I was waiting for Brian's response to BGS's oh-so-realistic predictions. Sheer lunacy.
ND at 9-3? ND at 11-1? Wins over UM and USC?
Heck yeah, we are drinking the kool-aid! And it tastes good!
We ND fans are so grossly homerish, and so whacked-out in terms of game predictions, that we will pretty much say and do anything in an effort to convince ourselves that the ND team is better than what Mark May believes them to be.
Regardless, this team could probably go 5-7 this year, and 99.9% of the fanbase will still be more EXCITED and ACCEPTING of that than when Ty Willingham went 9-3 in 2002.
Let the ND fans, myself included, drink gallons upon gallons of kool-aid. It may be the only thing that tastes good this year.
On the other hand, IF (and that is a hugish IF) ND pulls out the upset of the millenium on September 15th, the barage of "I told you so's" is going to be so immense on your site that your servers will probably shut down.
Kool-aid finished. Time to return to my padded cell. Wake me up on Saturday at 2:30. And tell Appalacian State I said hello.
Upset of the millenium? Er, no. That'll be the case if you keep it within 40 against USC.
Best part about the Blue-Gray Skies "roundtable:" They're STILL talking about Brian's Harbaugh rebuttal. Let it go, you sick bastards. You're still arguing about something that had NOTHING to do with you.
Any fearless, technically savvy, and DirecTV possessing mgoblog readers planning to put up a sopcast channel for Saturday?
"So this is the baseline according to ND fans: 9-3, even given the Willingham recruiting. If Weis fails to reach this marker, he's obviously a bad coach."
Wow. I love it.
The comment thread on BGS following the (patently absurd) prediction post somehow devolved into a discussion of Michigan's academics. But yeah, we're the ones who are obsessed.
You'll be fine, based on your incredible preview below. My guess is you'll know more than anyone else in the area code about Michigan football. Just don't stare at the camera.
Off topic but....
McGuffie and Cy-Fair are on FSN Houston tonight at 8 EDT. 639 on DirecTV if you have the sports package.
Michigan SHOULD beat ND. ND SHOULD be bad this year. This SHOULD be a rebuilding year (decade?) down in South Bend. This SHOULD be another beat down.
One of the (many, many, unfathomably numerous) reasons I hate ND is because we usually lose in the years we SHOULD beat them.
Delusional ND fans? You're kidding.
The one thing not being discussed enough in the miss teen SC thing is how crazy hot she is.
And, I have an awful feeling that we will blow it to ND this year.
Brian, what is your prediction for ND's record?
What is your prediction for UM's record?
OT: I have a question, Brian. Is the picture of that goofy-looking, Doobie Brothers mofo that's floating around the internet really you?
I guess that girl in the vid proves they aren't kidding when they sing 'Appalachian State is HOT, HOT, HOT!', although they should add a second verse that includes something along the lines of 'Dumb, Dumb, Dumb'
Is that blue-gray sky stuff post-dated from last year? Guessing they all went with 13-0nationalchampionsforever last year, so this is pessimism at its worst!
Who has more delusional fans? Notre Dame, or... well... Notre Dame? Notre Dame has the most delusional fans in any sport. Period. Notre Dame fans make soccer fans look like saints.
11-1? That is wonderful news, apparently parallel universes do exist.
In our universe however, this is far more likely to be the year that internet flamers start spelling Weis with 5 W's....Zing!
ND in 2007?
First 7-5 team to get a BCS bowl bid.
do any of you know where you can listen to the game saturday online and if you have to pay for it this year?
Jon:
MGoBlue.com says it will have "live audio" and "live stats". I don't believe there was a charge for these services in the past.
Every time I read something about Michael Hart, I love the kid a little more. It's impossible not to.
Tonight everyone is a Miss State fan!
Please move J.B. Fitzgerald to COMMITTED!!!!!
Hell yes JB.
An even bigger Hell Yes to Coach Szabo.
and Miss St. is pissing me off. STOP TURNING IT OVER! YOU'RE STILL IN IT! Freakin A cotton.
McGuffie sprained his ankle on a semi-horsecollar tackle. He may or may not play in the second half.
Yikes UL showing no mercy in FDNP, 73 points in the 4th. Good example of that old deceiving TOP stat though.
Holy shit... that is all I can say.
Mark - "I don't expect Michigan to be better in 07 than they were in 06. Actually, I think they will take a step back."
Our defense could get two touchdowns worse, and our offense could get one touchdown worse, and we STILL would have beat the '06 Irish.
Dylan - "Michigan. When we beat Georgia Tech and Penn State, it will be because they were overrated. When we beat Michigan, and beat them at their own game, people will realize that ND is better than 39th-best."
You plan to beat us on an aerial assult fueled by your most notable returning starter, TE John Carlson? (Let's not mention their undrafted run game). And your inpenetratable defense headed up by Zibowwwwksosdisdiki, and who else?
"McGuffie sprained his ankle on a semi-horsecollar tackle"
Obviously this was a plot concocted by Jim Harbaugh, passed along to Andrew Luck, and carried out by an unwitting teammate brainwashed by Luck's superior (and Stanford approved) intellect.
Damn that traitor!
...and by the way.
Spell check (yes, I don't trust my own abilities - damn this U of M education) in Text Pad wanted to replace Harbaugh with airbag. I was thinking douche bag. But close enough.
Bonus points to the crackpot who thinks that ND will win at PSU while also beating UM and USC. That's just...awesome. Beyond awesome.
(hot hot hot!)
Why are we handing out bonus points to Loose Bolts? Is there some kind of denture upgrade he can get at a certain point level?
blue gray sky is a complete joke
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