BOSBABIESARM FIRST PLAY

[bosbabiesarm]

Well vacation is over and a new season has begun gonna try and pick up where I left off.:toast:


No better place to start than the game between NOTRE DAME vs. GEORGIA TECH. The mighty Irish go into Bobby Dodd Stadium where they return some key players 7 on "O" and 9 on "D". ND will move the ball and put up some pts. as they were 4th in pass yds. (330) and 8th in pts. (36.7) last year. But the lack of "D" is what scares me 106 vs. the pass last year. ND also has Penn St. on deck the following week. Jackets return 8 on "O" and 6 on "D". Ball has been Jekyll and Hyde at the QB position but has shown the ability to step it up in the big games. Last year the Jackets put it on the highly touted Auburn Tigers to start the season but never put a consistent run together. I look for Chan Gailey to have this team highly motivated just like the start of last season. 11 of the 12 high school seniors committed to Tech will be at the game Sat. The best player on the field will be wearing a Yellow Jackets uniform Calvin Johnson.:yup Look for "O" coordinator Patrick Nix to exploit the huge talent edge Tech has at the receiver position. Tech players tired of hearing it, defensive tackle Joe Anoai "America loves Notre Dame right now" " I'm not sick of the hype, it's just more fuel to my fire." Let's get this season started off right taking the:mj09: :mj23: YELLOW JACKETS + 7.5:mj23::firing:buying .5 could get there on it's own, maybe 8 by kickoff. An outright victory is very possible.

 

[bosbabiesarm]

Hey Big Red any leans tonight?

 

[big red]

let me have those mississipps state bulldogs, also like this game under.

 

[bosbabiesarm]

I agree, we both can't be wrong w/ the bulldogs can we?

 

[DZL]

notre dame is much over-hyped coming into this season, sorry to say.

from drbob:

"So how good is Notre Dame? My first thought when seeing the Irish at or near the top of most pre-season top-20?s was how ridiculous that was. After all, the Irish were overrated last year and still don?t have a dominating defense (it was just mediocre last season). The Irish built their reputation of being a good team last year by nearly upsetting #1 USC in a classic 31-34 home loss, but Notre Dame was dominated in that game on a yards per play basis (4.8 yppl to 7.4 yppl for USC) and it really shouldn?t have been that close. Notre Dame was also dominated to the tune of 3.4 yppl to 4.6 yppl in their lucky 17-10 win over Michigan earlier last season and was also outplayed the next week in an overtime win over Michigan State (6.1 yppl to 7.8 yppl for the Spartans). The Irish only played three regular season games against teams that ended the season with a winning record (Michigan, Navy and USC) and they were vastly overrated by the time they met Ohio State in the Fiesta Bowl. I, of course, took advantage and made the Buckeyes a big play as my math model favored Ohio State by 17 ? points. Notre Dame only lost by 14 as a 4 ? point dog, but they were out-gained 4.8 yppl to an incredible 9.6 yppl for the Buckeyes. Notre Dame played 3 upper echelon teams last season (Michigan, USC, and Ohio State) and they were destroyed on a yards per play basis in all 3 games. So how can anyone expect the Irish to contend for the national title this season? I see a 9-3 season for the Irish unless the defense makes unprecedented improvement from last year?s slightly worse than average unit (5.9 yppl allowed to teams that would average a combined 5.8 yppl against an average stop unit). There is no doubt that Notre Dame will be much better defensively with 9 starters returning from what was an inexperienced unit last season (3 returning starters) that had to learn a new system. However, the Irish defenders are too slow (especially the cornerbacks) and not as talented as they will be in a year or two, as former coach Ty Willingham had a few disappointing recruiting classes that downgraded Notre Dame?s talent on defense. The Irish were only 0.1 yppl better than average on defense in 2004, so last year?s mediocre rating had more to do with just inexperience. This year?s veteran unit does have some pretty good talent up front and at safety and they should be much better against both the run and the pass. Overall, I see an improvement of 0.6 yppl, which puts the Notre Dame defense at 0.5 yppl better than average this season. The improved defense will make the Irish tough to beat as the offense should improve a bit as well with quarterback Brady Quinn and top target Jeff Samardzija returning along with running back Darius Walker. The offensive line is less experienced this season, but they could be just as good with a full year in coach Charlie Weis? system. Quinn went from good to great under Weis? tutelage and averaged 8.1 yards per pass play against teams that would allow 5.5 yppp to an average quarterback. The rushing attack also improved, but was still a bit worse than average (4.2 yards per rushing play against teams that would allow 4.4 yprp) and will probably be about the same this season. The pass attack should be even better in Quinn?s 2nd year under Weis and I rate the pass attack the 2nd best in the nation (on a yppp basis) behind Ohio State. Overall, the offense rates at 1.5 yppp better than average, which is amazing given their mediocre rushing attack. Notre Dame will probably be a much better team this year, but I don?t consider them one of the top 5 teams in the nation (I rate them 9th)."

 

[CWood97]

Nail meet head, thanks Dr Bob

 

[bosbabiesarm]

DZL some nice info keep up the good work brother.

 

[J-MACKDADDY]

Good luck, I love this pick...it seems that the whole world is in love with N.D. especially the Morts:mj07: :mj07:

 

[big red]

i see where the locals have run up the fighting irish to -8, it's time to get on the rambin' wreck bandwagon. let's go yellow jackets!

 

[bosbabiesarm]

1-0 let the run began!

 

[bosbabiesarm]

I would think after 4 yrs. Reggie Ball could check out of a bad play at the the line when he seen 9 guys in the box blitzing. He killed Tech at the end.

 

[Smitty]

that's what happens when you have a great athlete playing qb, as opposed to a great qb.

still a great call. i was with you on that one. GL the rest of the season.

 

[bosbabiesarm]

thanks Smitty GL to you also.

 

[big red]

too bad g-tech did win straight up, but you started 1-0. good job:mj06:

 

[bosbabiesarm]

I know Big Red Tech had them on the ropes, getting ready for next week got one in my sights for the NFL if everything pans out.