..is because the typical American who doesn't keep up with college football "always roots for Notre Dame."
That's why NBC has them locked down to an exclusive TV contract: Because uncle Bill the comptroller who doesn't even like college football will watch ND out of a sense of patriotism...
So ND gets a a bowl bonus of $1.3 million even when ND doesn't make a bowl, or am I reading that wrong?
There are a million reasons to hate ND. Too bad Reilly only mentioned a thousand of them.
An OM coworker of mine said Jake Thomas was nowhere near the caliber of Davion Johnson...
..tell your OM co-worker that the difference between Thomas & Johnson is that Thomas will spend his MSU career going to bowls.
Johnson, meanwhile, will spend his career @ OM "building character" &...
...over the past 25 years I have seen at least 3 games where Vanderbilt had Alabama beat, yet the refs aggressively intervened in Alabama's behalf.
For Vanderbilt to be allowed to beat Alabama fair & square...the political & financial ramifications would be devastating for the SEC...
..there are 14 teams in the SEC.
All 14 teams have players looking confident currently (yes, even the University of Mississippi).
This reminds me of how every summer Gene posts how rigorously efficient our summer workout program has been.
Then Mutt comes in & reminds Gene (& everybody...
"One day after flipping to Auburn, Foster cemented the decision by getting a gigantic Auburn tattoo on his forearm. His mother said the commitment remains so strong that the entire family intends to get Auburn tattoos, also."
Please don't do this. I assume by "the entire family" you also mean...
..out of everybody from Mississippi they list, Jerious Norwood is the only one that, in retrospect, strikes me as a true 5 star recruit.
And even he was the victim of crappy teams & crappy coaching.
Granted, most of them stayed in state, but none of them entered a program & changed the...
..a healthy SEC OL always looks good. (Unless you are a bottomed-out program like Ole Miss).
Ever last year, if the OL would have remained healthy, it would have been a pretty good OL.
The MSU OL gets hit by a rash of injuries & suddenly everybody is questioning talent level.
There are...
...that game came down to FG's, & MSU couldn't make them.
I realize this board likes to ignore the importance of FG kickers, but that game didn't come down missed defensive assigments. It came down to a FG who couldn't deliver in a huge game...
Do you guys think I could employ an Auburn booster to pay off a Breaking Bad writer..
..if you went from obedient insurance salesman (or whatever you do for a living) to meth kingpin?
I'm sure your little lady would take it all in stride, & not rock the boat at all.
Taking that into...