savvyandsassier said:

Connor Weigman absolutely sucked. Obviously our defense had something do with that, a lot to do with it. But the idea that this plodding, thus-far underachieving, very likely to be yet another five star bust/disappointment QB was all set to shred ND apart and take his place in the pantheon of great QBs of the last thirty years, but our defense was such a towering colossus that we made him look like a shitty walk-on instead, is not accurate. It's in the same vein as the whole Anthonie Knapp is an OL of destiny thing that preceded the game.

Knapp got the nod by force of unfortunate circumstance, which happens sometimes and teams have to start a true frosh for lack of a preferred alternative and it is what it is, and it worked out tolerably enough and we got the win. And Connor Weigman just plain sucks, even though of course the defense was all over him, and shut him down, and he played like shit. Both with excellent individual play, and presumably good tactical scheming to throw him off his rhythm and whatnot. But he definitely did suck all on his own to the point where it was almost annoying, and insulting. As if to say, god damn dude, you suck. How many times are you going to miss your WRs that are being well defended, but not that well defended, and make some shitty lame throw that lands at their feet, or sails ten feet over their head?

But whatever, we got the win. And we'll be 11-0 heading into the big USC game, and maybe USC will still be nursing playoff possibilities of their own, as their defense looks much improved...

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raulduke_007 said:

I agree, I have a feeling they will start reseeding after 1st round because of the advantage.

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Golson5 said:

Yes 5 seed us a huge advantage. That's been the goal since the new system came out. Also, 6 is pretty nice as well

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NDinNJ said:

Provides a much easier path to the final 4 than 6-11.

The 5th seeded team will most likely play the G5 team in the 12th slot at home. Win this game and they go on to play either the B12 or ACC champion in round 2. Obviously much easier than having to play a P4 team and then an elite team like UGA or OSU.

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Golson5 said:

It will come down to the SC game

If they are 10 and 2 with 0 or 1 ranked wins, I don't think so

If they get to 11, they're in

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echowaker said:

On the Dan Patrick show today Dabo was referred to as the " flip phone of college football ". Kinda funny and accurate.

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chaseball said:

Switch Penn state's schedule with Notre Dame schedule and Penn state's win-loss record would be significantly greater

That's why you use a tool like f Plus that adjusts for opponent quality and when you do that Penn State has had the better program over the last several years. They've just played a tough slate of teams in the Big ten

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francade said:

“That's a pretty low bar. Florida used to be a top 15 job. Not so sure now.”

What’s a pretty low bar? Going 9-4 twice & 11-2 once at Minnesota? I don’t think that’s easy to do. But I’m no fleck lover. He’s just far and away more successful than Napier has been. That’s why I didn’t get your comment about him being the “PJ fleck of the SEC”. My point was he kinda wishes he was as good as fleck at this point.

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Quest4Twelve said:

I honestly think it's from some of those guys wearing single digits. Just looks different.

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savvyandsassier said:

Connor Weigman absolutely sucked. Obviously our defense had something do with that, a lot to do with it. But the idea that this plodding, thus-far underachieving, very likely to be yet another five star bust/disappointment QB was all set to shred ND apart and take his place in the pantheon of great QBs of the last thirty years, but our defense was such a towering colossus that we made him look like a shitty walk-on instead, is not accurate. It's in the same vein as the whole Anthonie Knapp is an OL of destiny thing that preceded the game.

Knapp got the nod by force of unfortunate circumstance, which happens sometimes and teams have to start a true frosh for lack of a preferred alternative and it is what it is, and it worked out tolerably enough and we got the win. And Connor Weigman just plain sucks, even though of course the defense was all over him, and shut him down, and he played like shit. Both with excellent individual play, and presumably good tactical scheming to throw him off his rhythm and whatnot. But he definitely did suck all on his own to the point where it was almost annoying, and insulting. As if to say, god damn dude, you suck. How many times are you going to miss your WRs that are being well defended, but not that well defended, and make some shitty lame throw that lands at their feet, or sails ten feet over their head?

But whatever, we got the win. And we'll be 11-0 heading into the big USC game, and maybe USC will still be nursing playoff possibilities of their own, as their defense looks much improved...

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