I just can’t sit here and listen to your non-trash-talking trash talking. ND would lose to six SEC teams? You mean the two that lost to an ACC and Big East team? Or the ones who played rather mediocre Big Ten teams and won? Notre Dame was not prepared to play that game against Alabama and it showed after the first two plays of the game. They were diving at Lacy’s feet instead of hitting him and arm tackling. To put it simply, they were allowed to spend the break watching ESPN and listening to clowns who sound like you do tell them that they shouldn’t even show up. Notre Dame stuffed the kid from Stanford is every bit as good as Lacy, so it’s not that Lacy or the rest of Alabama or the entire SEC walks on water. They just weren’t prepared, period.

Well said Dixie Girl. As a lifelong Bama fan, born in Birmingham, and a University of Chicago grad (not a slouch school, either), one of whose daughters has chosen Alabama to pursue her forensic debate passion, I am proud of her and her chosen school. We visited the campus and were very impressed. Notre Dame fans, you don’t need me to tell you that you have a great institution with a lofty legacy. You had an unexpectedly great season. Don’t smear it by attempting to belittle others based on stereotypes or unfounded speculation. Roll Tide! And I hope our teams meet again.

PS – Alabama is deadly serious about academics. Our GSR is up to 85%, just behind Vanderbilt, in the SEC. That’s risen substantially under Saban, and will continue to rise, but a large public university, some four times or so the size of Notre Dame, will never reach ND’s 97%. Our GSR is not padded with basket-weaving. In fact, some Notre Dame fans might do well to do a bit more research on Alabama academics before some of the crap I’ve seen spewed on some ND sites. For example, our law school is ranked in the 20s range, the same as Notre Dame’s.

The defense got destroyed primarily because Diaco failed to: (1) double team Bama’s All-American linemen on running plays, (2) bring a safety down into the box to stop the run, and (3) rush 6 or 7 on obvious passing downs. The defense also got destroyed because the Tide’s offensive coordinator studied tape and knew that if the Tide shifted into certain formations, the Irish would rotate to a specified look and the Irish did so EVERY TIME. Net net, the Irish D was completely predictable and the Tide schemed to defeat the Irish’s looks. Put another way, Bob Diaco is All Grand Valley and Saban is All World.

Very classy post. I had a friend at the game who said the Bama fans were extremely classy.