Blue & Gold Illustrated: America's Foremost Authority on Notre Dame Football
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Irish Might Be Left Out Based On Style FIGHTING WORDS WES MORGAN Senior inside linebackers Dan Fox (No. 48) and Manti Te'o (No. 5) and the Irish defense continue to lead the charge to a potential undefeated season, but there is still plenty of work to be done. T PHOTO BY BILL PANZICA pavement than it is a fashion runway lined on both sides by critics looking to be wowed. In the world of college football, beauty is in the eye of the beholder. The BCS is a flawed system. Always he road to Miami and a spot in the BCS national championship game is less of a figurative stretch of has been, which is why in 2014 it's finally being laid to rest, probably six feet beneath Southeastern Conference soil somewhere (with a monument to the league it favored most). A four- team playoff is in the not-so-distant future, but for now the powers that be are left to make a truly subjective decision between what could be three undefeated teams at season's end. puted top dog, No. 1 Alabama, stum- bled in a 29-24 home loss to Texas A&M, while No. 2 Kansas State (a 23-10 winner over TCU), No. 3 Oregon (which throttled California 59-17) and No. 4 Notre Dame (a 21-6 victor over Boston College) all moved to 10-0 after Nov. 10 road trips. So, with two weeks remaining in the What was believed to be the undis- 2012 regular season, style points could decide who's in and who's out. That style points matter is ridiculous and unique to college football. It didn't matter that LeBron James and the Mi- ami Heat banged out ugly wins en route to last season's NBA crown; they did all that was required. The New York Giants finished the 2011-12 reg-