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That has been highly beneficial to Cig and IU and most of the staff has been with since Cig started as HC at Indiana (PA) four teams ago. It's inevitable that at some point, they will start to leave him and IU.

Exactly, not's not forget that Cig doesn't do any of this without the ascendancy of NIL and the portal; ND never had that although as is the case, now, we won't depend on the portal for sure like IU, TTU, and Tennessee do.

Hey, good news is IU proved what you can do with 3 stars with a strong team culture and top, tenured coaching staff. ND has a strong culture and a tenured coaching staff, and we had a top 5 HS recruiting class; the missing piece is focused but effective portal acquisition and at this point...

Miami has talent on both sides of the ball, but is not as disciplined, and Cristobal is their coach, but if they play their best mistake-free ball, they can likely win a close one, kind of like OSU ruining our great 2024 season, but probably much closer.

At least OR is now solidly in the "teams that got their asses kicked thoroughly in the CFP" club!

If Chicken Fingers and Mac Mendoza and IU throttle Miami like this, you can't deny they have arrived and ND will have their hands full next year if we meet them in the CFP, assuming Josh Hoover turns out to be as good as Mendoza.

That's another thing you can't underestimate for IU's success - Cig has had pretty much the same assistant coaches he's had going back to Indiana Univ. (PA). That is really helpful for trust, development and continuity of coaching and culture.

Yeah, I have been thinking Miami, but the one thing you mention is Cig and a disciplined team; that's not so much Miami. And the one factor with Miami is I just don't think Cristobal is all that great of a coach, this season notwithstanding, so maybe IU will win the whole thing and prove me...

Isn't this now a big chunk of OSU's underclass WRs now in the portal? None have signed anywhere to date. I wonder if most will end up with Hartline at USF?

They crossed the line here

No surprise here

Screw the NFL, hello CFB TP!

Cam is to ND as S.A. Smith is to Dallas

Seriously, I haven't slept the whole week!

This is promising...

Or... Are the players being played? Are MF and staff having all these P4 Top of The Pop stars come to ND to play up that "all the top portal players are checking out The Irish, they dope!" And then in reality, while that distraction and noise are running, the staff is doing the covert, serious...