Buckeye Fan 19
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re: Notre Dame being in that bracket is the most fraudulent
Posted by Buckeye Fan 19 on 11/7/25 at 3:19 pm to DaleGribblesMower
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Try to make that sound anywhere close to reasonable all you want. The fact is ND are losers. They were losers with Kelly, worse losers with Freeman despite him being handed the keys to completely functioning top to bottom organization. Every team with a pulse ND plays, they lose to. They are totally irrelevant
Your ND obsession is weird. Cope.
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re: Notre Dame being in that bracket is the most fraudulent
Posted by Buckeye Fan 19 on 11/7/25 at 12:30 am to DaleGribblesMower
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Easiest path ever…and lost
Completely not true. PSU had irrelevant SMU, then overmatched Boise… then lost to ND. Texas had a joke ACC Champ Clemson, then had to go to OT against mediocre Arizona State… then lost their next game to OSU. ND beat Indiana, then SEC Champ UGA, then Penn State, before losing to Ohio State.
But thanks for making NawlinsTiger’s point exactly, especially when you thought you probably cooked. :lol:
re: Who gets left out ?
Posted by Buckeye Fan 19 on 11/6/25 at 1:40 pm to LSUguy2023
In your hypothetical, Big 12 title game loser is probably out, although perhaps not if BYU beats TTU in a rematch. In that case, TTU might still get in. But I think an 11-1 TTU beating 11-1 BYU for a second time in a rematch clearly makes the Big 12 a one-bid league in this hypothetical.
re: First College Football Rankings from the Selection Committee
Posted by Buckeye Fan 19 on 11/5/25 at 10:19 am to ReauxlTide222
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How do ND and Miami’s rankings make sense?
Probably looking at it like “we’re not going to hold a week 1 road game with a first-time starting QB against an experienced starter as the definitive end-all, be-all.” A Bama fan should be able to understand that easily.
ND has the better SOS, strength of record, advanced metrics and has been trending up since the end of September while Miami has been trending down. Head-to-head is a tiebreaker when teams are in the same tier. Despite the same record, the committee clearly views ND in a tier above.
re: First College Football Rankings from the Selection Committee
Posted by Buckeye Fan 19 on 11/4/25 at 8:09 pm to rockchlkjayhku11
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the notre dame thing is fricking ridiculous. how many teams would have the exact same record (or better) as them if given their schedule? 25? maybe more. what are we doing?
ND is 15th in strength of record (which doesn’t take into account margin of victory/defeat or how you play, just your record against your strength of schedule). When it comes to the advanced stats, ND is 5th in FPI, 7th in SP+, 7th in FEI, 6th in F+, 6th in Sagarin…
Seems like 10th is an appropriate middle ground ranking between that 15th strength of record and the near-unanimous top-7 advanced stats/metrics.
re: As a Bear Fan, this sucks donkies.
Posted by Buckeye Fan 19 on 11/2/25 at 4:30 pm to SirWinston
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Imo Bears fans should be pretty high. Youve got a great young coach, QB, WR1, RB, TE and now you can build your O line and defense I dont personally think Caleb is a winner but he does have all the tools
Caleb is still extremely inaccurate. He has a lot of good pieces built around him, but man, imagine if the Bears traded down from 1 to 3 and drafted Maye…
re: Burrow has been an anchor for this bengal team
Posted by Buckeye Fan 19 on 11/2/25 at 3:42 pm to UnluckyTiger
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Or they could’ve told Tee Higgins to frick off and invest in their defense
Yep. Chase is already a top-10 WR. Pathetic from Burrow he also needed/demanded another great WR.
re: Notre Dame
Posted by Buckeye Fan 19 on 11/2/25 at 3:19 pm to Allthatfades
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I mean their resume/schedule is probably as good as Indiana’s if not better if we are being honest.
It’s not better than Indiana’s, but it’s definitively better than Oregon’s.
re: Brian Kelly watch - MSB edition Update: He's been fired
Posted by Buckeye Fan 19 on 10/26/25 at 5:04 pm to RLDSC FAN
Brian Kelly should use some of his hundreds of millions of dollars to send very nice fruit baskets every year to Bob Davie, Ty Willingham and Charlie Weis.
What a very average coach whose accomplishments and worth were propped up by looking incredible compared to three complete stooges who proceeded him.
What a very average coach whose accomplishments and worth were propped up by looking incredible compared to three complete stooges who proceeded him.
re: 1-5 Ravens are favored over 4-2 Bears without Lamar Jackson today
Posted by Buckeye Fan 19 on 10/26/25 at 3:48 pm to Hiphopanonymous
Bears have been living a lie. Unsustainable fluky turnover margin and below average QB who’s looked better than he is due to the system / head coach.
But for as good as Ben Johnson’s been this season, his advantage is neutralized going up against a staff like Harbaugh’s (and you can say what you want about Harbaugh so far this season, but he’s still definitely a top-10 coach in the league).
But for as good as Ben Johnson’s been this season, his advantage is neutralized going up against a staff like Harbaugh’s (and you can say what you want about Harbaugh so far this season, but he’s still definitely a top-10 coach in the league).
re: Marcus Freeman > Brian Kelly
Posted by Buckeye Fan 19 on 10/19/25 at 6:48 pm to sgallo3
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dude a lot of us have followed brian kelly since his time at Cincinnati. He almost made a damn national championship there.
So did I, and I even started a thread on here in 2009 about Cincinnati’s chances of making the national title. LINK
Regardless, “following” is one thing. I watched literally every game he coached from 2010-2021. Admittedly, I’ve not watched most games he’s coached 2022-present, only big ones. But still, he is who he is: a pretty good CEO with a high floor, but not well-connected to his players, prone to game management mistakes, and not able to get his teams up for big games/against good opponents.
re: Marcus Freeman > Brian Kelly
Posted by Buckeye Fan 19 on 10/19/25 at 5:37 pm to sgallo3
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Dude it's been 17 years how are you still hurt from that 2008 national championship. y'all literally just won one. no reason to still be crying about LSU.
I joined this site in high school as an OSU fan. I enrolled at ND in 2010 (coincidentally BK’s first year). I’m an ND fan and no longer an OSU fan but can’t change the name, which sometimes makes posting awkward, but can’t control that. (Also, ironically, Marcus Freeman was a player on that team.)
I know Brian Kelly’s strengths/weaknesses/pedigree better than any other poster on this site (including all LSU fans) since I followed him in depth for 12 seasons.
Regardless, as it relates to this thread subject about Freeman/Kelly, I can assure you every ND fan is thrilled to have Freeman and I don’t know anyone that would choose Kelly over him.
re: Marcus Freeman > Brian Kelly
Posted by Buckeye Fan 19 on 10/19/25 at 3:59 pm to jimmy the leg
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They may.
Their schedule allows for it.
I mean…it is weaker than what LSU faces.
It’s been 4 years and LSU has yet to finish a regular season in the top-12 of the CFP poll (including the 4-team playoff in 2022 and 2023). You can cope however you’d like.
re: Marcus Freeman > Brian Kelly
Posted by Buckeye Fan 19 on 10/19/25 at 2:04 am to bayoujd
The perception of BK was aided because the following were ND’s coaches from 1997-2009:
Bob Davie
Ty Willingham
Charlie Weis
The narrative was no one could win at ND anymore. In reality, the three coaches before BK were absolutely terrible coaches, so it made an average college football coach like Brian Kelly look like a miracle worker.
Scott Woodward’s an idiot and bought it. How sad for LSU.
Bob Davie
Ty Willingham
Charlie Weis
The narrative was no one could win at ND anymore. In reality, the three coaches before BK were absolutely terrible coaches, so it made an average college football coach like Brian Kelly look like a miracle worker.
Scott Woodward’s an idiot and bought it. How sad for LSU.
re: CFB various games thread Saturday 10/18/25
Posted by Buckeye Fan 19 on 10/19/25 at 1:17 am to Mr Roboto
What a fitting absolutely hideous ending for Sark After Dark :lol:
re: Marcus Freeman > Brian Kelly
Posted by Buckeye Fan 19 on 10/18/25 at 10:45 pm to Jwho77
You’re very intelligent OP :lol:
re: Hockey fans of the MSB I need a team to root for
Posted by Buckeye Fan 19 on 10/18/25 at 1:38 pm to dawgfan24348
Is there something you’re looking for? Good history? Cool uniforms? Strong team now (to bandwagon)? Bad/rebuilding team (to “grow” with)? Does location matter? Do you want to be a fan of a team with superstar(s) or would you prefer a team that’s more of a “team game”? Would you rather a strong offense or good defense/goaltending?
re: How does Browns GM Andrew Berry still have a job?
Posted by Buckeye Fan 19 on 10/16/25 at 11:23 pm to Jack Ruby
The first two were awful. The Flacco trade was actually the right decision given where the Browns are/were at, but it’s like getting a B on a quiz that’s weighted 10%, when the first two were each Fs on exams each weighted 45%.
re: Bigger dumpster fire football program: North Carolina vs Florida
Posted by Buckeye Fan 19 on 10/12/25 at 8:22 pm to theCAW
Easily UNC.
UF has the win over Texas, and all their losses are to teams that are ranked. Sure, 2-4 isn’t good enough and this might be the end of the road for Napier, but at least they’ve generally been competitive against good teams.
UNC is just absolutely awful across the board.
UF has the win over Texas, and all their losses are to teams that are ranked. Sure, 2-4 isn’t good enough and this might be the end of the road for Napier, but at least they’ve generally been competitive against good teams.
UNC is just absolutely awful across the board.
re: Penn State has fired James Franklin - Pete Thamel
Posted by Buckeye Fan 19 on 10/12/25 at 1:18 pm to LSUdude247
I’m very rarely caught off-guard by firings.
This one stunned me.
This one stunned me.
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