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Free Manera

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If Elko had stayed at ND, I guess he would be the head coach now?
That's an interesting alternate universe. It would actually probably be Fickell if everything else stayed the same. Freeman would be head coach at Cincy.
 

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That's an interesting alternate universe. It would actually probably be Fickell if everything else stayed the same. Freeman would be head coach at Cincy.

I think Freeman was going to Duke if he didn’t get the HC job here
 

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I think Freeman was going to Duke if he didn’t get the HC job here
Yes but in the alternate universe Freeman was never at ND because Elko stayed. So Freeman was still DC at Cincy. Kelly leaves, ND hires Fickell, Cincy promotes Freeman to HC, Elko goes somewhere.
 

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Yes but in the alternate universe Freeman was never at ND because Elko stayed. So Freeman was still DC at Cincy. Kelly leaves, ND hires Fickell, Cincy promotes Freeman to HC, Elko goes somewhere.
IF freeman doesn't go to ND he goes to LSU, then probably becomes head coach at LSU, or Duke. Freeman was being courted by both LSU and ND, everyone thought he was going to LSU early on.
 

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Yes but in the alternate universe Freeman was never at ND because Elko stayed. So Freeman was still DC at Cincy. Kelly leaves, ND hires Fickell, Cincy promotes Freeman to HC, Elko goes somewhere.
In this coaching carousel Twilight Zone, where are Clark Lea and Tyler Santucci?
 

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In this coaching carousel Twilight Zone, where are Clark Lea and Tyler Santucci?
Lea was already at Vandy when the universe fractured so he is still there. Santucci is meeting with Putin and Zelensky negotiating peace because why not.
 

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Lea was already at Vandy when the universe fractured so he is still there. Santucci is meeting with Putin and Zelensky negotiating peace because why not.
Lea came with Elko from Wake Forest. If Elko never leaves, Lea never gets promoted to DC and probably never gets that Vanderbilt job.
 

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I think this game comes down to one thing: turnovers. Duke has a really good defense but not a ‘great’ defense. They’ve created 5 turnovers. If you count turnover on downs they have a total of 12 turnovers. That’s impressive. ND has done a great job avoiding turnovers w/ the exception of turnover on downs. At some point, human nature tells us that ND‘s offense will have a game w/ multiple turnovers. This is one of those games where that can’t happen.
 

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I'm feeling better after listening to Brady Quinn. Sounds like the team is dialed in.
 

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Need to come out aggressive I'd have a hurry up offense Hartman seems better when hes under pressure like the 2 minute drill defense needs to get some turnovers
 

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I have no idea what to expect but what I'm hoping is that the team feels like they let a huge moment get away. All of the stress goes out the window and they all play loose. They come out with aggression and never let it go for the rest of the season. Foot on the gas pedal until the 12th game has ended, then we can see what we have left to play for.
 

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After listening to some pods, I feel like ND is going to grind Duke into dust. They are small everywhere and couldn't stop the run against the mighty UConn attack. Leonard is big and a good runner. But their receivers won't get open against Morrison and Hart and Leonard will be bottled up like Brennan Armstrong was and forced to throw.

I'm on the under and ND -6.5 (+100). 31-10 ND.
 

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After listening to some pods, I feel like ND is going to grind Duke into dust. They are small everywhere and couldn't stop the run against the mighty UConn attack. Leonard is big and a good runner. But their receivers won't get open against Morrison and Hart and Leonard will be bottled up like Brennan Armstrong was and forced to throw.

I'm on the under and ND -6.5 (+100). 31-10 ND.
I'm the total opposite. I think duke jumps on ND early and then ND battles back to (hopefully) win close. Got Duke +6.5
 
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