EveryonesACoach

Four wins with 78%-94% chance of losing at some point in the second half, and they pulled each one off. Just incredible.

Did you read the link? It names an out of state contractor that the Gamecoin crew hired, not the creators themselves. It looks like the whole thing was a half baked idea that quickly picked up steam and they threw money at anyone who could supposedly help build whatever it was they were trying to do.

This guy turns around and steals a bunch of money, and the BR residents who jumped on the bandwagon are the ones that got screwed.

Freeman is a good coach and has recruited well. I'd like what he has brought to ND if I'm an ND fan. This does not mean LSU got it wrong or that Freeman is a better coach than Kelly.

Freeman took an ND team that had 5 straight 10 win regular seasons and a playoff appearance under BK to 8-4 and 9-3 in his first two years, with atrocious losses to Marshall, Stanford, and this season Northern Illinois. They have strung together a nice rebound this season, but have a strength of schedule in the 30s that's bolstered by unexpected "good" wins in Navy and Army who have SOS in the 80s.

BK took what we all know was a program in shambles and has had similar results up until this season with SOS in the top 10. LSU has won some notable games as underdogs during that time, while (unless you want to count the Sugar Bowl against a backup QB) ND hasn't won a single game they weren't already expected to. They are the same as Penn State with an even weaker strength of schedule.

Notre Dame would almost certainly have been fighting in the 9-3 pile of SEC teams had they had to play one of these non Texas SEC schedules this year. They just won a game against a backup QB without scoring a second half offensive TD.

This is a different conversation in 3 weeks if they knockoff Penn State and then OSU.

How in the hell does Penn State get the easiest path? What have they done to earn anything more than a road game in the playoffs. Hosting SMU then playing Boise in the next round. That might be the biggest joke of all of this.

Alabama > Georgia > Kentucky > Ole Miss > Georgia Southern > Georgia State > Vanderbilt >>>>>>



Alabama.

They're too damn good to get out of their own way.

OP just learned what ad hominem means and is excited to use the term.

My kid got invited to a kids birthday party in Monticello. I know this is further east than the heart of NBR, but pretty sure this should be a hard pass, right? My wife thinks she could stop by for just an hour or so, says that our kid is really good friends at school with the birthday kid. I think she has that afraid of being labeled a racist vibe going.

What say the OT?

Absolutely correct. LSU was 29-0 at home worse than Bama in 2018, very next year had the most unstoppable team ever. I wouldn't bet on it, but they can certainly make a big improvement with the portal and coaching changes. Problem is we are losing the star of the best offense in the country.

Well said. Kirby at Georgia is a great current example. 7-5 his first year, one play away from winning an NC in year two, then they loss 2-3 games the next three seasons to essentially the best teams on their schedule, three close losses to Bama. Talk was that Georgia just can't get it done, all the while Kirby was building an absolute monster roster. Year 7 now the talk is that this team has taken a bit of a step back, yet no one doubts they will be undefeated until at least the SEC title game. That's what a solid foundation can get you after years of program building.

This sounds like the musings of a loser, someone married to a loser, or perhaps both.