Won't the ND fighting irish win the ncaa national championship next year?
454717
i hope so.  a lot of other top teams (usc, texas, ohio state) are losing key players
942585
People just love to hate Notre Dame! Look at their schedule on how they start every season! Michigan, Michigan St., Georgia Tech, Purdue. Those are great teams they they battle against! Then they get Air Force,Navy , Ucla,etc. The only easy game in that is Navy! Then they Usually get tough teams again(USC,Flordia St.Boston College, Stanford(those were good teams in the years they played them) The Big Ten starts of with teams like Northwestern St, Ball St.and University of Ohio. Some even play Division 2 schools. Then they play  Northwestern, Illinois, Minnesota, Indiana(improved this year)and Iowa. No one says nothing about their schedule. Notre Dame has a tough road and no respect when they lose to a team like Michigan. What happened last year against USC? They lost ,but played a hell of a game! \nTo answer your question, they are very underrated!!\nGO IRISH!!
892478
Ohio State has won the BCS. That doesn't mean that they will win the national championship.  I think they will, there are the best team out there.
958193
No!!  You have to look at it from OSU point of view.  What would be the point?  If they played again and Michigan won all that does is show that each team won a game a piece.  To me that means a co-national championship.  Personally I think Florida is a better team than Michigan but we may never know how good.  This is why division 1A needs a playoff system.  Once and for all put a 16 team tournament together and play for the real national championship.
836561
I would like it, but doubt ND will get put in the bid light, given the poor responses in media to 'how' their wins have piled up.  seems like a double standard to me, as i can point to plenty of teams that have relatively fallen apart in the last three weeks while nd still gets their wins + no love.  but hey, charlie's gonna be around for awhile.  ::grin::
80627
Hate to be wishy washy, but it seems to me that they are on the bubble right now. Yes, they have some impressive wins lately. On the other hand, they have a chance to be eliminated early in the conference tournament, which would hurt them quite a bit. \n\nOverall, I think your Orangemen have a better chance than my Hoosiers! LOL
23708
Ohio State will win because they better overall on defense. Special teams and offenses are very similar and will come down to who makes the stops when they count. I don't think ND will have any big plays on special teams like they have had this season (and saved some wins for them). And OSU will pressure Brady and get him to have happy feet and he will not be able to throw "jump balls" and expect his receivers to bail him out. It could be a game similar to ND's loss to USC, except OSU won't make mistakes like USC did and allow ND back into the game.  Also, ND and their fans are so arogant and full of themselves that they don't have the winning mentality it takes to win big games. It will take Charlie Weis a few years to weed out the ND turds before they will be serious bowl contenders. PS. Charlie Weis does not give Ohio State a coaching edge over OSU, if anything, he is a liability because of his lack of knowledge on bowl preparation and scheduling practice around exams, flights schedules, and media hoopla. Go Bucks!
32033
I don't think OU will be next years college national champions.  I'm a Sooners Fan, but I think the front Off. line is one year away from being ready to protect the QB, and make hole for the RB.
1018144
They can get close but it seems unlikely they'll go all the way.  Teams like Northwestern and Kansas State came from the absolute cellar of Div. I-A to become winning teams, so it's not impossible for a mid-level team like the Terps to make a run for it.  But in the current non-playoff system, it would take an amazing series of circumstances beyond their control for an unbeaten Maryland squad to get into a national championship game and win.\n\nThis is coming from an ex-Terp, by the way.
145900
They did lose to Notre Dame at home. Notre Dame isnt that good. They have also lost too many games to be ranked, they have lost 9.  Beating LSU and Tennessee today was nice, but losing to South Carolina was a game they should have won. They also shouldnt lose at Temple. Temple is not that good. They have played a decent schedule, but their record should be better.
891618
They might be #2 behind the OHIO STATE BUCKEYES in the big ten conference. I see them making the tournament again, but I don't see them going deep in the big dance...
694309
No there isn't. I hate how ND gets rated so high every year and then loses when they play a good team. However i also thoroughly enjoy Lou holtz predicting that USC will lose every single week b/c there an untalented team.
861466
anybody who thinks we WON'T be nat'l champs is retarded. no way michigan can beat us this year...they just arent a better all-around team. ohio state is the most balanced team in the nation. We have a severly underrated running back next to the leading candidate of the Heisman race....Troy Smith. All season, ESPN analysts and coaches around the nation have announced Ohio State as the National Champs for this year.\n\nSo, to all Michigan fans....there is no way you'll beat us this year. Chad Henne is inconsistent, and here's an interesting statistic...Mario Manningham had ZERO catches last weekend. BALL STATE was able to keep your top receiver from catching anything. If Ball State can do that, then of course we can do it.
236032
Well, they are in the final four, they cannot win the final four.  The NCAA men's championship?  No.
57589
There not going to win it, they'll lose to Duke in the Final Four.  Duke then beats Florida for the national championship.
884555
They have the ability to win it but I don't think they will. Ohio St. can be beat. USC could beat them, Notre Dame can beat them, that is if their defense shows up. Florida could win. Louisville coulda won if they stayed undefeated.
1090831
Notre Dame went 9-3 last year and all of a sudden they're a super team that's suppose to run the table...  They are without a doubt the most overrated team in the country.  They have to play Georgia Tech, Penn State, Michigan, and Michigan State the first 4 games of the year!!!  Not to even mention match ups with USC and UCLA later in the year...  Brady Quinn maybe the best in the country but that's only because of Wies's system.  JaMarcus Russell is the best QB in the country if you ask me...  Oh yeah...  and the Irish still don't have a good enough defense to win the national title this year...