Why Bucks Fans Should Root Against Notre Dame

cincibuck · #1 (**permalink**) 10-25-2005, 10:14 AM

CBSSportsline.com predicts Ohio State will play Florida in the Outback Bowl Jan. 2. The Web site has No. 1 Southern Cal meeting No. 2 Texas in the Rose Bowl, but it also foresees Notre Dame running the table to meet Virginia Tech in the Orange Bowl, West Virginia winning the Big East to play Georgia in the Sugar Bowl and UCLA earning a wild-card spot opposite Penn State in the Fiesta.
The CBS site has four other Big Ten teams making it to bowls:
Wisconsin in the Capital One (against Alabama), Northwestern in the Music City (against South Carolina), Michigan in the Sun (against Oregon State), and Minnesota in the Alamo (against Oklahoma).

For those who can't bring themselves to root for other Big 10 teams, especially Michigan, when they play Notre Dame: Now do you get it?

If ND and Ohio State have even seasons Notre Dame is going to get the votes to be the top regional team. Reason has nothing to do with it. The enormous power of the coastal press, areas where ND plays and where they have a following, overwhelms the amount of media attention Ohio State can generate. That impacts on recruiting, poll standings and ultimately on which bowl game we go to. (especially now that the Rose Bowl is no longer the Pac 10 - Big 10 playoff)

Piney · #2 (**permalink**) 10-25-2005, 10:23 AM

So? CFBNews is predicting that Ohio State plays Notre Dame in the Fiesta Bowl. Now how about that for a game?

Predictions are just that... predictions! We just have to win out and we will be fine.

drFunkenstein · #3 (**permalink**) 10-25-2005, 10:24 AM

what kind of illegal leprachaun tricks are they pulling on everyone

exhawg · #4 (**permalink**) 10-25-2005, 10:25 AM

We just need to take care of our own business and have Penn St and Wiscy lose 1 more game a piece. They play each other so one of them will lose a game. If they both lose 2 Big 10 games and OSU only loses 1 we go to a BCS game. If we win out we don't go lower than the Capital One bowl. Personally I don't know if OSU can win out, but we don't have to scoreboard watch too much.

sandgk · #5 (**permalink**) 10-25-2005, 10:29 AM

In any event the odds for Notre Dame getting that easier entry as an automatic or at-large grow steeper in the 2006 season and beyond. I'm not worried and I will not root against ND when it plays sCUM. Others in the Big 10 - perhaps a different matter.

Agree with all others. Take care of fate in our hands, the rest falls in place with a couple of Big10 Losses by Penn State or Wisconsin.

bigBUXfan · #6 (**permalink**) 10-25-2005, 10:34 AM

If tOSU wins, we dont have to worry about what other schools do and thats the way it should be. I.E. 2002. I hope those bastards lose every game. Go Bucks.

OSU_Buckguy · #7 (**permalink**) 10-25-2005, 10:43 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cincibuck

For those who can't bring themselves to root for other Big 10 teams, especially Michigan, when they play Notre Dame: Now do you get it?

an ohio state fan can still root against michigan but revel in the spoils of a michigan victory, as a michigan victory is better for ohio state's pursuit to a top bowl game. furthermore, rooting for a team has nothing to do with the outcome of the game, unless you're at the game and the extra noise created by one fan is the tipping point.

cincibuck · #8 (**permalink**) 10-25-2005, 11:03 AM

Folks, the point is region. Since ND won't play us we have to have others take care of them. As the Music Man said, "Either you are closing your eyes to a situation you do not wish to acknowledge, or you are unaware of the calibre of diaster represented by the presence of a Notre Dame in your community."

If Weiss is able to keep ND in the top ten year after year it will have a negative effect on Mid West, Big Ten, and Ohio State football.