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1. Oregon Oregon
2. Texas Texas
3. Notre Dame Notre Dame
4. Penn State Penn State
5. ~~SMU~~ SMU
6. Ohio State Ohio State
7. ~~Indiana~~ Indiana
8. Georgia Georgia
9. ~~Tennessee~~ Tennessee
10. South Carolina South Carolina
11. Arizona State Arizona State
12. Boise State Boise State
13. Alabama Alabama
14. Ole Miss Mississippi
T-15. Iowa State Iowa State
T-15. Miami Miami
17. BYU BYU
18. ~~Clemson~~ Clemson
19. ~~Army~~ Army
20. Colorado Colorado
T-21. Syracuse Syracuse
T-21. UNLV UNLV
23. Louisville Louisville
24. Illinois Illinois
25. Baylor Baylor

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Go... πŸ€” Norte Dame?

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

I hate them less than I hate an Ohio State, so...

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

You're cheering for ND because you hate anOSU. I'm cheering for ND because it paints the narative that Brian Kelly is a bad coach. We are not the same.

Also I think for UT, an anOSU win looks better.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago

I forgot the Brian Kelly angle. Dude is a snake. Like Urban Meyer if he didn't knuckle women in bars

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Oh, so it is possible to score against tOSU from the 1 yard line. Just need a mobile quarterback. Gee, wish we had one of those on our roster...

[–] RandAlThor 2 points 1 month ago

Texas fan? xD.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

I love long drives, makes it so we don't have as many ad breaks

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Watching games live is unbearable due to ALL THE ADS. I have to wait long enough to be able to fast forward through them.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

This halftime music is awful!

[–] RandAlThor 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

This has been a FAST 1st half! Holy. Game started at 8. it's not even 9 yet.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

It's what happens when those new clock rules cant give us the 20 ad breaks per quarter that we NEED.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

I think someone just got stabbed in the stadium, that was an insane yell the crowd mic picked up

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

ND got close towards the end there. I rooted for ND even though Texas would look better if Ohio won, because I just can’t stand Ohio state (and the whole THE Ohio state pompous douchebag bullshit).

[–] RandAlThor 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Buckeyes' D says not so fast! They've certainly answered ND's offense.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

I feel like osu always manages to get a reciever open along the sidelines in that 10-20 yard range. Will always has a check down with seperation

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

This is the oline play I wish we had

[–] RandAlThor 2 points 1 month ago

Seems like Ohio State is proving Lou Holtz right.... xD

[–] RandAlThor 2 points 1 month ago

Christ. ND's O line is dominating.

[–] RandAlThor 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Wow. Both offenses are killing it out there.... just didn't expect this.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Is ND gonna play a Michigan gameplan?

[–] RandAlThor 2 points 1 month ago

If Ohio State scores a TD here, this game is over. ND has no capability to come back. Not that passing offense.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

OSU's Sunday roster starting to seperate

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

The playoff will give us more competitive games they said

Edit: that was a BOOMING kick off tho

[–] RandAlThor 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

College football is like European soccer. A few big teams take all the top talent. The rest just aren't equal.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (2 children)

With NIL, top teams can't hoard top players so the difference between top teams and midlevel teams is much closer.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

NIL and the transfer portal haven't leveled the field. It's still the haves, the sort of haves and the barely a team schools. About half the playoff teams this year were top 15 or so nil programs. If you count those that won a game, Penn State is the lowest spender, but still in the top 30.

It's a high variability game, so money isn't going to equal wins constantly (see Texas a&m).

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

NIL and the transfer portal made it better, 4 star recruits are no longer sitting on the bench, they go to programs where they can play.

[–] RandAlThor 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Well midlevel teams need to get same budget as big teams. So whoever can spend will get the talent rn. That's basically what happens in European soccer. Whichever club gets big money behind it gets to be successful. Like Mancity. Mancity was an also run till the oil money took over.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

That doesn't even happen in the NFL which has the best parody of any league.

[–] RandAlThor 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Yes NFL and NBA with the draft and free agency doesn't allow a few teams to accumulate the talent. I don't know how you do that in college though.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

But there are still dominate teams in the NBA and NFL. There are teams that spend significantly less than the top teams.

[–] RandAlThor 1 points 1 month ago

Yes NBA a single player can make a huge difference because its only 5 players. But the talent disparity isn't as great between teams in NFL like it is in college.

[–] RandAlThor 2 points 1 month ago

Yeah this game's soooooooo over. 28-7. What I said before the half time!

[–] RandAlThor 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

ND needs a QB and some receivers.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Honestly the talking heads just weren't kidding when they said osu has far and away the most talented team in the playoff

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

We're also decimated by injuries.

Go Irish. But... We need some major adjustments at half.

[–] RandAlThor 2 points 1 month ago

Yeah like a new QB and receivers!

[–] RandAlThor 1 points 1 month ago

There's something to Leonard. I can see him go in the 4th round and finds an NFL career.

[–] RandAlThor 1 points 1 month ago

Downs is going to be #3 pick.

[–] RandAlThor 1 points 1 month ago

TD Ohio State! 21-7. I think this game is over.