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JHallCanes said:
I get part of the whole thing is college football is so wild any given Saturday anything can happen

The mental gymnastics wears me out and I end up just saying “if Miami would just get their **** together…” but I don’t blame anyone for disagreeing
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if we ran this offense in dallas, we arent even in this situation.

at 4, at least you know 2 losses takes you out of it completely and you move on. it also made the NY6 bowls feel meaningful too.
 
JHallCanes said:
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This is why I don’t pay attention to any of this. It’s an elaborate troll job for engagement right now. They all know it’s a crapshoot until the last week or so anyway so teams are just being put in positions where they can justify the final decision.

All the discussion around it is simply because they all need the ratings whatever their platform.

Saying they can’t compare Notre Dame and Miami because they’re too far apart, when they’re the ones that literally placed them far apart is the dumbest thing I’ve ever read including people saying we would be more efficient with Beck over Cam.

I just can’t figure out if they’re looking for a reason to put us in at the end or leave us out. I think they want to include us but if there’s one team that would go in over us, it would be ND we all know that.

Let’s just keep winning and find out instead of making their decision for them.
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They’re looking to guarantee that ND gets in under any circumstances they can use and they decided that we’re the easy target. It’s fraudulent. I mean we did it to ourselves too but they created a standard that they are now trying to avoid implementing maliciously.
 
hoops156 said:
if we ran this offense in dallas, we arent even in this situation.

at 4, at least you know 2 losses takes you out of it completely and you move on. it also made the NY6 bowls feel meaningful too.
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The irony that we are the poster child for it expanding in the first place and going away from computers, only to still be sitting here in the same spot…it’s a real kick in the balls
 
RVACane said:
They’re looking to guarantee that ND gets in under any circumstances they can use and they decided that we’re the easy target. It’s fraudulent. I mean we did it to ourselves too but they created a standard that they are now trying to avoid implementing maliciously.
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Agreed and it’s also why I’m waiting to see if we win out and what happens

Miami is a big brand and great for ratings. I know they want us in. Last year we gave them no choice in my opinion. We were irreparably broken and didn’t even look that good while we were winning

This year it’s a bit different. Notre Dame will be prioritized as a brand over everyone but we aren’t that far off the main table. It’s all for ratings and Miami is good for ratings

I’ll see what they say in a couple weeks and how we respond. If we look legit and get left out then I’ll probably go nuclear
 
hoops156 said:
if we ran this offense in dallas, we arent even in this situation.

at 4, at least you know 2 losses takes you out of it completely and you move on. it also made the NY6 bowls feel meaningful too.
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We did run this offense in Dallas, unless you're talking about all the trick plays, which obviously we didn't do.

The difference is NC State has the 131st ranked defense. Out of 136
The difference is Syracuse has the 121st ranked defense. Out of 136

SMU has the 39th ranked defense.

When this meh offense plays absolutely awful defenses, it cooks. Or at least plays above average. When it plays good defenses, it stinks.

4.99 a play against ND. Very poor.
Next FBS game, an explosion. 8.47 a play. Did we run a different offense? No, USF has G5 athletes.
Next 3 games:

UF 4.53
FSU 5.73
Louisville 5.66

Poor, poor, and more poor. Didn't score more than 28 points in any of those games.

SMU 5.55 per play. More poor.

Then we play 2 of the literal worst defenses in the country, and the offense is great again.

I promise you, the offense isn't great. Or different. It just played pathetic defenses.

I will have my eyes on Pitt. VT is just as bad as Syracuse and NC State. We should, and I suspect we will, stat pad again this week.

Pitt is pretty good. Not great, but much more SMU/FSU than NC State/Syracuse.

If we score 35+ and average 7+ a play against them, I will admit the offense is genuinely different and playing better.
 
OrangeBowlMagic said:
We did run this offense in Dallas, unless you're talking about all the trick plays, which obviously we didn't do.

The difference is NC State has the 131st ranked defense. Out of 136
The difference is Syracuse has the 121st ranked defense. Out of 136

SMU has the 39th ranked defense.

When this meh offense plays absolutely awful defenses, it cooks. Or at least plays above average. When it plays good defenses, it stinks.

4.99 a play against ND. Very poor.
Next FBS game, an explosion. 8.47 a play. Did we run a different offense? No, USF has G5 athletes.
Next 3 games:

UF 4.53
FSU 5.73
Louisville 5.66

Poor, poor, and more poor. Didn't score more than 28 points in any of those games.

SMU 5.55 per play. More poor.

Then we play 2 of the literal worst defenses in the country, and the offense is great again.

I promise you, the offense isn't great. Or different. It just played pathetic defenses.

I will have my eyes on Pitt. VT is just as bad as Syracuse and NC State. We should, and I suspect we will, stat pad again this week.

Pitt is pretty good. Not great, but much more SMU/FSU than NC State/Syracuse.

If we score 35+ and average 7+ a play against them, I will admit the offense is genuinely different and playing better.
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Yup. It’s all about the Pitt game for me.

In my brain it’s been the only game that’s mattered once we lost to SMU. I mean sure we needed to handle business but we all know WHEN you lose and how is critical

We proved that last year

We go to Pitt and beat their *** maybe I’m just too simple for all this, but I think it’ll work itself out if we do that
 
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Calinative said:
Game control is a larger factor than Sos.

This is why Mario needs to get it through his thick ******* skull that blowing teams out is as important as "JUST" winning the game.

We had an opportunity to blow out ND, FSU but he was too ***** to take it....
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YLCANE said:
If Oregon loses usc is jumping us
Guaranteed
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Actually I thought that but now I disagree. I think the committee wants that to happen. They can then kick Oregon to the curb because their resume is awful and they lost H2H to USC. Then they get Miami and ND in without all the noise and drama , they won’t have to choose just one. I mean they’re the ones saying how you’re playing late matters .
 
OrangeBowlMagic said:
We did run this offense in Dallas, unless you're talking about all the trick plays, which obviously we didn't do.

The difference is NC State has the 131st ranked defense. Out of 136
The difference is Syracuse has the 121st ranked defense. Out of 136

SMU has the 39th ranked defense.

When this meh offense plays absolutely awful defenses, it cooks. Or at least plays above average. When it plays good defenses, it stinks.

4.99 a play against ND. Very poor.
Next FBS game, an explosion. 8.47 a play. Did we run a different offense? No, USF has G5 athletes.
Next 3 games:

UF 4.53
FSU 5.73
Louisville 5.66

Poor, poor, and more poor. Didn't score more than 28 points in any of those games.

SMU 5.55 per play. More poor.

Then we play 2 of the literal worst defenses in the country, and the offense is great again.

I promise you, the offense isn't great. Or different. It just played pathetic defenses.

I will have my eyes on Pitt. VT is just as bad as Syracuse and NC State. We should, and I suspect we will, stat pad again this week.

Pitt is pretty good. Not great, but much more SMU/FSU than NC State/Syracuse.

If we score 35+ and average 7+ a play against them, I will admit the offense is genuinely different and playing better.
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Eh, I'd add we intentionally slowed down in Dallas in some critical moments. With 6 min remaining in the game, I was yelling for a kill shot and a 2 for 1 possession, and we seemed intent on grinding that **** all the way down. We also ran more PA on 3rd and short the last couple games than we've seemingly run all season - certainly, in Dallas. The bad defenses are a big factor. My concern is we won't be as "loose" against better defenses.
 
Cribby said:
Props to @DMoney . He said all the media would start speaking out on us beating ND h2h and it’s everywhere I look now
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You mean a guy well versed in driving engagement and traffic predicted other outlets that rely on driving traffic and engagement would start talking about teams that drive the most traffic and engagement?

****** mind blown
 
LuCane said:
Eh, I'd add we intentionally slowed down in Dallas in some critical moments. With 6 min remaining in the game, I was yelling for a kill shot and a 2 for 1 possession, and we seemed intent on grinding that **** all the way down. We also ran more PA on 3rd and short the last couple games than we've seemingly run all season - certainly, in Dallas. The bad defenses are a big factor. My concern is we won't be as "loose" against better defenses.
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I'll also add that my concern is that we won't be as loose on the road. Easy to be loose against a lesser opponent at home. It's more challenging to do so on the road, in much less ideal weather. Will Mario tighten up and play bully ball like he did at SMU? We'll see if their/his philosophy truly has changed or if was all just a dream
 
JHallCanes said:
You mean a guy well versed in driving engagement and traffic predicted other outlets that rely on driving traffic and engagement would start talking about teams that drive the most traffic and engagement?

****** mind blown
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we get it, he's a scumbag
 
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Sabetta said:
Nah they lost ND who we beat. There's not way they can be that brazen.
But what could happen is Oregon could fall behind us because they haven't beaten a single good team.
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... But then Oregon would have losses to ND who would be top 8, and USC who would be right around or likely ahead of us... Tell me why would the argument for Utah and ND being "they have better losses" apply to them but not also to Oregon? Lmao we all know it's absolutely bull****, but that's literally what they just said. Oregon's quality losses outweigh our beating of ND.

We want Oregon to win to lock in the 3rd and final B1G team in playoffs. It also works to weaken NDs best win to date. Instead of them being able to say we both have top 10 wins (if USC beat Oregon) the best they would say is Miami has a top 10 win and they have a top 20 win...
 
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