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re: Marcus Freeman is impressive
Posted on 1/10/25 at 3:14 pm to tide06
Posted on 1/10/25 at 3:14 pm to tide06
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Penn State team whose only “ranked” win was over FEI 35 Illinois.
How should have it been arranged? Penn State played SMU. They could have gotten South Carolina, Bama, or Ole Miss if the committee didn't buckle to media pressure and voices of fans. How do you think those teams would have done at Penn State. Illinois did beat South Carolina.
I can only imagine how Milroe would have looked in Happy Valley on a cold December day. LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL!!!
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Posted on 1/10/25 at 3:20 pm to TS1926
Penn State at home would have beat Bama.
Posted on 1/10/25 at 3:21 pm to TS1926
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PennSt
Dart would have shredded their secondary.
Milroe would've given them trouble. ND's qb runs were just effective enough when they needed them. Milroe is a much better runner, too.
Just got to run in the opposite direction as #11.
This post was edited on 1/10/25 at 3:21 pm
Posted on 1/10/25 at 3:46 pm to Gideon Swashbuckler
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Milroe would've given them trouble
Just like he gave Oklahoma trouble? Just like he gave Michigan trouble?
Penn State had the #9 rushing defense and #7 defense overall. They would have absolutely shut down Milroe just like every other top 30 defense has. Some of y'all guys...LOLOLOL!
Milroe would have been sitting on the bench with a blanket over him pouting just like the other games he lost.
Posted on 1/10/25 at 3:46 pm to TS1926
Most of ND roster are 3 stars.
Posted on 1/10/25 at 3:47 pm to Syd
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Penn State at home would have beat Bama.
Penn State at home would have beaten Bama just like Michigan did in the bowl game.
Posted on 1/10/25 at 3:48 pm to RollTide4Ever
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Most of ND roster are 3 stars.
Right? So what? what does that have to do with Alabama playing at Penn State?
Posted on 1/10/25 at 4:14 pm to TS1926
Good defense on the road was not kind to my team this year.
Posted on 1/10/25 at 5:00 pm to RollTide4Ever
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Most of ND roster are 3 stars
thats what is most endearing .. they feel like college players who give their all
None are trying to save for the draft
Posted on 1/10/25 at 5:37 pm to TS1926
I don't think we could have won at South Bend or State College with No. 4 driving the car. Notre Dame's defense is nasty too.
As for the OP ... yes Freeman is impressive. He seems like a solid, business-like, no BS leader and his people seem like they want to play for him. There are a lot of teams who would have slipped a cog and packed it in after what happened against Northern Illinois, but he kept them on track.
And they don't look like they're setting the world on fire, but they're getting W's. Again, that's all that matters, you don't get extra credit for style points or how many 5-stars are on your roster. You get W's, you get to play for the big trophy.
As for the OP ... yes Freeman is impressive. He seems like a solid, business-like, no BS leader and his people seem like they want to play for him. There are a lot of teams who would have slipped a cog and packed it in after what happened against Northern Illinois, but he kept them on track.
And they don't look like they're setting the world on fire, but they're getting W's. Again, that's all that matters, you don't get extra credit for style points or how many 5-stars are on your roster. You get W's, you get to play for the big trophy.
Posted on 1/10/25 at 6:10 pm to RollTide4Ever
In the time now of the NIL and Transfer Portal, does the ratings system mean anything anymore?
Posted on 1/10/25 at 6:13 pm to TS1926
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How should have it been arranged?
How about the same way as the men’s basketball tournament?
You can give out auto qualifiers to second tier leagues if you must, but they shouldn’t be guaranteed a bye.
Then you come up with standard and objectively measured criteria going into the tournament so everyone knows what’s being evaluated with injuries factored in like they did last year or in the basketball tournament. I would use the FEI as a primary factor and then the committee would act as a final arbiter to make sure a statistical anomaly doesn’t cause a weird outcome (7 win USC was highly ranked in the FEI but had no business being considered).
In this case it would’ve likely been something like this:
Oregon (1 seed bye - auto)
Ohio State (2 seed bye)
UGA (3 seed bye - auto)
Texas (4 seed bye)
ND (5) v Boise (12 - auto)
TN (6) v Clemson (11 - auto)
Ole Miss (7) v ASU (10 - auto)
PSU (8) v Bama (9)
That sets up a MUCH more competitive 2nd rd without loophole paths to the Semis like Texas got this year:
Oregon (1) vs Penn State (9)
Texas (4) vs ND (5)
OSU (2) v Ole Miss (7)
UGA (3) v Tennessee (6)
This post was edited on 1/10/25 at 6:17 pm
Posted on 1/10/25 at 6:13 pm to Allthatfades
ND quarterback is not sub par.
We would be in the playoff if we had that QB. I would take him any day.
We would be in the playoff if we had that QB. I would take him any day.
Posted on 1/10/25 at 6:53 pm to Allthatfades
I was telling my wife tonight; hindsight being 20/20. I’d loved to have had him.
Posted on 1/10/25 at 6:54 pm to footstepsfalco
Talking about Freeman?
Posted on 1/10/25 at 7:02 pm to footstepsfalco
No way Bama hires an assistant coach as hc.
Posted on 1/10/25 at 7:34 pm to TS1926
OK nerd. Stats aren't everything. PennSt has a great defense vs Perdue and Northwestern and MichSt.
The three teams with a pulse they played beat them.
BAMA has at least as much of a pulse as fricking Notre Dame.
The three teams with a pulse they played beat them.
BAMA has at least as much of a pulse as fricking Notre Dame.
Posted on 1/10/25 at 7:35 pm to TS1926
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Penn State at home would have beaten Bama just like Michigan did in the bowl game.
Michigan beat OhioSt.
PennSt did not.
Posted on 1/10/25 at 7:36 pm to Gideon Swashbuckler
Yeah but Milroe and our OTs
Posted on 1/10/25 at 7:38 pm to biggsc
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Larry Coker did it in his first year at Miami in 2001
Yeah. But with NIL and the portal, there's no more Cokering your way into a title. You better be ready to bust out the checkbook to keep damn near anybody, regardless of how good the hire.
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