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2021 Texas Style Rose Bowl - Notre Dame vs Alabama 3PM on ESPN


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1 minute ago, Cairn Horn88 said:

Saban knows that he can't win a national championship if he has to beat two really good teams....one patsy and another good team is enough.

I know he wanted no part of OU. He'd at least have to sweat a little. ND is the perfect matchup for him.

 

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2 minutes ago, satyanash said:

Every single time a ND and a Bama player make contact, it's the ND player that gets sent backwards. Every single time.

This game was never going to be close.

I hope CDC is watching.  Recruiting matters more than ever.  

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4 minutes ago, SDG said:

If teams aren't competitive with only 4 how are we going to be more competitive by adding more?  

You're acting like they get the 4 teams right every year. They don't. It's entirely possible tOSU gets fucked on tonight, too.

To expound - with 8 teams, this game would feature the winner of a 4 vs 5 game vs Bama - assuming they beat an 8 seed. There is so much less guessing work involved and the teams in the semifinal games would be more deserving. 

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Just now, Snacks said:

So... They said ND is "physical".

"Physical" is football code for "slow".

ND would not win the Big 12. That defense is slow.

Absolutely. You hear this constantly about Big 10 teams. They are physical and disciplined. Aka they are slow and unathletic. Ohio St is really the outlier there as they are closer to Bama and Clemson than any of the rest of that conference.

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Just now, Snacks said:

So... They said ND is "physical".

"Physical" is football code for "slow".

ND would not win the Big 12. That defense is slow.

true, there were plenty of idiots saying they'll beat ou. they'd get blown the fuck out by ou and we'd probably beat them with the team we finished with

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2 minutes ago, SDG said:

If teams aren't competitive with only 4 how are we going to be more competitive by adding more?  

More quality games in the middle 8 vs 1 a beat down but 6 v 3 and 5 v 4 could be epic, and upsets will happen but only if the sample size of games increases. Plus 8 v 1 is about the upset only, that 8 seed is playing to win the first game while 1 is trying to put together a 3 game championship run. 

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1 minute ago, ztejas said:

You're acting like they get the 4 teams right every year. They don't. It's entirely possible tOSU gets fucked on tonight, too.

So the solution to your complaint isn't to add more it's to find the correct 4.  

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4 minutes ago, SDG said:

If teams aren't competitive with only 4 how are we going to be more competitive by adding more?  

Because talented teams are being left out. Pretty much every year. This is flawed logic to view it as this. Imagine the NFL going to a system like this lmao

 

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Just now, Nicole44 said:

Yes. We must do OSU a solid. At least the Big 12 is 4-0 so far in Bowl Games. OU would be more fun to watch than this shit. At least they can play and hold in the trenches. 

I mean that there's three clear Playoff-caliber teams this year, so you need a fourth school to make up the numbers. ND is that sucker.

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1 minute ago, Doc Sam Beckett said:

The only team that had an argument was Oklahoma. They should be in for Notre Dame and nobody else had a legit argument 

Yes but there is no "argument" in an 8 team playoff. 4, 5 and 6 all get in. As do 7 and 8. So you would actually see which of them are worth a shit before the semifinal round. You wouldn't have years like 2014 where the 4th seed was the best team in the country and the left-out 6th seed was probably no worse than 3rd.

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2 minutes ago, SDG said:

So the solution to your complaint isn't to add more it's to find the correct 4.  

It doesn't matter. It should be 8 teams. I can make whatever argument I want and you can too and at the end of the day it should still be 8 teams. 

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1 minute ago, FOXHOUND said:

ND RB the only one that looks ready to play today.  

he made that last 10 yard play all himself.

their oline is also ready and their one strength. power runs and screens IMO. bama looks like that are being shot out of a cannon at the snap. have to use that against them. some misdirection, maybe a few trap blocks. that oline for ND is legit. 

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Just now, Vic Mackey said:

Because talented teams are being left out. Pretty much every year. This is flawed logic to view it as this. Imagine the NFL going to a system like this lmao

 

If that's your argument then maybe the issue is with the selection.  The original argument that I responded to was that somehow adding more teams would prevent ND from being in the game.  Adding more teams won't prevent ND from being selected it will increase the likelihood that more ND's are.  

 

Simple math really.

 

BTW; I'm for expansion but for the right reasons not complete flaws.  

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1 minute ago, troph said:

More quality games in the middle 8 vs 1 a beat down but 6 v 3 and 5 v 4 could be epic, and upsets will happen but only if the sample size of games increases. Plus 8 v 1 is about the upset only, that 8 seed is playing to win the first game while 1 is trying to put together a 3 game championship run. 

This plus the 8-1 game will not be a hyped semifinal game just a first round underdog game.

Notre Dame in the semifinals is a polished turd.

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Absolutely. You hear this constantly about Big 10 teams. They are physical and disciplined. Aka they are slow and unathletic. Ohio St is really the outlier there as they are closer to Bama and Clemson than any of the rest of that conference.
tOSU gets speed.
Yes, I want a physical team, but there are enough fast physical guys... Even enough to qualify for NDs oh-so-high standards...

But ND isnt close to football talent (ie, South). ND is close to basketball talent.

If ND wasnt THE Catholic school, they wouldn't get into the CFP this season, after being blown out by #2 a couple weeks ago.
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1 minute ago, SDG said:

If that's your argument then maybe the issue is with the selection.

Dude... of course the issue is with the selection. With 8 teams the selection matters much much less. They are never going to get it right every year. Water down their power.

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