ESPN has decided that 80% of the country would rather see Ohio State vs Purdue rather than Notre Dame vs North Carolina. Unfortunately for me, I live in the 80 piece, not the 20 piece. Hopefully I can get 830 AM tuned in on my transistor radio!
Although I found this interesting. Chris Dufresne writes the college football column in the LA Times, and he never hesitates to take digs at the Irish's expense. But this week he stated: "Who would have thought Notre Dame at North Carolina on Oct. 11 would be a more intersting game than Arizona State at USC? But it is." ASU has really fallen on its face this year. Dufresne also has us ranked in his Top 25, at #23. And he doesn't have North Carolina ranked. So some begrudging respect for us out here on the left coast.
But I'm not feeling good about this one, sports fans. With this team, I tend to want to see something once before I predict it will happen again. And this week, that something is playing well on the road. Granted, we've only traveled once this year. But I'll argue that 4 of our 5 toughest opponents, home or away, are road games (MSU, UNC, BC, USC). So, if we don't learn how to win on the road, we can hopefully beat Washington on the road, but the previous 4 will all be losses.
So Godfather - are you predicting 2 field goals or a missed PAT for us today? If I were a betting man, I'd go with the missed PAT.
This is the lever game of the season. We win and we get a week off to look back on a 5-1 first half and look forward to building a 9-3 or 10-2 very good bowl-worthy season. We lose, and we're looking at 8-4 or 7-5 and the Meineke Car Care Bowl.
Hello Meineke. I'll have to side witht he Tar Heels today. Similar score to the Godfather. UNC 27, Irish 21. As Rosie says: Hope I'm wrong!
Go Irish!!!! Beat Tar Heels!!!!
The Colonel
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