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There is 0 reason for a bowl game...your vets won't play and the young guys have gotten actual game reps due to the late season blowouts along with EE can't practice with the team anymore. 0 reason...especially since ESPN benefits from it.
 
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KMac151993 said:
There is 0 reason for a bowl game...your vets won't play and the young guys have gotten actual game reps due to the late season blowouts along with EE can't practice with the team anymore. 0 reason...especially since ESPN benefits from it.
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You cant pass up the opportunity to continue developing your football team. There is a lot coming back next year. Maximize the practices.
 
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The SEC championship game was a mirage. It didn’t help or hurt either team!! WTF
 
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LifelongFan said:
Practice all week, pull out of the bowl game at the last minute because the team came down with the "stomach flu".
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Pop Tarts Bowl injury report: ND-out--everyone with stomach flu and flaming diarrhea
 
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The committee probably decided what to do before the games yesterday. Does anyone think if Bama lost 42-0 or something the result would have been different? They were going to keep Bama in and flip us.
 
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IrishTusker said:
The committee probably decided what to do before the games yesterday. Does anyone think if Bama lost 42-0 or something the result would have been different? They were going to keep Bama in and flip us.
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No it was done.
 
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IrishTusker said:
The committee probably decided what to do before the games yesterday. Does anyone think if Bama lost 42-0 or something the result would have been different? They were going to keep Bama in and flip us.
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100% done before. After all the crying from the $EC last year, no way was Bama in jeopardy
 
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ndfanatic78 said:
Why anyone gives betting odds any credence is baffeling to me. Like the committee is sitting there going hey such and such site says ND has a 90% chance I guess we have to put them in.
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I give betting odds a lot of weight when it comes to assessing the likely range of outcomes for a game.

I give them virtually no weight when it comes to determining what a small group of people is going to arbitrarily decide. If anything, given that there is absolutely nothing stopping committee members from placing bets themselves or through close friends, a 20x payout on bets that we would be left out should have been concerning.
 
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IrishinSyria said:
My head says I should not be happy about the emergence of another top tier program in Indiana but my heart says fuck Alabama in every way possible.
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Indiana will not be a top tier team
With their still awful recruiting and his JMU backbone character identity leaving, the moment his mercenaries don't hit they'll start falling and the money will fade

They'll be a solid to good school most likely but it can quickly collapse for them
 
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IrishinSyria said:
My head says I should not be happy about the emergence of another top tier program in Indiana but my heart says fuck Alabama in every way possible.
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Im stuck in the hospital with my wife's sick grandpa. Wasnt gonna watch any, but, my heart says the same thing as yours...lol
 
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FightingIrishLover7 said:
Indiana will not be a top tier team
With their still awful recruiting and his JMU backbone character identity leaving, the moment his mercenaries don't hit they'll start falling and the money will fade

They'll be a solid to good school most likely but it can quickly collapse for them
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Ok
 
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Bama is so bad and poorly coached i just had to take a walk around the block to calm myself. There are women and children around me that don't need my ire

.ND would be moonwalking into the ship
 
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Yall made me check the score tho,… so three blowout losses in one season, but sure put them in the playoff over a team with two last second losses to playoff teams that most analytics had as a top three team in the nation,…………
 
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IRISHDODGER said:
Fun Fact: Pop Tarts bowl outdrew every ND regular season game except for the opener at Miami
- Stewart ‘slimy’ Mandel
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Yeah, because it was the only game on.

Is FSU playing in their bowl game in 2023 after getting similarly screwed supposed to be a model of what to do? They had a huge number of opt-outs, got killed, and haven't been good since. Not sure how playing in that game helped them.
 
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IRISHDODGER said:
Fun Fact: Pop Tarts bowl outdrew every ND regular season game except for the opener at Miami
- Stewart ‘slimy’ Mandel
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What am I missing here?? Nd stadium seats over 80k and is at least half full always!! Correct?
The 2025 Pop-Tarts Bowl, played on December 27, 2025, at Camping World Stadium, had an attendance of 34,126 fans, with the game featuring BYU vs. Georgia Tech. The attendance was noted to be lower than previous years, despite featuring two ranked teams, filling roughly half the stadium's 65,000 capacity.
 
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IrishTusker said:
Yeah, because it was the only game on.

Is FSU playing in their bowl game in 2023 after getting similarly screwed supposed to be a model of what to do? They had a huge number of opt-outs, got killed, and haven't been good since. Not sure how playing in that game helped them.
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I agree with you. Just noticed Stewie couldn’t wait to share that fact. Guess he had to offset the “fun fact” that Pete Sampson shared that was pro-ND. They’re both employed by The Athletic & respect each other but Stewie has to be passive aggressive.
 
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No Fn way the pop tarts bowl outdrew the ND USC game or the ND A&M game. Someone is full of shit.
 
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