Notre Dame "the Luck" of the Irish

As of this Sunday morning, Thanksgiving has come and gone, many college rivialries were renewed and added a new chapter, the four WPIAL champs were crowned, and Notre Dame has once again had luck on thier side to finish the season 12-0 and clinch a spot in the BCS National Championship game. Yes, I know that Notre Dame is a GOOD team, but no where near a great team. Their schedule this year is not as great as everyone claims it to be. Games against Navy, Pitt, Boston College, Wake Forest, BYU, and the fact that their independent should be enough to easily keep them out of the title game, but it obviously isn't. Notre Dame should have lost to Pitt and the refs clearly gave the Irish that game, this scandal occured in the overtime periods. In the 2nd overtime Pitt was attempting their shot at a game-winning field goal, only for their kicker to miss it wide right. The problem is that Notre Dame had TWO guys were the # 2 on the field for that play, by NCAA rule this is illegal and should have resulted in an automatic 1st down for Pitt; giving them another chance to get the game-winning score. Now, who knows if Pitt would have been able to score still, but this is blatent cheating by the refs to save Notre Dame, the ref looked straight up and saw both #2's before the snap and just looked back down (video evidence). This week, Notre Dame caught a lucky break by having to face USC with unexperienced Max Wittek, instead of senior super-star Matt Barkely. Barkley got injured a week ago and was inmediately ruled out for Saturday night's game. USC's offense was off-sync all night and as a result Notre Dame wins 22-13. I will give the Irish credit for making an all-time great goal line stand in the late 4th quarter to preserve the lead, and for making the plays to go undefeated. To have an undefeated season, you have to be great, opportunistic, and have some luck on your side. This year, Notre Dame has definately got the "luck of the Irish" going for them.