2025 College Football Playoffs

Bluto

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Could that team have won a NC?
No, but that season set back recruiting significantly, which impacts the talent on the roster and on and on.

Anyhow, what’s your point? With better coaching ND could win a natty?

No shit. That 2015 team had NFL talent all over it and due to shitty coaching underperformed as well and was one play away from beating the eventual runner up to the National Champion.
 

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Great call. The fact they didn’t try running at least once from the 5 yard line with 45 seconds…
Exactly. I knew as soon as they didn't go QB draw on second down with a pass play ready for 3rd down they were panicking.
 

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Sure, baseball's as popular in Alabama as anywhere else in the country. That's an odd question. FYI, though, I haven't lived in Alabama in almost 20 years.
I’ve honestly only driven through Alabama, but I sort of picture Alabama as a state where people just drink cheap beer and watch “the game“ whatever game that is.
 

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No, but that season set back recruiting significantly.

Anyhow, what’s your point? With better coaching ND could win a natty?

No shit. That 2015 team had NFL talent all over it and due to shitty coaching underperformed as well.
No, my point is that the A&M game cost us the playoffs. And we would have had decent odds to win it all. We weren't making the playoffs in 2016, and certainly weren't winning it all.
 

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Great call. The fact they didn’t try running at least once from the 5 yard line with 45 seconds…

I thought you could have ran on 3rd down specifically. If you get nothing, 28 seconds you definitely have at least 10 seconds for 4th down. Have two plays in the huddle ready.
 

MacIrish75

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Just wait for the talking heads to use the results of these two games to validate ND being left out… 🤮
 

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No, my point is that the A&M game cost us the playoffs. And we would have had decent odds to win it all. We weren't making the playoffs in 2016, and certainly weren't winning it all.
It's manufactured by ESPN. For the first 100+ years of CFB no team would start 0-2 and even think about a national title.
 
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