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Notre Dame will play Florida State in Champs Sports Bowl

Mon, 05 Dec 2011 01:39:09 +0000

Its official, Notre Dame will face off against Florida State in what will be a great game between two pre-season favorites to go to a BCS Bowl. It will surely be an interesting game.

Here’s Mark Fortuna from ESPN with the complete news:

“It’s official: Notre Dame will be going to the Champs Sports Bowl.

The Irish will face Florida State Dec. 29 in Orlando, Fla. The pair of 8-4 teams will look to close out their campaigns on positive notes after mediocre regular seasons. Florida State was No. 6 in the preseason AP poll. Notre Dame was No. 16.”

For a non BCS bowl game, I’d say this will be a great match-up. It will be in FSU’s backyard, but I expect Notre Dame fans to make the trip. How will the seniors go out on their last bowl? Stay tuned to SlapTheSign as we break down this compelling match-up.

Notre Dame takes their talents to Florida for the Champs Sports Bowl. Image from acc.blogs.starnewsonline.com

Notre Dame Bowl Projection

Wed, 30 Nov 2011 03:37:05 +0000

Notre Dame is bowl eligible at 8-4 and will mostly play an ACC team. ESPN’s analysts have gather together and made a bowl projection table for which teams will play each other over the next month or so. Here’s what they have for Notre Dame. See who they’ll most likely play after the jump… Champs [...]

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Notre Dame ranked 22nd in BCS standings

Mon, 21 Nov 2011 02:06:57 +0000

After a crazy weekend in football that invloved 3 teams in the top 5 losing, the BCS finally revealed this weeks standings. Here it is:

BCS Standings
RK	TEAM	RECORD
1	LSU	11-0
2	Alabama	10-1
3	Arkansas	10-1
4	Oklahoma State	10-1
5	Virginia Tech	10-1
6	Stanford	10-1
7	Boise State	9-1
8	Houston	11-0
9	Oklahoma	8-2
10	Oregon	9-2
11	Kansas State	9-2
12	South Carolina	9-2
13	Georgia	9-2
14	Michigan State	9-2
15	Michigan	9-2
16	Wisconsin	9-2
17	Clemson	9-2
18	Baylor	7-3
19	Penn State	9-2
20	TCU	9-2
21	Nebraska	8-3
22	Notre Dame	8-3
23	Georgia Tech	8-3
24	Auburn	7-4
25	Texas	6-4

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