1. Alabama (55) 14-0 1,469 1
2. Ohio State (4) 11-2 1,392 5
3. Florida 13-1 1,245 3
4. Texas 13-1 1,240 2
5. Boise State 14-0 1,215 4
6. Virginia Tech 10-3 1,052 10
7. TCU 12-1 1,051 6
8. Oklahoma 8-5 1,035 NR
9. Nebraska 10-4 1,001 14
10. Iowa 11-2 952 7
11. Oregon 10-3 940 11
12. Wisconsin 10-3 778 16
13. Miami (Fla.) 9-4 728 19
14. Penn State 11-2 508 8
15. Pittsburgh 10-3 492 15
16. LSU 9-4 476 17
17. Georgia Tech 11-3 455 13
18. North Carolina 8-5 445 NR
19. Arkansas 8-5 438 NR
20. Florida State 7-6 374 NR
21. Georgia 8-5 312 NR
22. Oregon State 8-5 263 NR
23. Auburn 8-5 260 NR
24 (tie). West Virginia 9-4 169 22
24 (tie). Utah 10-3 169 18
Does something seem amiss? Where is Notre Dame in the rankings?
Oh that’s right…
When Lou Holtz left Notre Dame some 15 years ago or so, it evidently became a campus edict that Notre Dame shall never again field a competitive football team.
As a result, although I slip up here and there, I gave up watching Notre Dame football games on TV a couple of years ago.
Not because they sucked and that I am some sort of “only there when they are good” kinda fan, but because I still held out hope.
Even as the gridiron program of the Golden Domers spiraled downward, I believed every fall Saturday for years, that they would turn things around.
With excitement in my heart and a smile on my face, I would tune in to watch and within minutes after kickoff..?
The “fuckin’ idiots”, “son-of-a-bitches”, and “God Damns” would start flying from my frothing, beer soaked mouth.It was unsettling that I would cuss so much at a football team fielded by a university named in honor of the Virgin Mary. So, I repented.
In order to keep my blood pressure down, and retain a seat in Heaven, I gave up watching Notre Dame football.
I shall refrain from watching Notre Dame football this year as well. Well…for the most part.
You see…I am by nature an optimist, and there will always be an ort of holy hope residing in my soul, that Notre Dame will once again be a playah.
I’m working all weekend so you don’t have to, so enjoy it, and pray that I do not encounter too many idiots while manning the Beer Mine.
Cheers!!
