November 11th, 2017 at 7:56 PM ^
November 11th, 2017 at 8:36 PM ^
Desmond picked Georgia and Alabama to lose...would be crazy if both happened.
November 11th, 2017 at 9:25 PM ^
in the 3rd quarter.
November 11th, 2017 at 9:28 PM ^
Just because he may be right this time doesn’t make him a genius.
November 11th, 2017 at 9:26 PM ^
November 11th, 2017 at 7:57 PM ^
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November 11th, 2017 at 8:08 PM ^
Nope. Not even close. MSU has some of the most trashy and insufferable fans in the world. It's OSU way the fuck up here (I'm pointing up), then MSU here (I placed my hand two inches from the floor), and then everyone else. I don't really have hatred for ND like I do the other two rivals.
November 11th, 2017 at 8:40 PM ^
From top to bottom I would say Notre Dame is the most similar program to Michigans. This includes, school, students, alumns, football, tradition, etc.
I mean, I hate them, but their fans on the whole are fine.
(minus the shady things kelley has done).
November 11th, 2017 at 9:31 PM ^
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November 11th, 2017 at 7:58 PM ^
I think those are the guys that did the OSU game last year and the Minnesota game last week. Garbage call as you said.
November 11th, 2017 at 8:05 PM ^
Mates...just imagine if the top-three lose in one day.
November 11th, 2017 at 8:05 PM ^
I know it's a football thread, but does anyone have a stream for the basketball game? I can't find one. Also Bama looks not absolutely terrifying.
November 11th, 2017 at 8:06 PM ^
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November 11th, 2017 at 9:47 PM ^
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November 11th, 2017 at 8:26 PM ^
November 11th, 2017 at 9:26 PM ^
After many years, they are facing the same reality many here have long realized. Any great institution has many advantages accrued over the decades of excellence, but those benefits are not permanent and are not the key factors of their past success. It is the quality of the people involved.
It is scary that we've seen them go through the same pattern.
We tried an innovative genius (and I still believe RR is an offensive football genius just like Clark Shaughnessy was for the T formation) who unfortunately was not a complete coach.
We had an AD who despite playing under Bo didn't seem to really understand what Bo was about and what the team was about.
We had a very nice guy who understood the social and community role of the HC but just wasn't a HC at the level needed.
Finally we were darn lucky to have an interim AD whose business experience was about building up businesses and not flipping and stripping businesses. He saw what was needed and went out and hired the best fit HC available. He did this all quietly.
Good luck to them. Met a family that came here years ago on that Taylor Martinez team and they explained that the Cornhuskers are the only sporting entity in the state. Here was the Tigers, Pistons, and Red Wings. Out there it is a long winter, spring and summer.
November 11th, 2017 at 8:08 PM ^
November 11th, 2017 at 8:14 PM ^
Say what you will about both Notre Dame and Miami, "In The Air Tonight" was not a bad lead-in for the game on ABC, including of course the footage from 1988 and "Catholics Vs. Convicts".
November 11th, 2017 at 8:15 PM ^
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November 11th, 2017 at 8:19 PM ^
Almost broke out the turnover chain there.
November 11th, 2017 at 8:21 PM ^
If Miami wins OSU is much more likely to sneak into the playoff. I'm rooting for ND.
November 11th, 2017 at 8:23 PM ^
I just can't bring myself to root for Brian Kelly.
November 11th, 2017 at 9:07 PM ^
I like to believe that people will do their best and inherently are good and given the opportunity to do good, they will. The screaming coach is the complete opposite of that.
November 11th, 2017 at 8:28 PM ^
November 11th, 2017 at 8:58 PM ^
Every thing OSU needs is happening. Washington lost, Georgia lost, ND looks like they will lose. It's definitely possible.
November 11th, 2017 at 9:32 PM ^
Chaos beyond belief would have to happen for them to make it in. It’s hard to overlook a humiliating loss to an awful Iowa team.
November 11th, 2017 at 8:24 PM ^
November 11th, 2017 at 8:20 PM ^
81% of the public bet on Alabama to cover. The sharps responded by putting a ton of money on Mississippi State. Now we know why.
November 11th, 2017 at 8:20 PM ^
it all kinda goes under how their dominance ended because well unsurprisingly it turned out the whole thing was built on a house of cards of blatant cheating and 'lack of institutional control' as a lifestyle choice.
For all the crap NC, Baylor, Tennesee and ND got for some of their antics surrounding player misconduct..Miami set the tone for all of that and yet somehow people think it's kinda cool in the way documentaries about 80s gangsta rap are cool.
November 11th, 2017 at 8:28 PM ^
November 11th, 2017 at 8:34 PM ^
for dozens of recruiting violations - two years into the Schnellenberger era.
When people say he revolutionized recruiting, it wasn't because he had found some clean way to do it. I will admit that cheating in recruiting in the late 70s and early 80s was flagrant and almost everyone was doing it, so this wasn't yet setting them apart from their competitors.
November 11th, 2017 at 9:07 PM ^
November 11th, 2017 at 9:28 PM ^
or at least kids that engage in that type of behavior (dope, guns, wannabe gangsters) with not the slightest bit of impunity. that program was absoulutely out of control.
November 11th, 2017 at 8:21 PM ^
4 Seniors on ND's O-Line. Will be breaking in a bunch of new starters for next year's opener against us.
November 11th, 2017 at 8:39 PM ^
November 11th, 2017 at 8:44 PM ^
that doesn't have a lick of actual CFB tradition. Without the casual 'any winning team will do' fan crowd that comes out when they're good they can't even half fill that stadium.
November 11th, 2017 at 9:05 PM ^
I've travelled to other stadiums lately and I know this is hardly an unbiased opinion, but:
1. The Big House is really special. The sight lines are really good and you have a unique experience of sitting in a classic stadium. Less appreciated but more so is that the whole build and appearance of the stadium is well thought out. Say what you will about the athletic coaching hires of Bill Martin, but that man does know his building and construction.
2. Every place and every team have their own hype videos and their musical traditions. The Michigan Marching Band has very good volume and clarity.
3. The other places have as many ad placements as a Michael Bay movie. With apologies to these local firms for using them as an example, but I'm glad not to see an ad for Zingerman's, Meijer's, etc.
4. We do not have regular fireworks and I'm ok with that.
November 11th, 2017 at 9:37 PM ^
who is michael bay
November 11th, 2017 at 8:41 PM ^
November 11th, 2017 at 8:55 PM ^
I liked ESPN's old college football theme. Hearing it made me think about fall and football.
The best was ESPN's old hockey night theme from the 90s.
November 11th, 2017 at 8:47 PM ^
November 11th, 2017 at 8:53 PM ^
November 11th, 2017 at 8:53 PM ^
What a pass by Mayfield.
November 11th, 2017 at 8:55 PM ^
I'm just here to watch Brian Kelly turn purple.