fred flintstone

I suspect the game will draw good ratings. ND has a national draw with a good team and Cristo can't game coach but he knows how to recruit and is at home.

Usually the DB's reflect the situation up front. If the DL and LB's are good the DB's mirror it. Since IMO this is the first year Lanning has a "Lanning" defence up front. I suspect everything will be just fine.

Maybe Oregon could ask (along with the other three west coast teams) that we play the three every year. Might help a little unless they all end up as the second coming of Ohio State.

Would have been nice if Oregon, Washington, USC, UCLA, Cal and Stanford had approached the BIG together. Heck, throw in Arizona and Utah. No idea if the BIG would have wanted them all......but fighting USC to create equality between USC and Wa St was madness. A lot of wasted energy trying to save the uneconomic PAC and the bacon of Wa St, Or St, Az St and Colorado. ......the result is history.

Dante must feel like he was Custer and suddenly became Eisenhower. That UCLA O line was like playing behind a slice of Swiss cheese.

Thanks for the info....let us hope that as the year goes by and our QB demonstrates he is a Heisman level player and our DL becomes impossible to play we are top 3 or better.

Wow.....just wow.

The rating per recruit seems to be a more accurate way to measure a class.

History is history. Too many of the programs that won decades ago still think they deserve some special consideration. You have to earn respect every day. Notre Dame last won the NC in 1988. 37 years ago. Nearly half of college football fans were not even born. Totally understand the NBC contract at the time......but it's 2025. Time to join the BIG.

IMO.....at Iowa.....this game will demand a good effort Its played November 8.....in the midwest November 8 could be like January or September weather wise. If by some chance it's January.....anything could happen. Iowa appears to be underrated this year....they have 3 players potentially rated all big 10 on the OL. A nice QB transfer and will have a good not great defense. The place will be packed and may be played at night......depending on how Iowa has done to date. One of the larger stadiums at 70,000. Few Oregon fans in the area. Who but the diehards wants to visit Iowa City in November. Oregon is traveling Iowa coming off bye Iowa coming off playing at home against a mid level Minnesota. So no travel for 3 weeks. Few bumps and bruises. Last time Oregon played Iowa was 1994. Not a familiar site. Not sure which ref team will be assigned but......they could be slanted. If Iowa is 7-1 or better going into the game...look out for a few obvious home calls. Iowa coaching is not great.....but is competent.

One of the problems at USC is that a great many of their fans are mired in the distant past. They believe they are still a top 5 program. Now, they believe that a head coach that has totally flubbed everything over the past 4 years has a chance to take a squad full of retreads and mediocre talent to the playoffs. This USC team does not have one 5 star player on its starting 22. Yet they think they are loaded with championship talent. Nobody is standing up and demanding excellence. The admin keeps hiring duds without even checking their background. One small example of how it is.....Oregon stole their outstanding left guard Pregnon for this year......so they went out and hired a player that is nowhere near as good but passable to plug the hole because their OL recruiting has been bad.......and then they forgot to check if he is eligible. They waited til last week to ask. He filed suit last week to get a determination from the ncaa. Who dropped the ball......nobody seems to care or is blamed. It's over down there. Truth is Pete C was only hired because the first 2 candidates turned them down.....if not for that strike of lightening the last time they were good was way back in the 70's. What a mess.

LOL......USC right now is like a helium filled balloon all set to explode.......unfortunately it has a Lincoln Riley anchor tied to it. The Riley anchor is historically one of the most dense, heavy and deceptive anchors ever created in college football. So.....other programs will continue to enjoy a 10 point per game handicap advantage for at least another year or two or three until the folks with the wallets figure out they have been robbed....again. Fool me once shame on you....fool me twice shame on me.

A lot better than playing Cal or Stanford. Probably a national audience. Against a ranked team. Sellout. I'am jealous.

Now that is some wise words.

Good point.