Live from the BCS title game, where the Irish have landed
The view from my seat. There are several more folks in the stands now. (Panoramic photo by M. Bradley)
Miami Gardens, Fla. – Maybe it was because this correspondent spent more time counting ocean waves than hanging out on South Beach, but it was hard to get a read on the fans. I saw far more Alabama folks walking around, and it wasn’t until Sunday that I saw more than a few Notre Dame shirts. (And I’d even gone to Mass, where there were actually more folks wearing crimson. Go figure.)
That changed today. When the first media bus rolled into the parking lot at Sun Life Stadium — that’s what this place, which has known many names, is now called — at 3:40 p.m., we saw Irish fans by the boatload. If I had to guess, I’d say the crowd will be 55-45 Bama, but I’m bad at estimating crowds.
I’m sometimes bad at predicting games, too, but the responsibility to offer a pick comes with the job. I’m on video record with Noah Coslov of CineSport as taking the Tide to win 17-10, but I’ve covered a few of these BCS title games and I know the favorite doesn’t always win. (Exhibit A: USC in January 2006; Exhibit B, Ohio State in the desert the next year.)
OK, enough of me. I’ll be here until a national champ has been identified, and I’d appreciate the company. And I thank you, as ever, in advance.
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Remarkable
January 7th, 2013
9:47 pm
@Mark Bradley “Both teams on the field. It does feel like kind of a big event.”
Does it still feel like a big event? I think the SEC Championship was THE BIG EVENT! Not This fraud.
Todd grantham
January 7th, 2013
9:48 pm
Golson is shellshocked
FarTrain
January 7th, 2013
9:49 pm
Te’o is overrated, mostly by the media.
Mark Bradley
January 7th, 2013
9:50 pm
Teo missed him in the backfield.
Clint Eastwood
January 7th, 2013
9:50 pm
Got you with one Todd. That’s all it took for an underachieving DC like you and your Alabama cousins.
Todd grantham
January 7th, 2013
9:50 pm
ND defense is gassed.
DawgNole
January 7th, 2013
9:50 pm
Clint Eastwood
January 7th, 2013
9:43 pm
Hey Roger, FYI The Great Irish Potato Famine happened about 100 years after your post. There was a minor scarcity in the 1740’s but it really didn’t manifest itself until the 1840’s.
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NC game on and this guy’s talkin’ about taters. Guess I have to admit that spuds are more exciting than this butt-kickin’ so far.
dawgfan
January 7th, 2013
9:51 pm
Herbstriet must gave missed the part where Notre Dame isn’t playing Stanford.
War Dawg
January 7th, 2013
9:52 pm
Teo looks like he’s on roller-skates! lol! I told anyone that would listen, its a different type of player down here in the south.
Todd grantham
January 7th, 2013
9:53 pm
Clint, still chatting with the prez?
War Dawg
January 7th, 2013
9:54 pm
Other parts of the country play football. in the south…..we live football.
War Dawg
January 7th, 2013
9:54 pm
Other parts of the country play football. in the south…..we live football.
Marielena
January 7th, 2013
9:55 pm
Notre Dame defense?
DawgNole
January 7th, 2013
9:55 pm
Hate to see anyone get hurt. Last thing ND needs tonight, although it’s obviously not going to matter one way or the other in terms of the final outcome.
Perfect pass-catch there by Bama.
Just Asking?
January 7th, 2013
9:55 pm
Do we have to wait two years before a football playoff is put into place. This is sad! ND has been shown to be a fraud. I don’t like Alabama but they are clearly in a different league and I’m not really pointing to the SEC. Well, yes, I guess I am.
Mark Bradley
January 7th, 2013
9:55 pm
Well, if you take away those four Alabama touchdowns, Notre Dame has played the Tide even.
Todd grantham
January 7th, 2013
9:55 pm
Another TD. Oh well
Big Crimson 75
January 7th, 2013
9:55 pm
Bring it home boys!!
Mighty SEC
January 7th, 2013
9:55 pm
SPIN MOVE OF DEATH
War Dawg
January 7th, 2013
9:55 pm
anyone remember the where’s Waldo game? Where’s Teo?
FarTrain
January 7th, 2013
9:55 pm
Is there a “MERCY RULE” in the BCS title game? If not, tonight would be a good night to start one.
stephen
January 7th, 2013
9:56 pm
musberger with the quote of the night, “if this was a prize fight, they would call it off”
dawgfan
January 7th, 2013
9:56 pm
Teo is the most overrated fraud on this whole joke overrated squad.
Musberger called him “one of the most decorated players in college football history.”. LMAO. Do they actually believe this crap?
Lou Holtz
January 7th, 2013
9:56 pm
we’ve got em right where we want em
Remarkable
January 7th, 2013
9:56 pm
Well, at least people won’t have to stay up late to watch anymore of this game and be tired for work tomorrow. It’s over now!
lees
January 7th, 2013
9:56 pm
I want to see Lou Holtz’s expression on the half time show
Todd grantham
January 7th, 2013
9:56 pm
Irish eyes are crying.
Jesse
January 7th, 2013
9:57 pm
Ok guys. What tactics will the pollsters, etc. try so they prevent another SEC winning #8? Its gonna get uglier and uglier as they pull every possible trick and string to throttle the domination that is happening every year. Ohio State,USC and friends gotta be desperate
Mark Bradley
January 7th, 2013
9:57 pm
Even Nebraska-Florida wasn’t this bad at the half.
FarTrain
January 7th, 2013
9:57 pm
Is there a ‘MERCY RULE” in the BCS title game? If not, tonight would be a good time to start one.
Bama14
January 7th, 2013
9:57 pm
Someone should tell Herbstreet that it ain’t about what the Irish aren’t doing. It’s about what the Tide IS doing…
Todd grantham
January 7th, 2013
9:58 pm
Teo can’t believe his eyes.
DawgNole
January 7th, 2013
9:58 pm
Big Crimson 75
January 7th, 2013
9:55 pm
Bring it home boys!!
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I believe they’ve already brung it.
Mark Bradley
January 7th, 2013
9:59 pm
Florida was down 35-10 against Nebraska.
War Dawg
January 7th, 2013
9:59 pm
Sad thing is, with most teams if they don’t wanna run up the score they begin to run it. But if bammer keeps running the ball they may put up 50!
Todd grantham
January 7th, 2013
9:59 pm
Ok, Mark. Where will Georgia land in the final rankings ?
Mark Bradley
January 7th, 2013
9:59 pm
Florida was down 35-10 against Nebraska.
Business Dawg
January 7th, 2013
9:59 pm
Time for the SEC! SEC! chant.
Big Crimson 75
January 7th, 2013
9:59 pm
Gotta agree with my UGA friends, Ogletree is a better player than Te’o —- by miles!!!
Marielena
January 7th, 2013
10:00 pm
This Notre Dame Team is Sloooooooowwwwwwww.
Mark Bradley
January 7th, 2013
10:00 pm
I’d say Georgia will be third in the coaches’ poll, fourth in AP.
phil
January 7th, 2013
10:00 pm
Wonder why I’m still so pissed at Richt and company for not clocking that ball a month ago…..
Hmmmmm. Why is that?
The Irish are just as stinkin pathetic as I thought they were. A joke that played no one. Ha ha ha!
Remarkable
January 7th, 2013
10:00 pm
I can’t wait to hear all the announcers who predicted that ND was going to win this one.
Business Dawg
January 7th, 2013
10:00 pm
hahahaha! even Brian Kelley knows its over. That was the most demoralizing halftime interview I have ever seen.
Prometheus
January 7th, 2013
10:00 pm
It’s Bama and everybody else. The SEC consists of a giant and a gaggle of dwarfs. The other conferences only have dwarfs. But, a dwarf is a dwarf is a dwarf,
Be Thankful
January 7th, 2013
10:01 pm
Maybe Regis will give a good halftime speech. Quick put “Rudy” on in the locker room.
DawgNole
January 7th, 2013
10:01 pm
“Maybe if Alabama doesn’t come out in the 2nd half.”
LOL. Gotta hand it to Kelly; at least he’s not whining/making excuses.
Todd grantham
January 7th, 2013
10:02 pm
I think Notre Dames defense is showing us what “lace curtain Irish” means.
Clint Eastwood
January 7th, 2013
10:02 pm
No, I find him to be a liar and extremely boring. I much prefer Mensa members such as you.
82Dawg
January 7th, 2013
10:02 pm
N.D.= No Defense…..