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Quote from: C-C-Cats on November 21, 2009, 08:27:15 PM

Quote from: thehawk on November 21, 2009, 07:37:39 PM

Quote from: C-C-Cats on November 21, 2009, 05:47:19 PM
Well the coaches did their best to give Wisconsin multiple chances at the end (QB run on 3rd down instead of a short pass when you need one first down to win?  really?), but that was a nice win for the Cats.

I had no problem with the QB run there, as it was somewhat disguised, and it did run 40+ seconds of the clock, at a time where there would otherwise been 1:30 left in the game had a ball been dropped.  Northwestern has really stepped it up at the end of the season (unlike Michigan, ND and the Bears)

Yeah, admittedly it could go either way, but I would rather trust the QB with the highest completion percentage in the conference to get that one first down you need to win the game with a short pass, which is all NU does according to most commentators ("dink and dunk").  I'm assuming you were there, how was it?

I was there, and it was awesome.  Great atmosphere, with loads of folks in both purple and red, and the crowd rocked, and the students rushed the field when it was over  .

Funny you should mention the dinking and dunking, as Kafka had several long strikes, and the Cats pulled off a 40+ yard halfback option as well.

One reason why they may have decided not to throw on that 3rd down was that Wisconsin started playing the receivers very close (and the refs were not calling PI), so the call made sense to all of us who were there.

Quote from: C-C-Cats on November 21, 2009, 05:47:19 PM
Well the coaches did their best to give Wisconsin multiple chances at the end (QB run on 3rd down instead of a short pass when you need one first down to win?  really?), but that was a nice win for the Cats.

I had no problem with the QB run there, as it was somewhat disguised, and it did run 40+ seconds of the clock, at a time where there would otherwise been 1:30 left in the game had a ball been dropped.  Northwestern has really stepped it up at the end of the season (unlike Michigan, ND and the Bears)

Quote from: Fork on November 20, 2009, 08:43:41 AM

I know it's a little early to look at these things, but they're 4 points out of the top spot in the West with 3 games in hand.

...and their major free agent signing not having laced up a skate yet

Quote from: CT III on November 19, 2009, 11:03:13 PM
Holy Christ.  If I'm Calgary, I ask to be moved to the Eastern Conference, just to get away from the Hawks.

They're just working up to Inigo Montoya levels of revenge for their next meeting.

Quote from: R-V on November 18, 2009, 08:53:26 AM
http://deadspin.com/5407120/the-charlie-weis-death-watch-flies-under-the-radar

If you read the comments, you'll see that not only does ND own a private jet (but they are a private school so they can do what they want), but so do some state universities. Da hell?

Quote from: Dr. Nguyen Van Falk on November 17, 2009, 03:27:01 PM

Quote from: ChuckD on November 17, 2009, 02:39:42 PM
I'd be more interested in seeing the dataset looks like when aggregated by zip codes, a geographic identifier with which a lot more people are familiar.

On a more serious note...

http://www.recovery.gov/Pages/TextView.aspx?data=stateSummaryAllZipCode&statecode=IL

Versus this...

http://www.recovery.gov/Pages/TextView.aspx?data=stateSummaryAllCD&statecode=IL

Which is what's getting the morans' dander up about "phantom districts."

Congressional district 00? FRAUD!!!!!

I would suggest taking a look at recovery.gov for a few minutes if you have a chance.  It does provide a fairly amazing amount of detail.

Quote from: Chuck to Chuck on November 17, 2009, 03:18:30 PM

Quote from: CT III on November 17, 2009, 03:17:11 PM

Quote from: ChuckD on November 17, 2009, 03:09:03 PM

Quote from: Fork on November 17, 2009, 03:02:22 PM

Don't a lot of college coaches get out clauses if certain opportunities, like alma mater, specific schools, or the NFL come up?

Maybe, but Ferentz has had NFL "opportunities" for the past four years or so. He turned down Michigan a few years back, so he doesn't seem to be after prestigious college jobs. And he went to school at UConn, which kind of sucks at football.

These University of Iowa jokes practically tell themselves.

That's actually a Michigan joke.

Nope, still an Iowa joke.

Quote from: Reuschels_Jowls on November 16, 2009, 11:38:03 PM

Quote from: Fork on November 16, 2009, 09:54:24 PM

What INCENTIVE does ND have to join a conference? They don't have to share revenue with anyone, can pick and choose their opponents, and negotiate their own TV contracts.

Plus, they win 6 games, and some bowl will always take them.

Well, pretty much any team that wins 6 games nowadays goes to a bowl game, including those outside of the BCS leagues (NIU went to the Independence Bowl at 6-6 last year).

But you're right about the revenue streams. As long as NBC is willing to re-up the deal to get the ND-Michigan and ND-USC ratings every other year, the "join a conference" stuff is just silly talk. Even when ND sucks, enough ND haters tune in for their weekly schadenfreude that the rest of the deal is worthwhile to the network. (I tune in for Tom Hammond's lip gloss myself).

The question I have is what is to force Michigan and/or USC from re-upping their deals with Notre Dame?  The trend is to schedule cupcakes for the non-conference portion of the schedule (so as to ensure those 6 wins and a bowl payday).  Michigan has also lost lots of luster and is may want to start scheduling easier, and USC may be slipping a little as well.  Notre Dame's schedule could start to look a whole lot like Boise States

Quote from: BigDrinky on November 16, 2009, 04:20:21 PM
Alternative title: 'Dead or Canadian'

or Indian Food

http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/11/16/ken-ober-remote-control-host-is-dead/

Ken Ober, the host of Remote Control (the first non-musical MTV show).

Another great Creed moment, and like the Lincoln he's rocking in the episode.

Quote from: Kermit, B. on November 12, 2009, 10:26:30 AM

Quote from: IrishYeti on November 12, 2009, 10:13:49 AM
I'm happy for you, Kerm. I really am.

I'm pretty much on the "anyone but Weis" bandwagon, at this point.  I don't know how Gruden's style would go over with 18-year-old kids, but he really does love ND, so I'm sure the effort would be there.  And they'd probably make sweet Chuckie leprechaun dolls.

You say that now, but wait until his first recruiting class consists of nothing but quarterbacks.

starting to get close to a Dennis Green sighthing here...

Quote from: Dave B on October 29, 2009, 09:39:43 AM
Man, SKO has a pretty strong anti-Iowa obsession going. You'd think he was going to team up with Deon Thomas and knock off Bruce Pearl.  

Nobody here has described their schedule as a " fucking gauntlet". In fact, I hate the fact that Iowa State winning is helping their opponents' winning percentage. I'd just as soon see them go 0-for. It's pretty much mandated that they play the Cyclowns annually. And ISU boosts their ticket prices to something like $90 for that game in the years they host Iowa, and force ticket buyers for that game to also purchase a ticket for a November game against a shitty Big 12 opponent. So Iowa is basically subsidizing their football program. Same with UNI, who I'm sure gets a pretty good pay-out to drive a couple of hours south.

That said, if Iowa somehow pulls off a win at Ohio State and doesn't stumble at home against Indiana, Northwestern, or Minnesota, that makes them 12-0. And if the other stuff plays out, an undefeated Big 10 team is pretty impressive.  

So much for those 15 pages'd