OleMissCub

It's interesting, because neither team has faced an opponent that could really threaten them talent wise since September. It might come down to who adjusts to the higher level of play quickest (Dabo is a better coach than Kelly, so that idea doesn't fire me up much). Common opponents don't reveal much. Of the 4, both teams blew out 2 (Clemson's margins were bigger but I'm not totally sure how much it matters beyond 4-TD spreads), while ND was way better vs Syracuse and Clemson was way better vs Pitt. Both teams have really good defensive lines (Clemson's is ridiculous), so whichever QB is able to work around the pressure might have the advantage. Book has been really good at adjusting to what he sees from defenses. I can't speak to Lawrence, but I'm guessing he hasn't seen a ton of pressure. I'll be interested to see what ND's DC decides to do against him. I love both of ND's coordinators, they've done a tremendous job figuring teams out in-game all year. I expect it to be a pretty good game and if I were forced to bet the line (10.5-12) I'd take ND. This isn't 2012 - the Irish have a much more complete team than that one, and this Clemson team isn't the death machine that that Bama team was. I think Clemson will win but I'd obviously love to be surprised. Good stuff. I'm excited to watch it. If you have the athletes to do it, I'd pressure the hell out of Lawrence. He's a very skilled QB but he's only a true freshman. So like you said, who knows how many pressures he has seen or would recognize.

Andy, how does ND stack up against Clemson? For whatever reason I’ve not seen a snap of Irish football this year. I’ve seen some prognosticators claiming that Clemson aren’t what they have been in years past.

Slow down there, highspeed

lol who said anything about them being holy? A 13th game is still a 13th game. Doesn’t matter I suppose. If ND has to play Bama it’s going to look the same as it did last time they played. And the Citadel is still not a real game. Dunno man, they DID score a TD against Bama, something Miss St nor LSU could do. /s

They are. But you can’t justify it based on the current metrics the committee uses. Speaking of which, today was a good example of why ND needs to be left out of the playoffs based on principle. - Bama plays a 13th game and their Heisman QB leaves on a cart. - Notre Dame players are sitting in their apartments playing Red Dead Redemption. Fun fact: you are older than any of the conference championship games. It's absolutely amazing to me that people act like these stupid money grab title games (two of which today featured teams ND has already beaten, for the record) are now sacrosanct. lol who said anything about them being holy? A 13th game is still a 13th game. Doesn’t matter I suppose. If ND has to play Bama it’s going to look the same as it did last time they played.

Because they blew a lead against Bama? Because they beat...Florida? I just think they’re better than OSU and Oklahoma They are. But you can’t justify it based on the current metrics the committee uses. Speaking of which, today was a good example of why ND needs to be left out of the playoffs based on principle. - Bama plays a 13th game and their Heisman QB leaves on a cart. - Notre Dame players are sitting in their apartments playing Red Dead Redemption.

They got douchenugget McCann back too

Highest career WAR of anyone in the HOF except Clemens, Bonds, A-Rod, and Pujols. I feel like Beltre had the quietest HOF career in my lifetime.

Refs overturned this TD catch after review. That would have won the game overtime. Instead it resulted in an incomplete pass and game over. Caught it with two hands, tucked the sumbitch, and one-hand possessed it. What a joke.

Oh Sammy.... Dude could straight mash

I don’t see a G5 team ever making the playoff until it expands. For a G5 team to make a 4 team playoff they’d have to have one hell of a schedule, but the problem is that nobody wants to schedule a G5 team good enough to knock them off.

One of the worst calls you’ll EVER see https://twitter.com/fballmedia/status/1061381429781848064?s=21

Oh no, have to settle for the literally unstoppable team you already had, I guess Unstoppable? Come on now. We’re not actually upset about losing Dez because you can’t really miss something you never had. It’s just “sweet we got Dez...oh...damn. Oh well”

Well crap

They need to just give the title to Bama and let everyone else sort it out. You remove Bama from the equation and it’s going to be a hell of a lot more entertaining.

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Holy hell. Doing that to a bat that isn’t already cracked is a touch impressive

Yes his moved saved the game for us but I’d still contend that 2 outs runner on first removing Rizzo from the game was the wrong time to use him. He should have came in when Happ (as a PH) got on to lead off the 6th with the top of the order due up. You don’t remove anyone from the game and you aren’t relying on a 2 out hit to score, you can steal 2nd and 3rd, second and bunt him to 3rd etc. I guess my only hesitation is that he was scared of Freelands pickoff move Yes, I agree. I definitely felt that was when Gore should have come in. It worked out in the end, but you sacrifice a lot by removing Rizzo from the game.

I still can't shake Gore not knowing what the hell his role was in that last inning. Draw the walk, stupid. Then you steal second and give your team 3 chances to drive you in.

Amen brother