Bowl Projections

Bowl Projections As of November 16, 2008


By beating the NAVY Midshipmen, the Fighting Irish of Notre Dame became bowl eligible. Bowl eligible is a meaningless word when paired with the Fighting Irish of Notre Dame. We all know that once Notre Dame becomes eligible, they will be chosen, and it is just a matter of who chooses them. I’ve always wanted to create a post where I keep track of what the pundits are saying as to which bowl game is going to select Notre Dame, but after the fiasco that is the 2007 season (or the Michigan Wolverines 2008 fiasco), I looked at the glass as being half empty to say the least.

Now that the Fighting Irish are up for grabs, I now post my first post that tracks as to what the pundits projections are saying. As you Irish fans can see, mostly everyone is projecting for the Fighting Irish to play in the Konica Minolta Gator Bowl in Jacksonville, Florida on New Year’s Day assuming that Notre Dame beats Syracuse and USC beats Notre Dame. But, the most likely destination for the Fighting Irish is the Brut Sun Bowl in El Paso, Texas on the last day of 2008.

Personally, I would like to see the Fighting Irish to go to the Gator Bowl and face an ACC team because I think that Notre Dame can beat any team in the ACC, but Notre Dame can also loose to any team in the ACC (See Notre Dame vs. North Carolina vs. Georgia Tech vs. Boston College). Miami (7-3) have beaten team that Notre Dame could have also beaten, and loss to teams (FL, FLS, NC) that Notre would or have loss to.

But I really want to see the Fighting Irish go against the Miami Hurricanes because I’ve always felt that Notre Dame is the complete opposite of Miami Hurricanes. Another reason is that naysayers this season have always acknowledged the fact that Miami is a young uprising team. But Notre Dame is simply a terrible team without acknowledging the fact that we too are young.

Another reason is that I want the Fighting Irish to play against a team that plays with it. I do not know what that it is, but the Miami players always play with it. It’s not passion, not hatred and not confidence. There’s just something that Miami has that Notre Dame has never had for a long time.

Anyways, I think all of us Irish fans can agree to one thing when it comes to these bowl projections. The bowl game or the opponent does not matter so long as we get the WIN!