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UGA gets a freebie. They are in regardless.

We will see tomorrow. Bama an underdog for the first time since 2015 and knowing they NEED to win to keep their season alive. Not betting against Saban.

Get ready for that lower floor you spoke of. Gotta be careful when you get spoiled. Countless examples of coaches who left or who were ran of town for winning 8-10 games a season and have never recovered or took tons of time to recover. Texas, Nebraska, Tennessee, Michigan , etc..

Curious why Freeman’s ceiling is higher in your opinion. How can you say for sure Kelly wasn’t going to win a title at ND? Though blown out on three occasions, he took them to the precipice, something that hadn’t been done in over 25 years… They are on the door step of another playoff appearance if things break their way this weekend and I don’t think that any of the four playoff teams this year are viewed as unbeatable. Such a weird take and statement to attempt to present as a fact.

Not much ROOM left.

Their socioeconomic profile inches closer and closer to the MIC schools daily.

Tomlin - an NFL example Carroll - one of the biggest con artists and dirtiest guys in the game You might wanna rethink those comparisons. Being a “player’s coach” often works in the pros because the players have all of the power, not so much in college… Look, I get the attempt to put lipstick on a pig here. You have no other choice. But to pretend you are not concerned about handing the reigns of NOTRE DAME football to a guy with zero head coaching experience, is laughable.

When will you ever learn?

Yeah, let's listen to the guy who threw 6 feet of dirt on top of Brady Allen and Gibson Southern in the 2nd quarter just 7 days ago. "Gibson Southern won't win. If they were good, they'd have the lead right now." Same logic. As I stated above, Franklin Central and Avon. Bank on it. Just a matter of WHEN and not IF.

Freeman being lauded as a "player's coach."....yikes. I've heard that phrase before and it often ends badly. Have Belichick or Saban ever been given that label?

Eh, people in certain parts of the country commute over an hour to work daily. We are pretty spoiled in Indy.

Franklin Central and Avon.

Apparently on the plane ride down, Mr. Kelly's accent changed...

I’ll take the under…and sleep well.

Over/under 3.5 years for Kelly in Baton Rouge…

With TV contracts galore, #4 is no longer an advantage for Notre Dame. Everyone has caught up. I can watch LSU and McNeese State if I wish, regardless of where I live.

Let me add one: Ability to recruit any high school player in America without having to worry about their academics...

So the question becomes, who does the first year head coach bring in as his defensive coordinator?

You’re shitting on a Missouri State team that could go toe to toe with nearly half of the teams on ND’s schedule, lol. (They’d also be in a dogfight vs USC.)

FYI, Sagarin has Missouri State as a 7 point dog to Toledo, a 3 point dog to Stanford, a 2 point dog to Georgia Tech and a pick em game with Navy on a neutral field. Missouri State made the FCS playoffs. Oklahoma State played Missouri State…ND played 4 versions of Missouri State. Case STILL closed.

Needed coaching blunders to escape FLORIDA STATE and TOLEDO and have ZERO top 25 wins as of the latest college football playoff rankings. Case closed.

Beat a top 10 team/rival while ND played another cupcake? This isn’t hard to figure out.

Gimme an honest coach wish list ND fans... Home run hire? Who is it? Who'd make you happy? Who to avoid?

Look at the full body of work in terms of head to head the past two seasons. The MIC is king at the top but at nearly every other position you can make the case for the HCC.

False. This is obviously outdated.