2025 WATCH PARTY: NOTRE DAME IS INDEPENDENT, CRY MORE

[sfk324]

We’re fine. TT obviously has the talent advantage.

Agreed, they were sleep walking that first defensive series. Woke up that time.

 

[Bluto]

There should be a rule that failing to win your conference championship means exclusion. Winning doesn't guarantee anything, but losing a conference championship guarantees that you're definitely not the best of your region, let alone the nation.

That’s a bad idea. What if both teams are undefeated going into said championship?

Based on that criteria ND would be out this year for sure because they lost to two teams in two different conferences. Hence the argument that ND is demonstrably not the “best team” in either of them.

 

[wizards8507]

There should be a rule that failing to win your conference championship means exclusion. Winning doesn't guarantee anything, but losing a conference championship guarantees that you're definitely not the best of your region, let alone the nation.

It doesn't guarantee that at all. The 2007 New England Patriots were the best football team of all time but they didn't win the Super Bowl. The best team doesn't always win.

 

[T-Boone]

Both these teams look pretty good through first quarter.

 

[Meatloaf]

That was a TD

 

[NDPhilly]

Obvious OPI no? We’ll take it

 

[SDIrishFan]

There should be a rule that failing to win your conference championship means exclusion. Winning doesn't guarantee anything, but losing a conference championship guarantees that you're definitely not the best of your region, let alone the nation.

The loser of IU and OSU should be out?

 

[KPENN]

That’s a Td

 

[IrishSpartan]

How do you mark that short

 

[greyhammer90]

LETS GOOOO

 

[Bane]

What a shitty fucking call, that was an obvious TD lmao.

 

[Irish2155]

That’s a hell of a TD catch

 

[MPClinton22]

These refs are bliiiiiind

 

[Dale]

Was the ref even watching?

He’s a 1.5 yards into the end zone

 

[Irishdawg]

That was a TD

These refs sheeesh🤦🏻‍♂️

 

[NDFAN2008]

Our odds just jumped from that score

 

[NDPhilly]

We are back boys.

I think we have to worry more about a blowout in the second half than a loss honestly. Texas Tech is just a better more complete team.

 

[notredomer23]

Right as I’m thinking this Tech offense doesn’t have any playmakers lmao. What a catch and blown call

 

[greyhammer90]

How do you mark that short

I'm guessing the ref was so focused on making sure the foot was in that he had genuinely no idea where he went afterwards.

 

[Bane]

WRECK'EM!!

 

[NDohio]

Have no idea what the ref saw.

 

[BleedBlueGold]

Big 12 refs got the memo….TT gotta out play BYU and the stripes. Sheesh. That was awful.

 

[DCDomer]

TTU just needs to line up and mash. They can score 35 points on these dudes running Inside Zone

 

[Crazy Balki]

There should be a rule that failing to win your conference championship means exclusion. Winning doesn't guarantee anything, but losing a conference championship guarantees that you're definitely not the best of your region, let alone the nation.

Eh. Getting there altogether means you're one of the two best teams in the conference. I'd argue a team that makes it is safer to make the CFP over another team who finished lower than them. Miami doesn't like it? Take it up with the ACC and their idiotic tie-breaker system.

 

[greyhammer90]

Obvious OPI no? We’ll take it

I was terrified I was going to see yellow. The way the separation happened in real time it was either OPI or the DB deserves an Oscar.

 

[NDohio]

BYU used all their trick plays in that first drive - this is gonna be a blowout, unfortunately.

 

[Irish2155]

His toe was at the goal line for fuck sake. Wasn’t even close

 

[sfk324]

I'm guessing the ref was so focused on making sure the foot was in that he had genuinely no idea where he went afterwards.

He was also concentrating on not getting his knees taken out by the action.

 

[The Backer]

Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor?

 

[Crazy Balki]

This is looking a lot like last year's national title game.

We emptied the playbook on drive 1 and then Ohio State carried the rest of the way until about halfway through the 4th.