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  1. 2 hours ago, Leanderman said:

    I just looked at their roster. Half of them are Texas Kids or ex Texas platers. Do NOT ask who their DB Coach is either. 

    Their coaching staff does have a few recognizable names. 

    Hines Ward - WR - glad to see his CTE has not yet kicked in.  Bryan Carrington - our favorite former Texas recruiting specialist - is ASU's CB coach.  Wonder if he has reached Jay Valai level of competency yet.

    Their OC was HC at UNLV (7-23) before Odom (who was 19-8).  Their DC was at Washington State and Nevada before joining ASU. 

    It makes sense why they were picked low in the Big12.  35/44 of the 2-deep from their 3-9 team was returning.  

     

  2. Couple more thoughts on yesterday's game:
    - They still have not figured out how to take people's money fast enough to move them out of the concourse.  It is so crowded that it could be dangerous.
    - Many people act as if they've never attended an event where there are 1000s of other people in attendance.  They look down at their phone and stop walking.  When there is a clear straight path, they walk like they are sailing upwind. 
    - Mariachis were fine for about 80 seconds. Then it took the entire 3 minute timeout.  Then, they went on a second time. Destroyed all of the energy in the stadium.
    - West side  upper deck - south men's bathroom had around 0.5 cm of standing water near the toilets.  

    I sat in 104 yesterday.  Fans were great.  View was great.

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  3. 9 hours ago, Funk Doctor Spock said:

    I had to turn it off because it was just becoming boring. I'm not a believer in ND, but I didn't think IU were going to beat them. After what I saw against tOSU, I lost faith in them. Good for them for making the playoffs. Something aggy can't claim. 

    IU won 11 games. I can't even remember the last time that happened? Was it when they had Antwaan Randle El?

    With Randle El, they were not good.

    1998: 5-7
    1999: 4-7
    2000: 3-8
    2001: 5-6

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  4. 1 minute ago, Hagbard Celine said:

    coach cig, with 6 minutes left and 162 yards to your credit down 3 scores, why did you punt?

    I think that was at 10:43 - not 6 mins left... But I agree - however...  It was 4th-11 from the UND 48.  Perhaps they did not think they could get 11+ yards.  

    The punt was mediocre and the Irish drove 78 yards in 5:44 to make it 27-3.
     

  5. With subjectivity involved in the playoff selection process, we will always have complaints and "told you so" from those who were left out, especially when a team gets crushed. 

    Darn near every year, a similar thing happens in the NFL.  In 2023, Houston beat Cleveland 45-14.  KC beat Miami 26-7.  Tampa blew out Philly.  With that outcome, Cleveland, Miami, and Philly did not belong in the playoffs.  Who cares - we have football games :)

    As noted, IU likely gets into the top-12 using most other metrics, too.  Simulated BCS had them at 8.  Sagarin had them at 11.  Massey composite has them at 7.

    For UND - simulated BCS would have them at 3.  Sagarin has them at 1.  Massey composite has them at #2.

    It was not a great draw for IU.

    Simulated BCS would have had Boise travel to IU.  That would have been interesting.

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  6. 2 minutes ago, Biff Tannen said:

    What a smug fuck. 

    Cignetti said that last December when he was hired.  He was asked how he will be able to sell his vision of the culture to recruits, existing players, and transfers.  He said, "It's pretty simple.  I win. (pause) Google me."  IMO it is a fair response.  His record was 119-35 before getting to IU.  His JMU teams were 52-9 in 5 years.  Yes, he wins.  It is true.

    Cignetti turned over the majority of the starting lineup.  He took the top players on his JMU team (OL, WR, RB, TE, DL, LB, CB), added a few players from Ohio (WR, QB), signed a WR from Texas Tech, an RB from Wake, a DB from Old Dominion, etc.

    The talent level was clearly below Notre Dame.  That said, the team plays sound football.  They just got out-athlete'd, IMO.  There may be some comments about getting out-schemed, but I saw schemes that tried to mitigate IU's weaknesses.  Notre Dame exploited those mitigations.

    I was hopeful for IU.  

    It will be interesting to see how IU performs in the coming years. 

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  7. I've watched a couple ND games this year: aTm, part of NIU, Purdue, some of GT, Navy, and USC.
    Similarly, I have watched some IU games this year: Michigan, tOSU, and some of Purdue.

    I cannot really tell if either of these teams is any good.  ND's SOS is 64.  IU's is 74.  

    Fwiw, IU got whipped by tOSU, but tOSU also had TD drives with short fields due to IU's inferior special teams play.

    That said, IU has a statistically good rush defense for a reason: they played teams with crappy run offenses.  Given each team has at least 12 games under its belt, rush offense rankings have some meaning.  The best running team IU played was tOSU, ranked 52.  6 of their opponents were not in the top-100. 3 more were in the 90s.  Early in the year, you could say "because of their defense" -  now, it is because they played crappy running teams.

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    What I find interesting is that UND is only -6.5.  Some predictors - based on computer models - would have them as -8 on a neutral site, placing them at -11 since it is a home game.  Perhaps the cold weather is causing the derate, or lack of confidence in their ability to blow someone out, or heavy money on IU.

    I see this as an entertaining game, and will be cheering for IU.  I hope they win by 10+

  8. 1 minute ago, tiger22 said:

    lmao oh no a misspell on a a forum board. Apologies my brain quit working and was not thinking properly, but resort to insulting my spelling and degree rather than proving my point I made wrong.

    On most forums, people pillory each other for less offensive shit than typos on "their, there, and they're."  Welcome and enjoy.

    Regardless, history will be irrelevant for this.  SWC - not relevant.  Big12 - not relevant.  Clemson's dominance in the bag-game late 2010s - not relevant.  THIS YEAR, Texas is a superior team to Clemson - shown above - and should win by 2 TDs.  I recall Clemson fans looking for QB2 last year when Klubnick struggled against decent teams.  He'll struggle on Saturday, as he has against good teams this year.

  9. 3 minutes ago, tiger22 said:

    Also, comical to point out a bad ACC conference when 27 of your 33 conference championships came in the SWC where yall were the biggest school in their. Not to mention the 2 in the TIAA?

    Always had respect and liked watching Texas but to disrespect Dear Old Clemson doesn't sit right with me. So sit back and watch how history continues to write itself and the jokes about Texas being back never dies

    There.  Your Clampson degree is on display.

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  10. 16 minutes ago, Not a cat said:

    I remember in Last Chance U at the Mississippi JC they had a couple of kids that had transferred in from Michigan and Rice.  It was amusing watching their faces in the classroom scenes realizing how far they had fallen.  That's how this guy is going to feel on the first day of classes.

    I forgot about that :). The woman who was the guidance counselor for that group seemed like she was herding cats as much as making sure the students were making proper academic progress.  It was mind-boggling.

  11. 22 minutes ago, PittsburghTiger said:

    Steelers are still a bit of Fool’s Gold. They are not at the same level as the top teams. They are getting better but, still have a ways to go. 

    Agree.  The Eagles are really good, though.  It was a battery-free game, so that's always a plus from Philly.

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  12. 18 minutes ago, henrygandorf said:

    loved s1, keep trying to get people to watch it but some say it "looks too weird".

    that trailer was awesome but will not help my case.

    The first time, I stopped a few mins into the 1st episode.  Came back later and pushed through.  Glad I did, as I was rewarded :)

     

  13. 16 hours ago, Sawbonz said:

     

    Great cut.

    Lyrics, for the unitiated.

    Oh yeah, oh, no, the train, the train
    Every two or three years the train kill somebody
    Every two or three years, yeah
    Everybody knows about the train, okay?
    You hear it constantly
    You... I, I think the train is a way to find your way out of this life
    If you get hit by it
     
    A couple of kids got hit by a Union Pacific train
    Carrying sheet metal and household appliances
    Through the pouring rain
    They were planning on getting married after graduation
    Had a little baby girl, trouble came and shut it down
    Things like that ain't supposed to happen
     
    In this quiet town
    Families are tight
    Good people, they still don't deadbolt their doors at night
    In this quiet town
     
    When we first heard opioid stories
    They were always in whispering tones
    Now banners of sorrow mark the front steps of childhood homes
    Parents wept through daddy's girl eulogies
    And merit badge milestones with their daughters and sons
    Laying there lifeless in their suits and gowns
    Somebody's been keepin' secrets
     
    In this quiet town
    They know how to live
    Good people who lean on Jesus
    They're quick to forgive
    In this quiet town
     
    Now whenever I'm near the town
    I'll find some reason to give
    And I will walk with the dead and the living where I used to live
    And every time I see my parents in the prime of their lives
    Offering their son the kind of love he could never put down
    Part of me is still that stainless kid, lucky
     
    In this quiet town
    Salt of the land
    Hard-working people, if you're in trouble
    They'll lend you a hand
    Here in this quiet town
     
    The first crop of hay is up
    School let out and the sun beats down
    Smoke billows from a Sunday train
    That cries away from a quiet town
     
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  14. 10 hours ago, South Austin said:

    Gilbert got booed at home. I seen it. Never heard our stadium collectively boo Ewers.

    IIRC, Gilbert got booed against BYU in 2011.  70+ year old lady 2 rows in front of me was booing about as loudly as  anyone. 

    I expressed, to no one in particular, but perhaps to the person I was with, "C'mon, this is not necessary.  He knows he's struggling." 

    70+ year old lady turns to me and says, "If we do not boo him, Mack will leave him in."  I told her that Mack has a close-up of what we are watching - or something like that. 

    A few plays later, he was removed for David Ash.  She turns to me and yells, "See!  Told ya so!"

    Ok, wow.  SMH

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