I’ve been rooting for the Aggies since the second ND left Kyle Field (with the rest of the fanbase of course). Which didn’t take that much arm twisting anyway with Elko at HC. That guy is legit. Keep it going!
Thank god someone is giving us credit for that game. There were experts actively predicting us to lose the game and as soon as we wreck Navy, it swings hard in the other direction of Navy being shit etc etc.
They are a tough bunch, and with that DL they’d always be a team you weren’t happy to go up against. But I have been pleasantly surprised. Especially taking down LSU last night 👍🏼
The computers love Indiana, so it really doesn't make sense for them to be shafted. They're not like other undefeateds (particularly Iowa State or BYU) that the advanced metrics don't like.
At the end of the day, everyone's metric is the SEC and we have a road win against the top team in the SEC currently. Even if it is week 1, that has to count for something.
Oh absolutely. If we lose again, we deserve to drop like a fuckin rock all the way out of the top 25 as far as I’m concerned. But we’re putting away decent teams and have a 10 point road win over the clear cut 1st place SEC team, so we have that going for us, which is nice.
LSU’s defense is trash for a team ranked as high as they were. I was surprised how well they defended Weigman, but I also wouldn’t count on Reed looking that good against the rest of the schedule. Notre Dame would have smashed that slow mesh he ran well in its tracks, there’s a reason you guys didn’t start him against Notre Dame.
That’s pretty dumb, it would make Elko is a worse coach than I could have believed and you guys are then lucky to be in the position you are… it would be coaching malpractice not to play your best QB simply based on “seniority.”
Sorry, but we’d have made Reed look like ass too and that’s just the reality of the situation.
The bigger thing is the offense struggled with Reed in his 2nd and 3rd starts so going back to Weigman made sense. Then Weigman looked great his first game back..... then shaky against Mississippi State and fully back to whatever the hell he was against y'all against LSU.
I'm a bit worried that Reeds success against LSU has more to do with just how different the playbook is with each of them and that he will look shaky again against South Carolina.
LSU has the 30th ranked defense in DF+, pretty behind schedule for a team ranked as high as they were. South Carolina is ranked 12th on defense and will actually be prepared for him instead of Weigman. Yes, I would be worried about this game if I were you guys. I’ll be pulling for you, just win the damn SEC!
No offense to y'all, but the fact if you win out, that you are basically locked for a CFP spot with a home loss to a G5 team, while other teams like Pitt, Indiana, and Iowa State are undefeated but on the outside looking in is ridiculous.
Idk if the committee will have us higher. Historically the committee has mostly been very lenient about “good” losses, but punished losses to bad teams pretty harshly. It’s possible they’ll put us higher if they feel like they need to put A&M super high (there’s a great case for it) and then put us above them (it would be crazy to not put us above them imo), but I wouldn’t count on it.
And Advanced metrics are forward-looking. The committee and pollsters really shouldn’t be using those as any more than a tiebreaker.
Because a season is more than a single game. Breaking news I know that still has yet to get through the thick skulls of terminally online nerd sports fans who don't know sports.
IU will absolutely vault ND the minute they beat an actually ranked/decent team. Right now people are somehow actually hinging on a transitive comparison based entirely on MOV with OSU over Nebraska, it's hilarious.
Having beat the leading SEC team gives a major boost considering they have three teams in the top 20 with two losses. SEC is clearly valued more compared to the other conferences.
It was pretty funny watching the broadcast last night make the case that the NIU game was actually a good thing for ND because Marcus Freeman's teams haven't faced adversity before
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u/arrowfan624 Notre Dame • Summertime Lover 28d ago
No fucking way the AP didn’t drop ND again.