Don't believe the hype

You would think that the UM/ND tilt would be utterly without hype as: (1) both teams are on nasty 4-game losing streaks; (2) ND had its worse home-opening loss ever; (3) Michigan became the first ranked team to lose to a FCS/Div I-AA team; and (4) ND has the lowest ranked offense of all 119 Div I teams. There are more stats and factoids showing the futility of both squads but the internet doesn't have room for all of them.

But there is some extraordinary hype for this game. Where could it possibly come from you ask? Tom Lemming, who said:

Mallett's arm strength is unbelievable. I compare him to Jeff George and Dan Marino. Clausen might be the better quarterback, though. When he's healthy he is the best precision passer I've seen. So it's like [Joe] Montana against Marino.

In case Mr. Lemming missed their last games, Clausen led the Irish to 10 straight three and outs and no offensive touchdowns. The sole offensive points, a FG, occurred after a punt return to the the PSU 7. Mallet was no better, he was a whopping 6-17 with an interception and led the Michigan offense to 0 points and about 70 yards (for comparison, Henne led UM to 307 at that half).

Maybe we ought to led these guys prove something on the collegiate field before comparing them with all-time NFL greats.