[Steve19]

Originally Posted by Bucklion

I think the Penn State game is a toss-up, and probably, along with the Georgia Tech game, determines their whole season. If by some miracle they manage to start 2-0 and get on a roll, I (unfortunately) think Notre Dame can win 10...no way that they can win at Michigan or beat USC with the players they have, but if they develop a lot of early confidence they could go as high as 10-2. If they split the first two, in either combination, I see it as somewhere between 8-4 and 6-6...at Purdue, UCLA, Michigan State, BC...those are games they can win, but they won't win them all if they're not on a big roll. If they start 0-2, they're meat...6-6 is all they can hope for, probably 5-7. Once they hit November they're 4-0 from then on, so it's all up to those 6 tweener games.

I say they split the first 2 games and finish 7-5.

Makes a lot of sense to me. I think that the chances of 10-2 are pretty slim though. 8-4 or 7-5, oh yeah, and a BCS bowl because they will almost win two of those.