echowaker said:

Baumann and Sherwood competent blockers also.

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savvyandsassier said:

That's wrong, you are mischaracterizing ND's previous playoff defeats. They weren't 'decent' teams. All three of our playoff losses, including 2012 Bama. Dominant all year, and won the national title. You know who was a 'decent' team, the UGA team we just beat. They were merely decent, the other teams BK lost to were dominant. That's basically a matter of fact, and transcends any personal opinion. So that's just wrong. It's incorrect.

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Shakin' Down the Thunder said:

I was never talking about before the game, so why bring that up? I never said anything about this being a Pico em game. So you acknowledge that ND winning was not a tossup?


The question was never about Cross and Love being healthy, smart guy. And Freeman just said they're healthy, so what does that have to do with this conversation?

The question was whether or not a shorter week hurts ND. I gave so much evidence disputing that point and where is your evidence?

Also, You can speak for Freeman's prefences?

"Case closed. Thank you and good talk" Is this you running away? Pathetic.

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Shakin' Down the Thunder said:

Do you believe NIL benefits Freeman and ND? I don't know what to believe, as I keep hearing ND is "competitive" but not as competitive as others and it appears ND may miss out on some top recruits because of this. But again I don't know how much of this is true. I bring this up, because while I think Freeman recruits very well, ND is still struggling to land some 5 star guys and that surprises me given how charismatic Freeman is. I would be very curious as to how well Freeman would have recruited pre-NIL era.

Interesting you bring up the portal. On one hand, I feel like ND is at a disadvantage as they don't take undergraduate transfers (not yet anyway). And seeing Bama lose a bunch of guys makes me think it may be harder for new coaches to build up their program and accomplish their vision. However, one can also make the argument that guys leaving is an addition by subtraction, so it does require nuance. The point I'm making is, ND seldom loses its top players to the portal. We rarely see a guy transfer to be an All-American elsewhere. The culture/bond at ND I think is much stronger than other places and that is where the portal is actually advantageous for ND. Freeman won't have to worry about losing his top guys.

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