Notre Dame and the Gator Bowl

[windbane]

Got this from ESPN's Big East blog:

"Notre Dame has to not be more than two wins worse than the No. 2 Big East team in order to take its spot in the Gator or Sun. So a 7-5 ND could not leapfrog, say, a 9-3 Pitt. And the Cotton Bowl could also take ND."

http://proxy.espn.go.com/chat/chatESPN?event_id=23274

[theman123]

MORE than 2 wins would be 3.  So That would mean a 6-6 ND team vs. a 9-3 team.  Which one is correct?

[USFan]

MORE than 2 wins would be 3.  So That would mean a 6-6 ND team vs. a 9-3 team.  Which one is correct?

My exact thought... which one is it?

[Guest]

It's two wins.  The author wasn't grammatically correct.

9-3 Pitt goes ahead of 7-5 Notre Dame is a correct example.

[RegretaBull]

Not to worry...folks in South Bend are already making their travel arrangements for Jacksonville.

[JoeB]

Yep, the Big East rep would have to have two more wins than ND for the Gator.  Thats why ND will be the choice at 9-3 or 8-4.  Don't see any Big East team getting in with a 10-2 record.  By the way, Pitt plays ND this week in South Bend, so we'll see what the Irish have.  If they win that game, they will go at least to Jacksonville. 

[windbane]

Maybe you guys weren't reading it correctly?  "Notre Dame has to not be more than two wins worse.."  If they are worse than 2 wins, which would be 3, they would not be eligible.  If they are not worse than 2 wins, which would be -2, -1, 0, 1, 2...anything 2 or lower...they are eligible.  I'm not seeing the problem with the grammar.

Notre Dame might not win 3 more games.  They play Pittsburgh, @ Boston College,  @ Navy,  Syracuse, and @ No. 5 USC.

They could easily lose to Pitt, BC, Navy, and USC.  They'll most likely beat Syracuse, but that only gives them 6 wins safely.  Considering the Big East probably gets several teams with 9+ wins, Notre Dame would have to beat one of those 4 teams to have a chance.  The Big East could have a few 10-win teams as well, though, which would make it even harder.  6 teams in the Big East have a chance to win 10 games in the regular season, so it will just depend on if any 2 can step up.  Hopefully USF is 1 of them.

[Jake_Ryan]

Based on what I've seen this year, ND goes at least 3-2 in those games.  I think they are a lock for the Gator Bowl this year.  Also, doesn't the Gator stand to lose them if they don't pick ND this year?

[Jihme]

ND is gay.

[windbane]

ND is gay.

That's either offensive or makes no sense.  I suppose it could be both as well.