A&M is 4-4. Note their schedule...

Lost to: Kentucky, LSU, Missouri, Alabama.
Still to play: South Carolina. Tennessee, Oklahoma, Texas

ND did beat Wisconsin (nicely) but lost to BYU and has Miami as the only other challenge on the schedule. And other than ND, Miami isn't playing anybody.

I'm not apologizing for Elko because like the rest of the Power head coaches, he is paid very large to win. But ND / Miami fans should withhold the rhetorical rock-throwing until ND / Miami have proven that they can run with the best in the SEC/B10.

Of course I am counting on ND to do just that. We'll see...