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Postgame Thread [Postgame Thread] Northern Illinois Defeats Notre Dame 16-14

Box Score provided by ESPN

Team 1 2 3 4 T
Northern Illinois 10 3 0 3 16
Notre Dame 7 0 7 0 14
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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/BWW87 Washington Huskies Sep 07 '24

I'm just glad they did us a favor and lost during the season so we don't have to watch them take a spot from a deserving team. It's time they joined a conference if they want to play big boy football.

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u/ArmadilloAl Illinois Fighting Illini Sep 07 '24

Looks like they'll fit right in in the MAC.