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I agree it sucks… But c’mon now. It is easy to get caught in the moment… But come Monday… You get back to grinding, stack a more clean performance against Duke. And then go get USC. Everything is still ahead of this team if you win October 14th.

I don’t even know what I just watched.

Thanks for the bump! Just needing a solo at the moment. 🙂 Thanks to Jack we have our three needed. Was just looking to possibly add one to allow my aunt to tag along with my uncle. But if not no worries at all.

CONFIRMED! Let’s get it.

I've been monitoring the secondary market pretty closely for the Ohio State game.. I'd say judging by the total number of listings, not a lot of tickets actually changed hands. There have only been roughly 500 listings or so on SeatGeek for that game.. Usually there are quite a bit more. For reference Wake has nearly 700 listed and two weeks ago Tennessee State had about double that. Not to mention the ask price on secondary right now drives up the price per ticket to well over $600.. I'd say that should keep a lot out.

I'm with you JBrown.. Even if Colorado and Oregon are unbeaten... The fact they chose to go to see the Buffs this weekend pretty much confirms the crew will be in South Bend. The buzz next weekend is gonna be wild. I can't freaking wait.

*they’re I suck. Lol.

I do think there is some credence to the fact that ESPN wants to promote the matchups their invested in… But they still are vested in the ACC and a strong ND only helps them with future ABC/ESPN matchups… Now they have absolutely no vested interest in anything Big Ten at all, so yeah, I can see if Colorado Oregon is a marque game they could possibly opt for that… But still seems ridiculous an unbeaten matchup against two top 5 brands in all of college football wouldn’t be where they go.

I like the comment above.. First true road game.. Playing clean is essential. You do that you don't have issues.. You play sloppy... Have penalties and turnovers, it could be a bumpy ride to the end.. I do think they play clean. I think 38-17 sounds fair. I think we see Marcus become more multiple on defense... Likely to stay fairly bland... But don't be surprised we don't see some mixing and matching of personnel. Maybe some varying 5 DB looks to see how it looks on film prior to the 23rd.

Good point tneun… I didn’t even catch the Oregon Colorado matchup yesterday because I had the Top 25 filter on for both teams. And they’ll most definitely be ranked now. As bizarre as this sounds though… I could see Nebraska raining in Colorado’s parade this week. Nebraska isn’t afraid to muck it up and just run the ball 45 times. They should’ve beat Minnesota, just unraveled in typical Nebraska fashion.

The Clemson loss takes some luster off of the FSU game. Ole Miss Bama is the only one with a chance. I could see them opting for an SEC game that they’ll be broadcasting over the NBC Primetime one.

I may or may not have glanced ahead to the week 4 lineup… Obviously not putting the card before the horse, but assuming the same team we’ve seen in Week 1 & 2 or I guess it’s technically 0 & 1 shows up this weekend in Raleigh… It should be a top 10, maybe top 5, matchup in South Bend. The other two matchups it could be would be Ole Miss Alabama or Clemson Florida State… But heck, Clemson may not make it out of tonight. I’ve never been on the GameDay set… Just thought it’d be fun and add to the ridiculous buzz.

Here’s where I’m at… The offense looks different, as much as Tommy’s offensive mind could scheme and gameplan… I think he got in his own way at times. Over thinking and trying to be precise with every single playcall. It is refreshing to feel like we have a play caller willing to just look at what he has and put his players in positions to make plays. I’m obviously partial to Marcus given my time with him but he’s as good as they get! This unit will continue to grow. I don’t know that they have an elite playmaker but they may be the best overall unit he’s had here. Sound. We will get to know a lot more in Raleigh this weekend.

Yeah that’s the vibe I got to Baldy.

Trophy games are such an underrated part of college football. Seriously. Love them. Loved winning them in NCAA Football on the XBox growing up as a kid.