Eric wrote:Notre Dame will go to the Sun Bowl at 7-5 next year, maybe 8-4. I can't come up with an idea as to how they will be better without Brady Quinn next season. If a mediocre team loses an NFL QB, that doesn't bode well for that team.
It seemed like Notre Dame could hang with decent teams (Georgia Tech, UCLA, uh, Penn State? ouch), but when it came to the big dogs, they had no chance. 3 elite teams, 3 blowouts.
I expect Notre Dame to become better over the years. At this point, most of the Notre Dame hype was caused by the media and it mostly had nothing to do with how good they are. Weis is bringing in some talented recruits and we should get used to seeing Notre Dame in a BCS bowl for a while.
I still say GT is a better team overall than ND this year. I know they lost by a touchdown, but they blew out VT, and almost beat WVU.
If it was not the first game of the year, I think GT would have taken them.