Question for Bama About NDvBama

[Tugg Speedman]

It seems like most of the national press is ridiculing ND for poor play.  This suggests that they believe ND should have been competitive or that they were other teams (i.e., Georgia, Oregon) that would have been competitive.  See most of the headlines, they are written from from a ND prospective ("Notre Lame").  What the national press is not doing is not praising Alabama for being one of the great dynasties in the history of sports (ditto for SEC in football).  Have you seem any "Wow Alabama" headlines outside of Alabama?

My take, only an NFL team was going to be tough for Alabama last night.  Anyone else was getting run off the field last night.  What Saban is doing comes along once every other generation.  And what he is close to doing is taking over for a legend (Bear Bryant) and becoming an even bigger legend.  Has that ever happen in any sport before?  What we are witnessing is truly special.

You're in the middle of it, is this what you see?

[MerrittsMustache]

It seems like most of the national press is ridiculing ND for poor play.  This suggests that they believe ND should have been competitive or that they were other teams (i.e., Georgia, Oregon) that would have been competitive.  See most of the headlines, they are written from from a ND prospective ("Notre Lame").  What the national press is not doing is not praising Alabama for being one of the great dynasties in the history of sports (ditto for SEC in football).  Have you seem any "Wow Alabama" headlines outside of Alabama?

My take, only an NFL team was going to be tough for Alabama last night.  Anyone else was getting run off the field last night.  What Saban is doing comes along once every other generation.  And what he is close to doing is taking over for a legend (Bear Bryant) and becoming an even bigger legend.  Has that ever happen in any sport before?  What we are witnessing is truly special.

You're in the middle of it, is this what you see?

Where do you live? Chicago area? If so, the media may be playing up the ND angle. I've barely seen or heard anything about ND's play. It's been all about Bama.

[Tugg Speedman]

Where do you live? Chicago area? If so, the media may be playing up the ND angle. I've barely seen or heard anything about ND's play. It's been all about Bama.

Yes, Chicago ... but the east coast national media (Boston to DC) seems to playing it as "ND loses" rather than "Bama wins"

[MerrittsMustache]

Yes, Chicago ... but the east coast national media (Boston to DC) seems to playing it as "ND loses" rather than "Bama wins"

Where are you looking? ESPN.com, SI.com, NY Times all barely mention ND on their front pages. TV maybe?