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People complain about ND stadium, but the night time environments have been rocking the last few years. Now imagine a playoff environment at night in 20 degree weather against a southern school? They may not get off the bus.
USC game this year was bananas. Now call it a playoff game and make it 15 degrees colder.
 

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At the end of the day, who gives a flying fuck? If Michigan winning a title gets you that upset, it’s your right but may I offer you a hug? Life is okay. At the end of the day, it took Harbaugh a decade and a galaxy worth of cheating to win one title. By the time camp is underway, nobody will care. It won’t matter.

Chin up, lads. We have a bright future ahead of us.
 

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USC game this year was bananas. Now call it a playoff game and make it 15 degrees colder.
The Ohio state game this year was a level I’ve never seen at ND. I think it blew the 2018 Michigan game opener out of the water.

note: I was not at the Bush Push game since I was 12 and my dad didn’t want to waste the season ticket on my dumbass.
 

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Even if all Michigan gets is a 2 year postseason ban, it could decimate the team given the current transfer rules. How many elite athletes want to stick around in that situation?
 

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I don't like Michigan, but I was resigned to them winning once they beat Alabama. I wanted Washington to win, but the matchups just didn't favor that. Penix played his worst game of the year on top of it.

The silver lining is that the SEC didn't get anything this year. It had to be Michigan, but whatever. They may as well enjoy it now because what comes next on and off the field probably won't be fun for them.
 

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I don't like Michigan, but I was resigned to them winning once they beat Alabama. I wanted Washington to win, but the matchups just didn't favor that. Penix played his worst game of the year on top of it.

The silver lining is that the SEC didn't get anything this year. It had to be Michigan, but whatever. They may as well enjoy it now because what comes next on and off the field probably won't be fun for them.
Plus they play a real schedule next year - Texas/USC/Washington/Oregon/OSU. I look forward to Michigan being the CFP champion that loses the most games the season following a championship...
 

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I was at the FSU game a few years ago when the temps were in the upper 20's. Seminoles couldn't get to the heated benches fast enough. lol
I was there as well.

My first time watching a game in that kind of weather (our two biggest colleges here play indoors).
 

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Even if all Michigan gets is a 2 year postseason ban, it could decimate the team given the current transfer rules. How many elite athletes want to stick around in that situation?
How many elite athletes want to play in bowls? Ha. I suppose if they make the playoffs but outside of that these kids won’t care.
 

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How many elite athletes want to play in bowls? Ha. I suppose if they make the playoffs but outside of that these kids won’t care.
Isn't that the point? Expanded playoffs. Players on Michigan would expect to make the playoffs. If Michigan were to be banned from the playoffs for 2 years or more, I would expect a ton of players transfer because they want to be a part of that.

A two year ban prior to an expanded playoff would probably have less of an effect.

A ban from any other bowl game would obviously be meaningless.
 

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The Ohio state game this year was a level I’ve never seen at ND. I think it blew the 2018 Michigan game opener out of the water.

note: I was not at the Bush Push game since I was 12 and my dad didn’t want to waste the season ticket on my dumbass.

I was at OSU and the Bush Push. Both games felt similar in energy, but Bush Push had more energy/noise still. There were a lot more big plays I think that hyped the energy, like the Zibby Punt Return. OSU was probably #2 as far as games I've been to though, the crowd was definitely loud and energetic. Sucks that both had similar endings.
I was at the FSU game a few years ago when the temps were in the upper 20's. Seminoles couldn't get to the heated benches fast enough. lol

Truth, we were there too, those Florida boys couldn't take the cold. Miami has struggled with it too when they're up here. I'm looking forward to more of that in the future.
 

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Plus they play a real schedule next year - Texas/USC/Washington/Oregon/OSU. I look forward to Michigan being the CFP champion that loses the most games the season following a championship...
THIS. At some point next year it's going to feel so bad for them that the high of the natty will feel like 100 years ago.
 

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I was at OSU and the Bush Push. Both games felt similar in energy, but Bush Push had more energy/noise still. There were a lot more big plays I think that hyped the energy, like the Zibby Punt Return. OSU was probably #2 as far as games I've been to though, the crowd was definitely loud and energetic. Sucks that both had similar endings.


Truth, we were there too, those Florida boys couldn't take the cold. Miami has struggled with it too when they're up here. I'm looking forward to more of that in the future.
Okay, you're banned from attending anymore BIG home games.
 

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Okay, you're banned from attending anymore BIG home games.
I've done pretty well against the B1G! I've only seen one Michigan loss at home, I've basically been to most Home Michigan game for the last 25ish years, missed the '06 game. The one loss I attended was the 2010 debacle where Crist went down for most of the game and we didn't have a backup QB ready.
I've done pretty good against MSU too, only loss being '05 ('05 season was a bad one for me, only win I saw was against Tennessee but it was big fun). Got to see Tommy upset the undefeated Spartans for their lone loss in 2013, something that still pisses off their fans.
Never seen a loss to Purdue.
I was there for the UCLA comeback in '06, only UCLA game.
Went to the lone win against Penn State at home since I started going to games in '93.

I do have a shitty record against USC in general as most of my 20s were spent watching us lose to Cheaty Petey, but I finally got the monkey off my back in 2015.

 
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At the end of the day, who gives a flying fuck? If Michigan winning a title gets you that upset, it’s your right but may I offer you a hug? Life is okay. At the end of the day, it took Harbaugh a decade and a galaxy worth of cheating to win one title. By the time camp is underway, nobody will care. It won’t matter.

Chin up, lads. We have a bright future ahead of us.

Na, man. That fanbase is fucking insufferable. It was nice reminding them when they got uppity that they've won 1/2 a championship since WWII. They were bad even in years they were mediocre, but the last few have been awful. They're going nuclear now. Fuckers are even desecrating beautiful Florida beaches 1,000 miles from Ann Arbor! I took this last week after the Alabama game. This shit is pathetic.

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In case you had any illusions that the title would be vacated, the NCAA President would like to disavow you of that now.


And to think we turned ourselves in and got hammered for 5 guys getting help writing a paper from a girl.

Good stuff ND. Aged like fine wine.
 

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In case you had any illusions that the title would be vacated, the NCAA President would like to disavow you of that now.

As I stated elsewhere, if the NCAA does nothing about this, then I fail to see why they should even exist as a rules-enforcement entity.
 

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And to think we turned ourselves in and got hammered for 5 guys getting help writing a paper from a girl.

Good stuff ND. Aged like fine wine.
Literally never *ever* obey the NCAA. If you do something wrong and get caught, tell them to eat shit and block their number from your phone.
 

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He's not saying that they won't be punished or that the season won't be vacated. He's saying that the games post-disclosure, including the playoff games, were won without any cheating. He's basically defending the NCAA's decision to alert Michigan and the Big 10 that they had evidence of cheating in an attempt to salvage some sense of legitimacy and to stop Michigan from continuing to cheat going forward.

He's saying that the other playoff teams weren't cheated, not that Michigan didn't cheat.

All that being said, what a stupid way to say that. You have to know that this one sentence in your whole statement is going to be plastered everywhere and misconstrued.
 
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At the end of the day, who gives a flying fuck? If Michigan winning a title gets you that upset, it’s your right but may I offer you a hug? Life is okay. At the end of the day, it took Harbaugh a decade and a galaxy worth of cheating to win one title. By the time camp is underway, nobody will care. It won’t matter.

Chin up, lads. We have a bright future ahead of us.
If you're a female (not trans) and complete match for a Raquel Welch in her prime, I'll take one because I HATE the fact that fuckin' scUM cheated their way to a "fake" championship!!! Fuck meatchicken forever!
 

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