Terrible recruiting classes? I thought we had a top 15 recruiting class this year? Players are leaving early? Just Devin Hester this year, and he did it because of financial problems. Besides, he wasn't the game changer this year that he was last year. I don't think any of the canes were ready for LSU, and although Kyle needs to get rid of the ball quicker, I think that's his only downfall. He has a hell of an arm.
Notre Dame didn't lose to much better teams. They lost to the only good teams they played. If you consider Michigan State a good team (they weren't even bowl eligible). USC and Ohio State are good teams too, but I think LSU and Ohio State are very even, and I think LSU might actually be better. FSU didn't belong in a BCS game because they weren't the leader of the ACC...Va Tech was, and they deserved to go. But because there was a conference championship game, FSU earned the right to go. But the fact is, they were still a BCS team and were a missed field goal away from beating a Penn State team that was the media darling this year. Heck, a field goal away from beating the #3 team in the country isn't too bad.
Don't get me wrong, I expect us to win every game, but when you lose to stellar competition (ok Ga Tech isn't stellar) it doesn't make the losing as bad when you lose to a team like Michigan State at home.
Tell me who Notre Dame beat this year...go ahead...find a good team that they beat. The best you'll find is Michigan. They beat nobody else.