Patrish said:

Is Army better than NIU ?

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chaseball said:

This makes sense, but BIG12 & ACC champs getting round 1 byes and getting to play the worst seeded teams in the playoff seems like way too much of a cheat code.

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mbd11 said:

I don't have a problem with it. It's a reward for playing and winning a 13th game, which at-large teams won't have done. So every team will have to win a total of 4 postseason games to win the championship.

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burmafrd1943 said:

IF Army were to go 12-0 and beats a team -ND- ranked in the top ten they will be in the playoffs and deservedly so.

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ticat said:

This is getting old....

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echowaker said:

Wash,rinse repeat...

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mbd11 said:

I don't have a problem with it. It's a reward for playing and winning a 13th game, which at-large teams won't have done. So every team will have to win a total of 4 postseason games to win the championship.

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chaseball said:

I consume a lot of ND football related content from the local ND insiders. Read a lot of ND related commentary from fans online. It seems like a lot of people are talking about "hosting a playoff game" as if this would be some major accomplishment in and of itself.

The goal is to win a national title at Notre Dame! As an independent there is literally nothing else. Its national title or bust. Every year ND doesn't win a national title, the season is a literal failure/waste.

The last 35 years are a literal non factor in the history of ND Football. This entire time period will be a completely overlooked blur/non factor in the annuls of ND football. NOTHING has been achieved. Why do I feel like the only ND fan left on the planet that gives a sh!t about this?

Where is the ND fans & ND brass sense of ambition ? Everybody just seems so lethargic and resigned to playing 2nd fiddle to the programs that are actually relevant in the national championship discussion in college football. And this "hosting a playoff game" rhetoric is driving me crazy. F hosting a playoff game. We're here to win the entire thing!

This program is a revenue leader in the sport. This program has every institutional advantage you can possibly think of as a program with more eyeballs on it than almost any other in the entire sport. We are not some indie band, we're the Fn Beatles! Why won't the administration of this football program start acting like it!?

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savvyandsassier said:

A high value win being way more useful than avoiding a 'bad loss'.

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chaseball said:

I dont really have any specific links or resources on this one.

I follow a lot of ND outlets on x/twitter. I listen to a lot of podcasts. And everybody is talking up "hosting a playoff game" as this ultimate achievement at Notre Dame or something. Its talked about as if it would define a successful season. I think Notre Dame/ND PR/ND insiders are trying to set this expectation/narrative.

"Hey we might not be bama/georgia/osu/texas/oregon/etc. (the new modern powers in college football) but we hosted a playoff game this season!"

My instinctive response when i hear this rhetoric is an eye roll so hard that my eye balls feel like theyre going to come out of their socket.

At ND its no longer about recruiting the best talent from coast to coast in the top football states, developing consensus all americans, winning heisman trophies, graduating first round talent to the NFL in bunches, and competing for the most prestigious hardware the sport has to offer.

Modern ND is about scooping up the tier 1s castoffs/rejects/Plan Bs & Cs (on the cheap because of "ideals" and "values"™ ), watering down the schedule vs crap teams in the ACC & G5, finishing the season with the most hollow 10+ win season possible, "hosting a playoff game", and then happily getting smoked by a modern power in college football that is actually investing in a top tier product.

But hey, I hear the girls fencing team is top notch at ND these days

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chaseball said:

Isn't the goal to win an NC?

ND has been ranked 5th-7th before ... (in fact they've been ranked three times in the top 4 under BK in the FBS postseason)

the goal shouldn't be to "host a playoff game" but to win the playoff.

Just kind of getting tired of the "hosting" rhetoric that seems to be going around ND nation right now.

I can see it now

"2024 was successful bro, we hosted a playoff game"

you get nothing for hosting a playoff game or winning the first 3 rounds in the playoff.

you think the top dogs in the BIG10 and SEC are hyping up "the chance to host a playoff game" ? no .. they got their minds dead set on bringing home a national title victory to their fans.

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chaseball said:

I consume a lot of ND football related content from the local ND insiders. Read a lot of ND related commentary from fans online. It seems like a lot of people are talking about "hosting a playoff game" as if this would be some major accomplishment in and of itself.

The goal is to win a national title at Notre Dame! As an independent there is literally nothing else. Its national title or bust. Every year ND doesn't win a national title, the season is a literal failure/waste.

The last 35 years are a literal non factor in the history of ND Football. This entire time period will be a completely overlooked blur/non factor in the annuls of ND football. NOTHING has been achieved. Why do I feel like the only ND fan left on the planet that gives a sh!t about this?

Where is the ND fans & ND brass sense of ambition ? Everybody just seems so lethargic and resigned to playing 2nd fiddle to the programs that are actually relevant in the national championship discussion in college football. And this "hosting a playoff game" rhetoric is driving me crazy. F hosting a playoff game. We're here to win the entire thing!

This program is a revenue leader in the sport. This program has every institutional advantage you can possibly think of as a program with more eyeballs on it than almost any other in the entire sport. We are not some indie band, we're the Fn Beatles. Why won't the administration of this football program start acting like it!?

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IrishMike409 said:

I'm looking forward to hosting for the following reasons:

1. I'll be at the game. Can't wait to take it in.
2. We should be able to protect home field and advance to Rd 2
3. Recruits will attend,
4. If we play an SEC Team or Miami....I think they'll have a hard time playing in snow and cold temps.

1 game at a time Chase. Secure home field for Rd 1, and go from there.

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Chitown11 said:

Any comment from a usc homer who lives in the land of fruits and nuts gives me nausea

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