Aug 31 | Texas A&M

[Crazy Balki]

Well for his sake, hopefully they keep it up.

Last thing he needs is for it to blow up in his face.

 

[ThePiombino]

Sometimes the jokes write themselves.

 

[NumbersGuy0520]

This win looks better by the week. And now this Texas A&M team looks to be playing so much better.

…but so are we, bitches. Go Irish.

 

[SDIrishFan]

This win looks better by the week. And now this Texas A&M team looks to be playing so much better.

…but so are we, bitches. Go Irish.

Just good enough to jump us next week in the polls

 

[Katzenboyer]

Just good enough to jump us next week in the polls

This is absolutely going to happen.

 

[KMac151993]

This is absolutely going to happen.

...and rightfully should. That NIU loss is terrible.

 

[DCDomer]

Just good enough to jump us next week in the polls

That would be incredibly lame. Beat the man to be the man

 

[NDPhilly]

Pundits are going to try to convince us that Marcel Reed is a significant upgrade to Weigman, and isn’t the guy who had a 54% completion percentage entering the game. Therefore this A&M team would beat ND and should be ranked higher accordingly.

LSU was totally unprepared for how to handle a mobile QB, and he provided a needed spark today, but there’s a reason he wasn’t the starter.

 

[T-Boone]

It would be interesting (but somewhat boring) if we played them in r1 of the playoffs.

 

[notredomer23]

Shots fired at BK?

 

[CanadalovesND]

Shots fired at BK?

Bimbo Jimbo. But I don't think Elko was directly taking a shot at Fisher. Likely just an outright statement about the snakes in the grass in todays college landscape.

 

[Crazy Balki]

...and rightfully should. That NIU loss is terrible.

Uh, no. They lost to Notre Dame. So they shouldn't be ahead of Notre Dame with the same record.

This dumbassery is 2018 Michigan all over again.

 

[T-Boone]

Uh, no. They lost to Notre Dame. So they shouldn't be ahead of Notre Dame with the same record.

This dumbassery is 2018 Michigan all over again.

If A&M win out they will have some good wins on their record and no bad loss. They would def be ahead I’d think.

 

[DillonHall]

Who cares about the AP poll? It's good for some discussion, nothing more. It's decided by a bunch of people who work for Fake News organizations anyway

I wouldn't overreact to the first couple CFP Rankings either

 

[arrowryan]

Unless the winning team ends up with more losses, the losing team should never finished ranked higher than the winning team.

But I know it happens. Common sense isn’t so common anymore

 

[Jimmy3Putt]

If A&M win out they will have some good wins on their record and no bad loss. They would def be ahead I’d think.

If they win out they'll be a one loss SEC Champion and ranked 1 or 2.

 

[ThePiombino]

Only poll that matters is voted on by the CFP committee. They have historically proven that wins matter more than losses. Ergo, no way A&M jumps us.

 

[Jimmy3Putt]

Only poll that matters is voted on by the CFP committee. They have historically proven that wins matter more than losses. Ergo, no way A&M jumps us.

If they win out they'll have the automatic bid, bye week, and will be ranked higher than us. We can only get to 5.

 

[InKellyWeTrust]

If they win out they'll have the automatic bid, bye week, and will be ranked higher than us. We can only get to 5.

We can be ranked higher than 5 but can't get higher the the 5th seed

 

[ThePiombino]

If they win out they'll have the automatic bid, bye week, and will be ranked higher than us. We can only get to 5.

Yeah, if they win the SECCG. I just mean the initial CFP poll.

 

[317Irish]

If they win out they'll be a one loss SEC Champion and ranked 1 or 2.

To add to this, if when it’s all said and done Ta&m is ranked higher than us they will have beaten Texas and probably Georgia. So 1) it’s not going to happen, 2) if it does happen they deserve to be ranked higher than us, 3) that would help us way more than it would hurt us by them jumping over us.

 

[JohnnyRockets]

This is absolutely going to happen.

Just like FSU passed us after we lost to BC

 

[stlnd01]

To add to this, if when it’s all said and done Ta&m is ranked higher than us they will have beaten Texas and probably Georgia. So 1) it’s not going to happen, 2) if it does happen they deserve to be ranked higher than us, 3) that would help us way more than it would hurt us by them jumping over us.

Yep, all this. If A&M wins the SEC, God Bless 'em they should be the #1 or 2 seed. They'll have earned it. But yeah that's not likely to happen.
More likely they lose to Texas, finish 10-2 and probably fall back behind us. If they beat Texas then lose to Georgia, it'll be an interesting call, but I think we should assume the #2 SEC team slots in ahead of us in seeding regardless of who it is. So it probably doesn't really matter

 

[IRISHDODGER]

Kudos to Elko for making the QB change. I thought BK had his team on its way to a win similar or bigger than ND’s win over aTm. It’s weird to me b/c I watched LSU play Arkansas last weekend and they totally bottled up Green who is also a dual threat & a dangerous runner. Maybe they were so focused on Weigman that they didn’t prepare for Reed but that should fall on the LSU DC to have a contingency plan & make an immediate adjustment. I have faith that Golden would be ready for such a change.

 

[IA4irish]

LSU averaged 1 yard per attempt. I am more impressed by what our offensive line did against their defensive line in hindsight. We were moving them off the ball at the end of the game

 

[ulukinatme]

Kudos to Elko for making the QB change. I thought BK had his team on its way to a win similar or bigger than ND’s win over aTm. It’s weird to me b/c I watched LSU play Arkansas last weekend and they totally bottled up Green who is also a dual threat & a dangerous runner. Maybe they were so focused on Weigman that they didn’t prepare for Reed but that should fall on the LSU DC to have a contingency plan & make an immediate adjustment. I have faith that Golden would be ready for such a change.

They should stick with Reed. He looks like he should be the QB, he moved the ball much better and was pretty tough to defend.

 

[Jiggafini19Deux]

I feel like this win is being talked about nationally far more than the NIU loss. That's a very good thing.

 

[Some Irish Bloke]

This win looks better by the week. And now this Texas A&M team looks to be playing so much better.

…but so are we, bitches. Go Irish.

Just good enough to jump us next week in the polls

AP poll got it correct and as long as both teams have only one loss, I don't see how aTm would jump ND. H2H has to count for something. It would be one thing if ND was limping along but they've been getting better by the week as well.

Uh, no. They lost to Notre Dame. So they shouldn't be ahead of Notre Dame with the same record.

This dumbassery is 2018 Michigan all over again.

Correct. In a subjective ranking system, one of the few objectives that should truly matter is H2H results. It makes even more of a difference that ND went down there and won on the road when we weren't anywhere near as good offensively as we have been in October.

 

[fightingirish26]

Uh, no. They lost to Notre Dame. So they shouldn't be ahead of Notre Dame with the same record.

This dumbassery is 2018 Michigan all over again.

I think ND should be ahead of A&M but 2018 ND was also undefeated, completely different situations.

 

[ThePiombino]

Only way A&M can justify leaping us in ranking is if ND loses and/or A&M wins the SEC.