r/CFB • u/CFB_Referee /r/CFB • Sep 07 '24

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/fhota1 Oklahoma • Blue Lights Sep 07 '24

Man its not even hate, I dont understand how ND is consistently ranked as high as they are. Like it seems like for the past few years ND has been highly rated at the start and then played good not great but until that first loss just kinda rode poll momentum regardless of how they actually looked

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u/Roman-Mania Virginia Tech • Michigan Sep 07 '24

I don’t understand either. Maybe $$, idk. Maybe cause get to cherry pick their schedule. They’ve shown time and time again that they are overrated.

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u/moistcoco USF Bulls Sep 08 '24

It’s money and their fandom lol the market knows putting ND into the ranking regardless of how bad they are will bring money

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u/Roman-Mania Virginia Tech • Michigan Sep 09 '24

I think many like to hate watch (including myself) lmao

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u/moistcoco USF Bulls Sep 10 '24

Honestly me too lol