2026 Watch Party: Week 1

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NDPhilly said:
Meanwhile over in Baton Rouge - I gotta say I did not expect this. Embarrassing display by Dabo and pretty incredible prep by Kiffin with a bunch of new pieces.

We really need fresh blood in Clemson for the sake of our future schedules.
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The consensus among the CFB outlets was that the top 7 in the polls were a cut above the rest. I agreed with that, but I felt heading into the season that the 1 wildcard that could join that group was LSU, provided that their transfers clicked. They're not going to go undefeated, but they might very well be significantly better at the end of the season if all of those transfers gel.
 
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arrowryan said:
The phantom one second is 50x worse imo
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Oh, I completely agree with you. I was expanding on your comment, that it took just one incompetent official last year on the game deciding play to essentially keep ND out of the playoffs. No accountability from anyone after.

You trade out an incompetent ref for a corrupt one and the dream season is gone in a blink.
 
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Doesn’t appear like it could have grazed the goalpost either.

Western better demand to see what they looked at.
 
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tussin said:
I know we are potentially entering a new golden age of ND football, but this sport is entirely broken in every aspect. I’m kind of out on it.
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yeah... theres a lot of Oregon State fans where I live and they've been that way for generations

Now theyre not even a thing

its a bummer
 
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tussin said:
I know we are potentially entering a new golden age of ND football, but this sport is entirely broken in every aspect. I’m kind of out on it.
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Something definitely has to be done about the Big 10 and SEC conferences in term of their power and corruption but other than that it is better than ever.
Nobody has a clue who is going to win the ship this year.
 
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Watching the ESPN accounts all tweet about the hail mary with no mention of the clock to try to gloss it over and sway public opinion...couldn't be clearer what they're trying to do. Protect the product they've enabled the corruption of (to their immense benefit), integrity of the sport be damned. Just completely shameless.

Also - WMU would have been in great position to parlay that win into a good shot at being the G6 rep in the playoff - would have gone a long way in terms of rankings vs other G6's. Now any shot is basically gone for them.
 
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T-Boone said:
Something definitely has to be done about the Big 10 and SEC conferences in term of their power and corruption but other than that it is better than ever.
Nobody has a clue who is going to win the ship this year.
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It does feel like the B1G and SEC powers (not so much the middle/lower classes of those conferences) get to write their own rules. Bama getting gifted a CFP slot last year. Michigan with this.
But, yeah, there is still more parity than there was in the 2010s when the same teams made the four-team CFP over and over. Michigan's not going to make it against good BIg Ten teams if they don't come up with an offense.
 
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This might be the most embarrassing tweet/video in CFB history. This "win" is genuinely worse than their loss to App State
 
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ColinKSU said:
Yeah, I don’t see there being a happy ending for Dabo at Clemson.
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It'll be interesting to see what happens there. They were not especially good before he showed up. About what they are now. Having had a taste, do they want it enough to push him out and do what it takes to set up the next guy to really win? Or are they satisfied with being a fringe Top 25 team that can compete in but not win the ACC? We shall see.
 
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MPClinton22 said:
Watching the ESPN accounts all tweet about the hail mary with no mention of the clock to try to gloss it over and sway public opinion...couldn't be clearer what they're trying to do. Protect the product they've enabled the corruption of (to their immense benefit), integrity of the sport be damned. Just completely shameless.

Also - WMU would have been in great position to parlay that win into a good shot at being the G6 rep in the playoff - would have gone a long way in terms of rankings vs other G6's. Now any shot is basically gone for them.
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Luckily for WMU if they win the MAC i think there will be a general acceptance that they beat Michigan. Not like the NFL where the W-L is black and white.
 
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arrowryan said:
The phantom one second is 50x worse imo
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I agree. I mean the Hinish one stings because it was ND and it robbed us of a playoff spot, but there is at least precedence for holding calls being 50/50 sometimes and very inconsistent. They're also non-reviewable. Manufacturing a second that doesn't exist upon review is unprecedented as far as I'm aware.
 
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greyhammer90 said:
It sucks that Kyle Whittingham has to be a part of this shit. I think Whittingham is generally a good dude (for a college football coach) and unfortunately this is just how Michigan always wins. Embarassing.
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Agreed. Seems like a good guy and he seemed like he felt like WMU got screwed when he was talking to Lance Taylor
 
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