2024 College Football Playoffs

Free Manera

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Yeah ND had better odds than PSU yesterday and all along. Their path is just much easier now.

I think ND can beat UGA but oddly I think ND has a better chance with Beck than the backup. O/U INTs will be 3.5 with Beck.
 

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Yeah ND had better odds than PSU yesterday and all along. Their path is just much easier now.

I think ND can beat UGA but oddly I think ND has a better chance with Beck than the backup. O/U INTs will be 3.5 with Beck.
We'll see, the backup made some plays for sure but he showed some questionable decision-making too
 

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I’ve always thought wins against AA teams should count as two losses
IIRC, they used to not be able to count towards bowl eligibility. But now, of course; there’s tons more bowl games & they need participants.

At the very minimum, P4 teams shouldn’t be able to schedule an FCS opponent after September. SEC teams use it as an extra bye b/c there’s such a rare chance for a P4 team to be upset by an FCS team in mid-November. If not, you’re asking a smaller program who only get 63 scholarship players which undoubtedly suffer attrition by mid-Nov.
 

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I really only think Oregon, OSU, UGA, ND and MAYBE Texas have a reasonable chance at the natty,… all other teams, UTenn and PSU included don’t really have a plausible chance at winning it all imo. Our biggest issue is obviously UGA,… but this program needs to make that leap eventually
 

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We'll see, the backup made some plays for sure but he showed some questionable decision-making too
Georgia didn’t even trust him to make reads. There was a play with WR motion from the weakside to the strong. Nobody came with him and Georgia still ran the ball to the weak side, only now at a numbers disadvantage. The QB had no authority to change out of a doomed play.
 

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Kinda would have like Bama at ND to exorcise some demons. I was definitely wrong on playoff platform.
 

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The backup wasn’t ready to play in that game but still led them to a win. He has weeks to get ready now.
 

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Guys....UGA isn't beating this ND team. We couldn't have gotten a better path to the championship if I was in charge!
 

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According to last night’s adamant posts that PSU would drop below ND after their 2nd loss…yes there is probably some surprise.
Should have, but they had a BIG team's AD (meatchicken's) on as the head of the committee, so he needed to protect (prop up) the integrity of the BIG seeding-wise. WHY did SMU fall behind IU? SMU was ranked ahead of and then fell behind IU just because they lost on a game ending FG in a championship game!? I thought that fatass (meatchicken's AD) said before that teams playing in their conf. championships wouldn't be penalized for playing that game?!? SMU should be coming to ND to play!
 
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Right it’s not like someone was telling them ND would be 6-8. 😂
We all got trolled for being wrong before the inevitable was announced. My cynicism has calloused over the past 3 decades of disdain from the media/public for my beloved Irish.

BTW, now that Swarbrick is gone; you know damn well the committee will continue little passive-agreesive moves like this in hopes of pushing ND into a conference sooner rather than later.
 

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The backup wasn’t ready to play in that game but still led them to a win. He has weeks to get ready now.
Yeah but it goes both ways. Teams are going to be more prepared for his running ability. It's hard to definitively say if Georgia is better without Beck
 

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Should have, but they had a BIG team's AD (meatchicken's) on as the head of the committee, so he needed to protect (prop up) the integrity of the BIG seeding-wise. WHY did SMU fall behind IU? SMU was ranked and fell behind IU just because they lost on a game ending FG in a championship game!? I thought that fatass (meatchicken's AD) said before that teams playing in their conf. championships wouldn't be penalized for playing that game?!? SMU should be coming to ND to play!
Yeah, that was the point last night. About the only thing that garners unanimous agreement on this thread is that ND deserved to be seeded above PSU. Too many Charlie Browns still believing Lucy won’t pull the ball away at the last moment…LOL
 

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On another note, Freeman looked pissed on that video of the team upon their announcement. I hope he & the team are just that..pissed
I was a little nervous because Freeman has been making the media rounds this past week and everyone has been telling him how well ND's been playing since NIU.

This disrespect should keep the team on edge
 

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SMU dropped after losing in a conference championship game. So this "no punishment for losing in a CCG" only applies to the Big Ten/SEC?
Not really, they treated all three conferences pretty equally. Penn State and Texas both dropped, just not far enough. SMU dropped too but still stayed ahead of Clemson
 

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Rooting for 55 and dry now right? …right?

I do think Freeman teams struggle a little after byes and do great with momentum. Beat the overmatched team from down the road and stay healthy, unleash hell on the dawgs, and let the cards fall where they may after that.
Here to pick you up on this glorious Sunday. We are actually dominate off of extra time to prepare under Freeman.

Freeman is now 10-0 off byes/extra time to prepare and they’re covering the spread by over two touchdowns.

Honestly, probably more than that now after the Florida state and army beatdowns. Here’s the tweet before those two post-bye games:

 

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I took Oregon and Texas to win the title before the season and I'll ride with that. ND isn't winning a title this year. No threat of a verdical pass, undersized on the interior d-line, and inexperienced on oline. A realistic expectation is for ND to make a run and be competitive against any team they face. The seedings should show that it's all about revenue and setting up matchups and preferential paths for particular teams. That's why the committee can't give non-conflicting "criteria".

Clemson is the ACC champ and just beat SMU but are ranked below them? It sets up a narrative of a QB from Austin, Tx playing against his home school. ND vs Indiana obviously has a story line. Penn State who oddsmakers were high on all season gets the easiest path to the semi-finals? Then Lastly, tOSU who has the highest liability as far as $$$$ to win the title will...presumably have to go through gauntlets row (Tennessee, Oregon, Texas, Georgia.) to win the title.
 

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But are you gonna punish ND for scheduling FSU,USC,Louisville when they were all ranked. And then the shit the bed. It’s not the schools fault for trying.

Kirk made a great point use one group to schedule all the teams season.
The problem with what Kirk was saying is these are "kids" not grown men playing a game that is their job. How many people before the season had Army as our best win and U$C/F$U combining for 8 wins? Heck ASU was picked last in the Big XII this year and just won it...before the season games against them looked like gimme's. The transfer portal and NIL make this 100x harder. The funny part is this all became a significant problem in the early 90's with the rise of super conferences and championship games. Play a 12 game regular season and have no conference contain more than 10 teams - that way everyone plays everyone else within the conference and the best record wins and gets the bid.
 

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So our path looks like IU - Georgia - Boise - Oregon

I actually think that’s pretty favorable. No Ohio State, no ASU (the other “hot” team). No reason we can’t go get it this year.
 

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Here to pick you up on this glorious Sunday. We are actually dominate off of extra time to prepare under Freeman.

Freeman is now 10-0 off byes/extra time to prepare and they’re covering the spread by over two touchdowns.

Honestly, probably more than that now after the Florida state and army beatdowns. Here’s the tweet before those two post-bye games:


Hell yeah, thanks for this!
 

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I’m sure it’s been said but Indiana optically will be the worst potential opponent for ND. Negates almost all of the home field advantage.
 

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He said the exact opposite. He wants MORE tough out of conference games and fewer cupcakes and he's worried that this result will incentivize cupcakes.
He said he likes the big out of conference games but that this result will incentivize teams or even the conference commissioner to outright cancel any games with a tough out of conference opponents. That is bad for notre dame as they have multiple games scheduled with sec opponents. That’s wonderful that he likes the games, but he is telling everyone what he thinks they SHOULD do
 
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