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I have no idea. Somebody at work showed me a thing where Saban could, legit, tell high school players every player he's recruited that stuck around has a national championship. I didn't dig too deep on it, but that seems right. Hard to counter that argument.

Good news: They got the Jahmir Gibbs kid from GA Tech too. 😆

Alabama is so dominant it's hurting the sport in my opinion. I'm not saying they're doing anything dirty over there, but sheesh....... they sure aren't having any hiccups. Their off years are dream seasons for 90% of schools. I'm not even going to watch the title game because I don't care. Another SEC championship. Booooooring.

OSU deserves some credit for figuring out a way to get the matchup they wanted so frequently. I don't wish the kid ill will either, but you gotta call it how it is. He got abused. Sometimes you eat the bear, and other times the bear eats you.

I guess we'll see because Kelly is definitely a top 25 coach. Anybody who argues otherwise is delusional.

That sort of emphasizes what I mean. The knock on Kelly is he couldn't win the big game, right? Well, if he changes scenery to what is considered the toughest conference in the country and then proceeds to win a National Championship, it would seem to me that it would indicate there is something that needs to change at ND. If, however he goes there and doesn't succeed the argument could be made that there isn't something wrong. I'm not throwing any shade at him. I was just curious what others think.

It's funny that ND continues to show me ways to lose I never would have predicted. Had OSU blown them out from the start I would've been less disappointed. Losing a game where you were so dominant for one half is mind boggling. It's like everything stopped working suddenly. So bizarre.

So if Kelly wins a Natty in a, say, 3-5 years at LSU.... are we all willing to admit there may be something to ND needs to change if they want to win one again?

For sure. That's experience. Which I think Freeman and Rees got a big dose of today.

You need a stud at each level of the defense and ND is missing one big time at LB. They also have a major liability at corner with Lewis. OSU picked on that dude mercilessly today. I'd love to see a snap by snap count of how many times he got beat. On the offensive side of the ball the line is atrocious. It says something when you have freshmen bookends because they haven't been screwed up yet by the line coach. No push in the run game and how many times does a 3 man rush get pressure? Ridiculous. I don't know if he has any eligibility left, but absolutely Cain Madden should not be allowed back. That dude hurt his NFL prospects this year. Wow. Also on offense WR is seriously lacking. Kevin Austin has flashes, but he is way too inconsistent. Losing so many to transfers is indicative of a position coach problem in my opinion. While the loss was disappointing it could be expected I guess. I genuinely think Kyren would have made a difference and definitely Hamilton would have as well.

Run game could have been bolstered by using Buchner some. Teams never respected Jack Coan's legs. Even if you know Buchner is going to run, you still have to account for his arm. Not so much with Jack Coan's legs.

1. Marcus Freeman burned a lot of the good vibes with his hire in this monumental collapse. 2. I'm willing to trade the experience of the current LB group for any shred of athleticism from an underclassmen. 3. Clarence Lewis is not even serviceable at this point. 4. This game is an example of why great teams never take their foot off the gas. Whether there's 10 minutes in the half or 10 seconds. This game was lost when they scored right before the half. The second they scored I was like, "What the frig did I just see?" 5. Giant learning moment for Marcus Freeman today. 6. While I generally believe you try to take the positives away in any situation, this loss is an exception. It was such a monumental collapse that you can't gloss over it by trying to be super positive. 7. Hopefully Sony asks for their Playstation 5s back from Notre Dame.

All that good will....... GONE.

Wow. I mean.... wow.

Almost unreal how many flags have been picked up or overturn. Also, it's a culture problem at ND.

Absolutely ridiculous. How many times is #27 going to have a shot at bringing the QB in the backfield only to whiff? Embarrassing.

I sort of expected some stuff to happen no matter who won. Both extremes are just out of control. Although I gotta say.... storming the capital is not something I would have imagined. I figured it would just be people throwing rocks and screaming about whoever won. Things are a mess. Talk about an awkward inauguration ceremony now!

I cannot be any more emphatic when I say it ISN'T justified. I am simply saying are we actually surprised it could come to this? All summer mobs have ruled. Then you have a pretty testy election cycle. One candidate loses and then proceeds to badger the fringe of his respective side. Since nobody else has been held accountable, I don't think it's a stretch to think this could have happened.

All summer we saw the same kind of bullshit. I live very close to where a lot of it happened, so I’m familiar with it. The police and government officials placated the mob. Look up the statements about less lethals. The mob tried to seal a police building..... with officers in it..... and light it on fire. Perhaps had they squashed the dipshits on the left, the dipshits on the right wouldn’t be so emboldened? A trend was set. Make no mistake, I’m not for what’s happening in DC right now. The people who stormed the building are criminals and I have no qualms about less lethal or lethal means being used. The same way I felt about the crap this summer in Portland and Seattle. Those left wing idiots deserved EQUAL TREATMENT. It would be nice if both moderate sides of the aisle could make some headway towards making things better.

I saw a report one rioter is dead from shots fired by law enforcement. Right now less lethal munitions don’t seem so bad, huh? Maybe when the next “peaceful protest” by left wing crackpots happens the cops can dispense some of the former and not the latter. Equality, right?

Same author wrote an article about the lack of freshmen use on the field. Specifically RB and WR. Which is an area I think is severely lacking. I get not using an OL, QB, or most defensive positions. However, you can get fast frosh on the field at WR and RB. They don't have to be complete players when they arrive. Finding a couple touches for players who can create speed mismatches is an area CBK has failed at miserably in my opinion. The fact Tyree saw the field is the exception and not the rule.

If.... and that's a big if..... the NCAA really wanted to fix the disparity in college football right now, they would launch a very wide investigation into all the major programs and impose penalties that matter. Multi-season bowl bans, scholarship penalties, win forfeitures... whatever it takes to get programs to understand they need to follow rules. The investigation needs to go into booster support and all that. Do a deep dig, uncover the dirt, make it public, then drop the hammer. Across the board.

There might be something to the signal stealing.

As much as the final score was rough, I actually thought ND held up okay. I mean, they battled. I never felt like they rolled over. Alabama's offense is just insanely good. 3 Heisman finalists on the field? That's tough to stop. It was very obvious the secondary couldn't keep up.

Unfortunately, unless we get some sort or recalibration as a nation, I don't know if we'll see sane candidates moving forward. I am going to try and focus on what good might come of a Biden administration. He may try to disarm me.... you know I wouldn't let that slide.... but he'll be good for the environment and our world image will go up. Even if he doesn't actually do **** for our global strength, our image will be improved. Plus, we'll have total consciousness on our death bed so we got that going for us.