I look forward to a quintessential college football matchup. I don’t care who wins, so long as it’s a good game.
Then Notre Dame decides to puke all over themselves, making the game unwatchable past the first quarter.
Stupid Irish.
As Michigan fans, my roommate and I found the first quarter hilarious. Then we both had to got to work.
Stupid drunk Irish. Why don’t you eat more potatoes you whiskey drinking bastards? You are all going to be hungover for Mass Sunday morning.
Hey! Quit stealing my thread titles! 
Matter o’ taste, that.
I returned from watching my team lose an eminently winnable game to their erch-rival, and was thrilled to see ND getting their ass kicked. They can go 0 for the next decade and I’ll still be happy to see them lose.
On a brighter note, the Oregon Ducks edged out the Oklahoma Sooners.
As someone who knew nothing about college football when i arrived in the US, and who still doesn’t really care about it, i’ve still managed to develop an irrational dislike for Notre Dame. I’m not really sure when it started, or even why. All i know is, one of the few things i cheer for in college football is a Fighting Irish loss.
A dislike for that holier-than-thou bunch, whose years of football dominance recede further into history every year as everyone but them knows while their mediocrity in other aspects does not, is *eminently * rational.
What a terrible way to speak of all those fine young men. I’m sure every man jack of them is studying for the priesthood. I can’t imagine where they find time from their arduous theological studies to play sports on Saturday afternoon.
It’s the leprechaun, isn’t it?
Damn good weekend: USC wins, Florida teams lose, Pac-10 edges out Oklahoma and ND gets is ass handed to them.
Oh, and clandestine sex in a Port-a-Can at the National Championship Air Races with a Japanese girl-tourist.
All in all, not too bad.
I’m hoping for a similar record under Weiss as under Willingham, (was that his name?) and for ND to dump ol’ Charlie just as unceremoniously.
Refs should not decide a game. It was close, and could’ve gone either way. The refs made sure it went their way.
I know, “A good team shouldn’t be in a position to let the refs decide a game,” will be said now. Hey, IT WAS A CLOSE GAME. Between two pretty good squads. The refs should not decide the outcome of a game by making bad calls. Happened against the Ducks in the first half, led to a Sooner TD. Happened to the Sooners in the closing moments, leading to a Ducks TD. Refs should not decide a game by making bad calls. And before any kneejerk question: no, I am not a Sooner. Not like these guys around here are anyways. I’m a Buff.
I was pleased to see Ok State (AKA: OSU) manhandle the drunk abusive asshole Schnellenberger, even if he is coaching a 3rd rate team.
My Buffs looked pitiful, but alt east they get to live in Boulder!
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It’s part of the Beattitudes. Right there in Matthew.
“Blessed are the footballers, since they will get laid.”
Oh, I do hope you didn’t stop watching before the fourth quarter, when the Notre Dame quarterback went to throw a pass and instead flipped the ball behind him like you do when you’re goofing around and pretending not to know how to throw a ball. Luckily, a Michigan linebacker was there to run it back for another touchdown.
Lamarr Woodley is a defensive end, not a linebacker, which makes the fact that he ran 54 yards for a td all the more entertaining.
I wanted ND to win. The idea of a potential national championship berth on the line between USC and ND in November would have been fantastic. I guess that 'SC will just have to go it alone now 
Will USC even end up eligible by season’s end? Or will (possible) sanctions only be applied to the following season(s)?
I’m not really into football (aside from my alma mater, I’m a Michigan fan by default, as my MIL is a huge UM fan), but we saw that play yesterday and I made my father-in-law rewind several times so that I could watch it again, as I was highly, HIGHLY amused.
See, if one team could have a play like that every game, I might be a football fan.
E.
Thanks for the correction. All I know is he was a big lumpy guy who didn’t look like he ran a lot of yardage. It made for such a fitting end to that game. 
It was the fans. Fans and the media. I have never met a ND fan that wasn’t an asshole about it.