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Rocky’s V: Go Irish, Go Johnny

29 November 2012
I. Notre Dame can beat Alabama or Georgia SEC fans (and ESPN’s David Pollack) have already declared that the Irish will get stomped by either team they face in the BCS Championship Game, but let’s get real about this. Alabama’s toughest game this year was versus Texas A&M, and they…
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Rocky’s V: Upsets, motivation and finishing

23 November 2012
I. Stanford “D” is the real deal Stanford upset Oregon last weekend and it wasn’t by orchestrating some complex game plan. The blueprint has always been known: run the ball, control the clock and play smash mouth defense. Stanford, however, is the only team to successfully implement that plan against…
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Rocky’s V: Physical play, upsets and staying undefeated

15 November 2012
I. Alabama got out-physicaled Sometimes when facing a seemingly insurmountable foe, the best strategy is to punch them in the mouth and that’s exactly what Texas A&M did versus the usually very physical Alabama Crimson Tide. Towards the end of the third quarter, the normally dominant front seven of Alabama looked…
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Rocky’s V: Wanting to party like it’s 2014

07 November 2012
I. 2014 can’t get here soon enough With just a month to go in one of the most exciting college football seasons in recent memory, four teams remain undefeated setting up a potential nightmare in the current BCS system. But it doesn’t have to be this way. There is already…
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Rocky’s V: Game managers, weight loss and street fights

31 October 2012
I. I’ll take a “Game Manager” any day. The phrase most often associated with undefeated Alabama quarterback A.J. McCarron is “game manager” and, at this point, it’s really becoming insulting. If a game manager is a quarterback who passes for over 1,600 yards, 18 TDs and ZERO interceptions, then college…
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Rocky’s V: The Irish, old-school coaching, and LSU quarterbacks

24 October 2012
I. Notre Dame finishes undefeated:  The Irish-hater’s nightmare scenario. The Irish travel to Oklahoma this week for their biggest test so far this season. If they can pull out that victory, Notre Dame’s next three games — Pitt, Boston College, and Wake Forest — are very winnable before a season-ending…
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Rocky’s V: Freshmen, Lattimore, Florida and more

17 October 2012
I. 2012: The Year of the Freshman Running Back In years past, incoming freshmen were for the most part either red-shirted or delegated to special teams duties.  But this year, all around the country, freshmen, especially at the running back position, are all the rage. Alabama’s T.J. Yeldon has been…
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