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Notre Dame (football only discussion)

ND is some salty bitches. You think you're too good to play in a bowl other than CFP? Dream on. Miami should have been ranked ahead of ND at least after they had both beaten Pitt, with Miami having the bigger margin of victory. You know you can't rely on the CFP rankings until the final bracket is revealed. I disagree with quitting on the season from a competitive standpoint, but that being said, bowls may have to start kicking in some NIL so teams/players are more incentivized to play in lesser bowls.
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Notre Dame (football only discussion)

Back in the day, it was a truly mythical national championship……the look test with some back room dealing to create a ranking. If a high ranked team lost, they fell behind the. Similar teams. Therefore whichever team lost last got unduly screwed. This kept Ohio STate out of several NCs because toughest game usually the last game vs Scum. I can think of several examples: 1969, 1986, 1998.

ND always had its toughest game in early November or earlier. They can cry me a river.
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HC Ryan Day (B1G Coach of Year, B1G Champion, National Champion)

CJ was brought into be that hammer but our plays are slow developing and our line is finesse not power. TE poor blocking yesterday.
Against scUM they ran what I call a quick hitter where Julian was moving towards the line and handing off to the RB as he came through. I’m not I saw that last night.
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HC Ryan Day (B1G Coach of Year, B1G Champion, National Champion)

I was on board with the laid back efficiency-focused offense during the season, but felt sure that he could flip the switch to an attacking aggressive offense when it became necessary.

Slow pace of play is great when you’re leading but Day played himself into no margin for error with that 8 minute drive in the 4th.

I don't think they needed to go faster; they needed to convert in goal-to-go situations. Those two 7-minute drives would have been just what the Dr. ordered if they ended in seven points each. That second one, especially, would have been a perfect, back-breaking drive, with Sayin converting about three consecutive 3rd and 8s on the way to a bunch of time off the clock and 7 points.

It was obvious that Hartline had just about zero confidence in the offense's ability to pick up a yard or two with a handoff when the defense expected a run. That's a problem if he's wrong to have no confidence in it; it's a bigger problem if he's right. The only reason the slow-play, efficiency method wasn't a winner is that they weren't able to be efficient in goal-to-go situations. Maybe running some kind of hurry up inside the 20 would have helped, but if you simply can't run for 1-2 yards when the field is condensed and they're expecting a run, that's pretty limiting.
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B1G CCG: #1 tOSU vs #2 Indiana in Indy, Sat. Dec 6th, 8 ET on FOX

The more I think about it, the effort to beat TCUN and that emotional release seems to have left Ohio State flat.

I also hope that we have another place kicker. He nearly missed the first one as well. It is enough with this guy.
Yeah, I definitely think there was a bit of a scUM hangover going on. Players and coaches.
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OC/WR Coach Brian Hartline (National Champion, HC at USF)

Hart will be in Florida this week so Day said that he (Day) will get an early start on game planning. Still hoping we bring in Chip Kelly as an analyst for the playoffs.

This week? lol more like today.

Brian headed to Tampa with smile while the rest of the team is in Columbus trying to get better. I know it’s buisness, but damn…

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B1G CCG: #1 tOSU vs #2 Indiana in Indy, Sat. Dec 6th, 8 ET on FOX

Play Van Sickle and maybe Moore passes Daniels in practice.
The crazy thing Tshabola has it in him. There have been games where he isn't bad. But he is inconsistent, at times it appears he is either lazy, doesn't care or doesn't have that killer instinct that is especially important in a guard. Daniels may get worse when Tshabola is in and doesn't play well. Daniels will be fine.

The issue has always been Tshabola. The entire season.

They have a couple weeks to figure it out.
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