Notre Dame will be joining the B10, Book it.

[tm3308]

After 8 games last year Notre Dame was 6-2 with a 38-34 L @ Michigan and a 33-30 W at home against Mich St.

After 8 games last year Iowa was 8-0 with a 30-28 W at home against Michigan and a 15-13 W at Michigan State.

They're not far from bring a very good program...put a decent college football coach on that team and they're right there. Coaching changes are rarely good for programs in the short term...but I think Brian Kelly is taking over a program with a lot of talent waiting in the wings. If he instill a little mental toughness in those players...and get back to basics...he could be back in the hunt very quickly.

The difference there is that those wins over Michigan and Michigan State were the highlights for Notre Dame's season, even through 8 games. Iowa, by the time it had played 8 games, had beaten Penn State and Wisconsin, both fairly convincingly. The MSU win was a highlight for us just in its drama, and the Michigan game was a close call, but it's not one we brag about. Notre Dame claimed those as signature wins. That's a big difference.

 

[HawKCP]

The difference there is that those wins over Michigan and Michigan State were the highlights for Notre Dame's season, even through 8 games. Iowa, by the time it had played 8 games, had beaten Penn State and Wisconsin, both fairly convincingly. The MSU win was a highlight for us just in its drama, and the Michigan game was a close call, but it's not one we brag about. Notre Dame claimed those as signature wins. That's a big difference.

They also stomped Nevada 35-0...Nevada was at least a decent team that finished with 8 wins. They beat BC who also finished with 8 wins. The played USC very close and USC was playing pretty good at the time...remember they won at tOSU early on.

At some point in there they lost Michael Floyd who is as good of a receiver as there is in college football. Their offense took a big hit when he went down...having him and Golden Tate opposite each other with one of the best QBs in the country (who happened to be a huge recruit that everybody wanted) made them as dangerous as anyone in the country.

You're right...it went downhill after week 8...but they lost a lot of close games against good bowl teams...I chalk it up to poor coaching and a huge injury to an impact player.