Blue & Gold Illustrated: America's Foremost Authority on Notre Dame Football
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Under the Dome Final BCS Regular Season Standings Notre Dame received all 60 first- No. 6 Stanford (20-13 in overtime), No. 11 Oklahoma (30-13) place votes in the final BCS Standings and No. 18 Michigan regular-season AssociRk. School Avg. (13-6). ated Press poll and 56 1. Notre Dame (12-0) .9978 Alabama vanquished of the 59 in the USA To2. Alabama (12-1) .9441 No. 7 Georgia (32-28), day coaches��� poll. Along 3. Florida (11-1) .8984 No. 8 LSU (21-17) and with Ohio State ��� ineli4. Oregon (11-1) .8621 No. 18 Michigan (41gible for bowl participa5. Kansas St. (11-1) .8226 14). tion while on probation 6. Stanford (11-2) .7683 No. 3 Florida had ��� it was the lone team 7. Georgia (11-2) .7583 the most victories over in the 120-team Football 8. LSU (10-2) .7511 Bowl Subdivision to finBCS-ranked foes with 9. Texas A&M (10-2) .6756 ish unbeaten. four: No. 8 LSU (14-6), 10. South Carolina (10-2) .6604 The Irish and No. 2 No. 9 Texas A&M (20Alabama both defeated three teams in 17), No. 10 South Carolina (44-11) and the BCS top 25. Notre Dame defeated No. 12 Florida State (37-26). Getting To Know ��� Assistant Men���s Basketball Coach Rod Balanis Nickname: ������Hot Rod.��� Supposedly my parents named me after [former West Virginia star] Hot Rod Hundley. We had no connection to Hot Rod Hundley at all.��� Memorable athletic ach��ieve��ment: ���I went to DeMatha High School [in Maryland], and my senior year in high school we beat the No. 1 team in the country, Archbishop Molloy [of New York City]. ��� In college [he attended Georgia Tech from 1990-94], I redshirted as a freshman, but we went to the Final Four in 1990. I���d love to go back at least once as a coach.��� College major: ���Industrial management. If I had to do it over again, I was a very strong math and science student. I was at one of the best engineering schools in the country. I probably would have been an engineer. Of course, I don���t know what an engineering degree would do for me now being a basketball coach.��� Dream job if basketball didn���t exist: ���I���m a sports junkie, so I think I���d be involved in something in sports. My father was the head coach at William & Mary back in the 1970s. He has been working for Nike for 25 years. I had a sales job with Riddell when I first got done playing.��� Favorite Off-Campus Spot: ���I hit Einstein Bros Bagels every morning. That would be my spot.��� Song or Artist You���re Listening To Most Right Now: ���Maybe Jay-Z. I���m old school.��� Role Model: ���Probably my father [George]. He got out of the [coaching] business because he had two kids, and back then a college basketball coach ��� the money wasn���t great. I think he kind of lives vicariously through me. He sacrificed for his family.��� Favorite Pro Athlete: ���I really loved [Boston Celtics legend] Larry Bird.��� You Have One Last Meal, What Is It? ���Shake ���N Bake pork chops and fried broccoli.���