Navy Beats Notre Lame: There is a GOD and the Pope joins the Navy!

[Navypost]

Thanks. I looked him up to. I almost forgot about that scandal with the freshman co-ed. I thought that case was closed a few years ago or was that another middy F-ball player I'm getting confused with. When I worked on Boiling AFB I remember discussing his case with a Navy Jag that said he was TAD in the local area but never got new actaul duty station since graduating.

Originally Posted by slapshot

I remember the game (1996). Very back and forth/exciting game. To be honest, however, I don't remember Navy's QB, so I had to look it up. His name was Chris McCoy. Not sure what his passing numbers were, but I think he was a pretty good runner. He now plays for the Columbus Lions (an indoor football team): #14 http://www.columbuslions.net/index.p...id=2&Itemid=12

[slapshot]

Originally Posted by FRANK X

I am one of them, you were right.
So much talent just going to waste.

The Navy game was a perfect example of how many times CW has been outcoached.

This is how simple it is so I will ask a simple question:
You are at te 2 yard line, first and goal and your O Line is HUGE compared to the D Line.
Do you A) Run North and South right up the middle?
Do you B) Run a sweep with the slowest RB on the Team?

Frank,

Glad to see you stopped drinking the cool-aide. Although I do ride ND a lot around here, I sincerely respect ND and it's football program. Really, I do. One gauge that I use to measure a program, and it's fans is what other people say when they go to a ND game. And with no, nada, zero exceptions, all that I hear from say that ND fans, while a bit smitten by the mystique of ND football, are all class act people.

But with that said, and before all this niceness and sentimentality brings a tear to my eye, snif, sniff... I have to leave you with this most recent piece about ND/Charlie. I warn you, it's not for the faint of heart.

From ESPN:

"Charlie, Undressed

Notre Dame (16) will do whatever it pleases with Charlie Weis (17) -- fire him, retain him, give him another $30-plus million for almost beating USC. Whatever. He should have been dismissed a year ago, after the humiliation in the Los Angeles Coliseum, so any corrective action taken now comes a year too late.

The Irish are only 35-24 under Charlie Weis' watch.
But while we're waiting for the Fighting Irish brass to decide what to do with their football coach, The Dash has to admire how the man has built a five-year, get-rich-quick scheme out of virtually nothing. Look at Weis' record, and there is no substance to it.

His overall record is 35-24. If the Irish lose Saturday at Pittsburgh, his winning percentage will be .583 -- which means he'll still be succeeding at the identical rate that got Tyrone Willingham (18) canned after three seasons. His ability to create a double standard out of recruiting hype got him two more years of fat paychecks.

But there's nothing more to Weis than that.

Whom has he beaten? An endless succession of nobodies. Of his 35 victories, exactly two have come against teams that finished the season in Jeff Sagarin's ELO_Chess Top 30 (the rankings the BCS uses). One of those was against Michigan in Weis' second game as coach, in 2005 -- the Wolverines finished that year No. 24. The other was against Penn State in the second game of Weis' second year -- the Nittany Lions finished that year No. 14.

Since that victory over Penn State in September 2006, Weis' past 24 victories have been against teams ranked 35th or lower by Sagarin -- most of them much lower.

In fact, the average Sagarin ELO_Chess rank of all 35 Weis victims is a 73. Which basically means the Irish would have been hell on wheels in Conference USA over the past five seasons.

And isn't that what Notre Dame football is supposed to be all about?

[Ngata is a God]

Originally Posted by Bozman

Thank God indeed.

This loss officially eliminates them from BCS contention.

That ND was considered for the BCS in itself is a joke.

It thought ND gets an automatic New Years Day Bowl if they finish 6-5. Or is it 6-6? 5-6? I forget.

[slapshot]

Originally Posted by Ngata is a God

It thought ND gets an automatic New Years Day Bowl if they finish 6-5. Or is it 6-6? 5-6? I forget.

If you are referring to a BCS Bowl, then no.

http://www.bcsfootball.org/bcsfb/eligibility

4. Notre Dame will have an automatic berth if it is in the top eight of the final BCS Standings.

They will get to a bowl, but out of the BCS running.

[Ngata is a God]

Originally Posted by slapshot

If you are referring to a BCS Bowl, then no.

http://www.bcsfootball.org/bcsfb/eligibility

4. Notre Dame will have an automatic berth if it is in the top eight of the final BCS Standings.

Sarcasm. It drives me nuts these clowns get so much coverage.

[slapshot]

Originally Posted by Ngata is a God

Sarcasm. It drives me nuts these clowns get so much coverage.

Got it.

Agreed.

[happyjack]

Originally Posted by slapshot

I remember the game (1996). Very back and forth/exciting game. To be honest, however, I don't remember Navy's QB, so I had to look it up. His name was Chris McCoy. Not sure what his passing numbers were, but I think he was a pretty good runner. He now plays for the Columbus Lions (an indoor football team): #14 http://www.columbuslions.net/index.p...id=2&Itemid=12

mccoy had a pretty good first half...even had some big passes in that game. he had a terrible secnod half, though, with a fumble and an INT. so, it was back-up QB ben fay who led a comback in the 4th quarter and scored twice for the win. i still remember ben doing the hula dance in the end zone after one of those scores.

[VTSEAL]

Way to go Navy!