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but I hope BYU loses every game.

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This

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is why I mentioned Clemson’s NET is likely inflated as well. They haven’t played very many decent teams at all. A couple close wins/losses to bad ACC teams and they will be a Q2 win quickly

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Ummm…about that…I may have been wrong :lol:

Since I’ve criticized several of his decisions, I’ll give him a few props that he got right.

1) sticking with Talty in the IB. I couldn’t believe we were kicking the 45 yarder…looked like a terrible decision given it was a makeable 4th down. But he nailed it dead center and made the 2nd one too. We needed every one of those points.

2) going for it on 4th and 2 down 14 in SECCG. While Saban likely punts there as we still had time for 2 more possessions (and I was furious mainly due to the big picture), DeBoer probably knew from Sankey and inside sources that we weren’t getting left out and tried to maximize the chance to win. He was right, and we were definitely already in.

3) he made the SECCG and playoffs in year 2. People are underestimating how much the extra 1.5 days UGA got to rest/prepare for this game, but we need to see a good showing for OU. While OU had extra rest, they didn’t have that much extra prep since they didn’t know it would be us (and we have 12ish days).

4) recruiting going well

5) coaches like working for the guy

Still plenty to criticize, but thought I’d give him credit where credit is due.

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If he's got to be told that then he's already a lost cause.

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While I generally agree with this statement, everyone has blind spots (even Nate Oats has 3 historically, and only shown any improvements in 1).

If someone can help him see them, maybe he can hire a staffer to focus on situational awareness prep and during the game.

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No way you want to put Mac or Russell in with this offensive mess. There is a reason why Ty was named the starter. He’s our best option to win.

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The Eastern Illinois game says hi

The committee seems to want to spread the love of who gets screwed and who gets favorable treatment, and when the teams being compared were ND, Miami, and Bama…it was ND’s turn.

When they put Bama over FSU in 2023 and left the ACC completely out, you knew they were going to try to balance that out in future years. So 2024 they leave Bama as the first team out in favor of a weak ACC team (SMU). They also left Miami out despite only 2 losses calling their defense out in the process. So Miami was going to be on the list of trying to get them in the CFP at the next opportunity. Enter 2025 where it was time for Bama and Miami to get a little bit of the benefit of the doubt again. When Virginia lost, there was zero chance the ACC was going to be left completely out of 2 of the last 3 playoffs when they were the one with the undefeated team in 2023.

In conclusion, it was just ND’s turn. Look for the committee to try everything it can to give ND at least the 12th spot next year to make sure they get in with the new MOU.

Edit: Bama/Miami better not be near the cut line next year or they could easily get left out.

OU won’t have the same preparation advantage they’ve had the last 2 games. Our coach is usually pretty good with extra prep time, but could see a repeat of our Michigan game last year as well.

I love that gif. So proud of that Bama mom’s passion for the game of football that she just had to practice some “goal line stand LB coming over the pile” moves. Built by Bama

Quite the comeback for Bucky Ball!

Josh Jacobs is amazing! Love that guy!