Why you guys are all wrong about Brady Quinn

That's a unfair comparison. JR had more offensive talent around him as well as a O line that protected him. I mean, my grandmother could probably score against ND's defense. If JR was facing LSU's defense, JR would have also struggled just like if BQ had faced ND's offense, BQ would have had piled gaudy stats.

 

so what you're saying is the whole team sucks.

 

I hate to see people claiming he struggled when they havent seen a single play from those games. Russell had 280 yards against Auburn!!! He did well, but the knock was once we reached the endzone we couldnt score. And the reason behind that was (1) no running game and (2) every pass he threw in those situations was followed by a mysterious flag from the Auburn "Tertiary" . Now to the Florida game, Russell started off rather well, he threw a TD on his first drive. Then he drove the Tigers downfield to the 1 yard line where the CENTER fumbled the snap, and from there everything went wong, fumbled punts, fumbled kickoffs, blocked punts, it was crazy. And even though we were averaging 1 yard a run, the coaches kept trying to run the ball for the first and second downs, and throw the third down on Russell's shoulders. Even though, he did great. 2 of the 3 INTs were thrown LATE in the forth quarter and were off the hands of the recievers. Which means if the reciever hadnt dropped the ball, it would've been a completion, if he didnt even try to catch it, it would've been just an incompletion. So you cant really say Russell had a very bad game against those teams. The only team he really did perform bad against was TN, and he went out there and corrected every mistake, and got a W with 9 seconds left in the game.
The only thing an LSU fan would admit as a bad thing about Russell is his clock management, and that was cured midway through the season.

 

Re: Why you are delusional and get your ass handed to you daily on this board

If your aunt had balls, she would be your uncle.

That's about how relevant that argument is. You didn't mind the talking heads when they were propping Quinn up for the entire year and yet now you have a problem that they gave up on him and recognized somebody else. Numbers don't lie, and comparing your four ranked opponents to our ranked opponents is laughable. Michigan turned out to be a fraud that played nobody but themselves last year and got murdered when they finally tried to step up. Notre dame got murdered when they had to step up vs ranked opponents for a record of 1-3,and LSU(3-2), did not. If you think Russell's "anemic numbers" vs Auburn rest solely upon his shoulders, then sleep tight with that. You merely prove our points for us with your arguments.

 

No way, have you even seen our O-line??? How in hell is our O-line great?? For your information, both LSU and ND's O-lines gave up one sack!! So they're pretty equal, not to mention the times our O-line actually gave up a sack but JR avoided it. Give the man some credit, he's a great young man that has shown nothing but class all throughout his career. And now that he is the top guy, he didnt even brag about it, or compare himself to Quinn even though he outplayed him on national TV. Those throws Russell made against ND were phenomenal, not just the result of a bad defense. Have a look at them again.

 

Without Quinn, ND wouldn't have been playing in a BCS bowl game. Coach Willingham was too busy playing golf all day, and did a very poor job in stockpiling talent. The O line was a disappointment, and the defense wasn't any good. Last year's team was an incredibly flawed team, that was outclassed in talent, against many of its opponents.

 

NO NO NO, correction: ND didnt deserve to play in a BCS bowl with or without Quinn.

 

Notre Dame has been outclassed since 1994. Get used to it, highly touted recruits are not going to change your fortunes any time soon.

January 2, 1995 Fiesta Bowl L Colorado 24 41
January 1, 1996 Orange Bowl L Florida State 26 31
December 28, 1997 Independence Bowl L LSU 9 27
January 1, 1999 Gator Bowl L Georgia Tech 28 35
January 1, 2001 Fiesta Bowl L Oregon State 9 41
January 1, 2003 Gator Bowl L North Carolina State 6 28
December 28, 2004 Insight Bowl L Oregon State 21 38
January 2, 2006 Fiesta Bowl L Ohio State 20 34
January 3, 2007 Sugar Bowl L LSU 14 41

 

btw, are you even a ND fan? ND is a team, so if you are loyal to ND, you are loyal to the team of ND. You sound more of a Brady Quinn fan..

 

Oh, come on. We've been through this before. The way the BCS was set up, only two teams from a conference could play in a BCS bowl game. Thus, teams like Wisconsin and could not play in a BCS bowl game. Among the teams left over that were not guaranteed a spot, ND was the highest ranked possibility.