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Author:  GOIrishND [ Sat Sep 14, 2013 4:36 pm ]
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Let's hear it for the Zips as they came very close to ending Brady Joke's unbeaten streak at Michigan Stadium. Would have been the first Akron win over a Big Ten school since 1894...!

The Big Ten is laying an egg today as UCLA rolled the Huskers in Nebraska.

Go Zips, go MAC, and above all, MUCK FICHIGAN!!!!
Author:  pittmike [ Sat Sep 14, 2013 4:37 pm ]
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They beat ND lol
Author:  Curious Hair [ Sat Sep 14, 2013 5:08 pm ]
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Why do you care what the Big Ten "does"?
Author:  KDdidit [ Sat Sep 14, 2013 8:31 pm ]
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Losing to a team that went down to the wire with a MAC team is pretty bad.
Author:  SomeGuy [ Sat Sep 14, 2013 8:35 pm ]
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ND is pretty bad and even the they are overrated.
Author:  GOIrishND [ Sun Sep 15, 2013 2:58 am ]
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Saturday's "Little 10" results:

Wisconsin: loss
Penn St.: loss
Nebraska: loss by 20 pts. at home
Illinois: loss
Purdue: loss
Michigan: "major scare" as ESPN puts it

The Big Ten can crow all they want about wins over ND, Akron, and the "directional schools," but aside from possibly Ohio State they won't be a major player in the BCS this year.

Hoke should worry about the quality of his conference before calling ND "chicken." Look at some of ND's 2014 competition:

at Florida St.
vs. Louisville
vs. Michigan
at USC
vs. Stanford

If that's running chicken, the bird is headed for the KFC frying machines.
Author:  GOIrishND [ Mon Sep 16, 2013 5:19 am ]
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Curious Hair wrote:
Why do you care what the Big Ten "does"?


Numerous reasons:

1. Longstanding FB rivalries between ND and Purdue and Michigan St., and since the latter part of the Schembechler era, Michigan as well. First game attended as an ND student: Faust loss to MSU, '83.
2. ND connections to past B1G seasons: Parseghian formerly of Northwestern; Alvarez building Wisconsin program; Holtz formerly of Minnesota.
3. Family connections to Purdue and Indiana, along with possibly Northwestern upcoming as well.
4. Past following of the Illini under Mike White, John Mackovic, and successors. I used to be able to watch all of the televised home games decades ago.
5. Former annual basketball matchup -- ND vs. Indiana.
6. History with ND: Michigan's Fielding Yost leads the blocking of ND's entry into the conference in the Rockne era in a flurry of anti-Catholicism, altering the course of both ND and college FB in the 20th century.

And other reasons that come along with living in B1G country. I like all of the schools more or less except I can't stand Michigan, PSUcks, and Ohio State football. Most eras I would add MSU to that, but I like Dantonio so they're OK as long as he's coaching.

Finally, I care what Akron does because Terry Bowden is one of the best damn FB coaches out there. Also I've been familiar with the program since back when G. Faust was worked in as head coach in '86, another sad chapter in his bio.

Bo Schembechler on Lou Holtz: "He's a great coach, we all know that. He knows how to line 'em up and play 'em."

Bo Schembechler at the expanded ND Stadium: "How many seats do you have now? 80,000? That's nice."
Author:  good dolphin [ Mon Sep 16, 2013 8:15 am ]
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I'm catching a bit of a cubbiegirlshamus vibe
Author:  Northside_Dan [ Mon Sep 16, 2013 8:17 am ]
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good dolphin wrote:
I'm catching a bit of a cubbiegirlshamus vibe


Same, but he's using complete sentences.
Author:  rogers park bryan [ Mon Sep 16, 2013 8:27 am ]
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I was rooting for Akron
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