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The layoff definitely seems to matter in these games

Denbrock didn't run the ball enough vs. Miami. The defense was bad early in the year, especially vs. A&M. There's plenty of coaching blame to go around.

I think most people (including on the committee) knew the SEC was middling this year. They weren't put in because they were good, they were put it because of $$$$$.

I read it, but you also said this was a "strategy"- I don't know about that. It's just being honest with players. Maybe the coaches should put more weight on seniority, although I'm not sure that worked out great on defense at the start of the season. If a coach guaranteed Burnham a starting...

So what should the coaches have done? Guaranteed a starting spot/specific number of reps? If the coaches tell a player that he will compete for a spot, and that isn't good enough for the player, what are the coaches supposed to do?

Did everyone love ND before this MOU was announced? Texas is complaining that they shouldn't have scheduled OSU. I don't think this is about an MOU or a conference; teams don't want tough OOC games. Klatt is saying ND has easier schedules than Big Ten teams. At least this year, that isn't true-...

I have a feeling the Giants job will be open again in a few years years. Or, if the next coach there is successful, in ~10 years. Parcells and Coughlin were only there for 7 and 11 years, respectively, and obviously each won two SBs.

Eville said he would be back, iirc.

A&M was ~90% on the defense, but a healthy OL might have at least had another conversion, which would have used up more clock and not given their offense a chance to score again. It was a 1 point game, there is a list of a dozen things that would have changed the outcome.

Do you have links to sources suggesting that ND's NIL budget is half OSU's? How likely is that given the recruiting class ND just signed?

I believe MF's agent is Clint Dowdle, described in an article today as Sexton's "protege."

I mean, three weeks ago Pete said we were safely ahead of Miami and that USC/ND would be playing next year.

It could be that the playoff exclusion has just soured him on college football. And fair enough. Although if the defense was even just mediocre early in the season (which is ultimately his responsibility) we're in the playoff. Anyway, he is what, 39? The NFL will be around in 10-15 years (or...

If I recall correctly, the MOU only matters if the CFP stays at 12 or goes to 14. It is likely to move to 16, at which point the MOU would have to be renegotiated. I've said a bunch of times that the MOU is not really any protection at all ("I promise to give you $20 if I feel like giving you...

It's just that the MOU says ND is in if ranked high enough by the committee. But it still depends on the committee ranking. And I don't think it even comes into force if the CFP moves to 16 teams (only 12 or 14), which seems likely now.

It's amazing how people are so concerned about how ND is perceived. Is ND being hated new?

Given the ACC's convoluted tiebreaker, we have no idea what the effect of conference membership would be. An easier schedule where ND goes 11-1 would be just as helpful (i.e., TTU's move).

Expansion to 16 basically means ND is in the CFP at 10-2 or better. USC wouldn't be backing out if they were beating us every year.

Playing the ND/USC game at USC in November is a "compromise"? You know, the way it's been done since 1926? Either they want to keep the rivalry going, or they don't. They don't. It is what it is. The MOU is meaningless, though, and if ND/Bevacqua think it's significant and will "reassure"...

Unfortunately, it has been the season from hell.