Official Orange Bowl Thread - Notre Dame vs Penn State

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  1. Drew Swinney Esq

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    I didn’t say I didn’t have an opinion on what conferences look better to me at the end of a season.

    I said it’s nearly impossible to compare any of them, so having something that is a known goal and a consistent achievement that all teams know about when the season starts is good.

    You want to introduce even more personal bias because you have a lot of it, and think it will benefit you.
     
  2. beeds7

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    The thing was both would have been picked because they were so badly under thrown.
     
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  3. dblplay1212

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    I'd argue it's you that have the bias and will benefit from auto seeds.

    Again, just rank the teams and seed them accordingly. Why even have the rankings if the format is going to jumble them all up? Or if you want to have auto byes, at least re-seed after every round and 1 gets the lowest seed left in r2. If that's a team that got a bye, so be it.
     
  4. devine

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    Who cares about seeding my god
     
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  5. beeds7

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    Block and return??:idk:

    I would have thrown everything at a block.
     
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  6. IrishLAX2

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    Let’s pop in the hypothetical tapes
     
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  7. Tobias

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    this isn’t tangentially related to bama no sir dbl is just defending the integrity of the beautiful game
     
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  8. bigred77

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    Because rankings are biased you pea brain
     
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  9. wes tegg

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    Indiana would kill Tennessee.
     
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  10. dblplay1212

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    Yet the entire bracket is based off them except slots. Weird.
     
  11. Drew Swinney Esq

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    You would argue anything.

    I’m not talking about the actual teams and conferences from this season.

    I’m talking about setting the rules year to year to fill a 12 team playoff in a system nowhere near designed to do that.

    The rankings are the most biased thing there is in CFB.
     
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  12. beeds7

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    How many people have to say no one cares before you move on?
     
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  13. IrishLAX2

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  14. bigred77

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    Oh yeah, your conference argument is a separate thing I guess
     
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  15. dblplay1212

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    Why do I have to? Why can't the people discussing it with me?
     
  16. dblplay1212

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    I'm fine with conferences winners getting an auto bid, I just don't like the seeding being bastardized by auto seeds.
     
  17. Dillingham

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    dude take it to the seeding thread this is the orange bowl thread where we laugh at James Franklin and Drew Allar
     
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  18. beeds7

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    You’re spamming a game thread with your inane conference talk. If Missisippi St got a favorable schedule and only had LSU and Ole Miss and went 11-1 and missed the playoffs, you’d lose your shit. SOS is garbage because SEC teams are overrated, so wins over SEC teams hold more weight for the winners and not as much weight for the loser.

    The committee got it right from the parameters they set.

    If you want to complain there are literally 35 threads asking if X deserves to be in. Ruin that.
     
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  19. TC

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    Did Indiana play Illinois :ohdear:
     
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  20. beeds7

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    No, missed that juggernaut too
     
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  21. IrishLAX2

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    This was very cool. Penn State earned a ton of respect in my book this whole week and last night
     
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  22. dblplay1212

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    You think ASU and Boisie should have been bumped ahead of ND in the seeds? You think ND should be capped at 5 for a seed even if they are undefeated? I'm arguing for a system that woukd benefit ND and you and others still want to argue bc you'll do so on anything I say lol.
     
  23. Drew Swinney Esq

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    I just end up in arguments with so many people all the time, it must be them that are argumentative!
     
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  24. IrishLAX2

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    Trying to pretend he’s on NDs side now :loldog:

    DBL rolling himself into a sourdough pretzel on this Friday morning
     
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  25. dblplay1212

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    Ehh, it just happens that the system i dislike also screws ND. My thoughts on it have nothing to do with ND.
     
  26. Manny

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    Well which is it?
     
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  27. PSU12

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    I’m going to miss Abdul Carter. He is such a monster.
     
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  28. zeberdee

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    I don't think Franklin called the formation on the final FG but I wasn't really thinking of that play when I made the post.

    also, kind of a weird gotcha but you do you man.
     
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  29. Rise

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    He is scary good.
     
  30. PSU12

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    Franklin was fine last night. There weren’t any mind numbing coaching things. ND just made the plays on the margins and PSU (mostly Allar) did not. ND WRs and TE stepped up huge and made multiple contested and tough catches, especially early and Leonard put it on them. Leonard threw 2 picks but vastly outplayed Allar and we just couldn’t have that to win this game. PSU kinda owned the trenches but it didn’t matter because our QB came up infinitesimally small.
     
  31. Upton^2

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    ND has beaten 3 top 10 teams in a row including demolishing the team that beat Texas twice. What are we arguing exactly?
     
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  32. a.tramp

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    Farmers for one, they care. It is a very important step in them securing a livelihood.
     
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  33. Dillingham

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    Oh that's why I'm so hungover
     
  34. laxjoe

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    I know it was mentioned either here or the ND thread, but actually seeing the box score is incredible. Penn State WRs 0 catches for -3 yards
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  35. repoocs

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    He's so good. And he seems like a good kid. I love that he publicly leans into his Star Wars nerdiness. That's indicative of the kind of balance that can keep him grounded well enough to sustain a long and very successful pro career.

    He and Warren will both make some NFL teams very happy.
     
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  36. Celemo

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    looks like a 2024 Michigan stat sheet
     
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  37. The Banks

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    Need a compilation of the clock operator being drunk last night
     
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  38. IrishLAX2

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  39. bigred77

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    Moon is like 70 years old man
     
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  40. Drew Swinney Esq

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    Seed salesmen care. 2 for 2.
    Seems like more people care than we think.
    :booger:
     
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  41. repoocs

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    As a old Bengals fan who was around in the 80s for those AFC Central matchups, you just triggered my PTSD.
     
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  42. Owsley

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    Does 2023 Jayden Daniels win that game for PSU? People are asking!
     
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  43. The Banks

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    What was the last scouting report we had on Allar from Bankz?
     
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  44. dblplay1212

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  45. Fran Tarkenton

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    I think you're overrating Texas. Texas allowed Gunner Stockton to beat them...that Notre Dame then disposed of with ease.

    You're not alone on the Texas front. But they are going to get destroyed tonight; and ND would have as well. If Ohio State had played Oregon this round rather than last...I think ppl would view the bracket as being more balanced.
     
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  46. Irush

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    using two mid as fuck white QBs to put down a great rookie QB who happens to be back just smells like racism to me
     
  47. NilesIrish

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    I gave way too little respect to PSU. Dudes all over the field. Really thought we were toast but this team is tough man.
     
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  48. bro

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  49. Doyle McPoyle

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    Beau Pribula probably wins that game for PSU.
     
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  50. Voodoo

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    Jesus look at Carter on this play. Lines up at the top, beats his block, runs down the play, and probably would have made a tackle if the CB didn’t knock Love back inside a little.
     
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