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Hey I'm not going to hide. Notre Dame just got outclassed last night and there is no way around that. Whatever Brian Kelly did with the team over the past 40 days he should do the opposite next time because we weren't ready and Alabama was. Oh well these things happen and I'm not sure any team in the country could have stopped Alabama last night. Our defensive front seven is one of the best in the country and their offensive line made them look like rag dolls. It was an uncharacteristically sloppy performance from our defense with more missed tackles in the first half than we probably had all season.
By the way, the SEC had NOTHING to do with what went down last night. Alabama didn't win because they are in a conference with Georgia, Auburn, Florida, etc. They won because they were the better team. I congratulate Alabama but the rest of the SEC...what are you so happy about? You're in the same boat with Notre Dame and the rest of college football: looking up at Alabama.
Because SEC has pretty much dominated this past decade in national titles... Florida 2 LSU 1 bama 3 auburn 1 now we just need GA to be added to this list
It just seems like it's every year that everyone's looking up at Alabama...
or Auburn...
or Florida...
or LSU.
No one has looked up at LSU or Florida for some time now. And Auburn's flukey run to the title was nice but now that they aren't paying for their quarterbacks they've regressed. I wouldn't trade Notre Dame's future for a win last night because I want ND to become like Alabama not Auburn.
Alabama as a program is the gold standard of CFB and the glory is theirs alone. This attempt by UGA and "SEC fans" to elbow in on the glory is little brotherish. Of the SEC's 7 straight MNCs Alabama has 3 of them, they are the Alpha Dog right now. Everyone in the SEC is right there with the rest of us, looking up at Alabama. I don't want ND to build a program like UGA, I want a program like Alabama.
Yeah, it would have really been fair to put a two loss Georgia or a one loss Oregon (who lost to a Stanford team that ND beat) in the title game over an undefeated ND.
It's easy to say in hindsight that ND was not deserving of a shot at the crown, but the truth is that Bama could have rolled anyone last night.
Stanford beat a very beaten up Oregon with many injuries. Beat them in Overtime, because of a FG miss. Glad you bring up Stanford though, now thats a third team that would have put up a fight last night.
Because SEC has pretty much dominated this past decade in national titles... Florida 2 LSU 1 bama 3 auburn 1 now we just need GA to be added to this list
The SEC, as a conference, hasn't. A select group of teams from the SEC has but that's it. And Alabama has about half of the "SEC's" titles. This isn't top to bottom conference domination. This is Nick Saban, the best coach in the game right now, winning 4 MNC's and Urban Meyer winning 2. Auburn's run was a fluke and the product of buying a better QB than the rest of the SEC could afford.
Stanford beat a very beaten up Oregon with many injuries. Beat them in Overtime, because of a FG miss. Glad you bring up Stanford though, now thats a third team that would have put up a fight last night.
Yeah the Stanford team that Notre Dame beat.
I understand you're butt hurt that Oregon didn't make it but perhaps they should win at home and they would get those opportunities. Yeah ND got whipped last night but we made it. We took care of our business during the season to get to the MNC. Oregon, KSU, Stanford, Georgia, they did not. Don't be made at ND, perhaps your team should handle it's business in the season and "undeserving" teams like Notre Dame would not make it.
I understand you're butt hurt that Oregon didn't make it but perhaps they should win at home and they would get those opportunities. Yeah ND got whipped last night but we made it. We took care of our business during the season to get to the MNC. Oregon, KSU, Stanford, Georgia, they did not. Don't be made at ND, perhaps your team should handle it's business in the season and "undeserving" teams like Notre Dame would not make it.
your right, people will remember ND getting DESTROYED at the Natty, but will probably forget Oregon destroying K state at the Fiesta Bowl. Does anybody know, as far as the Natty goes, if another team has ever been blown out as bad as ND got blown out in the BCS Era? BTW, the end of the Stanford/ND was pretty controversial wasn't, some kind of blown refs call wasn't it?
After tonight, I think there's going to be serious talk about whether non-SEC teams should be allowed to play in the national championship game. In future years, don't be surprised if a 1-loss team from the SEC overtakes an undefeated team from the Big12 or Pac12. A two-loss SEC team might even be able to do it. This is just more SEC domination. Reporters are already working on this now. Could be a reality.
I feel sorry for a team like Florida State, one loss by one point
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Hey I'm not going to hide. Notre Dame just got outclassed last night and there is no way around that. Whatever Brian Kelly did with the team over the past 40 days he should do the opposite next time because we weren't ready and Alabama was. Oh well these things happen and I'm not sure any team in the country could have stopped Alabama last night. Our defensive front seven is one of the best in the country and their offensive line made them look like rag dolls. It was an uncharacteristically sloppy performance from our defense with more missed tackles in the first half than we probably had all season.
By the way, the SEC had NOTHING to do with what went down last night. Alabama didn't win because they are in a conference with Georgia, Auburn, Florida, etc. They won because they were the better team. I congratulate Alabama but the rest of the SEC...what are you so happy about? You're in the same boat with Notre Dame and the rest of college football: looking up at Alabama.
this post wins for most backhanded compliments in a single post.
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Yeah the Stanford team that Notre Dame beat.
I understand you're butt hurt that Oregon didn't make it but perhaps they should win at home and they would get those opportunities. Yeah ND got whipped last night but we made it. We took care of our business during the season to get to the MNC. Oregon, KSU, Stanford, Georgia, they did not. Don't be made at ND, perhaps your team should handle it's business in the season and "undeserving" teams like Notre Dame would not make it.
perhaps they should win at home
this is big talk coming from a fan base whose team routinely plays 8 of 12 games at home, because it can, because it's "independent"
Michigan State, Oklahoma, USC all had down years and Boston college is rarely good, but go ahead and make that your demanding away schedule, what a joke program.
Notre Dame, living off their big defeat of Army in 1942.
No one has looked up at LSU or Florida for some time now. And Auburn's flukey run to the title was nice but now that they aren't paying for their quarterbacks they've regressed. I wouldn't trade Notre Dame's future for a win last night because I want ND to become like Alabama not Auburn.
Alabama as a program is the gold standard of CFB and the glory is theirs alone. This attempt by UGA and "SEC fans" to elbow in on the glory is little brotherish. Of the SEC's 7 straight MNCs Alabama has 3 of them, they are the Alpha Dog right now. Everyone in the SEC is right there with the rest of us, looking up at Alabama. I don't want ND to build a program like UGA, I want a program like Alabama.
Actually, the NCAA did the equivalent of a full body cavity search on Auburn during the Cam Newton investigation and found nothing.
Meanwhile, Alabama nearly got the death penalty for their shenanigans. Even now, the secondary violations are piling up.
And Notre Dame should be grateful to be like either program, for they just proved last night why they've been consigned to irrelevancy for so long.
I don't want ND to build a program like UGA, I want a program like Alabama.
Um, did you see both the SEC and NC games? Or did you see the Alabama-Texas A&M game? I think Notre Dame would be lucky to have a program like Georgia's or Texas A&M's right now. To be honest, Notre Dame would be lucky to have a program like South Carolina's. They've been more consistent than ND over the past few years.
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