College Football ToughCalls Week 8

[PurdueSTL]

Notre Dame @ Navy @ East Rutherford, NJ - Middies shock domaz (whoops-my bad!)
Oklahoma @ Mizzou - Tigers' throttling of aTm in College Station made a believer out of me
Nebraska @ Oklahoma State - Huskers get off the mat at the expense of the Cowpokes
Wisconsin @ Iowa - post-OSU letdown for Bucky in Kinnick
LSU @ Auburn - this week's marquee game; gotta go with the home team
North Carolina @ Miami Fl - Can't see the 'Heels challenging here.

[ndistops]

Notre Dame's strengh of schedule seems pretty high for the type of school they are.

Currently the 12 teams on their schedule are a combined 51-26. 9 of them have a winning record, 1 is 3-3, and 2 have losing records.

Not only that but all of the teams they play are major schools, they don't play any Middle Tennessee State or Troy State type of teams.

They do play Western Michigan and Tulsa, not cupcakes but not powerhouses.

And with the death of the previous athletic director's ridiculous 7 home-4 away-1 neutral scheduling philosophy, those games won't happen anymore either. The 2011 and 2012 schedules were released this week and the only non-BCS foes on them are Navy twice (of course), Air Force in '11 and BYU (fellow independent) in '12. Thank goodness.

[JS04]

Notre Dame
Oklahoma
Oklahoma State
Iowa
Auburn
Miami Fl

[cardsfansince82]

ND
OU
NEB
WIS
AUB
MIA

[fanforever]

How about them Cats from Northwestern? They lead Michigan State 10-0 in the second quarter

[cardsfansince82]

How about them Cats from Northwestern? They lead Michigan State 10-0 in the second quarter

About to be 17-0.

[slide_into_first]

Wish I had switched to Navy.

[lukethedrifter]

Wow. Texas falls hard.

[st.lewis11]

Is Iowa's QB a bonehead, or is it his coach?....that clock management at the end vs. Wisconsin was brutal.

[slide_into_first]

Kirk Ferentz burned his last timeout on first down when they could have spiked it and time ran out on the next play, Wisconsin won 31-30.