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Notre Dame won. There, now it's not weird for you. So Notre Dame is terrific and the team that lost to them by a field goal is a fraud. Makes no sense. Nevermind the 30ish years before last year during which ND did not win big bowl games. Using your logic, ND was bound to always lose those...

Penn State and Notre Dame played a game last year. It went down to the last seconds. The game was about as even as could be. But one team is a fraud and was overhyped in the preseason, and one was "uhhhh the second best team in the nation." Got it.

Frauds last year, then what was ND?

You're analysis is just "they are always frauds?" They returned a lot from a team that narrowly missed the national championship, and brought on the DC that was praised for putting Ohio State over the hump. They had legitimate reasons to be ranked highly.

I want to be like "hey stop overhyping this dude," but I just can't. He is just that dude. Queue "there's a bubble" meme, I guess. Every time he rolls out and delivers a laser on a deep out route in full stride I think back to a quote from Saban about how QBs who can consistently hit deep out...

Those are all fair takes. One of my favorite stories describing my experience at Ohio State in direct comparison with an elite school is this: I took a microfinance class that was done in coordination with Stanford. We would watch their lecture live via Skype, and have Q&A with our professor...

The problem I've always had with that metric is that the public Big Ten schools are educating a lot of kids that couldn't get into ND, Duke, etc... but a lot who could. There are more kids with an ACT of X at Ohio State than at Notre Dame. That works for 36s, 33s, etc. In other words, it is...

Agreed. I received a 93% scholarship so I went to Ohio State. Definitely had my fair share of 500-student lectures with Indian GAs that I could barely understand. But thats what I deserved for not testing out of calculus and being in the engineering college lol I graduated with $2,500 in...

"In last year’s rankings, for example, donations from alumni were weighted at 3% in a university’s overall score – now that number is zero. Class size went from 8% to zero. Another change involves research: if professors are cited in major publications, that can boost a school’s score, too...

The defense is far from fixed, but definitely better than three weeks ago.

And you hate to play to a narrative... but if ND tarmac'd his ass in Arkansas, finished 10-2, and the defense played much better, there is an honest and serious argument to make about the early season losses and why the Irish should sneak into the playoff. You simply do not go from #1 to #105...

Is that Luke Fickell's music?

"Why generate pressure in a game when I can generate pressure on my job security?" - Chris Ash, probably

His 167 QB rating is the highest for a Notre Dame QB since 2004 (that's as far as ESPN goes). Better rating, albeit through three games, than Clausen and Brady.

I went to the game today. Some thoughts: Sign me up to join the Fire Chris Ash crowd. I dont care how many injured players in the DB corp there were. It is clear, philosophically, that he wants to sit in zone and hope a four-man front gets home. Just get rid of him now and MFMF and Mickens...

It seems a little like cherry-picking to use the national championship game stats.

I don't disagree one bit. 4 TFLs in two games is a joke. I don't know if that is talent or scheme.

For the last ten years I've thought that clinging to half-way independence with this ACC deal is a joke. Just join the Big Ten already and give us Michigan and Michigan State matchups again. ND probably has the clout to make the B1G bring Stanford along too.

The prevent defense with six seconds left and Texas A&M only needing ten or so yards to kick a field goal was... insane. I'm sure you all could see it from your respective coaches, too. Thats the first time I said "Is Ash actually a fucking idiot?" Going forward, I expect the DL to get more...

I say he makes this bet and proves it, or gets banned. No need for crybabies who cant put their money where their mouth is.