1. One Super Rat is down; the other two will play for all the cheese.
2. Brian Kelly's hissy fit in the PC was an embarrassment to ND and to himself.
3. So what do we do for a QB? Buchner or nothing? Or do we get a transfer? Stay tuned.
4. It's time to smash the dogma of the inviolability of the offensive line: It's taboo to substitute in the offensive line. They're a band of brothers who have a chemistry that can't be tampered with. What this does is to leave us with a bunch of cherries for next season. In the past, a whole second unit of the offensive line would go in for a possession and/or play together for an extended time in blowouts. Also, there is no reason why individuals can't give a starter a blow once in a while in a contested game.
Our defensive line, on the other hand, has revolving door substitutions. The more that others play, the more they get experience and feel like a real part of the team, and the more they are prepared to be a starter later in their career.
5. Bowl games have to be cut drastically. This year was good preparation. Opt-outs debase the games. UNC would have beaten A & M last night if they had all their skill players. We'll somehow survive without the Cheez-It and Gasparilla bowls.
6. Expanding the CFP to eight teams will ensure more embarrassing blowouts by the Super Rats.
7. Opt-outs: The ugly tentacles of the NFL, driven by money, continue to diminish college football. Bo Schembechler's impassioned speech: " No player is more important than the team, no coach is more important than the team, the team, the team, the team!"--is laughable now. NFL draft prospects on teams will start to opt-out during the season if their team is struggling, not to mention the bowl games.
8. However, despite all of its problems, college football is still the greatest game around!