NCAA FOOTBALL 2024 MEGA THREAD - WELCOME TO THE PLAYOFF ERA

Allar can’t even throw a proper lateral.

Nope. Not at all

that game was the tits

I never in my life believed id say the following words

I guess I’m rooting for ND

Penn St lost their poise there when they had the ball with 0:52. At worst you need to be thinking OT. Their running game was working, but commit dumb false start and the 10 yard gain was not enough. Then they enable QB to make a huge mistake. Maybe they don't win in OT, but give your players the best chance possible.

ND had to pull some members of the band to play because of all the injuries.

Such an incredible year. We’ll be dogs to title, but at least they’re not obvious frauds like against Bama 12 years ago.

ND
Never in Doubt

Never in doubt

I’ve noticed that the ND hate on this board has (rightly) dissipated since Freeman took over from Brian Kelly.

How mad is he right now?

Huh? It was always Brian Kelly. I mean, he did kill that poor kid. **** Brian Kelly

Marcus Freeman won 2 more major bowl games in one season than Brian Kelly won in 12.

Nah. Sure Brian Kelly sucks and makes them even more unlikeable, but it's all institutional. Same with Duke. Coach K also very unlikeable, but at the end of the day, it's the institution brimming with douchebaggery.

You mean watching a game winning field goal? Pretty mad I'd guess.

Freeman comes off as really likeable, even if he is the most handsome coach in football by a huge margin. How huge? Franklin's probably top 5.

Also the most stylish.

Well well well, **** Brian Kelly indeed. And the SEC, while I’m at it.

mad i didn't stick with my hatred of james franklin

I'm definitely one of the haters but **** the haters. 2012 and the other years they made the playoffs were still super special years. And no matter what happens at this point, this year is ND's best year since they won the national title in 93*.

Too. ****ing. Easy.

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missed hold was egregious

the obv DPI on ND #8 was obv tho

there was a similar looking play on a different Carter bull rush that also went uncalled

well said

What’s funny is that ND probably titles in 2012 if #1 K-State (and current rock star OC Colin Klein) doesn’t get upset by Baylor. The playoff appearances were nice but happened during the peak Clemson/Bama years. Bad timing.

This is a super special season no matter what. Def don’t want to get boat raced by OSU, but a home playoff win + 2 major bowl wins (one vs SEC Champs) and all time wins record in a season will always be incredible. More than BK did during 11 seasons.

Can’t get over being *this* depleted and finding a way to win. Had every excuse to lose last night.

You have to call that good coaching and "having a deep roster with backups who are ready to play" is quite a trick these days.

With 11 days rest you might not heal entirely, but you should at least be able to get over that massive flu problem and maybe avoid Love having his leg amputated.

Well that and the all the rapey priests.

Had seen projections of ND +6 to +7.5 vs tOSU and +2.5 to +3 vs TX (which is definitely weird given tonight's 6 point spread).

Betonline has +10 and +3.5

My numbers like both so much no amount of straight up ass kicking tonight will swing the needle. I mean tOSU's looked like the Juggernaut, bitch, but while "hitting hard" might be part of the explanation, I think they've also been runhot to knock both opponents' star rb and 2 best WRs out of the game in the first quarter and Texas was lucky to win *last week* against another team with a one dimensional offense.

I'm not a college watcher but did they ever play a real team on NBC? Seems like it was always a joke or whenever they promoted it on other sports broadcasts it was always something like ND vs. Central Michigan