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A "tougher schedule to start the season" can mean one "tough" game, not two. It was very unwise to play the two toughest opponents in the first two games. I can't think offhand of another ND season (or, indeed, any team's season) where that happened. I'm sure it has happened, but it's rare...

And (to make an obvious point) how did Bama, OSU, and Oregon compare to IU? Or for that matter, how did Illinois or UCLA or PSU or Iowa compare to IU?

Expansion to 16 or 24 is necessary so long as the committee exists. The committee will usually have a financial incentive to under-rank ND. So this year, ND deserved to be 8 or 9 but ended up at 11. If we deserve to be 11 we will be 14. Etc. Expansion is some protection against that. Also, if...

It's paying dividends for IU. The other schools, we'll see.

130 lbs? Shouldn't wresters -even at 5'5''- be heavier than that? How does that work

Is this guy a coach at like a bunch of schools/programs? His coaching camp or whatever is in New Carlisle which is like 20 minutes west of SB.

Just because a police report was filed doesn't mean it was a crime. It might be tortious battery, but that would involve the 5'5'' coach suing, not the DA.

Sounds like this guy wants to embarrass ND. Whatever. Btw, if you think IU's run is bad for ND (it isn't, really) it's worse for Purdue.

Right, it's all about money. So get rid of the committee and we can rank the teams more fairly.

This is just another way of saying the teams are put in the playoff for financial reasons, rather than reasons of quality. And I think that's pretty obviously true, especially this year. The question is whether that is good, or not. I don't think ND should accept being screwed because it isn't...

Anyone who has watched football this year knows ND deserved to be in ahead of Bama and OU. That was true when Bama jumped us, that was true the day we were snubbed, it's true today. The only people who won't admit this are people who have a fan or financial incentive not to do so (e.g., SEC...

Right, I'm just asking if they promise any players a starting job. If they are promising other players a starting job but not Coogan, I would say there's a colorable argument that ND coaches made a mistake in not promising him the job. If they don't promise any players starting jobs, though, and...

So ND "promises" certain players starting jobs in advance of camp, and just has to decide which players get those promises? Or does ND tell everyone they have to compete for a job, and make no promises, even if players have a sense of whether they are likely to start given the other players on...

I respect greatness; he's a great coach. I think the age thing is the secret, though.

Yeah, I mean, the sport changed. And they hired a good coach. ND spent 30 years not doing that.

Lots of crying in here about IU winning. Jealously isn't a good look. IU winning doesn't affect ND much; ND just needs to take care of its own business.

It was more because our defense wasn't functioning until 2.5 games in. Even average defense beats A&M.

Yeah, but wasn't it a problem the past three years? Did players in those portal cycles not know that ND students go to class?

Honestly, who cares? If Miami had lost to A&M we wouldn't have been put in the playoffs or won a NC. I don't understand why people care about "vindication." It means nothing. I wouldn't accept the ESPN framing. The debate should have been OU or Alabama, not Miami or ND.

It sounds like the ND is the school you use for leverage