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re: Serious question for Notre Dame fans

Posted on 9/26/26 at 6:45 pm to
Posted by kywildcatfanone
Wildcat Country!
Member since Oct 2012
142223 posts
Posted on 9/26/26 at 6:45 pm to
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Been overrated and overhyped for decades now


Yep
Posted by SoDakHawk
South Dakota
Member since Jun 2014
11088 posts
Posted on 9/26/26 at 6:51 pm to
The ND hate here, I don't get it. That's a good football team. Yeah, I'd like to see them go back to the gauntlet schedules they used to have, but the ACC agreement hamstrings them with whatever they give them and USC went chicken shite on them and bailed.
Posted by Buckeye Fan 19
Member since Dec 2007
36820 posts
Posted on 9/26/26 at 7:00 pm to
ND lost to NIU and owned the SEC Champ in the same season. Your conference isn’t what it once was.

1) ND will beat Miami and be 12-0. (The MSECB will act like it’s not a big win at that point.)

2) None of this really matters bc we have a playoff.

3) The SEC hasn’t even made the championship game in the past 3 seasons. Six participants. Zero from the SEC. Absolutely pathetic.
Posted by Buckeye Fan 19
Member since Dec 2007
36820 posts
Posted on 9/26/26 at 7:03 pm to
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kywildcatfanone


Your QB who won in Kyle Field wasn’t good enough to win our starting job.
Posted by Buckeye Fan 19
Member since Dec 2007
36820 posts
Posted on 9/26/26 at 7:06 pm to
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The playoff run was the first post season success Notre Dame had in 30 years. The norm is them making games above their heads and then getting embarrassed


Yep, Bob Davie, Ty Willingham, Charlie Weis and Brian Kelly are terrible head coaches. Congrats, you’re very smart.
Posted by kywildcatfanone
Wildcat Country!
Member since Oct 2012
142223 posts
Posted on 9/26/26 at 7:26 pm to
Play some good teams once in a while instead of the acc and california teams
Posted by Translator
Member since May 2025
1285 posts
Posted on 9/26/26 at 7:31 pm to
The problem is Notre Dame believes they are worthy of the special treatment they get.

Yearly hype? Check.
A favorable schedule? Check.
High preseason rank? Check.

Obviously some years they deserve to be there (semis or finals) but most years they are the overhyped machine because of name brand only.

They're pretty much handed a great opportunity at the start and have to really frick up bad to lose two or more games.
This post was edited on 9/26/26 at 7:32 pm
Posted by lionward2014
New Orleans
Member since Jul 2015
14697 posts
Posted on 9/26/26 at 8:58 pm to
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Yearly hype? Check. A favorable schedule? Check. High preseason rank? Chec


They literally don’t control 2.5 of those things.

Wisconsin beat Penn State today. They realistically should finish 9-3 at worst and be another top 25 team.

ND will finish with 4 P4 top 25 wins and still get lambasted for a “soft schedule.”
Posted by Sun God
Member since Jul 2009
53708 posts
Posted on 9/26/26 at 9:00 pm to
You think yall are gonna go undefeated?
Posted by UncleRuckus
Member since Feb 2013
10382 posts
Posted on 9/26/26 at 9:00 pm to
ND fans are very familiar with being over rated. This is the norm
Posted by Gator5220
Member since Aug 2010
5412 posts
Posted on 9/26/26 at 9:01 pm to
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Notre Dame is a very solid football team

Being a solid team has nothing to do with playing a pathetic schedule every year and sneaking into the playoffs top 12.
Posted by lionward2014
New Orleans
Member since Jul 2015
14697 posts
Posted on 9/26/26 at 9:07 pm to
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You think yall are gonna go undefeated?


Yes. Miami isn’t as good as last year, the game is in South Bend, and it’s not Carr’s first career start.

Now it’s college football so they can slip up against someone random like BC in between Miami and SMU, but since the Northern Illinois embarrassment it feels like Freeman has done a great job of having the team ready to play for all of their games, ironically except BC last season.
Posted by AbuTheMonkey
Chicago, IL
Member since May 2014
8766 posts
Posted on 9/27/26 at 12:51 am to
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lay some good teams once in a while instead of the acc and california teams


Why is a Kentucky fan talking shite?

We’d beat your asses by 50, you peasant. frick off back to the holler from whence you came.
Posted by AbuTheMonkey
Chicago, IL
Member since May 2014
8766 posts
Posted on 9/27/26 at 12:58 am to
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quote:Notre Dame is a very solid football team Being a solid team has nothing to do with playing a pathetic schedule every year and sneaking into the playoffs top 12.


Sorry, dog - we’re not sneaking into shite this year. This is one of the best teams in the country and at very worst a top 2 defense in the country with UGA and more likely the single best defense in the country with 3 - 4 first rounders. Oh yea, we also have a top 5 overall pick at QB. Almost forgot about him.

Sorry you haven’t adjusted to the new reality - seems to be a you problem. A bunch of pretty good but not great SEC teams beat up on each other all year only to run into genuine machines in the playoffs, just like the last few years. Sorry that you all are poor and can’t afford the truly elite rosters.
This post was edited on 9/27/26 at 1:00 am
Posted by Gator5220
Member since Aug 2010
5412 posts
Posted on 9/27/26 at 6:25 am to
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This is one of the best teams in the country

Then prove it by playing a real schedule so you don't need a special Top 12 rule to get into the playoffs.
Posted by YStar
Member since Mar 2013
20426 posts
Posted on 9/27/26 at 7:17 am to
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Your conference isn’t what it once was.


Your conference only became something because you and the media conspired to bring about transfer portal with NIL to kill SEC rosters and outright buy them.

That worked to give you dominance for a couple years but seems the SEC has figured it out and caught right back up.

The irony is it's your conference that isn't today what it was the last three years. Look at how badly B1G teams have performed. Only team worth a damn is OSU and Indiana and we can all see Indiana isn't what they were last year and OSU just got beat by a Texas team which would get boatraced by UGA
Posted by Tiger Ugly
Baton Rouge
Member since Jul 2008
19305 posts
Posted on 9/27/26 at 8:13 am to
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The playoff run was the first post season success Notre Dame had in 30 years.


Well, they beat my Tigers twice in bowl games with IMHO lesser talented rosters both times so - not sure if you consider bowl games when teams tried still to be post season, if it is some might consider that success?
Posted by ronricks
Member since Mar 2021
13742 posts
Posted on 9/27/26 at 8:27 am to
Note Dame’s last two national championship appearances

One was over at halftime

The other was 31-7 in the 3rd quarter

Notre Dame hasn’t won anything since 1988 and I don’t think that will change. They just can’t compete on the big stage. They get blown out.
Posted by GentleJackJones
Member since Mar 2019
5397 posts
Posted on 9/27/26 at 8:49 am to
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3) The SEC hasn’t even made the championship game in the past 3 seasons. Six participants. Zero from the SEC. Absolutely pathetic.


That’s Big Ten trash talk, pal. Because only the last 3 seasons matter, evidently.
Posted by Yeti_Chaser
Member since Nov 2017
13763 posts
Posted on 9/27/26 at 8:49 am to
ND is a great example of what happens to a brand when you don't play big games. No one cares about ND football anymore. They don't have near the national following that they used to have.
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