basically all of them.

What the hell is this?

I'm with most of you.  We've already lived with years of SEC dominance hype; I don't see any reason to trade it for far more irritating, less grounded in reality ND hype.  The devil you know and all that jazz.

This pretty much sums up my relationship with the Tide tonight:

You should be banned for writing this shit on this website.

Fuck notre dame, they will get steamrolled by 50. 

reflect this negbomb?

The thing that bothers me the most about Alabama is that in the face of all kinds of different offenses and defenses, they are winning big games and national titles doing exactly what Michigan used to do. They play great defense, have a big O-line and a big RB that sets up big playaction, and they don't turn the ball over. I know that is what UM is transitioning to, but I just wish that we looked back in the record books and saw that Michigan did those things instead of Alabama.

No