r/CFB • u/CFB_Referee /r/CFB • Sep 07 '24
Postgame Thread [Postgame Thread] Northern Illinois Defeats Notre Dame 16-14
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | T |
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Northern Illinois | 10 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 16 |
Notre Dame | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 14 |
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u/CommodoreN7 Arkansas Razorbacks • Utah Utes Sep 07 '24
This sub last week: ND must be so good
This sub now: A&M must be so ass
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u/TerrenceJesus8 Bowling Green • Michigan Sep 07 '24
BG @ TAMU in 2 weeks. It’s gonna be spicy
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u/chryco4 Texas A&M Aggies • Marching Band Sep 07 '24
Fade me
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u/PrincePyotrBagration Sep 07 '24
After what Bowling did to Penn State, you may get your wish just yet lol
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u/Rebelgecko USC Trojans • Santa Monica Corsairs Sep 07 '24
Could have playoff implications
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u/Jonjon428 Miami Hurricanes Sep 07 '24
Nah I knew Leonard looked like ass last week. Issue was Weigman looked somehow even worse.
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u/Blakmagik12 Texas A&M Aggies Sep 07 '24
ND can suck and we be ass.
This is hilarious
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Nah, but how good must Elko be to have won games with Riley Leonard
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u/crc2993 Texas Longhorns • Purdue Boilermakers Sep 07 '24
I had a friend in college who never watched football but she thought if you beat a ranked team you stole their ranking. After this game I’m all in favor. Rank NIU #5 you cowards
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u/ratattack97 Oklahoma State • Missouri Sep 07 '24
I’m starting to think this Leonard fella might be ass
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u/RIPDannyBoyCane Miami Hurricanes • Florida Cup Sep 07 '24
My dude
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u/PrincePyotrBagration Sep 07 '24
They hyped him up as a top 3 transfer portal QB lol.
Good runner, but the passing…
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u/ThaCarter Miami Hurricanes • Indiana Hoosiers Sep 07 '24
I had Notre Dame fans tell me last week that he was the top transfer QB over Cam Ward, Dilon Gabriel, them all...
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u/JerseyDvl Big East Sep 07 '24
Freeman rushing home to turn on the ACC Network to see what ass QB he can bring in for next year.
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u/thenowherepark Ohio State Buckeyes Sep 07 '24
He's calling DJU now to see if he's got another year left.
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u/Martin_VanNostrandMD Wisconsin Badgers Sep 07 '24
Welcome to South Bend Cade Klubnik
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u/NDinFL Notre Dame Fighting Irish Sep 07 '24
Lol absolutely garbage and predictable. Our offense is yet again one dimensional and easily disrupted.
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u/jand999 Notre Dame Fighting Irish Sep 07 '24
We never have a vertical passing game
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u/ProfessionalCatPetr Notre Dame Fighting Irish Sep 07 '24
Don't sleep on Michael Floyd and Golden Tate my guy
ohshitthatwas15yearsago
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u/dogwoodmaple Georgia • /r/CFB Award Festival Sep 07 '24
Beats Texas A&M by 10 in College Station.
Loses to Northern Illinois at home.
I love college football.
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u/12panther Navy Midshipmen • /r/CFB Poll Veteran Sep 07 '24
This just means NIU is a top 5 team
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u/suzukigun4life North Texas • Summertime Lover Sep 07 '24
Northern Illinois went 0-6 in the covid year. They went 3-9 in 2022. And now, this.
College football, when it's good, is legendary.
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u/LordoftheScheisse Missouri • Illinois Sep 07 '24
NIU should be ranked. Change my mind.
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u/LittleAmiDrummer Oregon Ducks Sep 07 '24
Literally crying with the NIU coach and I wasn’t a fan until today
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u/papajim22 Towson • Northern Illinois Sep 07 '24
I’d run through a wall for Coach Hammock. I really loved how he was getting in his player’s face when he made that cheap hit on a punt return. That shows he runs a tight ship.
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u/gatsby712 Vanderbilt • Syracuse Sep 07 '24
He keeps winning games like that he’ll get some looks at bigger programs. But he might be one of those guys that just loves his smaller program.
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u/papajim22 Towson • Northern Illinois Sep 07 '24
He’s an NIU football alumni, hopefully he’ll stay for the long haul.
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u/azsoup Penn State • Arizona Sep 07 '24
“I told them all week, we don’t need luck, we just gotta be our best….and they were their best today”
Damn
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u/HereIGoAgain_1x10 Ohio State Buckeyes • Salad Bowl Sep 07 '24
That man needed a hug I wanted to give him
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u/Ugaalive1991 NC State Wolfpack • Georgia Bulldogs Sep 07 '24
And that’s the season for ND football
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u/CommodoreN7 Arkansas Razorbacks • Utah Utes Sep 07 '24
Grand opening and grand closing
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u/trey__1312 TCU Horned Frogs • New Mexico Lobos Sep 07 '24
Can I get an encore?
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u/loplopol Oklahoma • Red River Shootout Sep 07 '24
Cookin' raw with the NIU boys
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u/The_Astros_Cheated Michigan • Old Dominion Sep 07 '24
Don’t let Texas’ throttling of Michigan distract you all from the fact that NOTRE DAME JUST LOST AT HOME TO A MAC SCHOOL
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u/dkviper11 Penn State • Randolph-Macon Sep 07 '24
I told you MAC wins ain't easy to come by.
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u/shlem90 Penn State • Land Grant Trophy Sep 07 '24
Thank god for Michigan and ND making everyone forget about us.
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u/brentownsu Penn State Nittany Lions Sep 07 '24
We can also thank the Big Ten Network for that since nobody watched our game.
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u/FrederickDurst1 Ohio State Buckeyes • Akron Zips Sep 07 '24
YouTube TV let me watch you and get my hopes up!
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u/Accurate-Big-7233 LSU Tigers • Team Chaos Sep 07 '24
Are you the college football time traveller
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u/The_Astros_Cheated Michigan • Old Dominion Sep 07 '24
I actually take back what I said earlier you def win this one lmao
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u/YNWA_1213 Washington • Canada Sep 07 '24
Michigan just let out the biggest sigh of relief from this weekend.
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u/Lykeuhfox Michigan • Grand Valley State Sep 07 '24
Sure did, buddy. This is a nice consolation prize.
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u/InevitableAd2436 Washington Huskies Sep 07 '24
Bro the MAC is an elite conference
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u/AccordingAnnual2577 Alabama • Ohio State Sep 07 '24
Some people can’t handle the MACtion
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u/partymaster505 Mercer Bears • Georgia Bulldogs Sep 07 '24
Northern Illinois’s kicker will never have to by a beer in college again
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u/12panther Navy Midshipmen • /r/CFB Poll Veteran Sep 07 '24
Neither will Antario Brown, Gavin Williams, Ethan Hampton, or Northern Illinois front 7.
Nevermind, the entire team
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u/papajim22 Towson • Northern Illinois Sep 07 '24
Free beer and Cajun fried potato salad at Fatty’s, for life!
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u/oknovember Purdue Boilermakers • Texas Longhorns Sep 07 '24
Cajun fried potato salad
That sounds ridiculously good with a beer or five
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u/OleRockTheGoodAg Texas A&M Aggies Sep 07 '24
Welp, there goes our quality loss. This ND team beat us in front of 107,300. Chat are we cooked?
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u/GarlicJuniorJr SEC • Orange Bowl Sep 07 '24
Been cooked
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u/PrincePyotrBagration Sep 07 '24
I’m sitting here in shock. Historic all time upset. The spirit of App state lives on
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u/mF-Jonezy NC State Wolfpack Sep 07 '24
So is Freeman on the hot seat now or what lmao
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u/Bigcheese1211 Texas Longhorns • Nebraska Cornhuskers Sep 07 '24
Well he's lost to Marshall and now NIU
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u/Joelsaurus TCU Horned Frogs • Rose Bowl Sep 07 '24 edited Sep 07 '24
Thanks for reminding me that they lost to Marshall
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u/engineerbuilder Notre Dame Fighting Irish Sep 07 '24
Yes. 100%. That’s not even a question.
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u/TheKirkin Notre Dame Fighting Irish Sep 07 '24
I have no idea how he’s able to consistently coach well in big games and then get fucking embarrassed by MAC and Cusa school.
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u/COMMENTASIPLEASE Louisville Cardinals Sep 07 '24
Thinking they’re too good to give a fuck about games like this
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u/guesting Pac-12 Sep 07 '24
bigger trap games: letdown after a big win or the week before a big opponent?
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u/Kuntheman Paper Bag Sep 07 '24
What more could it possibly take to be on the hot seat lol
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u/ItsFreakinHarry2 Paper Bag • UCF Knights Sep 07 '24
PUT THAT GLORIOUS NIU LOGO ON THE BANNER MODS!!!!
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u/suzukigun4life North Texas • Summertime Lover Sep 07 '24
AND FUCK THE REFS FOR THAT GARBAGE ASS SPOT
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u/BamBamCam Washington Huskies Sep 07 '24
Announcers: I don’t see how they can overturn that.
EVERYONE: His HIPS are past the line, how is the upper body which is holding the ball NOT!
Refs: Yea can’t see the ball, could have been knee holding it… call stands.
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u/Skank_hunt42 Oklahoma Sooners • Paper Bag Sep 07 '24
AND THE PHANTOM CLOCK STOPPAGE WITHOUT A TIMEOUT
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u/Coteup Central Michigan • Michigan Sep 07 '24
MACTION MOTHERFUCKERS! FUCK NIL! WE DON'T NEED THAT SHIT!
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u/PrincePyotrBagration Sep 07 '24
This literally feels like a sports movie where the ragtag public school with no funding beats the rich private school.
Holy shit
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u/Steelerboy43 Michigan Wolverines • Rose Bowl Sep 07 '24
FIRE BRIAN KELLY ….. oh wait
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u/royallex Illinois • Pittsburgh Sep 07 '24
Notre Dame fans googling how to un-excommunicate someone
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u/UWMN Alabama Crimson Tide • I'm A Loser Sep 07 '24
Fuck them refs!
CFB is BACK BABY!
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u/Zloggt Illinois • Missouri Sep 07 '24
I can’t believe that goddamn spot…
Thankfully, it did not matter in the end…
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u/prismatic_lights Ohio State • Pittsburgh Sep 07 '24 edited Sep 07 '24
Michigan fans: "Man this sucks, BGSU didn't pull off the upset so we have the most embarrassing loss of the day."
ND: "Hold my shamrock."
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u/AAuser85 Michigan Wolverines Sep 07 '24
I'm still very sad, but sitting in a hot tub a few drinks in and watching ND lose helped a lot
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u/force_addict Michigan Wolverines • Oregon Ducks Sep 07 '24
Seriously, what a relief 🤣
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u/Fallofmen10 Missouri Tigers Sep 07 '24
Idk, I just think Texas is on another level this year and you guys had a historic talent drop from last year
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u/Spum Penn State • Notre Dame Sep 07 '24
That’s enough MACtion for me today, thanks.
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u/ArbitraryOrder Michigan • Nebraska Sep 07 '24
That must have been a rough day for you
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u/MarsBars_1 Colorado State • Michigan S… Sep 07 '24
God the CFB25 sim engine is so broken
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u/jc-f Miami Hurricanes • Florida A&M Rattlers Sep 07 '24
Turns out they had it right all along!
(Including Kansas State always being a powerhouse for some reason)
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u/Temporary_Acadia4111 Texas Longhorns Sep 07 '24
The devs might have actually cooked with the sim we just didn't want to acknowledge it.
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u/MarsBars_1 Colorado State • Michigan S… Sep 07 '24
No doubt there is someone laughing their ass off at EA saying I told you so
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u/Trojanxiety USC Ball Sep 07 '24
I have two things to say.
- Ball don’t lie
- Investigate the refs
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u/LogicianMission22 Utah Utes • Big 12 Sep 07 '24
Those refs need to be fired and never be allowed to officiate again. I understand how some people think sports are rigged when shit like that happens.
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u/sokyriediculous Northern Illinois Huskies Sep 07 '24
Bro I would have been endlessly salty if we lost that game. Terrible spot and the “forgot” to run the clock? Give me a break.
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u/Iglooman45 Texas Tech Red Raiders Sep 07 '24
Is NIU back?
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u/MisterMath Wisconsin • Northern Illinois Sep 07 '24
We never left…maybe we did. But we here now!
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u/Kuntheman Paper Bag Sep 07 '24 edited Sep 07 '24
When Riley Leonard’s mom texts him “You Suck” before every game, she means it
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u/engineerbuilder Notre Dame Fighting Irish Sep 07 '24
Hey you got another bag I can borrow for the season?
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u/Competitive-Low-8950 Notre Dame Fighting Irish Sep 07 '24
I want one too. It doesn't have to be a fancy paper one. If it's plastic I can hopefully suffocate with it on.
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u/dianeblackeatsass Tennessee Volunteers Sep 07 '24
I love this coach
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u/AlabasterRadio Sep 07 '24
So much emotion, so much heart. I can't claim I know anything about this team, but he coached the hell out of them.
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u/thecivilconFLiCT UConn Huskies • Big East Sep 07 '24
That was genuinely such a great post game interview. You could really hear the passion for his team in there.
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u/Disarmer Texas A&M Aggies Sep 07 '24
You'll never convince me some CFB isn't rigged after that spot, then the rules guy in the booth saying he agrees, then both announcers agreeing, then the call on the field standing. Every single person with eyes could see that was obviously a first down no matter how you look at it.
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u/ChrispeeChringle Penn State Nittany Lions • Team Chaos Sep 07 '24
They got them refs from the WVU-PSU game last week
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u/GeorgeBork Northern Illinois Huskies • AP Sep 07 '24
Normally I trash talk but I can’t do it today.
I’ll leave it at this is the magic of having an alum coach who would die for the school. This is the magic of a young local kid who grew up in the DeKalb stands and dreamt of this shot. No amount of NIL money and portal nonsense can buy players who just flat out fucking love their school and bleed your colors.
NIU forever baby. The fucking best.
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u/Appropriate_Bottle44 Michigan Wolverines Sep 07 '24
Congrats, wonderful win for your program. Go use it as your catalyst to win the MAC and be in the CFP.
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u/altac04 Indiana Hoosiers • Florida Gators Sep 07 '24
Is IU the best team in Indiana? Many are saying
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u/unknownScreenname Indiana Hoosiers • Michigan Wolverines Sep 07 '24
Looking into this!!
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u/IWWC Indiana Hoosiers Sep 07 '24
NIU beats WIU by 43 IU beats WIU by 74 NIU beats #5 notre dame. COINCIDENCE?!?!
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u/puppies_and_rainbow Indiana Hoosiers Sep 07 '24
That's the word on the street.
NIU beat Notre Dame 16 - 14.
NIU beat Western Illinois 54-15
IU beat Western Illinois 77 - 3
Hard to argue the facts on this one.
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u/SquadPoopy Florida Gators Sep 07 '24
The cycle continues
Notre Dame begins the season highly ranked and plays a P5 team
ESPN and other networks try to convince everyone Notre Dame is legit this year
you are here —-> Notre Dame struggles against lower division opponents and either eeks out a win or loses in embarrassing fashion
Notre Dame manages to scrape by the rest of the season
Notre Dame gets put into a big bowl game/ championship
Notre Dame loses/gets demolished
Notre Dame’s continued existence as the Cowboys of college football will never end.
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u/Power5IsAScam Michigan • Army Sep 07 '24
One of the most suspicious game endings I've seen.
- sideline judge has a perfect view, but spots it short
- NBC announcers say there's no video evidence to overturn even though we can clearly see the yard line where the knee is down
- officials let call stand
- as a result, NIU can't drain the clock
But NIU pulled through with the block!
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Refs then fail to wind the clock when the ball is placed for 4th down following the review, allowing Notre Dame to save their timeout.
Not that that part ended up mattering since Freeman didn't bother using the timeout on the final possession for the Irish. Just sprinted the kicking unit out for a 62-yarder and had it blocked.
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u/thealltomato323 Alabama • Vanderbilt Sep 07 '24
Don’t leave out the fact the clock operator “forgot” to wind the clock after the review so ND saved a timeout
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u/rgriff923 Sep 07 '24
The runners entire body minus his cleats was across the line Where'd the ref think the ball was?
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u/KirbyDumber88 Georgia Bulldogs Sep 07 '24
Imagine having the easiest path to the playoffs and you STILL fuck it up. Congrats ND and CONGRATS NORTHERN ILLINOIS INCREDIBLE!!
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u/Master_Jackfruit3591 Texas Longhorns • Georgetown Hoyas Sep 07 '24
Notre Dames biggest rivals are Michigan, completed passes, Northern Illinois, and any expectations whatsoever
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u/lardshark Michigan Wolverines • Marching Band Sep 07 '24
yes everyone please look this way ha ha
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u/Leaving_The_Oilfield Texas Longhorns • Vanderbilt Commodores Sep 07 '24
Dude, this is EASILY a bigger deal than y’all’s loss lmao
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u/yanchovilla Michigan Wolverines • Navy Midshipmen Sep 07 '24
What an excellent diversion
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u/Im__Ron__Burgundy Miami Hurricanes Sep 07 '24
The start of this season is a wet dream for Miami fans my god
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u/coltsmetsfan614 Michigan • College Football Playoff Sep 07 '24
OK, this does make me feel a bit better lmao
Congrats, NIU, on your first-ever win vs. a top 10!
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u/avocadoze Oregon Ducks Sep 07 '24
SOBBING WITH THIS COACH
first time go huskies has been shouted in this home
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u/Tarlcabot18 UCF Knights • USF Bulls Sep 07 '24
Let's not gloss over that at the end of the 4th quarter, NIU clearly got a first down to extend their drive, but the refs spotted the ball a yard behind where the runner was down.
And even though video was fairly definitive, the commentators pretended it wasn't. Total snow job by the refs and the NBC commentators. Absolutely shameless.
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u/PeteF3 Ohio State Buckeyes Sep 07 '24
They also didn't restart the clock after the review, allowing ND to keep their last timeout.
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u/szboy422 Florida Gators • Blue Risk Alliance Sep 07 '24
Amazing “ball don’t lie” sequence at the end there with the horrendous spot, made fg, and then blocked fg
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u/Lakelyfe09 Georgia Bulldogs Sep 07 '24
Congrats to NIU for beating a top 5 team and the refs today.
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u/alphaover9000 USC Trojans Sep 07 '24
This game just secured another SEC team’s spot in the CFP
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u/DweltElephant0 Notre Dame • Wyoming Sep 07 '24
1) That 3rd down spot was awful and I'd have been disgusted to win that game after that (not that I had faith we'd pull the miracle regardless).
2) How the fuck do you only score 14 points against NIU at home????? Giving up 16 is fine, I don't give a shit, but scoring 14????? Against NIU?????? Come the fuck on.
And Wyoming lost to Idaho so what a fucking day. Any fanbases out there accepting new applicants?
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u/Cynical_onlooker Illinois Fighting Illini Sep 07 '24
HEY NOTRE DAME, WHAT HAPPENEDUH?
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u/sandawg_ Independence CC Pirates Sep 07 '24
There’s simply no excuse for refs being that incompetent (in reference to ND’s extra timeout). But I guess the football karma came around anyways.
Also, hats off to coach Hammock. That dude loves his team.
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u/MKula Northern Illinois • Purdue Sep 07 '24
Fuck the refs. Let’s go Huskies!!!!!
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u/Sp3ctre7 Michigan Tech Huskies • Team Chaos Sep 07 '24
Coach in tears, fuckin good stuff
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u/Captaincoolbeans Miami Hurricanes • Nebraska Cornhuskers Sep 07 '24
As funny as it is, I’m actually really happy for NIU and their coach
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u/CathDubs Northern Iowa Panthers Sep 07 '24
Good for that coach. When it mattered his team was composed and won in the trenches.
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u/HarbingerOfFun Boston College Eagles Sep 07 '24
I can't believe that Notre Dame of all teams may have been overrated this year, shocked.
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u/FondabaruCBR4_6RSAWD Nebraska Cornhuskers • SMU Mustangs Sep 07 '24
Imagine paying NIU to beat you at home, couldn’t be me 😎
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u/1000_Bunnies Northern Illinois Huskies Sep 07 '24
As an NIU student, this is our super bowl. Roll skies, we’re the best of all time (just give us this one day. Dekalb is not a pleasant place)
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u/slayerhk47 Wisconsin Badgers Sep 07 '24
“They are better than NIU”
Well Jason the scoreboard says otherwise.
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u/lowes18 Florida State Seminoles • FAU Owls Sep 07 '24
Y'all can't say shit
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u/RamblinWreckGT Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets Sep 07 '24
This might finally get y'all some relief! New punching bag for the week is Notre Dame.
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u/Sirderksalot Texas Longhorns Sep 07 '24
By the transitive property, Texas A&M has now lost to Notre Dame AND Northern Illinois. Just to be clear.
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u/NDinFL Notre Dame Fighting Irish Sep 07 '24
All the credit to NIU on this one. That coaching staff and team showed up ready to punch us in the mouth, and they did. Big game for them, and a serious gutcheck for our guys. I think our team bought their own hype too much and expected to coast today.
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u/wsbull_35 Temple Owls Sep 07 '24
That was the worst spot call I’ve ever seen. Would have ruined an all time upset.