Sorry about the poor video quality, but I thought this was pretty cool. My girlfriend Eileen and I went to South Bend for the Notre Dame-Boston College game. We were on NBC when they were showing the crowd singing the alma mater after the game on Saturday, but I haven't been able to find any video of that. However, this was broadcast on ESPNU's Coaches Spotlight today.
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
How do the predictions hold up?
By Chris Maza
Fan Fanatic Sports Staff
Sorry for the delay in posting. This weekend I went to South Bend for the Notre Dame football game against Boston College and got a total of seven hours of sleep this weekend.
Seeing as how I've already broken with the schedule, let's break with the format all together and take a look back at my early predictions for the Pac-10, the Big East, the Big XII, the WAC and Notre Dame and see how my predictions are holding up thus far.
Fan Fanatic Sports Staff
Sorry for the delay in posting. This weekend I went to South Bend for the Notre Dame football game against Boston College and got a total of seven hours of sleep this weekend.
Seeing as how I've already broken with the schedule, let's break with the format all together and take a look back at my early predictions for the Pac-10, the Big East, the Big XII, the WAC and Notre Dame and see how my predictions are holding up thus far.
This week’s game between USC and Oregon will pretty much decide the Pac- 10 conference. Oregon has been impressive since the opening week loss to Boise State and subsequent suspension of Lagarrette Blount. USC has been USC, which is to say a top-10 team that perennially loses what would normally be considered a gimme game to lose a shot at the national championship. Stanford has become a dangerous, underrated team. California’s back-to-back losses to Oregon and USC have dropped them pretty much out of the running.
The Big East is making a major statement as a football conference this year with three top-25 teams. Probably the most surprising has been Cincinnati, which sits and No. 5 and just proved it can win without one-time Heisman candidate Tony Pike under center. Pitt is undefeated on the season and West Virginia is riding a four-game win streak. Pitt (4-0), Cincinnati (3-0) and West Virginia (2-0) are all still undefeated in the conference. It figures to be exciting right down to the end. The Big East doesn’t have a championship game, but the last three weeks of the schedule shape up to be its own little playoff as all three teams play each other.
The Big East is making a major statement as a football conference this year with three top-25 teams. Probably the most surprising has been Cincinnati, which sits and No. 5 and just proved it can win without one-time Heisman candidate Tony Pike under center. Pitt is undefeated on the season and West Virginia is riding a four-game win streak. Pitt (4-0), Cincinnati (3-0) and West Virginia (2-0) are all still undefeated in the conference. It figures to be exciting right down to the end. The Big East doesn’t have a championship game, but the last three weeks of the schedule shape up to be its own little playoff as all three teams play each other.
Nevada has been mediocre this season and terrible out of the conference at 1-3. But they’re undefeated in the WAC. Boise State is undefeated as expected, thanks to a weak schedule, both in and out of conference. Idaho is 3-1 in the conference after allowing 70 points to Boise State. The biggest surprise in this conference is probably the fact that Hawaii has slipped so far. It was expected they would slump, but a 2-5 season, including 0-4 in the WAC is astoundingly bad.
While I didn't go so far as to predict the standings of the two divisions of the Big XII, but here were the predictions: Texas wins the South, Kansas wins the North. Texas wins the conference and carries its 12-1 record into the BSC national championship. As of now, Kansas State is leading the North at 3-1, having the benefit of playing Iowa State, Texas A&M and Colorado early. That could easily change with Oklahoma and Kansas in back-to-back weeks. My pick for the North, Kansas, is 1-2 in the division with back-to-back losses to Colorado and Oklahoma. In the South, Texas holds the lead at 4-0 and can pretty much wrap it up by beating Oklahoma State this weekend.
For Notre Dame, I predicted a 9-3 finish and a 5-2 record to this point with losses to Michigan State and USC. I also predicted they would fall short of a BCS bid. At this point in the season, The Irish sit at 5-2 with losses to Michigan and USC. After beating Boston College this week, Notre Dame stands at No. 23 in the BCS standings, giving them an outside shot of at-large consideration, but it appears they will have to win out. Another loss and a 9-3 record will not do it.
While I didn't go so far as to predict the standings of the two divisions of the Big XII, but here were the predictions: Texas wins the South, Kansas wins the North. Texas wins the conference and carries its 12-1 record into the BSC national championship. As of now, Kansas State is leading the North at 3-1, having the benefit of playing Iowa State, Texas A&M and Colorado early. That could easily change with Oklahoma and Kansas in back-to-back weeks. My pick for the North, Kansas, is 1-2 in the division with back-to-back losses to Colorado and Oklahoma. In the South, Texas holds the lead at 4-0 and can pretty much wrap it up by beating Oklahoma State this weekend.
For Notre Dame, I predicted a 9-3 finish and a 5-2 record to this point with losses to Michigan State and USC. I also predicted they would fall short of a BCS bid. At this point in the season, The Irish sit at 5-2 with losses to Michigan and USC. After beating Boston College this week, Notre Dame stands at No. 23 in the BCS standings, giving them an outside shot of at-large consideration, but it appears they will have to win out. Another loss and a 9-3 record will not do it.
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