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[DomeFieldAdvantage]

I'd like you to explain what possible value this post has beyond being a buzzkill.

I said I didn't want to be too much of a buzzkill. I could be a little buzzkill, as a treat.

 

[Free Manera]

Not to be a Debbie Downer but the other teams he viewed were Kent State, Southern Miss, and Purdue.

 

[NotKoon]

It was Bud Elliot. He was having a circle jerk over their d-line.

The same Bud Elliot who will say whatever to make himself sound right. Just using ND examples, last year he picked Louisville over ND and said after the fact, he felt like he had the right side of it, but Notre Dame had the turnover luck. He went out of his way to say last Monday, he's changing his QB pick to Kenny Minchey from Carr. Since then he has claimed to have seen screenshots from players stating they were surprised after a cohost said the tea leaves were hard to read because of the medica being shut out. He also said that he thinks less of ND this year because CJ was named the started and expects to see Minchey before too long.

 

[Ndaccountant]

Who is Bud Elliot?

 

[Irishokie]

When Bud Elliot?

 

[BigErnMcCracken]

How Bud Elliot?

 

[Old Man Mike]

There's really a sportswriter name Bull Idiot? ... or was that a bad autocorrect?

 

[Irish#1]

Why Bud Elliot

 

[SeekNDestroy]

Why Bud Dry

 

[SDIrishFan]

Why Bud Dry

Less filling.

 

[Ndaccountant]

Why Bud Dry

 

[Irish8248]

Underrated commercials

 

[Ndaccountant]

Underrated commercials

Some of my favorites.

 

[Kingbish01]

This is the first time in a long time, that even if our top 3 best players go down (God Forbid)....Not a huge fall off with the players behind them. So since a lot of you know more than me, what player on the team would you say is the most irreplaceable this year? Obviously first thought would be Love/Carr but Price/Minchey would be starting more places than not.

 

[SeekNDestroy]

This is the first time in a long time, that even if our top 3 best players go down (God Forbid)....Not a huge fall off with the players behind them. So since a lot of you know more than me, what player on the team would you say is the most irreplaceable this year? Obviously first thought would be Love/Carr but Price/Minchey would be starting more places than not.

Tempting fate a little too much with this one.

 

[Kingbish01]

Tempting fate a little too much with this one.

It never works for me when talking about the Powerball, we should be good!

 

[lefty5258]

This is the first time in a long time, that even if our top 3 best players go down (God Forbid)....Not a huge fall off with the players behind them. So since a lot of you know more than me, what player on the team would you say is the most irreplaceable this year? Obviously first thought would be Love/Carr but Price/Minchey would be starting more places than not.

Losing a TE right now might be fairly consequential

 

[Some Irish Bloke]

Losing a TE right now might be fairly consequential

Yeah slightly nervous about Raridon who has a checkered injury past as it is. Seems like a very steep drop off if he goes down. Has to stay healthy.

 

[Free Manera]

Yeah slightly nervous about Raridon who has a checkered injury past as it is. Seems like a very steep drop off if he goes down. Has to stay healthy.

Wouldn't be a big deal Love will just play TE. I would say Fields but he is the backup QB.

 

[Old Man Mike]

You guys always go for the pretty boys.

Losing Craig in the final moments of gelling the OLine would suck.
Would we really want two early games of semi-chaotic OLine play this season?

 

[NDPhilly]

247 2025 team talent composite is out.

Not much movement for us from 2024 overall, due to a good, not great freshman class and transfers weighing down the total due to being 3 stars in HS. 247 may want to rethink how they are included.

We are 6th in average recruit rank. As mentioned many times on here, 247 gives additional weight to “elite” recruits which is why we are at 11 despite being essentially tied with A&M at 5 in average recruit rank. Dumb to double count it like that IMO.

Overall the top of the sport has come back down to earth as is evidenced by no school over a 93 average or over 1,000 overall score.

2025 College Football Team Talent Composite

In order to create the most comprehensive Team Recruiting Ranking without any notion of bias, 247Sports Team Recruiting Ranking is solely based on the 247Sports Composite Rating.

247sports.com

 

[GrangerIrish24]

 

[pumpdog20]

We need "Delayed not Denied" shirts made.

 

[greyhammer90]

We need "Delayed not Denied" shirts made.

Its a good after game slogan but it feels like a major jinx to start putting that on merch.

 

[Katzenboyer]

247 2025 team talent composite is out.

Not much movement for us from 2024 overall, due to a good, not great freshman class and transfers weighing down the total due to being 3 stars in HS. 247 may want to rethink how they are included.

We are 6th in average recruit rank. As mentioned many times on here, 247 gives additional weight to “elite” recruits which is why we are at 11 despite being essentially tied with A&M at 5 in average recruit rank. Dumb to double count it like that IMO.

Overall the top of the sport has come back down to earth as is evidenced by no school over a 93 average or over 1,000 overall score.

2025 College Football Team Talent Composite

In order to create the most comprehensive Team Recruiting Ranking without any notion of bias, 247Sports Team Recruiting Ranking is solely based on the 247Sports Composite Rating.

247sports.com

I forget - does this look strictly at kids who signed in the previous years, or what the current rosters actually retained?

I thought I read somewhere that A&M was up there based on some highly rated classes that ended up having a ton of guys leave. Not sure if true or not.

 

[dublinirish]

they were absolutely cooking with this until the speech bit in the locker room, that bombed unfortunately

 

[Jimmy3Putt]

Shane is awesome, but no one bats 1.000.
It was a whiff of a bit.

 

[rikkitikki08]

Did you possibly think that skit was supposed to be a bit cringe/off? That’s the vibe I got from it. Shane thrives in the awkward self aware area of comedy

 

[GrangerIrish24]

they were absolutely cooking with this until the speech bit in the locker room, that bombed unfortunately

I did enjoy Josh Burnham’s back and forth. “We didn’t want this”

 

[IAIrish]

they were absolutely cooking with this until the speech bit in the locker room, that bombed unfortunately

Disagree. It was classic Gillis that borders on bombing but I found it hilarious since he gave a post game speech after a&m last year. Iykyk