Buckeye Fan 19

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Acute illness sounds very vague. Open to any interpretation you want

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I mean, yeah, could be anything from heart attack / cardiac arrest, to meningitis, to an aneurysm, to an allergic reaction, to appendicitis… I think the point is it wasn’t cancer or a known, long-term disease.

The NFL…

8 of their 9 opponents (including all 6 of their Power 4 opponents: Michigan, Minnesota, Nebraska, Northwestern, OSU, Rutgers) lost last weekend.

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On top of that, seeding matters. The data on the BYE week in CFP is still early. Right now people are saying you don't want the BYE week, but you have to keep in mind that that first year they introduced the BYE they gave it to conference winners, and most of them were underdogs in those games. So that's skewing the data.

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Yeah, would also note:

a) There will be only three weeks of rest between when #1-8 plays in the 24-team CFP rather than the 4 weeks there is for #1-4 now (or even 5 weeks in the unlikely event a team not in the CCG gets #1-4);

b) Right now, the opponents of the teams with a bye in the quarters get about 13 days rest after their first-round game, which is really about the ideal amount of rest vs rust time in football, so kinda screws the teams with a bye. In the 24-team, a team without a bye will only have a week until they have to play a team with a bye; and

c) unlike now, the first game coming off the bye would be at home, not neutral site (and on the flip side, if you don’t get #1-8, you’re playing a road game round 2).

It's not just the stadium (which is a Historic Landmark, owned by the Chicago Park District, so "just buy it" is complicated). They also want to own and/or develop all the land around the stadium (parking, business park, hotels, bars/restaurants, etc), and build a dome so they can host the Super Bowl, Final Fours, Wrestlemanias, concerts year-round... there's no space to develop the immediate vicinity around Soldier Field, and much of it is parkland that is subject to certain governmental regulations / interest of public-interest groups. It's very complicated.

I love Soldier Field (which is a hottake) but not only is it the smallest stadium in the NFL (despite being the stadium of the biggest city that doesn't have multiple teams), there's all that other stuff mentioned above, as well. The NFL business model is different than the MLB/NHL/NBA business model; it's not about getting people into the gate for the 8 games/year, it's about using the stadium and immediate surrounding area for all of the other miscellaneous opportunities year-round.

One of the wildest plays you’ll see just now in the Dallas game haha.

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Go back to the 1969 season and see how the hypocritical, religious ND decided to change its policy of not playing in bowl games. And, why? Not before the season but at the end. You might see which university got screwed.

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So you hate Notre Dame for something 57 years ago.

Yep, par for the course on this board.

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The other guy couldn’t shut his mouth. Carr would only get a couple of words out before this guy opened his trap. STFU and let Derek talk.

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I can’t tell if you’re joking about “the other guy” or serious, but this post is funny either way haha.

Toney’s an incredible player… but Miami’s also a really good team. They may (likely will) lose to ND, but they’re not going to lose to Virginia Tech just because Toney’s out.

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Now I understand why ND is favored

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ND was favored by 5.5 before he injured himself in practice today.

Now up to 7.5.

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ND is winning this game. Refs are in on the fix.

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It’s ACC refs, genius.