2026 Watch Party: Week 8

HouseofPain · Saturday at 5:08 PM

arrowryan said:
Didn’t say they were good. Just that they’re better than ND.

False. Bama is NOT better than ND. It wasnt that Bama played good, it is just that GA was overrated. Both had serious ESPN bubbles. ND vs Bama isnt that much of a game

IrishTusker · Saturday at 5:08 PM

IrishinSyria said:
And even then, Saban went undefeated twice. Football is hard.

Yes, but UM and IU went undefeated in the last three seasons. It's not as though its incredibly rare, although I agree it's harder to do with the sport as it is now.

Jeffwantpoppers · Saturday at 5:08 PM

arrowryan said:
Didn’t say they were good. Just that they’re better than ND.

No. They are not.

Dale · Saturday at 5:09 PM

People over complicate the Marcel Reed thing. He had a really good OC, NFL WRs, and a NFL OL. Of course he looked good at times. Now he doesn’t besides Craver have any of that.

Jeffwantpoppers · Saturday at 5:10 PM

HouseofPain said:
False. Bama is NOT better than ND. It wasnt that Bama played good, it is just that GA was overrated. Both had serious ESPN bubbles. ND vs Bama isnt that much of a game

It’s wild people just get on the internet and say things. Bama stinks. They are not better than ND

IrishTusker · Saturday at 5:10 PM

Dale said:
People over complicate the Marcel Reed thing. He had a really good OC, NFL WRs, and a NFL OL. Of course he looked good at times. Now he doesn’t besides Craver have any of that.

I guess, although Miami held them to 3 in their building.

Dale · Saturday at 5:12 PM

IrishTusker said:
I guess, although Miami held them to 3 in their building.

Ignoring the weather you didn’t mention aside…Great. Miami went to the national championship. Nobody ever once said Marcel Reed was like a first overall pick. The A&M offense was good, Reed just happened to be the QB.

Blazers46 · Saturday at 5:13 PM

I need to see a spike fumble or some slot fades to make me feel better…

US_Highway14 · Saturday at 5:14 PM

Going to stay very far and away from this thread. Gonna be very toxic

arrowryan · Saturday at 5:14 PM

HouseofPain said:
False. Bama is NOT better than ND. It wasnt that Bama played good, it is just that GA was overrated. Both had serious ESPN bubbles. ND vs Bama isnt that much of a game

Before last Saturday I held the same opinion. Then I watched this team attempt to defend Bear Bachmeier. I can’t imagine what they’d look like when they have to defend future pros.

Bane · Saturday at 5:14 PM

Dale said:
People over complicate the Marcel Reed thing. He had a really good OC, NFL WRs, and a NFL OL. Of course he looked good at times. Now he doesn’t besides Craver have any of that.

Also, Reed didn't even play that well in our game. He had a sub 50% completion percentage on the game and was just throwing 50/50 balls up a lot of the night. Very frustrating game.

Irish du Nord · Saturday at 5:15 PM

Dale said:
Highest rated recruit on the team I think too. He’s literally what Porter was supposed to be just get a former blue chip that’s huge and play to his strengths

Both had development stunted by injuries, too.

402puck · Saturday at 5:15 PM

Blazers46 said:
I need to see a spike fumble or some a lot fades to make me feel better…

here you go

Irish du Nord · Saturday at 5:16 PM

mhiowa82 said:
Smu is dogshit

They won by 39?

Jeffwantpoppers · Saturday at 5:17 PM

arrowryan said:
Before last Saturday I held the same opinion. Then I watched this team attempt to defend Bear Bachmeier. I can’t imagine what they’d look like when they have to defend future pros.

Marcel Reed is 9/13 for 109 yards in the first half and has two TDs. So probably pretty bad!

IrishTusker · Saturday at 5:17 PM

We're not well coached, and haven't been at least since Golden left. (And, frankly, since Leonard left, because Denbrock doesn't call plays properly with Carr.)

I don't know if we're better than Bama or not. Who cares? Would anyone feel confident playing Bama? Or any other top 25 team, frankly?

Irish du Nord · Saturday at 5:17 PM

HouseofPain said:
False. Bama is NOT better than ND. It wasnt that Bama played good, it is just that GA was overrated. Both had serious ESPN bubbles. ND vs Bama isnt that much of a game

Is UGA even that good? Why do we think either of those teams is better than ND or BYU?

Irishdawg · Saturday at 5:17 PM

Nice TD scheme by ucf

Bane · Saturday at 5:18 PM

I don't care what it does for our playoff hopes, I don't care about public perception, or anything. I hope UCF continues to play well and beats BYU because, well I've been cheering against BYU for years because I hate them, simple as.

Irishcop · Saturday at 5:18 PM

Lol BYU losing to UCF at halftime.

Dale · Saturday at 5:18 PM

Can everyone that just wants to bitch about the coaches do it in elsewhere on the board?

thekid33 · Saturday at 5:20 PM

If fucking BYU loses today...

🤬🤮

calvegas04 · Saturday at 5:23 PM

IrishTusker said:
UCF has officially played a better half against BYU than we did. Yikes.

A lot of teams have

sixstar · Saturday at 5:25 PM

US_Highway14 said:
Going to stay very far and away from this thread. Gonna be very toxic

You came into this thread to say that you are staying very far away from this thread?

Pete · Saturday at 5:27 PM

Dale · Saturday at 5:28 PM

So I’m starting to think we won’t see Dylan Raiola behind center for the Ducks next year

greyhammer90 · Saturday at 5:28 PM

Pete said:

Same thing as the BYU game. Put the ball near the reciever and I think that gets called.

Crazy Balki · Saturday at 5:34 PM

This is just a weird year in CFB.

A lot of the best teams are losing mind boggling games. Georgia lost at home to a mediocre at best Auburn team, who got routed at home today by LSU. Texas lost back to back games to unranked teams. Oregon is unranked and losing to Illinois currently. Alabama has two losses and is deadlocked at home with a bad A&M squad. Miami managed to avoid a loss last week, but needed OT and a favorable call to avoid losing to an awful FSU squad with a lame duck coach.

Blazers46 · Saturday at 5:35 PM

Dale said:
Can everyone that just wants to bitch about the coaches do it in elsewhere on the board?

If that’s your take, I’d take the week off the board… respectfully

Dale · Saturday at 5:37 PM

Blazers46 said:
If that’s your take, I’d take the week off the board… respectfully

No. Respectfully. It’s a Saturday watch thread. I didnt even say if you wanna talk about BYU loss even. Some of the conversation here has legitimately zero to do with this thread. Freeman thread, Ash thread, Denbrock thread, Pete thread, who cares thread, have at it.

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