Agreed on the bottom half—they gifted ND a cakewalk to the final...
NCAA Football 2024 (national discussion)
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Ohio State still has a Ryan Day problem and Texas lost (twice) to the only good team they played. The top half is better, but I don't know about loaded. As a dawg fan who misses Dan Lanning on a daily basis I'd love to see an Oregon - Georgia title game.
I suspect there's gonna be an awful lot of Indiana kids who wanted to play at Notre Dame but never got recruited there. I assume they'll be pretty motivated . . .
Oh, indeed! My response was pretty much all tongue-in-cheek... ND is one of the hottest teams in the playoffs right now riding a 10-game winning streak, yet their loss in week 2 was to NIU. Georgia—who apparently has a cakewalk—would likely be sitting on 3 losses and in Alabama's outside-looking-in position if it hadn't been for some [shall we say] very favorable officiating calls in their rivalry game with GaTech. Texas was set up with a most favorable inaugural trip through the SEC, yet still lost twice to the best team they played. Penn St, also with a favorable schedule, lost both of its games against top dogs in the B1G. Tennessee laid an egg against Arkansas. Ohio St laid an egg against Michigan. Indiana faced a soft schedule as well yet got trounced in their toughest contest by that egg-laying tOSU. Clemson momentarily exited the CFP dialog with their 3rd loss to South Carolina until Miami spit the bit. SMU lost to that 3-loss Clemson, as well as BYU earlier in the year. Arizona St has losses to Texas Tech and Cincinnati (the 5-7 Bearcats, not the NFL Cincinnati). Boise St plays in the Mountain West, but with only a single 3-point loss to undefeated #1 Oregon on their résumé can still likely argue that they're better than anyone else in the field... of course, we don't really know because they haven't really played anyone other than Oregon, who they lost to.
Bottom line—aside from Oregon, none of the teams in this field should be considered a 'lock' or on a 'cakewalk' given their résumés. All of them have blemishes [of varying degrees of ugliness] that they're trying to cover up.
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SouthernDukie
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In honor of OPK and Clemmons:
CameronBornAndBred
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Bob says don't run!
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Marshall loses so many players in the portal that they have to withdraw from their bowl game vs Army.
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Louisiana Tech to fill in at the Independence Bowl after Marshall opts out, will play against Army
Marshall pulled out of the bowl due to a lack of players, with numerous players entering the transfer portal and coach Charles Huff now at Southern Miss.
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SavDukeGrad
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Yes. And I think I read yesterday that Alabama has already lost 12 players to the portal this year, in addition to all their losses last year when Saban retired.
I know they’ll have no trouble bringing in talent, but the fans down there aren’t going to be patient for very long, especially considering they missed the playoff.
I know they’ll have no trouble bringing in talent, but the fans down there aren’t going to be patient for very long, especially considering they missed the playoff.
Mike Petrik
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Horrible.Marshall loses so many players in the portal that they have to withdraw from their bowl game vs Army.
Louisiana Tech to fill in at the Independence Bowl after Marshall opts out, will play against Army
Marshall pulled out of the bowl due to a lack of players, with numerous players entering the transfer portal and coach Charles Huff now at Southern Miss.
HereBeforeCoachK
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TBH I'm surprised this doesn't happen more often.....certainly the Duke game last year had almost nothing in common with the regular season........and our game was not the only one.Marshall loses so many players in the portal that they have to withdraw from their bowl game vs Army.
Louisiana Tech to fill in at the Independence Bowl after Marshall opts out, will play against Army
Marshall pulled out of the bowl due to a lack of players, with numerous players entering the transfer portal and coach Charles Huff now at Southern Miss.
brevity
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Marshall loses so many players in the portal that they have to withdraw from their bowl game vs Army.
Louisiana Tech to fill in at the Independence Bowl after Marshall opts out, will play against Army
Marshall pulled out of the bowl due to a lack of players, with numerous players entering the transfer portal and coach Charles Huff now at Southern Miss.
Brett McMurphy: "Louisiana Tech (5-7) will replace Marshall & play Army in Independence Bowl, sources said. Marshall withdrew from the bowl because it claimed it had lost too many players to the transfer portal. The bowl game is Dec. 28"
Sporting News: "Because the school is located in Ruston, Louisiana, its proximity to the site of the Independence Bowl in Shreveport, Louisiana, played a factor. About 70 miles separate the two towns in northern Louisiana."
That Sporting News article states that Marshall lost 29 players to the portal, including all 3 quarterbacks. Mike Green, a defensive end who leads the country in sacks, opted out for the NFL Draft.
SouthernDukie
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Ballgame, Navy! Up 15 points with less than nine minutes left. That should do it, considering how slow Army's offense has been getting downfield.
Congrats Bob!
Congrats Bob!
chrishoke
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I was totally wrong. Navy is kicking Army's butt.
SouthernDukie
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Having had several family members that served in the Navy, I always root for them in these games. David Robinson's legacy doesn't hurt either. He's one of my all-time favorite players. His son as well.