Officially Official Rose Bowl ND v. Bama Game Thread
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I’m a lifelong ND fan, and 1979 alum, The university is a top 10 school because of the mesh of athletes they recruit, however because of the academic standards you won’t have cross the board NFL players across the two deep. Seriously of the ND offense and defense how many of these players are going pro vs Bama, Clemson, and OSU. Notre Dame is the essentially the Wichita State of football. Amazing regular season runs but as the teams dwindle the talent gap will always be there. Love the Notre Dame, but let’s be realistic going forward. These kids are skilled but they aren’t going to top NFL farm league schools. The football factories get 5* players and we get 3* and 4*. Come playoff time it'll always show. Unless the NCAA levels the playing field, both on and off the field, this is what it will be. I'd rather ND be ND then convert to a football factory. Even knowing it socks this time of year
Book had a good drive and a TD taken away from him.
Take a look at the scoreboard and stats.
Jones is 26 for 31 for 303 yards and 4 TD’s
Is that Book’s fault ?
Alabama has rushed for 124 yards on 24 carries.
Is that Book’s fault ?
Alabama’s defensive backs are all over the ND receivers.
You’re an idiot, toxic fan who supports Kelly over the program and school .
This complaint about not being willing to football factory up is getting old.
ND is the only team in the playoffs whose head coach has vacated wins due to academic infractions.
If Brian Kelly could attract the 5* player they would get in and be just fine
BK punting with 4 minutes left so he can say he’s made progress since 2012. Only lost by 24 vs the 28 points in 2012.
Book sucks, Rees sucks, and your football IQ sucks. Even I do not believe you are this obtuse. No one can be deliberately. I think this is your thing. Come here and s stir the pot with your insane obsurdities.
Clemson will clean 'Bamas clock!
Irish effort was much better today than against Clemson, but the Tigers are a better team.
Irish effort was much better today than against Clemson, but the Tigers are a better team.
BK will point to the score to show the progress he has made like any good con man would.
My son went to an SEC school. He knew a few football players. They had a standing thing going that their position coach would text them during exams telling them they had to have a meeting. If they were struggling with the test, they would tell their prof they had to go, if not they would finish the test. They were always allowed to leave the test and "make it up" later.
I'm sorry, but I do not believe that happens at Notre Dame.
Even the case where the NCAA vacated wins was suspect in my opinion because they announced that the infraction would no longer be an infraction in the future but they decided to stick it to Notre Dame. If I were ND, I would never ever give an inch to the NCAA again.
So what? There are some exceptions. Alabama is also a decent state school producing fine graduates. But you need to look at whole picture, especially football.
At ND you have to be fully matriculated in a degree program. There are no soft degrees. ND in general is a much tough and competitive academic school than Alabama.
Many schools in contrast offer degrees that are almost impossible to fail. Distorting the entire notion of GPAs and graduation rates. So it is not at all comparable, especially when it comes to fielding a team in depth.
ND can actually produce a good rate of NFL talent, especially on the lines. But not in depth. And not as much in the skill positions. That is a significant margin of difference in the CFP against Alabama, Clemson, OSU, and the occasional Georgia or LSU.
I well remember 1988 when I was in college. This is totally different. ND back then had those skill players and depth. Then decided to hold the standard.
It is what it is.
Does Kelly have vacated wins due to academic infractions?
Do any of the other playoff coaches?
The only thing you are closer to than I am is hard antipsychotic medications.
I suggest you take some. Seems time?
Yep, let’s get the next QB in that people can say the exact same thing to in 2+ years.
love those backdoor covers.
seriously though this team must have some of the worst offensive efficiency in program history.
Has that been confirmed?
Covid is leaving the door open for him to haunt this program one more year does it not?
He is the master of scoring late when the game is out of reach. And then to onside kick with under a minute to go and down three scores. Total douche move. And then calls time out with one second on the clock so Book can attempt a pass. What a joke. If Kelly and Notre Dame started the game with that sense of urgency perhaps ND would be trying for the game tying score at that point. But not Kelly. The Irish come out and find themselves chasing 14 points early and that's all she wrote. Kelly now owns 4 of those 7 BCS/Playoff game losses by double digits.
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