College Football Thread -- The Fun Never Ends

[Imran Siddiqui]

I surmise you may be smoking something . Even with a down year... I don't see Michigan beating Wisconsin or Penn State.

[DanS]

A win against one of Wisconsin or Penn State is never out of reach for Michigan. Doesn't matter how bad they are. I've watched these teams my whole life, and I know this to be true. I think it more likely that Michigan will lose to ND this week than to lose to both Wisconsin and Penn State.

[Lord Avalon]

Which of the following is so bad, that it will make the other look good?

a) Notre Dame offense

b) Michigan defense

To be answered Saturday.

[MRT144]

Originally posted by DanS
A win against one of Wisconsin or Penn State is never out of reach for Michigan. Doesn't matter how bad they are. I've watched these teams my whole life, and I know this to be true. I think it more likely that Michigan will lose to ND this week than to lose to both Wisconsin and Penn State.

of course they will lose to ND this week, they are ,after all, playing one of your favorite teams.

[Imran Siddiqui]

Brings up an interesting point. Who in the world would have expected UM-ND this week to be a contest of 0-2 teams?

[DanS]

Originally posted by MRT144
of course they will lose to ND this week, they are ,after all, playing one of your favorite teams.

It's more than that. The matchup isn't favorable to Michigan this year. ND's interior D line has been surprisingly very stout -- before the season, we had reason to believe it weak. Now that Henne is out, Michigan will want to rely mostly on the interior running game.

[DanS]

Originally posted by Imran Siddiqui
Brings up an interesting point. Who in the world would have expected UM-ND this week to be a contest of 0-2 teams?

I expected Michigan to be really good this year, mainly because I thought they could reload on D.

I didn't expect ND's offensive line to be so poor, but thought that ND wouldn't have a great year, due to inexperience.

[Imran Siddiqui]

Yeah, but this is the first time that both teams have met while being 0-2 (and I believe they both schedule each other as their 3rd game of the year). Ever.

[DanS]

ND-Michigan normally is the 2nd game of the year and Michigan schedules creampuffs the first game of the year, so there's much less to that stat than meets the eye.

[snoopy369]

If only they had this year

[Guynemer]

This week will be telling for Big Blue. Are they really this bad? Or is it just their historic ineptitude against mobile QBs and spread offenses? They won't see any ASU/Oregon style offenses for the rest of the season...

[Lord Avalon]

Imposter priest sneaks into ND game
YouTube removes six-minute video featuring hijinks

SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) -- A man posted on the Internet a video showing how he sneaked into Notre Dame Stadium before the Georgia Tech game by posing as a Roman Catholic priest, prompting the university to re-emphasize its security procedures.

The six-minute video on the Web site YouTube showed the man posing by the team's signature yellow sign reading "Play Like a Champion Today," chatting with a television reporter and greeting the Fighting Irish as they ran onto the field to play Georgia Tech on Sept. 1. The video has since been removed. [Rats!]

University spokesman Dennis Brown said ushers made "an honest mistake" in failing to check the man for credentials, likely fooled by the camera crew that apparently followed him into the stadium.

"A group like that would need to request a credential, a field pass," Brown said. "(But) it looked professional enough that clearly the ushers at the gate were deceived and made a mistake."

Brown said that current security precautions, if followed, are enough to prevent such pranks from happening again.

"We aren't making any radical changes relative to stadium security at the gates," he said. "As much as anything, we'll just be emphasizing the procedures that we already have in place."

He said the university knows the identity of the man because he wrote them seeking permission to use the video. Brown said the university responded that it couldn't give an answer without seeing the video. Brown said the man didn't contact the university again.

The university does not plan to seek a criminal charge against the man, but is discussing what action to take.

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/football/ncaa/09/12/notredame.imposter.ap/index.html

[DanS]

This just in. Amazing!

Columbus, OH (AP) - A seven-year old boy was at the center of a Franklin County courtroom drama yesterday when he challenged a court ruling over who should have custody of him. The boy has a history of being beaten by his parents and the judge initially awarded custody to his aunt, in keeping with child custody law and regulation requiring that family unity be maintained to the highest degree possible.

The boy surprised the court when he proclaimed that his aunt beat him more than his parents and he adamantly refused to live with her. When the judge then suggested that he live with his grandparents, the boy cried and said that they also beat him. After considering the remainder of the immediate family and learning that domestic violence was apparently a way of life among them, the judge took the unprecedented step of allowing the boy to propose who should have custody of him.

After two recesses to check legal references and confer with the child welfare officials, the judge granted temporary custody to the University of Michigan Wolverines, whom the boy firmly believes are not capable of beating anyone.

[Imran Siddiqui]

Old.

[Donegeal]

Yet fitting.