Looks like a rough start for a new HC with a new starting QB, and a real tough schedule starting at Ohio State for Norte Dame. ND is starting the season #5, but I don’t see them finishing in the top 10 this year.
Looks like a rough start for a new HC with a new starting QB, and a real tough schedule starting at Ohio State for Norte Dame. ND is starting the season #5, but I don’t see them finishing in the top 10 this year.
Last edited by Old Red; 08-15-2022 at 11:36 AM.
College Football begins!
My Domers are 16 point underdogs at Ohio St.
Time to "Wake up the echoes!"
When you say it's gonna happen now
When exactly do you mean?
Georgia really showed just how much the PAC-10 sucks.
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Ohio State deserved to win, but the Irish looked pretty good. Maybe they will end up in the top 4. They'll have to beat Clemson and USC.
When you say it's gonna happen now
When exactly do you mean?
They have a good D, and I think OSU was part of the reason we looked so bad.
We have a pretty easy schedule, except for Clemson (at ND) and at USC. Maybe at BYU might be tough.
It's not too hard to imagine a 1 loss team, but probably 2 is more likely and no #4 ranking.
We weren't ranked 5th for no reason.
When you say it's gonna happen now
When exactly do you mean?
I look at the other teams not named Alabama, Ohio St, Georgia and Clemson, and they all have similarities to ND. Every year, one of these top 4 teams lose 2 games, due mostly to their schedule and conference playoff games, especially the SEC, where GA v AL will likely mean one gets its 2nd loss.
It's a free-for-all after the top 4 and ND has as good a chance as any, except they already have 1 loss.
I'm actually encouraged at how well they played at OSU. They looked better than I expected.
When you say it's gonna happen now
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NCAA football brings out my grumpy side. It's semi-professional football sponsored by universities, with the richest universities fielding the best teams. Pretending that it's an amateur competition among student athletes is a joke.
Championships since purchase by John Henry group: Red Sox 4 Yankees 1
The Red Sox are 8-1 in their last 9 postseason games against the Yankees.
The Irish need to recruit big time quarterbacks. Lately they have been going with what in baseball are known as scrappy, dirt dog types. You are not going to beat the top teams with that. They will play to stop your running game and get your offense off the field. Then your defense will run out of gas in the second half. By the way, it is stupid to open your season on the road against a team that is better than you are. Better to start off at home vs a cupcake.
Old school is good school.