Golson5 said:

Yeah. Shorter time would mean a less healthy Love and Cross.

That's the whole argument I made from the beginning.

Whats so hard to understand

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Love and Cross have nothing to do with my point or this thread. Preparation is what matters and gives you the advantage. Thats what I don't understand about what you're saying. You say I'm avoidant of questions when you've avoided mine. I've offered evidence when you've given none. Love and Cross are healthy to begin with, as Freeman stated. It is a moot point. Every team wants their players to be healthy, but that doesn't mean you have an advantage come game time even if you had an extra day or two to rest. You can be completely healthy with 2 weeks to prepare and still be at a huge disadvantage.

chaseball said:

Lol been reading Driskell on Twitter, the guy is the biggest hack in the business. He will not concede the point -even despite all the evidence -- that Georgia has the more talented roster.

Yea ok Driskell, ND has the more athletic 85 man roster than the team with the 2nd highest graded roster in the country.

Georgia has 14 5 star players on their roster to Notre Dame's 1 five star

Georgia has another 15 players in the composite top 100 on top of that.

Almost half of Georgia's 85 man roster is composite top 100 talent. Georgia by any measure out there has absolutely dominated the recruiting rankings and talent rankings

If Notre Dame had that kind of talent under this coaching staff they would be unbeatable And they would certainly be more than a 1.5 point favorite versus PSU

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Dont like Driskell his ego is beyond annoying but atleast he coached and played the sport. He can offer an educated opinion. You on the otherhand dont know sh!t about football and yet have the stupidity to claim you're the best "ND analyst around" Take a seat sport.

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NDinNJ said:

Let's be honest, if it wasn't for the 12 team playoff, OSU, and ND wouldn't be in the Semi final. And if ASU didn't get robbed on that no targeting call, they would be in as well.

If this was last year the 4 team playoff, would have included:

1. Oregon
2. Georgia
3. Texas
4. PSU

I'm all for an expanded playoff.

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Yeah but the expanded playoff will ruin the regular season, LMFAO. Nothing could be further from the truth!

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francade said:

I don’t give a $h1t about 5 stars or whatever stars, nd is better than Georgia this year, w/o a doubt.

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Yup.

Stats only go so far.

BGI User 756 said:

ND has no significant advantage in NIL against the NCAA field…but it has, thus far, chosen some important parts from the portal …

The culture is indeed a selling point

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ND has deep pockets which is a major advantage. Irish can get the top student-athletes from a large enough pool. And as you and others note, the brand, culture, and a great coach like MF are a strong center of gravity to build and retain a team. Icing on the cake is select transfers of seniority.

The only thing ND cannot give is a free academic pass. But I believe in this new normal it won’t prevent ND from winning a NC. The other programs will struggle to pack and retain talent.

Note that SEC pumpers are baying for limits. Crying. Because they cannot lead with under the table payments. Now they hypocritically want faintness…but only around money, not academics.

Let’s not lose sight of college football being monstrously sordid. Even covering up some crimes. ND however might prove you can have some virtue and yet bear the cheats.

Don’t get me wrong. Nobody is a saint. Ivies accept athletes under their norms for GPA and SAT. But there as well as ND, Stanford, Duke, and so, you still have legit student athletes.

I’m only into college football because of ND and such teams. The majority are a farce. But the irony is their greed might promote ND.

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Golson5 said:

Yeah but they've barely played at all. Flanagan was graded as our highest rated blocker

Don't expect to see much of either of them. Probably a 2 man rotation at TE now

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Thought Evans played much better than he did in the Indiana game. We really need him to elevate his game: blocking and route running and catching!

Irishjohn68 said:

That was a great game to watch even with a lossw

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The referees weren’t the issue. Notre Dame themselves was the bigger issue.

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That was a great game to watch even with a lossw

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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ND lost to teams like Miami and Florida State in big enough games. I agree that teams like Alabama and Clemson had a larger talent edge. Been consistently saying that…read what I said about MF being fortunate with what NIL and transfers have done.

But BK blew against a range of talent levels often enough. The point stands about playing to level of opponent, even below, and choking. Look, he’s certainly underperforming at LSU.

MF has a higher ceiling. He just might get a NC. Year 3. I believe BK would have done no better at ND than he ever had in contrast.

francade said:

Absolutely horrid the entire game all the way thru to the last possession when Burton was obviously fouled. Royally screwed. Should’ve won by ten going away. Brutal, all the way thru.

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ND is never, ever getting that call and especially against UNC! Doesn't matter it should never have come down to that, they invent ways to lose!!

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Round 2 byes? I don't that's a good idea at all. Thank God that won't happen.

Shakin' Down the Thunder said:

So you have changed the discussion from does having shorter time rest hurt ND to having Cross and Love being healthy is better for the team? What a joke. You're changing the discussion to win the argument.

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Yeah. Shorter time would mean a less healthy Love and Cross.

That's the whole argument I made from the beginning.

Whats so hard to understand

1. OSU
2. ND
3. Texas
4. Penn St

ps: how do you decide which one to use?

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Can’t we all just get along??

Golson5 said:

You said it would be better if Cross and Love were healthy.

So extra days mean they would be healthier

Again, thank you

I know it's a crazy concept. Having your best players being healthy is an advantage for your team rather than playing with them less healthy in a Playoff game. Crazy crazy concept

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Can you even answer the multiple questions I asked?