echowaker said:

Not great credentials for a college coach. Different animal. Those " credentials " you allude to certainly did him no good at the collegiate level. What good is being able to recruit players but not have the ability to develop them ? Lots of coaches in New England had multiple Super Bowl rings and few if any of them found success once they left New England. How do you explain the fact that when the roster consisted mostly of players he recruited the worse the team was ? He was bad, period. Let's not forget the fact that despite all those great credentials you claim he had he was NDs fifth or sixth choice for the position. Hardly a positive endorsement. The number of SB rings is 3 not 4.

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banmate6 said:

USC will realize its potential. It’s just a matter of time.

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burmafrd1943 said:

ha ha ha
Alabama sucked again
Tennessee went down
SEC sucks!

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sjb75 said:

USC? Jesus. At least sound smart.

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sjb75 said:

Yes.

I would have chosen South Carolina, Alabama, or Mississippi over SMU from the ACC.

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Golson5 said:

Bama isn't an elite SEC team this year

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buckey said:

Big is good esp with addition of oregon and usc. Much tougher conf than sec

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banmate6 said:

All season I’ve said Michigan is a decent team. They’ve hit some transitional issues. Not easy to replace Harbaugh…definitely Saban!

Give the Wolverines credit. Really good D. Best Alabama twice in a row.

Let’s be honest guys…that’s more than the Fighting Irish have done vs elite SEC teams in meaningful games.

Lastly, it’s evident the BIG is good. I still think they will eclipse the SEC. If they haven’t already. Let’s hope tomorrow Notre Dame continues this apparent northern football resurgence.

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banmate6 said:

All season I’ve said Michigan is a decent team. They’ve hit some transitional issues. Not easy to replace Harbaugh…definitely Saban!

Give the Wolverines credit. Really good D. Best Alabama twice in a row.

Let’s be honest guys…that’s more than the Fighting Irish have done vs elite SEC teams in meaningful games.

Lastly, it’s evident the BIG is good. I still think they will eclipse the SEC. If they haven’t already. Let’s hope tomorrow Notre Dame continues this apparent northern football resurgence.

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NIN Irish said:

Seems like the voters use f+ as a tool to help with their voting.

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sjb75 said:

Yes.

I would have chosen South Carolina, Alabama, or Mississippi over SMU from the ACC.

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banmate6 said:

All season I’ve said Michigan is a decent team. They’ve hit some transitional issues. Not easy to replace Harbaugh…definitely Saban!

Give the Wolverines credit. Really good D. Best Alabama twice in a row.

Let’s be honest guys…that’s more than the Fighting Irish have done vs elite SEC teams in meaningful games.

Lastly, it’s evident the BIG is good. I still think they will eclipse the SEC. If they haven’t already. Let’s hope tomorrow Notre Dame continues this apparent northern football resurgence.

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chaseball said:

When you consider all of the injuries, and even the lack of 5-star talent/elite talent on the roster, Marcus Freeman's #4 F+ ranking is pretty damn impressive. He should be up for way more coach of the year hardware this season. It's really difficult to find a coaching staff whose had a bigger positive impact with the same obstacles/challenges that this Notre Dame 2024 coaching staff endured.

The offense is up to #5 in F+ to match their #3 defense. This Notre Dame team has back end top 10 talent, but producing among the tier 1 teams in the top 5, even with all of the injuries to the players on the 2 deep over the 2024 season.

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sjb75 said:

And this ain’t your Dabo Swinney ACC champion Clemson who lost by double digits to the SEC runner up, and at home to South Carolina in game 12.

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deadirishpoet said:

Excellent

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NDinNJ said:

Weren't you stating that Alabama deserved to be in the CFP simply because they were in the SEC?

They lost to multiple unranked teams

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banmate6 said:

All season I’ve said Michigan is a decent team. They’ve hit some transitional issues. Not easy to replace Harbaugh…definitely Saban!

Give the Wolverines credit. Really good D. Best Alabama twice in a row.

Let’s be honest guys…that’s more than the Fighting Irish have done vs elite SEC teams in meaningful games.

Lastly, it’s evident the BIG is good. I still think they will eclipse the SEC. If they haven’t already. Let’s hope tomorrow Notre Dame continues this apparent northern football resurgence.

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