Early Look at 06.....CNNSI has us at #4

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2006/writers/stewart_mandel/01/05/look.ahead/index.html?cnn=yes

I think Mandel is right on with LSU's outlook, but ND at #2 is really Homerish

 

Yeah, couldn't believe I saw Notre Dame No. 2. Now that the USC ride is over, I can turn my attention back to rooting for the Notre Dame collapse.

 

What is ND's schedule next year? If it's similar to this year, they'll likely finish top 5.

ND is good, but when you don't play any good teams & the media is in love with you - you look great.

 

All those teams are a bunch of pot-smoking basterds!

:lol:

 

Code:

09-02 @ Georgia Tech
09-09 Penn State
09-16 Michigan
09-23 @ Michigan State
09-30 Purdue
10-07 Stanford
10-21 UCLA
10-28 Navy @Baltimore, MD
11-04 North Carolina
11-11 @ Air Force
11-18 Army
11-25 @ Southern California

Wow, they close at USC. Get ready for the hype machine for that one.

 

Sounds like a good analysis to me.

 

With the exception of the Army & Air Force, at first glance that's a pretty attractive schedule on paper.

 

:rofl:

 

If ND beats all of those teams - I'll give them credit. (Unless they end up having dissapointing seasons)

 

I think it will be a tough schedule for next year. Tech, Michigan, MSU, and UNC should all have better years than this year.