1)Alabama-Clemson winner
2) the loser
3)OSU
4)Oklahoma
5) ND
ANY THOUGHTS? DISAGREEMENTS?
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or beats Alabama the better for us.
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..it could happen. More likely we end up 5 with Florida and LSU at 6-7, but one of them could sneak past us.
to, off all people, Missouri? I don't think there is a chance of that..
I'm not saying it will, or should happen, just that it's not that far fetched and in fact could happen.
from 3-12 or so. And numbers 1 or 2 cam be beaten if the ball bounces right and overturn calls that should have never been overturned don't screw them. Perralta or whatever his name is, the head NFL guy said the calls that were overturned on us should not have been.
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AND that 4 loss team just beat the 3 loss team..
To me, the AP poll is the best, eons better than the coaches, and better than the CFP... They dont overreact to a bad loss, put It into proper perspective..I would do away with the CFP CommIttee, and just do with the writers, save all that time and expense of meetings..Just a small point, to illustrate, I think the writers had it right on last poll with OSU 5th, and Georgia 6th...CFP had Georgia 5th, OSU, 6th..
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Just shows how enormous the gap is between Alabama/Clemson and everyone else.....
That you could be decimated by Clemson and still be #5 is amazing.
Has it ever been this wide of a gap?
Hiestand, Stepherson, and all of the skill talent that decommitted after 4-8 (Paulson Adebo > Donte Vaughn) might have been enough. ND is still a year away from covering up those holes assuming Jeff Quinn has a clue.
Hell, just take away Lawrence and give them Kelly Bryant.
Last season Clemson had 188 total yards against Alabama with Bryant at QB. (Also, Bama had 261 in that game. Venables is a good coach.)
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And actually recruit one of the best 5 QBs every year?
As has been said many times over, until an elite QB wants to come to ND and play for Kelly we will not win an NC
But we can finish consistently in the Top 10; which isnt bad.
How does Kirby Smart get the best or second best QB in the country every year? How does Saban find a QB in Hawaii? If we had either Clemson's QB or Alabama's QB I guarantee we would have scored a lot more than 3 pts Saturday night.
Agree.....Smart is a much better coach than Kelly... Recognized Fromms ability and coached him up to succeed...Next year at Georgia could be a disaster if there is the same offensive strategy...
sky falls in. Both position need depth talent.
3-4 members of its secondary and had WRs playing back there and still beat the #8 team in the country
You are right, there will always be excuses
As i was told Saturday night,,,,it's admissions standards.
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ND has always had soft OL play under BK; We had two great starting All America's, and still had trouble moving people on 3rd and 4th and 1....If I could give BK one piece of advise, it would be to develop a "nasty OL; NOT THIS FINESSE CRAP..ND is just too soft on the OL..
Give me a HOLTZ/Moore OL anyday; they could move a mountain.....
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especially when 3 of 10 Clemson players , (if that rumor is true) tested positive for PEDs..Come to think of it, those lines at Bama and Clemson, look like NFL lines, pretty amazing for 18-22 year olds..
ND benefitted from GA, UCF losing, otherwise may have drooped out of top 5..