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First of all, I hate Notre Dame, at least as much as anyone else on this board and quite possible more than anyone else.
Second, I am a diehard Tennessee fan, which partially explains the first part.
Those disclosures made, Walking Shadow is way underestimating most of Notre Dame's schedule. Let's see - Georgia Tech finished ranked 31/29 (AP/USA Today) and probably should have been higher. Boston College was 20 in both polls.
USC was the freaking runner up and contended for a national championship LAST YEAR.
UCLA is ranked 17 in the preseason. As it stands, Notre Dame has to play the preseason #27, #18, #5, #17, #26 and #1.
Air Force has been ranked in the recent past and almost beat Tennessee at Neyland last year.
Michigan State has been ranked recently.
If only playing perennial condenders is the way to make a tough schedule, then there are a lot of programs that are in real trouble.
That said, Notre Dame sucks and the SEC is the most dominant conferrence in college football. After the Big 10's bowl performances last year, it's not even debatable.
God, I need a shower for having to defend fucking Notre Dame now.
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