🏈 Is Notre Dame among CFB’s elite? ☘

[It Takes Eleven]

I was thinking overrated.

 

[TerryP]

I was thinking overrated.

That fits with what you've seen in this thread, no doubt.

Academics.

We can't recruit as well as others because of our academics?

There you have it. How often have you heard Notre Dame explained with "their stringent academic standards keep the better players from attending South Bend?

The thing is, it simply isn't true. When Holtz and Weis were there they were bringing in #1 ranked classes and since then their academic requirements have been relaxed.

 

[PurlJam]

No. But I'll be damned if that ain't funny considering...well done, sir.

Well, my 2nd guess was AirDebbie.... you know Manti Te'o's girlfriend.

 

[BamaFan334]

Someone said it above, the answer is no because they haven't won when the lights are the brightest. Sure, winning all of those games are great, but the losses came against the elite and teams that are actually producing. By this logic, you're saying Harbaugh is doing just as good of a job at Michigan. He has basically lost to Michigan State and Ohio State, while beating almost everyone else. That's not elite. Notre Dame's schedule looks nice because we don't see East Tennessee State and West Mississippi A&T, but for the longest time Army wasn't great, Navy was not a challenge, Michigan has had their issues since Lloyd Carr left, USC has been less of a team since Carroll left, Stanford has not been much, and now you have the same weak schedule as Clemson against an ACC conference that is sporting one team. Alabama, Georgia, Florida, LSU, and Auburn would be in the playoff every single year with those schedules.

 

[252BAMA]

No. But I'll be damned if that ain't funny considering...well done, sir.

Very well done. Reminds me of the time I solved WOF's Bonus Round with two letters showing in a nine letter word. Category was "Event".

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[planomateo]

Very well done. Reminds me of the time I solved WOF's Bonus Round with two letters showing in a nine letter word. Category was "Event".

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Triathlon?

 

[252BAMA]

Triathlon?

No, the R, T, and L would also have been showing.

 

[planomateo]

No, the R, T, and L would also have been showing.

Ah, WOF = wheel of fortune...hmm

 

[252BAMA]

Ah, WOF = wheel of fortune...hmm

Wheel of Fortune (often known simply as Wheel[a]) is an American television game show created by Merv Griffin that debuted in 1975. The show features a competition in which contestants solve word puzzles, similar to those used in Hangman, to win cash and prizes determined by spinning a giant carnival wheel.

 

[TerryP]

Wheel of Fortune (often known simply as Wheel[a]) is an American television game show created by Merv Griffin that debuted in 1975. The show features a competition in which contestants solve word puzzles, similar to those used in Hangman, to win cash and prizes determined by spinning a giant carnival wheel.

I had to google WOF. I had no idea. It's a show I've never watched in its entirety.

 

[252BAMA]

Hint on the puzzle. Add "Alabama!" after the word. Makes it a REAL Event.

FWIW, the contestant didn't solve it after adding the extra four letters. I would have added C, H, D, and O.

 

[PurlJam]

Very well done. Reminds me of the time I solved WOF's Bonus Round with two letters showing in a nine letter word. Category was "Event".

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Touchdown....

 

[We All Bleed Crimson]

TerryP, how about an A and O ?

 

[50+yeartidefan]

Someone said it above, the answer is no because they haven't won when the lights are the brightest. Sure, winning all of those games are great, but the losses came against the elite and teams that are actually producing. By this logic, you're saying Harbaugh is doing just as good of a job at Michigan. He has basically lost to Michigan State and Ohio State, while beating almost everyone else. That's not elite. Notre Dame's schedule looks nice because we don't see East Tennessee State and West Mississippi A&T, but for the longest time Army wasn't great, Navy was not a challenge, Michigan has had their issues since Lloyd Carr left, USC has been less of a team since Carroll left, Stanford has not been much, and now you have the same weak schedule as Clemson against an ACC conference that is sporting one team. Alabama, Georgia, Florida, LSU, and Auburn would be in the playoff every single year with those schedules.

i think alot too is nd reason to go with ACC rather than big 10. Big 10 produces a power house group. The ACC just does no add up

geographically for sure.

 

[TerryP]

TerryP, how about an A and O ?

I just don't get ya.