# Notre Dame Getting Blown Again? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 24, 2006, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/notre-dame-getting-blown-again/373908 "2006-09-24T00:43:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Hippy\_Hollow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hippy_hollow/32/4841_2.png) [@Hippy\_Hollow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hippy_Hollow)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2006, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/notre-dame-getting-blown-again/373908/21 "2006-09-24T03:44:16Z")
Why do I get the sense that East Lansing will experience couch burnings and near-riot conditions tonight? Incidentally, the same outcome if the effort in the first half continued. Hats off to the Irish for pulling out a great one. Slap in the face to State for choking this one away. (I still think Notre Dame is overrated!!!) ---
**Author:** ![zamboniracer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e9a140/32.png) [@zamboniracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zamboniracer)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2006, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/notre-dame-getting-blown-again/373908/22 "2006-09-24T03:44:27Z")
[QUOTE=Operation Ripper] In the words of Florida Evans, “Damn, damn, damn!” Freakin’ Irish. [/QUOTE] Do not mock the football gods by calling games over in the middle of the second quarter. (Except for last week, when Michigan had the Irish dead and buried by the middle of the second quarter.) ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2006, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/notre-dame-getting-blown-again/373908/23 "2006-09-24T03:48:19Z")
[QUOTE=Hippy Hollow] Why do I get the sense that East Lansing will experience couch burnings and near-riot conditions tonight? (I still think Notre Dame is overrated!!!) [/QUOTE] The rain might help the normals. And I xgree with the small font. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2006, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/notre-dame-getting-blown-again/373908/24 "2006-09-24T03:48:23Z")
In that case, I guess the answer to the title question is “NO.” ---
**Author:** ![Snooooopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2006, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/notre-dame-getting-blown-again/373908/25 "2006-09-24T03:50:47Z")
Keep in mind, we don’t want Notre Dame to lose TOO often. We want them to win enough games so that they have the chance to add another chapter to their embarrassing string of bowl game losses. ---
**Author:** ![Gorsnak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gorsnak/32/7587_2.png) [@Gorsnak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gorsnak)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2006, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/notre-dame-getting-blown-again/373908/26 "2006-09-24T04:05:47Z")
Being a Michigan fan, games like this are a win-win thing. Whichever team loses, I’m happy. Of course, whichever team wins, I’m unhappy, but I prefer to take the glass half-full approach in this case. So, to the Spartans I have this to say: Ha ha! [/nelson muntz] ---
**Author:** ![audiobottle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bc8723/32.png) [@audiobottle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/audiobottle)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2006, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/notre-dame-getting-blown-again/373908/27 "2006-09-24T04:38:08Z")
As another Michigan fan, I’m glad that Notre Dame won (even though it means that Notre Dame won). If they had lost, it would have made our win last week look a bit less impressive. For another, MSU sucks. I’m okay with this outcome. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2006, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/notre-dame-getting-blown-again/373908/28 "2006-09-24T04:51:10Z")
So, is this why people talk about John L. Smith (or as I like to call him, “John-El of Krypton”) the way they do? ---
**Author:** ![Jimmy\_Chitwood](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f475e1/32.png) [@Jimmy\_Chitwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jimmy_Chitwood)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2006, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/notre-dame-getting-blown-again/373908/29 "2006-09-24T05:20:23Z")
The thread title is now true. ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2006, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/notre-dame-getting-blown-again/373908/30 "2006-09-24T12:36:53Z")
Well, I try to look at the bright side. It took every single break going against us and two unlikely turnovers to lose to a team that was rated right up there. And except for a few big plays, ND was shut cold. Bring on the Illini then off to hunt Wolverines! ---
**Author:** ![zamboniracer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e9a140/32.png) [@zamboniracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zamboniracer)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2006, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/notre-dame-getting-blown-again/373908/31 "2006-09-24T13:09:52Z")
[QUOTE=BobLibDem] Well, I try to look at the bright side. It took every single break going against us and two unlikely turnovers to lose to a team that was rated right up there. And except for a few big plays, ND was shut cold. Bring on the Illini then off to hunt Wolverines! [/QUOTE] Bob, that’s not just looking on the bright side, that’s drinking all the Kool-Aid in one big gulp. ND had 352 yards of offense as compared to Sparty’s 356. If that’s shutting them down cold then Kevin Federline is the new Frank Sinatra. But good luck with those pesky Wolverines and Buckeyes. ---
**Author:** ![Sarahfeena](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sarahfeena/32/519_2.png) [@Sarahfeena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sarahfeena)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2006, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/notre-dame-getting-blown-again/373908/32 "2006-09-24T13:29:29Z")
[QUOTE=NoClueBoy] wow I’m Big XII and I’m bummed. [/QUOTE] Yeah, my husband & I are Big 10 as well, and he is pretty aggravated. (Being a Catholic girl from Chicago, I have a little soft spot for ND (have relatives who went there), but even though my husband went to Catholic HS right here in the city, he just despises ND, and will root for even our most hated rivals in the Big 10 to beat them.) ---
**Author:** ![TheOnlySaneOne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/67e7ee/32.png) [@TheOnlySaneOne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheOnlySaneOne)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2006, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/notre-dame-getting-blown-again/373908/33 "2006-09-24T15:51:10Z")
[QUOTE=Hippy Hollow] Why do I get the sense that East Lansing will experience couch burnings and near-riot conditions tonight? Incidentally, the same outcome if the effort in the first half continued. Hats off to the Irish for pulling out a great one. Slap in the face to State for choking this one away. (I still think Notre Dame is overrated!!!) [/QUOTE] Nope, no burnings here. Though it would have been kind of fun to watch. I, myself, am not at all disappointed. In fact, I’m feeling kind of vindicated. Tailgaters are an annoying, annoying lot who set up camp almost right outside my dorm. So when they lose and get rained on, I can’t help but smile a little. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2006, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/notre-dame-getting-blown-again/373908/34 "2006-09-24T15:57:04Z")
[Sandra Bullock] Let’s go _blow_ this team! [/SB] ---
**Author:** ![Contrapuntal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e274bd/32.png) [@Contrapuntal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Contrapuntal)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2006, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/notre-dame-getting-blown-again/373908/35 "2006-09-24T15:58:52Z")
[QUOTE=Sarahfeena] Yeah, my husband & I are Big 10 as well, and he is pretty aggravated. [/QUOTE] Isn’t that Big Televen? ---
**Author:** ![Operation\_Ripper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/34f0e0/32.png) [@Operation\_Ripper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Operation_Ripper)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2006, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/notre-dame-getting-blown-again/373908/36 "2006-09-24T17:49:12Z")
[QUOTE=Bryan Ekers] [Sandra Bullock] Let’s go _blow_ this team! [/SB] [/QUOTE] First in line. ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2006, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/notre-dame-getting-blown-again/373908/37 "2006-09-24T17:59:18Z")
[QUOTE=Hippy Hollow] Why do I get the sense that East Lansing will experience couch burnings and near-riot conditions tonight? Incidentally, the same outcome if the effort in the first half continued. Hats off to the Irish for pulling out a great one. Slap in the face to State for choking this one away. (I still think Notre Dame is overrated!!!) [/QUOTE] As someone who has watched some Michigan State games for almost my entire life, I can tell you that Michigan State football is unlike ANY other sports team I’ve ever seen year after year. Every year, they’re amazing at snatching defeat from the jaws of victory. Every year, there’s at least one game that makes them poor Sparty fans feel like they just got punched right in the stomach. I’m so glad I’m not a State fan. I’d be reading a box of rat poison, seriously considering what it’d do to me. ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2006, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/notre-dame-getting-blown-again/373908/38 "2006-09-24T18:01:55Z")
[QUOTE=Contrapuntal] Isn’t that Big Televen? [/QUOTE] Or, as I call em, the Big Eleventeen. ---
**Author:** ![Sarahfeena](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sarahfeena/32/519_2.png) [@Sarahfeena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sarahfeena)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2006, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/notre-dame-getting-blown-again/373908/39 "2006-09-24T18:27:19Z")
[QUOTE=Contrapuntal] Isn’t that Big Televen? [/QUOTE] Right! I can’t replicate here that logo of theirs, where the words say “Big Ten,” but the negative space between the letters is an 11! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Yookeroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yookeroo/32/323_2.png) [@Yookeroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yookeroo)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2006, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/notre-dame-getting-blown-again/373908/40 "2006-09-25T16:27:27Z")
[QUOTE=Sarahfeena] Right! I can’t replicate here that logo of theirs, where the words say “Big Ten,” but the negative space between the letters is an 11! 🙂 [/QUOTE] [This?](http://www.brandsoftheworld.com/brands/0003/3253/brand.gif) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/notre-dame-getting-blown-again/373908.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/notre-dame-getting-blown-again/373908.md?page=3)