I grew up in the south and still live in the south, for now. Thanks to what I’m sure was the “drunk on Pabst Blue Ribbon from Taco Mac” Auburn suck ass who stole the brand new ND flag I got for Christmas off my house, after I had it flying for all of one day. Thanks a lot. I hope your team gets annihilated (go get the dictionary and look that one up inbred) in your bowl game. Go Irish, because we are just better people.

Interesting that you would mention how ND wouldn’t turn down a BCS bid (they wouldn’t, of course), since they are the one team in recent memory who has turned down a bowl bid (in Holtz’s last season, I remember their attitude was “Big bowl or bust,” and when they lost to USC they decided not to go anywhere).

At that point, at least, it seemed that ND was the one school that had enough integrity to turn down a bowl bid not commensurate with their expected level of success (not that other teams really would have the ability to do it, with conference tie-ins and all–I don’t think it would go over too well with other conference members if a team turned down a bowl bid and cost the other conference members millions of dollars).

Of course, I realize that a BCS bid is a different animal, no one in their right mind would ever turn one down–especially an independent who wouldn’t have to split the proceeds.

Not that there’s really any point to what I am saying–you’re right, the fault certainly doesn’t lie with ND.

As for Ohio State last season, someone knew how much ass they were gonna kick in the Fiesta…if only I could remember who it was…

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Hey, we here at ND feel ya. Alot of people here have said on a number of occassions that they wish we would go to a more underrated (see: toyota gator) bowl just so we can just win a damn bowl game.

It’s a known fact that the reason our bowl record is so bad is because we are so popular we get put in bowls that are a bit over our heads because we always put butts in the seats. No biggy.

But do you think we’d turn away 4+ million more dollars, a sweet recruiting line, and more national exposure for our school? Hells no. who would?

Also, it’s always fun when ND is the underdog. I’m glad people are sayin we are gonna get whipped. So if (when) we do win, it’s gonna go down in history.

Both the 1994 team and the 2006 team were (are) “Notre Dame,” and as a result both are considered attractive to the respective bowl committees with little regard to how good the actual matchup would be.

Is this year’s ND team better? I’m not sure, that 1994 team played a much tougher schedule–but, in any event, the W-L record doesn’t have much to do with why ND was chosen to play in the Sugar Bowl this season; instead, it was because of increased ticket sales and increased TV ratings. Which, of course, was the exact same reason they were selected for the Fiesta Bowl in 1995, 2001, and 2006.

What I do care about is that they continue to be selected for BCS games, and then those games are not competitive, because ND is not very good. In essence, these games are ruined because of the selection of ND–the 2006 Fiesta Bowl, the 2001 Fiesta Bowl, and, going back further, the 1995 Fiesta Bowl.

As a fan of the game, it would have been nice to see (e.g.) 1994 Colorado face a challenge in their bowl game–instead, they were paired with a 6-4-1 ND team. Ridiculous, really–and there’s no other team that would have been selected for that game with that resume.

I’m a little surprised Sagarin’s got them that close. I think he’s overrating the Pac 10–which is some of it, because ND played 3 Pac 10 teams–but I’m still surprised Florida is rated so low.