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The College Football Thread 2006 -
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I root for them, but there is no honor in spanking (and injuring the 1st and 2nd string QBs of) a 1-AA team.
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Last week then #14 Iowa barely beat #114 Syracuse in 2OT. This week SU beats Illinois 31-21 at home. So is SU that much improved, or is Illinois that bad? Regardless, looks like Gregg Robinson has the SU program headed in the right direction!
I had hoped for a win, but this was amazing! Our D got pressure on Quinn, forced some INTs. Sacked or hit him plenty of times. We covered kicks well. After some trouble early on, we pass-blocked well enough to give Henne time to throw Manningham 3TD passes.
Now if we could just improve the play calling. I get tired of run, run, pass, punt.
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Yes, there is a hierarchy. USC is basically the only real rivalry. Well, that's not strictly true. Army was a real rivalry for a long time. Navy could be a real rivalry, if it decides to be an elite team. We have had monstrous crowds for all 3 of those teams (~120,000 a game in the 20s at Soldier Field). Miami was a real rivalry, for the short time that we played them regularly. All of these are for various historical reasons, not necessarily because the series is close. The USC series is heavy to the Irish (42-30-5), f.e. All except Miami are respectful rivalries, not hated rivalries.
The Michigan beatdown felt no worse because there was a rivalry, f.e. Charlie Weis will not be judged good or ill, specifically because of his record against Michigan. In contrast, Willingham was fired in part because of being thrashed by USC 3 times in a row. There is a lot of history in the Michigan series, but mostly it's history about why ND and Michigan and ND didn't play each other and develop an early rivalry. Michigan is always a tough early-season game, so no disrespect intended.
We have no real rivalry with MSU, but the school deserves several beatdowns for its abhorrent behavior last year, being disrespectful of the hosts (who try hard to be good hosts). Boston College deserves several beatdowns for an incident that I can't even remember right now, but it ended the series. Georgia Tech deserves several beatdowns for the rotten fish episode. No real rivalry with Purdue.
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