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The Power Five => Big Ten => Topic started by: SFBadger96 on December 24, 2024, 01:10:28 PM
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Seriously, no thread for this one, yet?
I don't have anything especially useful to say about it. Hope it's a good game. I want Notre Dame to win, but worry about how that will turn SFIrish into an irrationally exuberant fan over a team/game that she hasn't paid any attention to in years.
Georgia sure looks like the real deal, but: quarterback?
Notre Dame didn't have any real trouble with Indiana. Probably shouldn't have let IU start to make people nervous with the last two touchdown drives in garbage time, but, hey, gotta do something for the ratings. If IU was a moderately good team (which I think is probably the general concensus) Notre Dame's victory should get some creedence--much like its win over aTm. On the other hand, NIU (and Ole Miss!?!).
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Seriously, no thread for this one, yet?
well, the Big Ten isn't involved in this one
no Irish fans here
one Dawg fan, but he might be chirpin on the SEC board
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I get that, but it does have implications for the three B1G teams still in this thing.
(and I'm sure 847Badge appreciates your support.)
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I might root for the Irish
just to see Finebaum's head explode
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Without Beck, Smart can play up the 'us against the world' thing, which has tended to yield good results (in the few times he could play that card).
If ND can't run, they can't win. This is NOT the same UGA team or defense from the past few years, but it doesn't have to be. ND is one-dimensional going in, which makes Smart's job easier. The ND coaches could possibly use that to surprise and pass more early on, but Leonard does not seem to be able to drop back and find a guy very often. He's an athlete playing QB, and many (half?!?) of his dropbacks turn into scrambles. That won't work vs UGA.
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ND's best sack artist/DL is out for the playoffs. Got hurt against IU.
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All kinda rests on Stockton. He’s real talented, if he can ball, ND is in a world of hurt.
If he’s not it … UGA is trying to win 7-3.
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I might root for the Irish
just to see Finebaum's head explode
Ordinarily I only root for Notre Dame when they play the evil cheaters but this might give me a reason to consider it here.
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Go Dawgs!
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It has been my experience that the truly dominant college football team--the one that dominates all comers--is pretty rare. There are some examples that seemed like it, but most of them turned out to just be very, very good, relative to their peers, not necessarily other worldly.
All of the remaining teams likely fit into that category: very, very good. I guess I have my doubts about Boise State and Arizona State, but everyone else here "belongs" in the sense that they have lots of very talented players, good coaching, and are capable of wins over very good teams.
I think Georgia is probably better than Notre Dame, but probably not 2014 Alabama vs. 2014 catfished Notre Dame better. And even the better team is perfectly capable of losing one game to an inferior opponent. (See NIU and Ole Miss.)
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I get that, but it does have implications for the three B1G teams still in this thing.
(and I'm sure 847Badge appreciates your support.)
I just don't think we've ever had game threads for non-Big Ten games. Not that we can't, but that's probably why there wasn't one
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I just don't think we've ever had game threads for non-Big Ten games. Not that we can't, but that's probably why there wasn't one
We haven't. The SOC kinda absorbs those other games. I don't care one way or another. We have a Dawg fan or three here.
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I think Georgia is probably better than Notre Dame, but probably not 2014 Alabama vs. 2014 catfished Notre Dame better.
2012 season
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will never root for Notre Dame.
Go Dawgs. Bring it on home Jawjaw. LFG!
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2012 season
my bad.
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I am a fan of whoever plays against UGA.
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I am a fan of whoever plays against UGA.
Probably the first time you've ever rooted for Catholicism?
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I would bet the Notre Dame football team is about as Catholic as it is Irish. :-)
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Probably the first time you've ever rooted for Catholicism?
How many players are catholic on that team? I'm rooting against Dawgs, as usual. Doesn't meant I'm rooting FOR anyone. Think not guilty vs innocent.
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Fair 'nuff... In the IU vs ND game I was rooting for the meteor.
Now I'm rooting against ND.
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Who would win a fight between an actual Bulldog and an actual Irishman?
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How much booze has either had?
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The outcome likely hinges on some turnover or penalty or goof. I see it as 50-50. Two solid teams going at it, low scoring, maybe 20-17 ish.
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I would bet the Notre Dame football team is about as Catholic as it is Irish. :-)
similar to BYU?
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BYU might be a little bit more Irish than Catholic.
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I am a fan of whoever plays against UGA.
respect that. feel the same about ND and Ohio State....unless they are playing each other. then I'm just a fan of a meteor strike at said game.
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Who would win a fight between an actual Bulldog and an actual Irishman?
Bulldogs wouldn’t win a fight for shit. Just start wheezing and die.
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Bulldogs wouldn’t win a fight for shit. Just start wheezing and die.
I almost hit the "Like" button but I like dogs too much to do that...
Even poor unfortunate dogs that are continued to be bred by assholes despite their defective breathing capacity...
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(https://preview.redd.it/did-you-know-hector-the-bulldog-that-hector-means-something-v0-c0y76lxh93zc1.png?width=1400&format=png&auto=webp&s=e7cbb12da592355cb4a745d784db6338904bf39b)
(https://i.ytimg.com/vi/c06HUhCAn9k/maxresdefault.jpg)
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/7/7c/Fresno_State_Bulldogs_logo.svg/1200px-Fresno_State_Bulldogs_logo.svg.png)
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I almost hit the "Like" button but I like dogs too much to do that...
Even poor unfortunate dogs that are continued to be bred by assholes despite their defective breathing capacity...
UGA's lineage has got to be full of landmines. I don't even want to research it.
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I almost hit the "Like" button but I like dogs too much to do that...
Even poor unfortunate dogs that are continued to be bred by assholes despite their defective breathing capacity...
At least SEC fans continue to breed mouth breather offspring
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The SEC is basically owning college basketball right now.....and none of us fans even care, lol.
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I was pondering whether UGA would come out with a play action deep pass attempt on the first play.
Carson Beck is going into the draft, not surprisingly, after UCL surgery. He'll hafta pay for his next Lambo. Stockton is said to drive an ancient F150 with 300,000 miles on it, for now.
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I might root for the Irish
just to see Finebaum's head explode
well they gotta win 1st and Pawl's a closet noodler
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Georgia 28, Notre Dame 27
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outside of the Rose Bowl, the ticket prices for each of these Quarterfinals is far below face value on secondary market.
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Maybe have the first 2 rounds on home fields? One thing that was consistent with all 1st round games, the home crowds showed UP!
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I noted before that fans will be desiring to save money for the "next round" in such a playoff. Why pay to travel for a round when you can do it for the finals? The alternative is to pay and watch your team lose.
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It's on TV. That's all that matters.
The Rose Bowl sells itself.
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It's a factor, but consider some Dawg or Irish fan of modest means, probably with funds to attend one game. Would this be it?
Not likely unless they live close to NO.
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I like Freeman a lot, he seems to be an excellent coach but he is in the unenviable position of having to try to beat Kirby at Kirbyball with less talented players imo which means, with my track record, Notre Dame runs for 400 yards and sends the Dawgs home early.
Historically the way to beat UGA requires an NFL qb throwing to NFL receivers like Stroud-Harrison, Young-Williamson or Burreaux-Chase. Notre Dame can't threaten the Dawgs outside like that so the game might be played in a phone booth. Urban Meyers said flatly UGA wins because they have better players.
Stockton, the UGA backup qb is the great unknown. if he makes decisions as bad as the one which resulted in the pick against Texas it will be a long day for the Georgia Bulldogs. Also if he hits wr after wr just to watch them drop even more passes it will be hard to win. Even then though the Irish have to score and i don't know how they do that, especially in the 2nd half where the Dawgs have shown up and showed out.
My total fan-boi take is Dawgs 33-ND 6.
My realistic take is UGA 20-17.
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Figured this would be about an 11 point spread with a healthy Beck.
With Stockton apparently it's 1.
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I wonder what security looks like for this game, given what happened in NOLA earlier.
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Imagine being a ND player, seeing UGA is still favored with their backup QB. You're 11-1, have the helmetiest helmet, and that's the line.
Ouch.
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I wonder what security looks like for this game, given what happened in NOLA earlier.
Postponed til tomorrow. Great for everyone who now has to change fligts and pay to stay an extra night
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sorry boss, I won't be in Monday or Tuesday
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Probably a smart play, though. This person had bad intentions, plenty of time to plan and explosives.
Give them some time to look around and see if anything else is there
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Probably a smart play, though. This person had bad intentions, plenty of time to plan and explosives.
Give them some time to look around and see if anything else is there
I think that's their biggest concern, the possibility of a continued threat
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I think that's their biggest concern, the possibility of a continued threat
Yes. They are saying they highly doubt he acted alone and they have found other explosive devices outside of the truck and other nearby locations.
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Yes. They are saying they highly doubt he acted alone and they have found other explosive devices outside of the truck and other nearby locations.
Have they ID'd the attacker?
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Have they ID'd the attacker?
Yes. An American citizen from Texas. Served in the military at some point. Was in a rented truck and had an Isis flag on the trailer hitch
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Shamsud-Din Jabbar
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Have they ID'd the attacker?
Shamsud Din Jabbar
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https://abcnews.go.com/US/suspect-new-orleans-attack-bourbon-street/story?id=117247072
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https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/crime/shamsud-din-jabbar-new-orleans-attack-suspect-b2672503.html
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Yet another catastrophic failure of our immigration policies.
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He is native born.
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And an Army Veteran.
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He is native born.
And an Army Veteran.
And . . .
Oobviously NOT a loyal American. He is clearly MORE loyal to a 5th century child molester than to this country.
If he is native born that only changes the timing of the catastrophic failure of our immigration policies. It is a catastrophic failure of our immigration policies regardless.
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I’m not sure what other immigration policy would prevent such attacks.
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I’m not sure what other immigration policy would prevent such attacks.
Thoughts and prayers.
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I’m not sure what other immigration policy would prevent such attacks.
How about not letting in Mulims.
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How about not letting in Mulims.
That ought to go over like a wet fart, yet I agree wholeheartedly.
Diversity is our strength is the biggest joke ever perpetuated on the Populace.
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Diversity is our strength is the biggest joke ever perpetuated on the Populace.
The dumbest thing Dan Quayle ever said.
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Probably a smart play, though. This person had bad intentions, plenty of time to plan and explosives.
Give them some time to look around and see if anything else is there
don't worry, the FBI is on it
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Good thing our nation’s DEI infused security leadership has been on the look out for the greatest threat, white suprematists.
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https://www.csis.org/analysis/pushed-extremes-domestic-terrorism-amid-polarization-and-protest (https://www.csis.org/analysis/pushed-extremes-domestic-terrorism-amid-polarization-and-protest)
https://www.gao.gov/blog/rising-threat-domestic-terrorism-u.s.-and-federal-efforts-combat-it (https://www.gao.gov/blog/rising-threat-domestic-terrorism-u.s.-and-federal-efforts-combat-it)
https://www.statista.com/statistics/667929/terrorists-in-the-us-since-911-year-and-gender/ (https://www.statista.com/statistics/667929/terrorists-in-the-us-since-911-year-and-gender/)
https://nij.ojp.gov/topics/articles/what-nij-research-tells-us-about-domestic-terrorism (https://nij.ojp.gov/topics/articles/what-nij-research-tells-us-about-domestic-terrorism)
https://www.csis.org/analysis/rising-threat-anti-government-domestic-terrorism-what-data-tells-us (https://www.csis.org/analysis/rising-threat-anti-government-domestic-terrorism-what-data-tells-us)
https://www.adl.org/resources/report/right-wing-extremist-terrorism-united-states (https://www.adl.org/resources/report/right-wing-extremist-terrorism-united-states)
https://gnet-research.org/2023/08/23/white-jihad-the-jihadification-of-white-supremacy/
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These terrorist events here fortunately are Big News because they are relatively rare and it generally is innocent people impacted.
The US has 3 million Muslims (about). Imagine half a million of them were devoted to suicidal attacks. Things would be enormously, intolerably worse. Imagine 5,000 were.
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(https://i.imgur.com/4PKwuYq.png)
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The 1-4 seeds could all be out.
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Coach interviews are dumb.
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punters getting hit!
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Damn near got murdered. But that was only a 5 yard penalty?
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twice
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Sloppy game so far.
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Stockton playing very well, so far
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Both defenses smacking the other team.
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Phone booth game.
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Goddammit Georgia!
(https://media.tenor.com/rampeoCmmeAAAAAM/loki-you-had-one-job.gif)
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welp, that might be all she wrote.
SEC continuing to take it on the chin this bowl season.
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Goddammit Georgia!
(https://media.tenor.com/rampeoCmmeAAAAAM/loki-you-had-one-job.gif)
yeah I'm very disappointed in Kirby and Co right now but they are down their starting QB so they get a pass a little bit.
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Give the Irish some credit. Their D is playing really well
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Give the Irish some credit. Their D is playing really well
got away with a PI right there...
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2 guys hand fighting. Nah.
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I am sick of Kirby, Jawjaw, and the SEC but god damnit I am rooting like hell for them to comeback here.
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Can either of these teams beat Penn State?
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Can either of these teams beat Penn State?
yes. James Franklin is their coach.
how the hell do you drop that? jesus.
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yes. James Franklin is their coach.
how the hell do you drop that? jesus.
😂
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There you go! Gunner heating up.
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Georgia comes back swinging. Stockton looked nice there. Slinging it.
Defense holds here and they get the ball back they are right back in it. Let's gooooo Dawgs!
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Truly don’t care who wins. I like both of these coaches.
Just want to see an exciting playoff game.
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Truly don’t care who wins. I like both of these coaches.
Just want to see an exciting playoff game.
I truly don't care who wins.....just as long as it's not Notre Dame. I want them to lose every game.
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That was a huge score for Georgia. Notre Dame blew open the 3-3 tie with 17 points in less than 60 seconds of game time but UGA's TD keeps it a game.
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Jeremiah Love is what Donovan Edwards was suppose to be....
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First Matinee Sugar Bowl since Pat Dye went for the tie vs Syracuse.
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Man Stockton seems to have only one speed of throwing the ball-- ludicrous speed. And it's kind of fun to watch.
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Man Stockton seems to have only one speed of throwing the ball-- ludicrous speed. And it's kind of fun to watch.
he spins the ball nicely....Riley Leonard on the other hand....duck thrower.
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It feels like if ND can punch this in, the SECSECSEC is down to one team.
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Go for it here?
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hmmmm....
https://twitter.com/BFW/status/1874957064025542807
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This game is proof that defense dominated games can be exciting.
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This game is proof that defense dominated games can be exciting.
much rather watch a defensive fist fight where teams punch each other in the mouth than a bunch of Twelving where every one is just running up and down the field untouched scoring in like 58-55 type games.
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hmmmm....
https://twitter.com/BFW/status/1874957064025542807
As a Michigan fan you have no right to question the integrity of ANY program.
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#86 on Georgia can't catch a cold....dude has butterfingers.
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As a Michigan fan you have no right to question the integrity of ANY program.
cry me a river why don't you. put a sock in it already woman.
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#86 on Georgia can't catch a cold....dude has butterfingers.
Unless he’s playing Tennessee. Then he is Jerry Rice.
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Unless he’s playing Tennessee. Then he is Jerry Rice.
😂😂😂
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Bad, but……
https://twitter.com/_leiand_/status/1874927230138323426?s=46
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Bad, but……
https://twitter.com/_leiand_/status/1874927230138323426?s=46
Too soon…..
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https://twitter.com/ChrisVannini/status/1874956847167533437
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ND has to punt here, don't they?
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cry me a river why don't you. put a sock in it already woman.
LoL.
No crying.
Statement of fact, deal with it.
Your team got OWNED by mine for 20 years then your dirty program cheated and won a few.
Facts, deal with them you keyboard warrior pussy.
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Kirby getting a coaching clinic. 😂
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Kirby getting a coaching clinic. 😂
That was amazing!
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Longhorns lost to this team twice??? Well we lost to Moore's poor rendition of the weasels
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The Irish didn't play the toughest of schedules this year, but it does seem like they belonged in the playoff.
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Teams that got playoff byes, 0-4.
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Longhorns lost to this team twice??? Well we lost to Moore's poor rendition of the weasels
The SEC is kinda mid this year. But so is everyone else.
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Teams that got playoff byes, 0-4.
Sitting up getting rusty.
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The Irish didn't play the toughest of schedules this year, but it does seem like they belonged in the playoff.
Eh. They beat the Hoosiers who weren't really all that good, and we all knew it. You know flat out that from a talent perspective, ND just out-talents IU pretty much across the entire roster. That didn't prove they belonged.
They beat Georgia with their backup QB despite being outgained on offense. They benefited from a short field turnover leading to a TD and a special teams TD (kickoff return). Other than those, the best they could manage is 3 FGs, all >40 yards. Tough to argue a counterfactual, but do we really think it would have looked like this if Carson Beck was healthy?
One might say that the draw of a paper tiger IU team followed by a Georgia team down their starting QB was...
...the Luck o' the Irish!
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The SEC is kinda mid this year. But so is everyone else.
Perhaps. But the one SEC team left is as capable of winning it all as anyone.
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Maybe they could show that walk on a few more times, bring up the fact that its definitely his fault, and then say they feel bad for him
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Eh. They beat the Hoosiers who weren't really all that good, and we all knew it. You know flat out that from a talent perspective, ND just out-talents IU pretty much across the entire roster. That didn't prove they belonged.
They beat Georgia with their backup QB despite being outgained on offense. They benefited from a short field turnover leading to a TD and a special teams TD (kickoff return). Other than those, the best they could manage is 3 FGs, all >40 yards. Tough to argue a counterfactual, but do we really think it would have looked like this if Carson Beck was healthy?
One might say that the draw of a paper tiger IU team followed by a Georgia team down their starting QB was...
...the Luck o' the Irish!
LOL.
I appreciate your dedication to the craft. :-)
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Eh. They beat the Hoosiers who weren't really all that good, and we all knew it. You know flat out that from a talent perspective, ND just out-talents IU pretty much across the entire roster. That didn't prove they belonged.
They beat Georgia with their backup QB despite being outgained on offense. They benefited from a short field turnover leading to a TD and a special teams TD (kickoff return). Other than those, the best they could manage is 3 FGs, all >40 yards. Tough to argue a counterfactual, but do we really think it would have looked like this if Carson Beck was healthy?
One might say that the draw of a paper tiger IU team followed by a Georgia team down their starting QB was...
...the Luck o' the Irish!
The Hoosiers played ND closer than Georgia did, and scored more than Georgia did. And Indiana did it in South Bend. So, there is that…
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the Hoosiers weren't great but they were better than the SEC
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Feel pretty ok saying they were one of the top 12
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Perhaps. But the one SEC team left is as capable of winning it all as anyone.
And it'll be impressive if they do.
But three teams could've played up to four games at the moment, and the best they have to show is getting pushed to the limit by Arizona State.
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(https://i.imgur.com/A1018x1.jpeg)
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And it'll be impressive if they do.
But three teams could've played up to four games at the moment, and the best they have to show is getting pushed to the limit by Arizona State.
Eh, Notre Dame lost to Northern Illinois. And Ohio State got beat at home by the Michigan team that Texas beat the snot out of in Ann Arbor.
So, you know, there you have it.
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https://twitter.com/Wil__Hunter/status/1874978766025552370?t=jNukK5M9-Fpp98lW7wGKig&s=19
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Eh, Notre Dame lost to Northern Illinois. And Ohio State got beat at home by the Michigan team that Texas beat the snot out of in Ann Arbor.
So, you know, there you have it.
Ya but not twice or bad :)
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One might say that the draw of a paper tiger IU team followed by a Georgia team down their starting QB was...
...the Luck o' the Irish!
Still tougher than Penn State's draw.
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I predicted the loss, but they did look worse than I expected. Can't run the ball this year, which is a mystery to me.
Dawg fans are kind of fanatic about it all, wanting to fire everyone.
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30 some seconds split at halftime decided the game. Irish D is very good. I expect Notre Dame to hand Penn State a big fat L.
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I predicted the loss, but they did look worse than I expected. Can't run the ball this year, which is a mystery to me.
Dawg fans are kind of fanatic about it all, wanting to fire everyone.
Insane. It shows you how crazy fans are. They want a guy fired who’s won two recent national championships. Honestly, that’s arrogance and entitlement
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Insane. It shows you how crazy fans are. They want a guy fired who’s won two recent national championships. Honestly, that’s arrogance and entitlement
Not so much Smart as every other coach, especially Bobo (OC).
I think fans don't realize what a mixed bag this team was this season. They struggled to run the ball on anyone. They often struggled to stop the run. Not a good sign.
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Not so much Smart as every other coach, especially Bobo (OC).
I think fans don't realize what a mixed bag this team was this season. They struggled to run the ball on anyone. They often struggled to stop the run. Not a good sign.
They still are entitled. They need to realize there are many other great coaches and players and teams out there!!
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Some UGA fans also claim the refs were one sided and then some.
Sounds familiar.
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I predicted the loss, but they did look worse than I expected. Can't run the ball this year, which is a mystery to me.
Dawg fans are kind of fanatic about it all, wanting to fire everyone.
Fire Kirby!
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Dawg fans are kind of fanatic about it all, wanting to fire everyone.
like Bucknut fans?
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(https://i.imgur.com/6q8WkKv.jpeg)
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Some UGA fans also claim the refs were one sided and then some.
Sounds familiar.
Bound to be when you have walk ons assaulting them on the sidelines
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Bound to be when you have walk ons assaulting them on the sidelines
Bartmann!
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https://twitter.com/korkedbats/status/1875019183869837527
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Yeah, I'm sure his concern was Notre Dame, when he asked on...checks notes...Wednesday
https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/43271886/cfp-flip-dates-semifinals-sec-request
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Bound to be when you have walk ons assaulting them on the sidelines
ESPN is a joke....poor kid being scapegoated by the pedomouse owned sec blowing worldwide leader in sports network.
https://twitter.com/TimmyTebrows/status/1874977351450464355
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https://twitter.com/bringlemons/status/1874938590112989336?s=46
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Yeah that was really weird, I have no idea why they decided to just keep on going on about it.
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We have a thread about nonhelmet teams and their supporters, and we've noted how for some of us, it's NC or bust, fire everyone, burn the place to the ground.
It's not healthy.
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Eh, Notre Dame lost to Northern Illinois. And Ohio State got beat at home by the Michigan team that Texas beat the snot out of in Ann Arbor.
So, you know, there you have it.
Kinda like my good buddy Ted once said... (https://www.google.com/search?q=ted+lasso+not+judged+by+our+weakest+moments&rlz=1C1GCEB_enUS1020US1020&oq=ted+lasso+not+judged+&gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUqBwgAEAAYgAQyBwgAEAAYgAQyBggBEEUYOTIKCAIQABgKGBYYHjIKCAMQABgKGBYYHjIICAQQABgWGB4yCAgFEAAYFhgeMggIBhAAGBYYHjINCAcQABiGAxiABBiKBTINCAgQABiGAxiABBiKBTINCAkQABiGAxiABBiKBdIBCDMyNjFqMGo3qAIAsAIA&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8#fpstate=ive&vld=cid:2daa6f10,vid:cHzlYRMffTM,st:0)