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Devine was demonized because he wasn’t Ara. Kelly was appreciated, if not ever loved, because he wasn’t Weis, Willingham, O’Leary*, or Davies.

Wonder how many other guys ND can put on the hot seat or be the last straw off it. Would be nice to get Lincoln Riley canned. Maybe James Franklin in the CFP.

While acknowledging that the defense lost some key players, particularly in Watts and Kiser, can we all agree that coming into this season we’d have taken our defensive roster over all but 10 or 20 teams? Yet somehow this coaching staff has them playing as among the worst FBS defenses through 3...

I thought going to commercial break following. J. Love touchdowns with various well known “Love” songs was a genius way to build recognition and start the hype for a Heisman campaign. If fans and media connect him with “all you need” or “the power of Love”, then he will conquer all in a gold helmet.

After the Brady Pats, Montana/Young 49ers, and the Namath Jets.

PSU and possibly Texas would have dropped out, similar to the pre-playoff AP. The committee made a point under the new system to not “punish” CCG losers. In previous years, they tended to be eliminated, with the understanding that the CCG was their play-in game. Even when a conference got two...

There’s also something off in Faust’s data. 35-25 would be 58.3%.

I’d be much more likely to go to SA as a change of pace if the game started to get out of control (like what happened by accident against PSU). The offense is much more explosive (highly explosive) with RL at QB. What’s unusual is that this O is highly explosive with the run game being a major...

I’ve read several people, including sports media personalities, observe that both these teams would have been left out of the CFP in the 4 team playoff. While impossible to prove the hypothetical, I’m almost certain that the committee’s approach in all previous years would have resulted in ND at...

Prudent would be saying we are investigating to determine whether or not it was terrorism. Saying it isn’t terrorism is a rush to judgment that was quickly proven wrong.

No, I actually sold a couple of my tix to parents of a student team manager. Being in town for the game was their chance to spend some holiday time with their daughter, unless ND lost the game. They also didn’t go home for Thanksgiving (obviously, with th me USC game 2 days later).

This is exactly right. First of all, the idea is to attract money and expand the sport. From the standpoint on identifying a “true national champion” the idea is to make sure that any team that might have deserved to be #1 over the course of the season gets a chance to prove it on the field. So...

This article you linked has way more glaring faults than its stupid argument. It refers to Alabama’s two losses being against playoff caliber teams, except it had 3 losses, two of which were to very mediocre teams. It also mentions SMU’s AAC schedule. If they can’t get basic facts like record...

I find Herbie’s comments on Saturday’s GameDay way worse than Lane. Lane was clearly shilling for his team/conference. He’s expected to be completely biased. Herbie commentates and calls games for all these teams. He needs to have a realistic view of the sport. By the standards he applied to IU...

Because that’s what makes sports fun. Watching a VCU make a run through March Madness is exciting for the whole country. Watching Duke make the Final Four is fun for Duke fans. If you want CFB to be only watched by fans from the Deep South, let the CFP become the SEC Invitational. If you want to...

I’d be upset if I weren’t so happy he’s the guy we’ve had at Notre Dame. Watts has been perhaps the best defensive player in CFB the last two years, he’s been at his most electrifying in the biggest games, he did it all at Notre Dame through personal ups and downs, and stayed for this year when...

Yeah, I don’t think the ability for alumni/donors to get 8 is an issue. Season ticket count + 12 might be.

Go Army! Beat Navy!

I had the same thing happen. I almost want to believe that it’s intentional to get the people who bid on premium seats to be more likely to get in the stadium. Because almost nobody is going to choose to pay $10 more for lower endzone compared to anywhere on the sideline. As a result, it could...

This is what the committee would have us believe would have happened. In reality, any fair minded person knows that ND would have made a 4 team playoff this season. PSU at a minimum would have played their way out with the loss to Oregon. Very likely ND would have been ranked #3 under last...