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Ah yes, because my comments are by far the most egregious in this thread. Way to duck the question by the way.

ND it is.

“It's hard as hell to find parents committed to the sacrifice of $15k/annual.” LOL at this line. Shows how out of touch you are with reality. A new low. Meanwhile, two miles down the road in Lawrence Township, it’s hard as hell to find student athletes that can afford football cleats. I’m sure Cathedral just has superior coaching, better X’s and O’s, and works harder though, right?

Nah, went to CATHEDRAL…it was a 400 level class.

Nah, I just call people out on their bullshit which you don't like. You could insert any school name.

Neither honestly. Just want transparency, that’s all. Denying Cathedral’s advantages is one thing…having the nerve to imply they are actually at a DISADVANTAGE is next level delusion.

Backwards even.

Agree on all points.

Now do the "type" of student athlete that "applies" at Cathedral in comparison to other schools of similar size. Say it...you know you want to.

LOL at a school of 5400 "finding a way."

Does HD count?

USC? FSU? Navy? Stanford? Those “rivalries” are one-sided for the Irish and have been for the last half decade. Stepping up and playing Clemson helped their profile but I think the lack of a signature win and recency bias (the Irish’s recent playoff performance) is going to cost them. I see no path for ND unless things implode for 2-3 teams not named Georgia and Alabama.

Piling on by stating that ND will probably cover the spread and the postgame festivities will be exciting?

Good for the committee… for the most part. Takeaways: 1. Bama just plays buy a different set of rules than everybody else. They could probably lose again and still get in. 2. Glad to see that head to head matters and Oregon was over OSU. Otherwise, why play the games? 3. Cincinnati is officially screwed. I see no path for them back into the top four. Their best win is behind them. 4. Oklahoma and Notre Dame getting punished for not winning impressively over bad teams as the wait a game plays out is much more important than looking at the box score afterwards. I have never been one to get fired up about this as I realized it is all politics and talking points going forward. It will eventually shake itself out with little controversy.

Fact. Twice.

So he could just show up with 3 minutes left in the fourth and not miss the best part of the game?

Let me also point out however that I’d LOVE to be wrong.

Just can’t do it yet.

There’s data out there regarding NFL draft picks and their star ratings out of high school and though I’m too lazy to look it up right now, it speaks highly of 2/3 star recruits having more success at the college and pro level compared to their 4/5 Star counterparts.

Wait, I thought Tom Allen was a phenomenal developer of talent. Or was that just last year?

The ILLUSTRIOUS ND/Navy rivalry that is akin to a hammer hitting a nail regularly. Man, ND’s current “rivals” are a joke. No excuse to not win 11 games annually.

He's the head coach. He bears a level of responsibility for every decision made regarding his program. What's the line in South Bend this weekend?

Who made the decision to practice outside despite the wind gusts being 53 mph, (ironically a mph faster than the day before when Kelly decided to move practice indoors)? Hold your leaders to a higher standard. Back on topic, HUGE "rivalry" game for the Irish this weekend against NAVY.

Eh, I'll take top 4... https://gridirondigest.net/leaderboard/?time=year

And Brian Kelly had little/nothing to do with the 2010 incident...