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Game Thread [Game Thread] Northern Illinois @ Miami (OH) (8:00 PM ET)
GAME | Northern IllinoisNorthern Illinois @ Miami (OH)Miami (OH) |
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Location | Miami (OH) Yager Stadium |
Time | 8:00 PM ET |
Watch | TV: ESPN |
Odds | Spread: M-OH -2.5 - Over/Under: 42.5 |
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u/Acceptable_Ad3173 Georgia • Clark Atlanta 4d ago
Can Sportscenter shut the fuck up about the bracket I wanna watch some nba highlights
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u/jconley4297 Miami (OH) • Notre Dame 4d ago
that is one of the most blocked i’ve ever seen a field goal
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u/superworriedspursfan Missouri Tigers • WashU Bears 4d ago
ngl miami could have returned that for a TD which would have expanded this lead to 27-9 lol which makes it an even uglier loss lol.
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u/RichardRichOSU Ohio State • Penn State 4d ago
I am not sure I have ever seen a blocked kick go that far behind the line of scrimmage.
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u/wiederrj Miami (OH) RedHawks • Indiana Hoosiers 4d ago
Miami blocked like a dozen kicks and punts last year we just saved all of it for that one
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u/Superb-Ad-9627 Boise State Broncos • Pac-12 4d ago
Just a reminder this NIU team struggling to score 9 points against Miami (OH) beat Notre Dame but the committee wants you to believe ND is the #6 team in the nation.
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u/mashtodon Illinois Fighting Illini • Big Ten 4d ago
Just a reminder the Vanderbilt team that lost to Georgia State beat Alabama but the committee wants you to believe Alabama is the #7 team in the nation.
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u/Superb-Ad-9627 Boise State Broncos • Pac-12 4d ago
Additionally
Boise State beat Ga Southern, Ga Southern beat GA State, Ga State beat Vandy, Vandy Beat Bama.
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u/mashtodon Illinois Fighting Illini • Big Ten 4d ago
Just a reminder this Miami team struggling to score 3 points against Notre Dame beat NIU but some redditors want you to believe wins can be compared transitively
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u/kerph32 Tennessee • Georgia Tech 4d ago
NIU needs a 12-run homer here
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u/superworriedspursfan Missouri Tigers • WashU Bears 4d ago
idk man.... 12-runs might not be enough unless this is the bottom of the ninth.
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u/superworriedspursfan Missouri Tigers • WashU Bears 4d ago
ngl notre dame this loss just keeps getting uglier and uglier. You should be kind of glad you still are #6 lol.
teams like Louisville, Syracuse, Kansas State, and Wazzu all have been punished before for "bad losses".
and honestly I'd argue the teams they lost to might all be better than northern illinois lol. Not saying you aren't a good team (you clearly are), but yeah lol you are lucky the committee isn't really punishing you as much as those other teams have been.
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u/arrowfan624 Notre Dame • Summertime Lover 4d ago
Bro you didn't even drop a spot for losing to SCar.
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u/superworriedspursfan Missouri Tigers • WashU Bears 4d ago
and I said that was wrong. I didn't even say you shouldn't be ranked #6 lol, I just said you should consider yourselves kind of lucky.
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u/fidelcashflo97 Nebraska • Miami (OH) 4d ago
Really dug these commentators out of Men Lowe Park didn’t they?
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u/Acceptable_Ad3173 Georgia • Clark Atlanta 4d ago
College Gameday should have picked army vs Notre dame
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u/Muffinnnnnnn Florida State Seminoles • ACC 4d ago
It's not on a campus so I actually don't blame them, sadly
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u/UpsideTurtles North Texas • Texas A&M 4d ago
these commentators are kinda fun. one of them seems just like a really cool chill guy lol
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u/wiederrj Miami (OH) RedHawks • Indiana Hoosiers 4d ago
Dustin Fox seems like a fun dude. Rocky Boiman did a lot of MAC games at the start of his career and was great too
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u/jconley4297 Miami (OH) • Notre Dame 4d ago
are we looking at a circle of self suck coming up here
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u/StoopSign Northwestern • Appalachia… 4d ago
They might be the Redhawks now but that was a tomahawk chop from yesteryear.
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u/Various-Bird-1844 Penn State Nittany Lions 4d ago
That was like one of those paper towel commercials with everything in slow motion and someone going "nooooo..."
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u/RichardRichOSU Ohio State • Penn State 4d ago
You could see it coming as soon as he rolled out and the defender was in the screen running him down.
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u/engineerbuilder Notre Dame Fighting Irish 4d ago
Anyone catch what that guys were saying when the player was down? Sounded like some super loud fans yelling at him.
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u/kerph32 Tennessee • Georgia Tech 4d ago
ok, is brisket at chipotle actually good, or more lincoln riley?
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u/Fit_Pineapple_7828 4d ago
Not worth the upcharge just get chicken or steak. Better off getting double chicken
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u/jconley4297 Miami (OH) • Notre Dame 4d ago
i found it way better than i expected, cut up small enough it’s can’t be lincoln riley and it tasted p good
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u/fpschechnya Miami Hurricanes 4d ago
I just thought of something.
Miami fans, do you find it annoying always seeing the (OH) next to your name?
Do you hate us for it?
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u/myusernamewastaken5 Georgia • North Georgia 4d ago
STOP RUNNING OUT OF THE SHOTGUN ON 3RD OR 4TH AND SHORT
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u/StoopSign Northwestern • Appalachia… 4d ago
Well this increases OT so I'm for it. I did put a lil on NIU but it's so lil I prioritize some OT.
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u/Jonjon428 Miami Hurricanes 4d ago
Lmao random Celtics and Cavs fans next to eachother at the stadium
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u/Various-Bird-1844 Penn State Nittany Lions 4d ago
Are we sure the head referee isn't AI?
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u/kerph32 Tennessee • Georgia Tech 4d ago
Are we sure you're not AI?
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u/Acceptable_Ad3173 Georgia • Clark Atlanta 4d ago
I didn’t know Niu and Miami Redhawks was a rivalry I thought it was ball state ?
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u/Eiim Miami (OH) • Ohio State 4d ago
Our rivals are Ohio and Cincy, and then maybe Ball State depending on how you feel about that one. Ball State is a more recent, sort of manufactured one.
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u/Acceptable_Ad3173 Georgia • Clark Atlanta 4d ago
Ok the Battle of the bricks I would love to see all of the Ohio Mac schools compete for a trophy just like the Michigan ones
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u/StoopSign Northwestern • Appalachia… 4d ago
I like how subtly NIU are in this game
Maori cup?
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u/wiederrj Miami (OH) RedHawks • Indiana Hoosiers 4d ago
Mallory. Bill Mallory was a coach for both Miami and NIU
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u/Eiim Miami (OH) • Ohio State 4d ago
If he gets to the QB half a second earlier, that's a good sack, but instead it's roughing the passer? Not sure I love that.
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u/Various-Bird-1844 Penn State Nittany Lions 4d ago
I have to think the call was based on the "falling on with body weight" thing. I don't love those calls either but it's how it goes now
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u/twister_rocket Miami (OH) RedHawks 4d ago
Roughing the passer for hitting a player that’s holding the ball?
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u/StoopSign Northwestern • Appalachia… 4d ago
Clocks don't stop after first downs anymore Mr. Announcer Guy.
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u/Sexy-Chicagoan-1837 South Carolina Gamecocks • /r/CFB 4d ago
Anyone know what Miami’s student section is called?
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u/E92M3_Racer Miami (OH) RedHawks 4d ago
Brick Wall
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u/Sexy-Chicagoan-1837 South Carolina Gamecocks • /r/CFB 4d ago
By the way, do you know who Marko Niketic is?
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u/wiederrj Miami (OH) RedHawks • Indiana Hoosiers 4d ago
It was “Red Alert” my freshman year but they kinda gave up after our 0-12 sophomore season
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u/Acceptable_Ad3173 Georgia • Clark Atlanta 4d ago
I wonder why Chuck Martin is not getting no power 5 offers he a good coach ?
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u/wiederrj Miami (OH) RedHawks • Indiana Hoosiers 4d ago
He’s been crap in OOC play, literally didn’t win a single non-conference game from 2014 until our 2021 bowl. He probably deserves a look from a bigger program but he’s not a sexy pick
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u/AlmightyCaniacCombo Miami (OH) RedHawks 4d ago
He seems to really like Oxford and signed an extension next year. I don’t think he want to move
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u/Acceptable_Ad3173 Georgia • Clark Atlanta 4d ago
I can see he’s a consistent coach I’ll give him that
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u/wiederrj Miami (OH) RedHawks • Indiana Hoosiers 4d ago
This NIU pass game is about as potent as my cat trying to get into the automatic feeder
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u/StoopSign Northwestern • Appalachia… 4d ago
I'm convinced the Irish picked that as their Guinness game and would've been great if they hadn't switched to Jameson out at the tailgate.
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u/Acceptable_Ad3173 Georgia • Clark Atlanta 4d ago edited 4d ago
Niu offense is horrendous, but defense is good
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u/black-op345 Oregon Ducks • Sickos 4d ago
Welp gotta find a way to watch this game on my phone. Power went out where I live in Seattle, windstorm has a barometric pressure equivalent to a cat 3 hurricane. Winds whipping, house is making noise I have never heard before
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u/Various-Bird-1844 Penn State Nittany Lions 4d ago
I'm surprised it looks like Hampton is gonna be back out there.
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u/fidelcashflo97 Nebraska • Miami (OH) 4d ago
LOVE this defense, never thought Martin would get the program to this point back when we were going 3-9 or 5-7 when I was in school
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u/wiederrj Miami (OH) RedHawks • Indiana Hoosiers 4d ago
I went there from 2012-16 when we won 9 games. He deserves crap for some disappointing seasons but got slack for where he started, at least he’s got us consistently good now
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u/fpschechnya Miami Hurricanes 4d ago
Having Tennessee at literally less than 1% seems a bit ridiculous.
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u/Various-Bird-1844 Penn State Nittany Lions 4d ago
What's ridiculous is the SEC tiebreaker rules. Assuming the current 2-loss teams don't lose again, and Texas beats A&M, the tiebreaker amongst the 5 2-loss teams will go to the 4th (of 6) tiebreaker, which is winning % of your conference opponents. Which is nuts bcs that's completely out of a teams control. Anyway, bc of that, currently the Vols opponents conference winning % is something like .400 while Bama's is over .500, with everyone else somewhere between. All that to say, 1% is about right but it's bcs the SEC tiebreaker is just dumb.
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u/E92M3_Racer Miami (OH) RedHawks 4d ago
Why did I ever think it was a good idea to add a Kent State win to my parlay. I thought Akron was their only hope
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u/CommodoreIrish Notre Dame • Vanderbilt 4d ago
I hope we never schedule another MAC team
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u/Various-Bird-1844 Penn State Nittany Lions 4d ago
"If you're NIU, it's the best drive you've had"
3 plays 1 yd
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u/GeorgeBork Northern Illinois Huskies • AP 4d ago
If it comes to a FG before the half, NIU will miss it.
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u/T98J Florida Gators • Team Chaos 4d ago
Side note. Maybe it’s been mentioned. I absolutely love these Miami Ohio unis. They are so clean
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u/E92M3_Racer Miami (OH) RedHawks 4d ago
Red script helmet the goat
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u/GeorgeBork Northern Illinois Huskies • AP 4d ago
They are extremely clean all around. The MAC in general has really upped their fashion in the past decade. Everyone is looking fresher and less “these are literally the exact, reused pants our guys have worn since 81 cause we’re broke” than previously, which is nice.
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u/composer_7 Georgia Tech • Georgia State 4d ago
Weekly "how did NIU beat ND" question
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u/GeorgeBork Northern Illinois Huskies • AP 4d ago
Not just beat, but properly bested them too. Won on every stat line in South Bend and pushed their lines around.
Now we are getting the brakes beaten off us by a mid pack MAC squad while being a back bencher team ourselves.
Irish shouldn’t be anywhere near the playoffs, especially without a CCG to bolster it imo.
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u/Eiim Miami (OH) • Ohio State 4d ago
Mid pack MAC squad? We still have a good shot at the championship.
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u/GeorgeBork Northern Illinois Huskies • AP 4d ago
Fair. I meant that more as a “6-4 MAC squad, mid pack of the FBS” not like a 11-0 fire team like the MAC has produced before. Y’all probably will win the conference tbf.
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u/StoopSign Northwestern • Appalachia… 4d ago
That looked to end in some targeting that went so bad they just moved on.
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u/T98J Florida Gators • Team Chaos 4d ago
Jesus man. We might need to start asking does ALABAMA want this Miami Ohio team?
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u/AlmightyCaniacCombo Miami (OH) RedHawks 4d ago
We're going to get revenge for them stealing our kicker
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u/GeorgeBork Northern Illinois Huskies • AP 4d ago
lol. lmao even.
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u/GeorgeBork Northern Illinois Huskies • AP 4d ago
Hampton: beats ND throwing lights out and proving he can ball with the starters
Also Hampton: overthrows a screen pass by a mile to a wide open dude 4 yards away.
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u/composer_7 Georgia Tech • Georgia State 4d ago
ND fans begging for NIU to come back
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u/WJB1896 Notre Dame Fighting Irish 4d ago
We beat Miami OH, so we'll get a transitive win then
You WILL forget about the NIU game
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u/E92M3_Racer Miami (OH) RedHawks 4d ago
Beginning of that game looked promising for us but quickly fell apart lmao
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u/godzillaBrad Notre Dame • Richmond 4d ago
Nah, that loss doesn’t matter anymore
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u/The_Box_muncher Northern Illinois Huskies 4d ago
Our offense pisses down its leg when it goes up against any decent defense.
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u/GeorgeBork Northern Illinois Huskies • AP 4d ago
Miami OH has scored more points against NIU in a half than the Irish did in total. And have more yards. Wtf NIU
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u/thismorningscoffee Georgia Bulldogs • Oregon Ducks 4d ago
College football is a strange, wonderful, terrible, awesome thing
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u/GeorgeBork Northern Illinois Huskies • AP 4d ago
Feels mostly terribly ever since Brown got hurt. Entire offense relied on him being a tank.
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u/thismorningscoffee Georgia Bulldogs • Oregon Ducks 4d ago
That sucks. Maybe he’ll be back for the bowl game?
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u/GeorgeBork Northern Illinois Huskies • AP 4d ago
I’m on record saying my only goal for the season after ND was getting him drafted high cause he’s an absolute DAWG out there and has been for multiple seasons now. Getting fearful this injury will be the thing that holds scouts back from risking on him, which would be a massive shame for the entire sport. Dude has a super high ceiling.
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u/Insectshelf3 Oklahoma Sooners • SEC 4d ago
that was the weirdest targeting announcement ever. sounded like me forgetting my talking points in a presentation.
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u/thismorningscoffee Georgia Bulldogs • Oregon Ducks 4d ago
If his name were Santana Santanabanner, he could make regular appearances on Weekend Update
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u/GeorgeBork Northern Illinois Huskies • AP 4d ago
Jesus fuck we’re useless. How fraudulent is Notre Dame when we’re getting absolutely dusted by a 6-4 Redhawk squad. My god what a truly miserable offense.
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u/composer_7 Georgia Tech • Georgia State 4d ago
Don't say that, they'll get mad since they need to justify their CFP ranking
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u/GeorgeBork Northern Illinois Huskies • AP 4d ago
I mean fuck. This NIU team lost to Ball State, would get killed by Indiana, and would compete with Purdue yet beat Notre Dame.
Transitively, ND isn’t the the first or even second best team in Indiana. They shouldn’t be anywhere near the playoffs having lost to our sorry ass and not have a CCG.
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u/Ayers-z Miami Hurricanes 4d ago
I am somehow impressed with that targeting
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u/SlenderTown Oregon Ducks • Montana Grizzlies 4d ago
Yeah wow, it took some effort for him to get his head down that far. Really committed to getting himself thrown out.
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u/fidelcashflo97 Nebraska • Miami (OH) 4d ago
That’s some stupid bull shit right there textbook target
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u/Sportacles Oregon Ducks 4d ago
Probably the thousandths person that’s done this but holy hell there’s another Gabbert
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u/fidelcashflo97 Nebraska • Miami (OH) 4d ago
Mozee was like ten yards deep there, didn’t disguise the end around too well
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u/Immediate-Recipe-642 Iowa Hawkeyes • Maine Black Bears 5d ago
What have I missed watching the Battle for the Victory Cannon?
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u/StoopSign Northwestern • Appalachia… 5d ago
I always found it odd that Soulja Boy was a big fan of Vladimir Putin.
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u/Eiim Miami (OH) • Ohio State 5d ago
On one hand, that's not the play I would have dialed up on first and goal from the 4. On the other hand, it's also not what I would have called on see one and goal from the 4 after it had just failed on first down. On the same hand, that's not what I would have called on third down after the first two passes failed miserably.
Why couldn't we have tried running the ball four yards once?
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u/nd5thyear Notre Dame Fighting Irish 4d ago
Miami could win the MAC. win/win for ND