chaseball said:

Penn State is a much better team/program than Boise State is and an ND vs Penn St. game would be a significantly more difficult game/path to the national title than vs Boise.

If Boise upsets Penn State, and ND beats Georgia, Notre Dame will be a big favorite/high percentage chance for win vs Boise thus putting ND one win away from a national title.

Just pointing out that the likelihood for a national title is looking more attenable this season than it has in a really long time. Since the prime Lou Holtz era maybe?

Fans should be legit excited. Marcus Freeman has ND at the doorstep.

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Zorich 88 said:

I do not predict a blowout but...

Georgia does not run the ball well. Combine that with a new QB and it could be a long day for the Georgia offense. I just do not see Georgia scoring more than 20 points.

I predict the ND offense to control the game.

31-20 ND

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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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chaseball said:

Here's a look at the Crimson Tide's list of inactive players for the 2024 ReliaQuest Bowl:

• QB
  • Dylan Lonergan
• RB
  • Justice Haynes
• WR
  • Kendrick Law
  • Kobe Prentice
  • Emmanuel Henderson
• • Caleb Odom
• OL
  • Naquil Betrand
  • Miles McVay
• DL
  • Hunter Osborne
  • Damon Payne
  • Jehiem Oatis
• LB
  • Braylon Chatman
  • Keanu Koht
• DB
  • Jahlil Hurley
  • DeVonta Smith

When you consider that these bowl games are basically exhibition games at this point, with many of the 2 deep opting out or not playing to heal up (or guys transferred out) it's hard to use these games to evaluate a team's playoff worthiness.

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burmafrd1943 said:

what else can we expect?

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NDSMC78 said:

Total nonsense. Bama was left out of the playoffs as a result of three conference losses (Tennessee, Vandy and Oklahoma). The OU loss, which occurred near the end of the season, was particularly bad. Losing by 21 points to a 6-6 team doesn't cut it.

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PHJIndy said:

Understatement of the year!

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ftnfan62 said:

Army up in their bowl game. Miami Oh won as well. NIU I believe also.

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PHJIndy said:

Nice attempted spin!

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Patrish said:

If the Supreme Court ruled in harmony with society at the time of their ruling, then they were not unjust in their rulings.

But if you’re a total idiot, and you view things that happened 200 years ago in the context of today’s society, then you’re beyond help

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Patrish said:

You made the claim now substantiate your claim

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chaseball said:

These three coaches might be three of the best at their jobs in the sport right now. Notre Dame should have a campaign out right now advertising these coaches recent accomplishments, especially talking up the player development angle.

I wouldn't let an ND target on the recruiting trail go about their business not knowing how strong the Marcus Freeman Al Golden Mike Denbrock trio at ND is. There's now a lot of good data/evidence out there that indicates these are some of the very top coaches in the game right now.

Not to mention the other great coaches on the staff like Mickens (DBs), Washington (DL), McCullough (RB), and Rudolph (OL)

ND has the best collection of coaches in football. These coaches will develop you and put you in a position to succeed better than almost any other coaching staff out there. Every recruit should know it. Then back it up with a top 5 NIL budget in the range of $20M on the recruiting trail.

ND would then have the building blocks for another Lou Holtz era like run.

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