Predicting the Independents

As you probably know, the Fighting Irish are an “Independent” college football team, meaning that they do not have an official conference. This can be a good thing, as teams with specific conferences often find that they can be restricting, especially when putting together a schedule. For a team that attracts such a broad base of support from around the nation, being independent and having a lot of freedom with regard to your schedule is a good thing. The negative side of the Independent status comes when bloggers have to rank NCAA football conferences. The Independents are only four teams, so they become an ad hoc group for this purpose.

CBS Sportsline has the Irish getting the better of a hypothetical Independents season ending standings chart. They predict that the Irish could go 8-4 at best, with tight end John Carlson being the “conference” MVP. Even though Coach Weis doesn’t like to use the word “rebuilding,” that’s pretty much what the Irish will be doing this year. A bowl game awaits, and so do some very good recruits for next season. Navy, with its strong running game, will be right behind the Irish, followed by Army and Western Kentucky.

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Posted in General on August 14, 2007

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