2025 WATCH PARTY: WEEK THREE

NDPhilly

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When ESPN lists FPI % to win, is that Football Power Index? Seems they have ND over 70% chance to win FWIW

FPI isn’t awful, but If you look at the most predictive computer rankings (Sargarin, Massey, Dokter Entropy, and others), they agree we should be a 8-10 point favorite and around ~75% win probability.
 

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Tennessee is slowing it down because they know their defense can’t stop UGA either
That was a mistake. They still can't stop them and they took away their own edge.
 

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FPI isn’t awful, but If you look at the most predictive computer rankings (Sargarin, Massey, Dokter Entropy, and others), they agree we should be a 8-10 point favorite and around ~75% win probability.
Thanks!
 

Crazy Balki

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Yeah, Miami might just be kinda good. Hope that follows through and ND TCB's A&M.
 

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Kirby trying to run out the whole game clock on that drive 3 yards at a time lol
 

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Tennessee let their foot of the gas and lost their edge. Stupid.
 

Dale

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Tennessee let their foot of the gas and lost their edge. Stupid.

Yup. Heupel had a shootout on his hands which I would take Tennessee to win. Instead he tried to slow it a bit and once UGA had it back within one possession, new game.
 

Crazy Balki

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In what world was that not already obvious???
I mean, there's been many times when I thought teams were really good when they beat ND, only for it then to be revealed that they weren't and ND was just not very good.
 

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He does not look improved so far this year. Mix of NFL throws and head scratchers just like last.

Him and Little Game James is why I don't really buy the PSU hype whatsoever. It's smoke and mirrors.
 

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Crazy what happens when you just throw it up and see if a college DB can do something

That was a duck that hung up there forever
 

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Him and Little Game James is why I don't really buy the PSU hype whatsoever. It's smoke and mirrors.
I wouldn't be so sure about the smoke and mirrors thing. They were good last year and will be again this year. Excellent running backs and very good defense. It's also a veteran team.
 

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I wouldn't be so sure about the smoke and mirrors thing. They were good last year and will be again this year. Excellent running backs and very good defense. It's also a veteran team.
They're the BK led Irish. They're good. They don't beat elite competition. Look at their playoff wins last year. Smoke and mirrors.
 
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