Last night was proof positive that Notre Dame belongs in the MAC conference.

[madinmaryland]

[Auggie]

1. Dude!

I've been expecting you to post this.

[madinmaryland]

2. I know joeybee is out taking care of family responsibilities,

but leave it to me! I could not resist!!

[Yavin4]

3. MAC Conference?

More like Fleetwood Mac

[JonLP24]

4. I know this is a joke

but Alabama is scary good, especially on defense. I love watching them play even though I hate Alabama. I feel the same way about the Seahawks & 49ers. I'm actually rooting for them to play in the NFC Championship. I prefer tough defense, balanced offense teams to be rewarded.

I think Oregon would probably have been a tougher team simply because their defense is great and would probably hold Bama while being explosive just enough to score more points. Oregon's lowest score of 17 would be challenged in the game, however.

[hughee99]

5. While the Alabama blowout was no surprise to me,

ND did beat the Pac-10 champion Stanford and the #2 Team in the Big-12 during the course of the season, and Alabama basically put the exact same whoopin' on #18 Michigan at the start of the season.

It's almost the same score as in 2006 when Florida blew out the then #1 Ohio State 41-14.