College Football Predictions for September 11 (aka "Monster Saturday")

I'm competing in ESPN's College Pick'em. The deal is each week you predict the outcome of 10 College Football Games ranking them in order of your confidence in your pick with #1 being "most confident" and 10 being "least confident". Here's my pics for today, September 11, in order of my confidence level in each pick.

(The home team is on all caps)

1. IOWA over Iowa State

2. ALABAMA over Penn State

3. BYU over AIR FORCE

4. Oregon over TENNESSEE

5. NOTRE DAME over Michigan

6. Hawaii over ARMY

7. Stanford over UCLA

8. Oklahoma over FLORIDA STATE

9. OHIO STATE over Miami

10. SOUTH CAROLINA over Georgia

HERE COME THE IRISH!

2010 College Football Predictions

Here are my predictions for the soon to start college football season...

Big Ten Conference Champion: Ohio State (Runner-up: Iowa)

ACC Champion: Virginia Tech (Runner-up: Miami)

Big East Conference Champion: Pittsburgh (Runner-up: UConn)

Big 12 Conference Champion: Oklahoma (Runner-up: Nebraska)

PAC 10 Champion: Oregon (Runner-up: Stanford)

SEC Champion: Alabama (Runner-up: Florida)


BCS Bowl Games

Rose Bowl: Oregon vs. Ohio State
Fiesta Bowl: Nebraska vs. Boise State
Orange Bowl: Virginia Tech vs. Iowa
Sugar Bowl : Florida vs. Pittsburgh
National Championship Game: Oklahoma vs. Alabama

Notre Dame Football - 2010 Prediction

This is the greatest time of year. To me, it's like Christmas. We're less than a week until the start of the greatest sport's season in the world - College Football!

And of course, if you know me very well, you know that I'm a die-hard Notre Dame Football fan. As such, like any fan, I tend to be a bit disillusional about how good my team will be. However, that's half the fun as we anticipate the start of another season.

BEST-CASE SCENARIO... ND finishes 10-2 and plays in BCS Bowl while losing only to Boston College and USC, both on the road.

WORST CASE SCENARIO...ND finishes is 6-6 and doesn't go to a Bowl game while losing to Michigan, Michigan State, Boston College, Pittsburgh, Stanford and USC.

There's a lot to be excited about as a Notre Dame fan as we enter into 2010 season. With that in mind, I'm going to try hard to give more of a "realistic" prediction of how good I think the Irish are going to be in 2010. Ultimately, I think they will be very good on offense and better than expected on defense. However, it's going to take awhile to change what has been a culture of losing for the better part of the past 15 years.

With that said, here's my prediction...ND will finish 8-4 and play in the Gator Bowl while losing to Michigan State, Boston College, Pittsburgh and USC.

WE ARE ND!

In honor of the start of the college football season and the start of another Notre Dame football season which is now less than 19 days away, here ya go...

First Comments from ND President on the Firing of Charlie Weis

Email sent out from the University of Notre Dame...

v. 30, 2009
For Immediate Release

Weis will not be retained as Notre Dame football coach

University of Notre Dame head football coach Charlie Weis will not be retained, University director of athletics Jack Swarbrick announced today (Nov. 30).

“We have great expectations for our football program, and we have not been able to meet those expectations,” Swarbrick said. “As an alumnus, Charlie understands those goals and expectations better than most, and he’s as disappointed as anyone that we have not achieved the desired results.”

Swarbrick recommended the dismissal Sunday night to Notre Dame’s president, Rev. John I. Jenkins, C.S.C.

“We have established an evaluation process for all of our athletic programs that, in the end, results in a recommendation from Jack to me,” Father Jenkins said. “I accepted Jack’s decision and look forward to working with him on selecting a new head football coach who is the very best choice possible for the University and especially for our student-athletes.

“I am most appreciative to Coach Weis for his service to Notre Dame and our community. He and his family have my prayers and best wishes.”

8 Days Until ND vs. USC

A great highlight video I found from all the years of Notre Dame football. May it satisfy your appetite for Notre Dame football since the Irish are "off" this weekend. Only eight days until THE game of the year versus USC. Let's get pumped ND fans!

Pics from the Notre Dame-Washington Game

Courtesy of Notre Dame photographer Matt Cashmore

"The Catch"

Pictures From Our Trip to West Lafayette