I see. One can argue that conference championship games for big ten and SEC is the equivalent of a college football playoff quarterfinal or semifinal game.
Your point make sense.
Man its good to be independent
Straight seeding for CFB Playoffs
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Your point make sense.
Man its good to be independent
Oh, nothing was said, but yet you couldn't resist the urge to chime in? Funny how that works.
Go on, tell us about your deep background in college athletics.
I have a very short stint of college athletics and it was grueling. I almost failed out my freshman year, running track for a nationally ranked d3 team, probably the equivalent of a weak division 1 team. Stopped college athletics after freshman year.
And track is nothing like football in terms of damage to the body. Football way more grueling. So I dont feel like I can chime in like echo.
Its good to have posters with that experience. Gives us another perspective.
You don't believe looking back at the playoffs last year, MF would have preferred a bye rather than play IU in a 1st round playoff? As banged up as ND was, he would have absolutely preferred the bye. It was great for the fans and the students, but for the players it's another game that could get a player injured .
A 5-8 spot would be indicative of a 1 or 2 loss team.
I’d rather see them with a # 1 seed which be indicative of an undefeated team, a very strong and powerful team
Once again, you’ve made another colossal mistake, you’re so stupid that you equate athletic ability with intellectual ability.
Evidently you lacked the intellect to address the “pylon” issue by yourself and as such you had to seek help from others.
Regarding the “pylon” issue, It’s obvious that your guy couldn’t provide a rational explanation to my query, just like you couldn’t provide a rational explanation, I guess you could call it a case of the blind leading the blind.
The only thing you proved is that you’re both clueless when it comes to esoteric issues which require deep thought.
It would appear that you’re also not aware of the fallacy in trying to argue from a position of “authority”. You might want to call Ben Shapiro for clarification.
Your guy’s on the field exploits and credentials, no matter how heroic, don’t qualify him to be knowledgeable, let alone an expert when it comes to the rational behind the creation of rules.
In terms of possessing the requisite intellect, especially when engaging in a battle of wits with you, I hold an unfair advantage in that it’s obvious that I’m arguing with an unarmed man.
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Obviously, I don’t know what your schedule was, but football does have the advantage of one game a week, usually on Saturdays. Less class disruption than sports with midweek events.
With track, I wonder if more time off could actually be beneficial for focused training. Track demands precise technique, and you usually get just one shot per event. In football, you’ve got 60 minutes and multiple chances. Plus, unless you're in a relay, track doesn't rely as much on team cohesion to be running on all cylinders like football does. In other words, to get to peak performance for track compared with football you may have a different approach entirely. Thx for sharing.
Your welcome buddy.
You make a good point. There are definitely track meets during the week. That changes things. And correct, the only team aspect is relays and training. Training as in competition benefits you, similar to football. You will improve more from practice when you are racing your teammate who is just as fast or faster than you than you would by yourself since at the collegiate level, most are alpha males and competitive.
In terms of training and your comment about time off being beneficial, the important track meets are the conference championships/national championship meet. Good coaches will design training to have the athlete peak during the end of the year. This means, that you want to lay off on intense training towards the end so the athlete is fresh and is peaking at the right time.
Not sure if thats the way to go in football but I could be wrong. Feel like consistency and rhythm is extremely important throughout like echo said. If you lay off at any point, bad things can happen. You know, things like.....losing to northern Illinois....
In track, you do bad one week and run a bad time, whatever. Put it behind you and learn from it. Only your best performance of the year matters for seeding in the championship meets.
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in 2005, Ohio state had an extra week off.
In 2006 LSU and played their last game of the RS on the same week. (LSU had an extra day off)
In 2015, Ohio state played their last game the same day as ND
Small potatoes.
Stick to your day job.
And allow Marcus Freeman to do his job. Which so far, has been pretty damn good.
If you bothered to read. You'd see my post had nothing to do with Freeman. Good job reminding us that you add no value to this board.
Plenty of teams have looked rusty after a long layoff. The real discussion is about how to get ND to peak, whether that’s by playing a home playoff game or taking the week off. This format is completely different from years past. Call it ‘small potatoes’ if you want, but coaches (Freeman included) obsess over finding the best way to get their players to peak. In a game as competitive as college football, everything matters.
It seems like every single big game freeman is in , the irish play very well. They might not win some, but they are almost always competitive.
Only outliers is if Sam Hartman poops his pants. ( at Clemson and at Louisville )
I actually am more concerned about ND losing when they play a unranked opponent compared to a ranked opponent.
