RammerJammer91

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notre damn WAY too low, no way in hell they don't get an automatic bid simply because they're notre damn

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Pretty good chance they lose to Pitt

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Apparently the early part of the season only counts if your school isn't bama. Good to know.

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Bama has beat UGA and Vandy since the start of the season. Who has ND beat?

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Cheating death against Vandy? It was a 34-10 game in the 4th and we played prevent and just wound the clock. Obviously penalties and blown coverages were problematic but I wouldnt say we "cheated death" in that game, MSU we absolutely cheated death.

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If Vandy recovered that onside kick, there's a good chance they would've marched down the field and scored. They had all of the momentum.

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ND has played three ranked teams and lost to two of them. Their best win is #19 USC.

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Agreed. The ONLY argument I could see is ND lost in the last seconds to the #3 team and the #18 team. They looked awful in both games. Against Miami they needed a bad bounce to go against them and against A&M they lost because the refs missed one of the more blatant holding calls of all time.

I hate that argument, because by that logic, Auburn has played a bunch of ranked teams really close, and they got royally screwed against UGA on the goal-line. But everyone thinks they stink, whereas a lot of people (not me) think that ND is really good.

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When the longhorns defeat Georgia and A&M

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Texas has been cheating death against Vandy, Kentucky, and MSU. UGA will put the final nail in their coffin.

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Texas, oklahoma, or vandy deserve to be in the field currently over ND

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Agreed, but it doesn't matter. None of those teams will make the playoff as they'll all lose at least 1 more game. Texas will lose to at least 1 of UGA or A&M, OU will lose to Bama, Vandy will lose to Tennessee, and ND will lose to either Navy or Pitt.

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Notre Dame is good.

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Not really. They can't run the ball on 3rd and 4th and short and their Defense is nowhere near as good as last year's. They looked awful against arguably the worst P4 team last week.

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The team that was shafted by this was Miami which has already beaten Notre Dame.

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I think the issue is that was the first game of the season and ND was starting a new QB on the road and both teams look a lot different. I don't think either team is all that good, but Miami has looked awful the last few weeks, whereas ND has looked okay. Nothing special, but okay. I think the committee's logic is based on the directions of each team, if they played next week, ND would win. I'd probably agree. I don't think either team makes the CFP.

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Notre Dame at 10 is hilarious

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It doesn't really matter. I think they lose again, probably to Navy or Pitt. They're not all that good.

The rankings will probably shift radically over the next week or two when ND, Texas, and OU all lose their 3rd game.

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This will be ironic soon.

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If that's the strategy that the Florida AD uses, then be prepared for a bad hire or lazily promoting someone currently on the staff. All of the good options will be gone by then.

Auburn-James Franklin
Florida-Eli Drinkwitz
LSU-Jon Sumrall
Penn State-Brian Kelly

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I remember being told that without Notre Dame's academic requirements, BK could get the athletes he needed to win a NY6 or CFP game.

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I looked at the 247 team rankings and ND currently has the #4 class with 27 commits. Of those 27 commits, 22 are bluechip and 3 are 5-star recruits. Their average recruit ranking and team score is right up there with us and Georgia. Looking at the rankings from when Kelly was there, he never had a class close to this class that Freeman has while at ND.

I still don't think Freeman is a great in-game coach, but there's no doubt that he has brought in better talent via HS recruiting and the portal than Kelly did.