[NU Sports] Is this the Walker legacy? (fwd)

[SjT (Stephen J. Truog)]

> > Well, we appear to have covered the Randy Walker
> > spectrum in the last month are now back at ASU
> "fire
> > the bum" status?:)
> 
> I suggested no such thing, I merely noted that among
> the various stats that

Sorry - I didn't mean to say that you said that --
just that I heard the usual grumblings after the game
... not to mention I think we were greatly outcoached
on offense as well. But I suggest no such thing either
-- just that I don't think this will be his legacy
game.

> A NU-UNL rematch in San Antonio is not out of the
> question, either, though

It'd be kind of interesting, but I'm not sure we'd
make San Antonio even if we win out.

Notre Dame appears to have a BCS bid sewn up --
Tennessee has absolutely tanked their season, Syracuse
and Navy can't compete. Only Stanford appears to offer
ND a test the rest of the way. Now that Michigan
appears to be ranked, though, the Irish will have at
least beaten one top 20 team this year.

Funny how quickly things change -- this year even more
than most -- with top 10 preseason teams like
Oklahoma, Michigan, Iowa, etc. falling off the face of
the earth. Looking back at Notre Dame's schedule now,
what was perceived as a murderous start of a tough
schedule is now a much lighter slate with only USC and
Michigan as ranked foes and others -- Purdue, Pitt,
UDub -- just looking downright awful.

But anyway, with the Irish headed to the BCS, I doubt
we can get an extra BCS bid for the Big Ten. The SEC
and Pac 10 are going to have a couple of solid
candidates and the ACC could fit in the mix as well --
not to mention any upsets in championship games (if
Texas somehow loses to Colorado and the BCS computers
still have 'em in Pasadena ... well ... :) ).

So our three New Year's Day bowls would appear to be
locked between a resurgent Penn State, a
coaching-farewell-tour Wisconsin and the winner of the
OSU-Michigan game at the end of the year. The loser of
that game probably goes to San Antonio.

That leaves Iowa, NU, Minnesota, MSU and Indiana in
contention for the three remaining conference tie
bids. Of those, we're 3 or 4 in terms of traveling
fans and ratings marketability.

So each game left is pretty crucial for bowl position
among those five -- gotta beat those Hog-eyes!

GO CATS!!!
-SjT

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STEPHEN J. TRUOG
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GO CATS!!!


		
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