Quix0te said:

After ND bulldozes Army and Texas wins the Lone Star Showdown, ND will have zero end-of-season top 25 teams on its schedule.

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Texas am will still be ranked if they lose to Texas. Army will be ranked if they win their conference

And also, Georgia Tech and Louisville will have a chance to jump into the rankings

So possibly 4 at the end

raulduke_007 said:

ND has still played more ranked teams than Penn St & Indiana combine sport.

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After ND bulldozes Army and Texas wins the Lone Star Showdown, ND will have zero end-of-season top 25 teams on its schedule.

Quix0te said:

Oh, I doubt that. Maybe top 40. Purdue plays five teams in the top ten: Oregon, Ohio State, Penn State, Indiana and ND.

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What a moron. Time after time, you come over here and make a fool of yourself. Time to increase the dosage of your meds.

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NDs sos on other sites is much better. 32 on one and we'll above 82 from espn

Don't believe the propaganda from espn

Get Nasty said:

There isn't anyone on that list that's proven or you're confident can require an occasional double let alone be a game changer.

yeah I think Burress has a shot to be a good #2 (in an ideal situation) at WR, but we know what greathouse and faison are. Two slot WRs that aren't doing great on the field together because 1 is then out of position.

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They're all underclassmen.

You're always negative. We get it. You wanted Freeman gone after his first game as a DC and you have to keep up that same energy because you want to be right

Kelso86 said:

Remember -- they (Fickell and Gino) worked well in Cincinnati --

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Yeah there is speculation that Gino may get a call from Fickell about the OC job after the season. Odd that he didn't get the job originally.

ND has still played more ranked teams than Penn St & Indiana combine sport.

It is all about throwing money around with chasingbrains. Money grows on trees. It is always the people with no money telling others how to spend.
Didn't work out so well for a certain group in early November. 😉

christophero said:

If Florida St. and USC were good this year that would probably go up to top 20.

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Oh, I doubt that. Maybe top 40. Purdue plays five teams in the top ten: Oregon, Ohio State, Penn State, Indiana and ND.

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IrishMike409 said:

Then you lean on the portal.

Come play with CJ Carr and the best OL in the country.

I'd be interested to see Mitchell, Collins, and Harrison with an elite OL and QB.

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Mitchell is shockingly kind of slow, or at least plays that way for ND ( i expected much more, he hasn't taken the top off the defense yet)

Collins I thought was going to be a monster, but he's in his own head and struggling

Harrison is coming on strong

Point being, yeah you can get some solid player in the portal, but solid is as good as it gets for ND in the portal at WR. We need to lean on the portal for depth, not starters or game changers. They have to come from recruiting HS just like freeman says, and what we're not doing but maybe one class with Gilbert and Williams (those two, one has to become a stud for ND to be really good moving forward).

Golson5 said:

You can always get solid wrs in the portal

Greathouse
Faison
Smith
Williams
Gilbert
Saldate
Burress

Then if you get 1 of Richardson or Bettis to be solid and transfers we'll be fine.

Is it where we want to be, no. It's it a mess, also no. People don't realize how good Burress is yet and that is making people more nervous

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There isn't anyone on that list that's proven or you're confident can require an occasional double let alone be a game changer.

yeah I think Burress has a shot to be a good #2 (in an ideal situation) at WR, but we know what greathouse and faison are. Two slot WRs that aren't doing great on the field together because 1 is then out of position.

If Florida St. and USC were good this year that would probably go up to top 30.

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Quix0te said:

I agree, the Boilers are pathetic. But note the 8 toughest schedules in the nation are 7 SEC teams and Purdue.

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Do you get a prize for that besides an ass kicking every week ?

sjb75 said:

The problem with Army playing an SEC schedule is playing the SEC week after week. They would not hold up. Nor should they. 2-6 would be my prediction.

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Exactly. Not saying they couldn't pull an upset one time but zero chance they could have a .500 record in the SEC as someone suggested. They would be the least competitive team in the league. Whole different animal week in week out. One win would be an accomplishment.

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echowaker said:

Talk about nonsense. Army has their best victory against mighty East Carolina. They haven't played ANYONE. Sure maybe if they had one so so SEC team on their schedule and the stars aligned perfectly they could pull an upset. Nearly impossible for them to win more than one game against an SEC schedule. 1-7 at best.

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The problem with Army playing an SEC schedule is playing the SEC week after week. They would not hold up. Nor should they. 2-6 would be my prediction.

echowaker said:

Sad but true. Having the likes of a Purdue on there certainly doesn't help. The Kent State of the Big 10.

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I agree, the Boilers are pathetic. But note the 8 toughest schedules in the nation are 7 SEC teams and Purdue.

#31 strength of schedule

Golson5 said:

Nonsense.

Vanderbilt lost to Georgia State.

Miss state got beat by Toledo by 24

Kentucky has 6 losses

Auburn lost to California

Oklahoma beat Houston by 4

Arkansas lost to Oklahoma State by 8

To act like Army couldn't beat any of these teams is an obvious SEC bias for sure.

Would they, who knows. Can they on a given day, absolutely

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Talk about nonsense. Army has their best victory against mighty East Carolina. They haven't played ANYONE. Sure maybe if they had one so so SEC team on their schedule and the stars aligned perfectly they could pull an upset. Nearly impossible for them to win more than one game against an SEC schedule. 1-7 at best.

Quix0te said:

Right between Utah State and Nevada.

https://www.espn.com/college-football/fpi/_/view/resume/sort/resume.avgsosrank/dir/asc

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Sad but true. Having the likes of a Purdue on there certainly doesn't help. The Kent State of the Big 10.

Get Nasty said:

It’s a negative situation

WR is a mess, and not looking good for 26 either. Our 24 class, 2 of the 3 must turn out really good or WR will be a weakness when we have potentially really good throwing QBs.

We wasted the 23 season with poor WR play.

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Then you lean on the portal.

Come play with CJ Carr and the best OL in the country.

I'd be interested to see Mitchell, Collins, and Harrison with an elite OL and QB.