Obviously the Irish want to win out, go to as big a bowl game as possible, ink Seantrel Henderson and the monster recruiting class that comes with him. Then little things like talking Jimmy and Golden out of going pro, Cryst from trying to transfer, and talking Teo out of his mission.
However there are a few more things...
BCS #15 Pittsburgh get beat by BCS#23 Notre Dame and then beat BCS #8 Cinncy and BCS #21 West Virgina.
Tulsa to beat BCS #18 Houston.
Hawaii or better yet Nevada to beat BCS #7 Boise State
Utah to beat BCS #6 TCU
BCS #14 Oklahoma State to beat BCS #3 Texas and then lose to Oklahoma
BCS #12 Penn State to beat BCS #4 Iowa but lose to Michigan State and Ohio State
BCS #17 Ohio State to beat BCS #12 Penn State but lose to Michigan
BCS #20 Arizona to beat BCS #10 Oregon and then get throttled by BCS #5 USC
BCS #19 Miami get beat by Southern Florida
BCS #9 LSU beat BCS #2 Alabama and then lose to BCS #25 Ole Miss
BCS #11 Georgia Tech get beat by Georgia
BCS #2 Alabama lose to both BCS #9 LSU and BCS #22 South Carolina or Auburn
BCS #22 South Carolina get beat by Tennessee but the beat #2 Alabama and #1 Florida
It is a long shot but it could happen!