Stewart Mandel really gives it to Charlie today in Sports Illustrated online issue. He jumps all over Charlie for not understanding why ND is ranked only 9th. Then he compares schedules with 'team B' that turns out to be Boston College, and is ranked 7 spots lower than ND.
So is Charlie whining or is Stewart being unreasonable?
Go Irish! ND 42 Navy 17
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A fine question, Rosie. I just read the article, and I have to tend to agree with Mandel. I stated at the end of September I was disappointed compared to preseason expectations, and the OK win against Stanford followed by a squeaker over UCLA after a bye week doesn't do anything to get me all jazzed.
Yes, we all had high expectations, but I think they weren't unrealistic based on what we saw last year plus who we were returning. By and large a lay this at the O-line's feet. I think the play calling has been mostly solid and the defense is a little better than last year (apart from Michigan game).
So a lot of frustration on the Irish side of fandom, if you ask me. And so I guess I was a little surprised that we dropped this week, but in retrospect, maybe we were ranked too high.
Of course the #8 = BCS rule we have makes being #9 sound bad. But, fortunately, our destiny is in our own hands. If we win out, we'll be top 8. If OSU beats Michigan and a few other things happen, we could still be in the Nat'l Championship hunt.
So it's still all up to the "between the sidelines" performance, not the pundits with their slings and arrows.
Talk to you all tomorrow night with game preview.
GO IRISH!!! BEAT NAVY!!!
Year after year the polls make no sense in a given week. Why ND dropped but Texas and Tennessee did not makes no sense considering the game similarities and the opposition but I think our ranking is close enough for now. Perhaps the Irish suffer from being on national TV and all the pollsters see the gory details?
We have to keep winning and we will end up in a big bowl game, no question. Would love to play Michigan again for the national title but that is still a big stretch.
It looks like we will ptobably keep winning -- USC may be a tough one but with the Colonel in the stands, it probably will go our way. Counting on you, Colonel, to represent all of us well!
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