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Man, how about Mike McDonald and that Seahawks defense? 7th in the league in total yards allowed and leading the NFC. Man, how about Jessie Minter/Jim Harbaugh and the LA Chargers? 4th in the league in total yards allowed and on pace for back to back playoff berths. But it was “the signs.”

If you say so. You seem pretty calm these days so I should definitely take all of your incoming hot takes seriously. Keep em rolling in Mr. Stability.

Will Love even show up…or he gonna “opt out?”

Eh, over time I’ve learned that the 10s are usually high maintenance.

Don’t worship anyone but carry on king. Let it all out. I’ll be your Doctor Phil. I can name at least 12 programs that were damn happy they “weren’t you” yesterday at 1pm EST.

When the 10/10 hot girl turns you down, you look in the mirror and “settle” for the 8… If you suddenly think you’re too good for the 8, then prepare yourself for a lifetime of lonely nights watching HBO after dark. What a soft program.

Another thing that intrigues me about this entire thing is the fact that the public statements indicate this was a “team decision.” I have a hard time believing it was unanimous. Imagine being a senior on this football team who has no future in the sport at any level. You had no idea you were walking off that field in Palo Alto and would never put on pads again 9 days ago. All to “make a statement.” Gut wrenching.

And what path you and your leadership choose to take WHEN you are pissed tells me all I need to know. Losers.

Said this above. They obviously valued good wins over bad losses. Bama had some, ND didn’t.

Such victims.

“That’s no one’s fault except our own. We had our opportunities and we didn’t do enough. We are not victims in this process. Our ownership is in coming up short…” - Clark Lea (Vandy) Too late for Notre Dame to rehire this guy?

Think the USC game is at least in doubt as they mentioned multiple times during this year’s broadcast that this would be the last meeting for a while.

They justified it with Bama's win over UGA in the regular season IN Athens.

The optics of this just keep getting worse... "Pete Bevacqua said the captains and other players said they couldn't imagine taking the field as a shell of the team that went 10-2" as it pertains to skipping the bowl game.

Don't omit boys. Seems the Lampley's change schools as often as I change pants.

SENIOR. Played at Florida as a true freshman, got hurt and was never the same. Typed Tennesee not thinking, lol.

LOL, do tell.

Damn, I was hoping you wanted to turn this into a Michigan/Notre Dame debate...

Temp's second offseason topic... What is your ultimate "what if" as it relates to Indiana high school football? Could be a player, a game, etc... I'll start. What if guys like James Banks (Ben Davis/Tennessee), Jerimy Finch (Warren/Tennessee), and Steve Holman (Ben Davis/Michigan State) had their stories turn out differently after high school?

Yet you chimed in on @GOLDRUSH1985's post, lol. Already broken that promise. Also, by that same metric, I guess Notre Dame is also now irrelevant as they have played their last game of the year. Bet you won't follow though. This. Gone are the days when teams NEED to schedule a Notre Dame...now the inverse is true. Karma is a funny thing in life.

Dude is talking about Fielding Yost as if it were last year, lol.

2026 is the tell tale year for the program. 8.5 was the Vegas win total preseason. Won 9. Anyone surprised at 9-3 didn’t have realistic expectations to begin with. We gonna make this about the Wolverines again?

Bama not dropping from 9 was a bit much to me. At least put forth the optics by dropping them to 10, lol.

And Temp was right. The Stanford comparison is laughable. At least gimme Pitt.

Here is a stat for you number lovers... Ryan Day is 82-11 at OSU. He is 78-3 in games decided by more than 1 possession. He is 4-8 in games decided by 1 possession. You get these guys to the fourth quarter and you've got a real shot.