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| Mebot |
| quote: | Originally posted by tribu
VT game was amazing...the Hokies certainly have to be considered title candidates. |
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| InterMilan31 |
Didnt see you guys.
Got 2 of my perdictions right. Wisconsin over Michigan and USC to blow out Oregon.
Tech looked great although we didnt get that game in my area:(. Notre Dame game was boring mostly cuz Im sick of seeing them. Everygame so far has be televised in my area.:whip:
Penn State with a good win and now will face most likely a loss but a battle with Minnesota. Those freshman on PSU look:eyes:
I dont think that Minnesota game was an upset many think they are very good and Rose Bowl conteders....:rolleyes:
Also BC with a great win over Clemson too. Monday is another big match which Im looking forward to. I say LSU wins again and Tenn loses again!:happy2: |
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| jonze234 |
| quote: | Originally posted by Mebot
Amazing win for Wisocnsin, though i bet UWM is happy as a lark in a tree. |
check the local forum |
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| jonze234 |
| after the games this weekend i really hope that notre dame knocks off usc in a couple weeks so we can see vince young and texas go up against marcus vick and va tech for the national title. i just hope that we dont get the same thing as last year when auburn was left out in the cold. |
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| jonze234 |
| quote: | Originally posted by InterMilan31
Notre Dame game was boring mostly cuz Im sick of seeing them. Everygame so far has be televised in my area.:whip: |
one of the benefits of having all your games nationally televised :rolleyes: |
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| tribu |
| quote: | Originally posted by InterMilan31
I dont think that Minnesota game was an upset many think they are very good and Rose Bowl conteders....:rolleyes: |
I would love to see any written prediction that the Gophers would beat out Ohio State, Michigan, Iowa, Wisconsin and possibly even Michigan State . I follow the Big Ten pretty closely, and I never saw them predicted to finish higher than 5th. Three games after the PSU game look like this for Minnesota: at the Big House in Ann Arbor, hosting Wisconsin and hosting Ohio State. Those three games will really wear them down. They finish the year at Iowa after hosting Michigan State. Every Big Ten teams does play two teams (Each team also has one or two rival teams they always play) from the conference. This year Minnesota does not play Illinois or Northwestern; not exactly a favorable draw if you're trying to win the conference, much less run the table.
If you're trying to say that Minnesota was a Rose Bowl favorite after winning at Tulsa and against Colorado State and Florida Atlantic, I don't buy that. And by the simplest definition, it was an upset: Minnesota was unranked while Purdue was ranked 11th.
Minnesota is a nice dark horse, but don't count on it. The schedule is too long, too tough. I see them finishing 9-2, probably 8-3, which will be a solid year for Mason in a tough Big Ten conference. If Minnesota can run that table, Ill be the first to congratulate them for an amazing effort, but Id contend as well that if there are three undefeated teams at the end of the year, and one of them is Minnesota, The Gophers will be playing in the Orange Bowl. |
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| LeopoldStotch |
i will say that minnesota looks very good right now ..
they can be a serious contender, as long as the offensive line keeps blocking, and the running attack keeps pounding .. have you seen their offensive line ?? :eyespop: :eyespop: .. no one can push them around .. all starting 5 have potential in the nfl, because if you know how to run block, you're set in the lineup ..
minnesota's defense is also holding up during the big times ..
we will see .. too early to tell . |
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| Eddie N MIAMI |
| quote: | Originally posted by LeopoldStotch
hurricanes win again. go uOfM!!!
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HIGH FIVE
ewww butters why is your hand so sticky :nervous:
also haha at Louisville losing, South Florida actually has had a pretty good team and I bet on them this week so I kinda saw this happening. |
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| InterMilan31 |
| quote: | Originally posted by tribu
I would love to see any written prediction that the Gophers would beat out |
Ok didnt read all of that jesus.
ESPN was saying that before the game so there:p |
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| CraveTheRave |
All I have to say is Brodie Croyle and the rest of the pretender Crimson Tide squad is gonna go down hard to the only people that can give LSU and Georgia a run for the SEC title and a shot at the Rose Bowl (but most likely Orange even if we go undefeated).. FLORIDA!!! Leak is going to have a field day, even if it is in Alabama. Enjoy your top 15 ranking for now, it'll be a distant memory by Sunday :)
Sad for me is that I will be out of town writing my LSAT that day so I will miss the game entirely. DOH!
Cheers,
Terry |
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| verndogs |
| quote: | SOUTH BEND, Ind. -- Charlie Weis doesn't usually let anyone else call plays on offense. He made an exception for 10-year-old Montana Mazurkiewicz.
The Notre Dame coach met last week with Montana, who had been told by doctors weeks earlier that there was nothing more they could do to stop the spread of his inoperable brain tumor.
"He was a big Notre Dame fan in general, but football especially," said his mother, Cathy Mazurkiewicz.
Weis showed up at the Mazurkiewicz home in Mishawaka, just east of South Bend, and talked with Montana about his tumor and about Weis' 10-year-old daughter, Hannah, who has global development delay, a rare disorder similar to autism.
He told Montana about some pranks he played on Joe Montana -- whom Montana was named after -- while they were roommates at Notre Dame.
"I gave him a chance to hammer me on the Michigan State loss, which he did very well. He reminded me of my son," said Weis, whose son, Charlie Jr., is 12 years old.
Weis said the meeting was touching.
"He told me about his love for Notre Dame football and how he just wanted to make it through this game this week," Weis said. "He just wanted to be able to live through this game because he knew he wasn't going to live very much longer."
As Weis talked to the boy, Cathy Mazurkiewicz rubbed her son's shoulder trying to ease his pain. Weis said he could tell the boy was trying not to show he was in pain.
His mother told Montana, who had just become paralyzed from the waist down a day earlier because of the tumor, to toss her a football Weis had given him. Montana tried to throw the football, put could barely lift it. So Weis climbed into the reclining chair with him and helped him complete the pass to his mother.
Before leaving, Weis signed the football.
"He wrote, 'Live for today for tomorrow is always another day,"' Mazurkiewicz said.
"He told him: 'You can't worry about tomorrow. Just live today for everything it has and everything you can appreciate,'" she said. "He said: 'If you're (in pain) today you might not necessarily be in pain tomorrow, or it might be worse. But there's always another day.'"
Weis asked Montana if there was something he could do for him. He agreed to let Montana call the first play against Washington on Saturday. He called "pass right."
Montana never got to see the play. He died Friday at his home.
Weis heard about the death and called Mazurkiewicz on Friday night to assure her he would still call Montana's play.
"He said, 'This game is for Montana, and the play still stands,'" she said.
Weis said he told the team about the visit. He said it wasn't a "Win one for the Gipper" speech, because he doesn't believe in using individuals as inspiration. He just wanted the team to know people like Montana are out there.
"That they represent a lot of people that they don't even realize they're representing," Weis said.
When the Irish started on their own 1-yard-line following a fumble recovery, Mazurkiewicz wasn't sure Notre Dame would be able to throw a pass. Weis was concerned about that, too. So was quarterback Brady Quinn.
"He said 'What are we going to do?'" Weis said. "I said 'We have no choice. We're throwing it to the right.'"
Weis called a play where most of the Irish went left, Quinn ran right and looked for tight end Anthony Fasano on the right.
Mazurkiewicz watched with her family.
"I just closed my eyes. I thought, 'There's no way he's going to be able to make that pass. Not from where they're at. He's going to get sacked and Washington's going to get two points,'" she said.
Fasano caught the pass and leapt over a defender for a 13-yard gain.
"It's almost like Montana was willing him to beat that defender and take it to the house," Weis said.
Mazurkiewicz was happy.
"It was an amazing play. Montana would have been very pleased. I was very pleased," she said. "I was just so overwhelmed. I couldn't watch much more."
Weis called her again after the game, a 36-17 victory by the 13th-ranked Fighting Irish, and said he had a game ball signed by the team that he wanted to bring to the family on Sunday.
"He's a very neat man. Very compassionate," she said. "I just thanked him for using that play, no matter the circumstances." |
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| jonze234 |
| quote: | Originally posted by verndogs
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wow, thats an impressive story. i remember that play too. fasano hurdled over that guy and was like a man on a mission. |
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