Moderators Gerry Hamilton Posted September 1 Moderators Share Posted September 1 I know, I know ... it's week 1 and a lot can happen. But look at the schedules of Notre Dame and Miami. Both teams should go 11-1 barring injuries to the starting QB's, or a string of major injuries. Now Miami, will have an ACC Championship Game they may need to win with their schedule. Those were big wins for both with what's ahead on the schedule. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Gerry Hamilton Posted September 1 Author Moderators Share Posted September 1 Hurricanes remaining schedule... https://www.espn.com/college-football/team/schedule/_/id/2390/miami-hurricanes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Gerry Hamilton Posted September 1 Author Moderators Share Posted September 1 Notre Dame's remaining schedule ... https://www.espn.com/college-football/team/schedule/_/id/87 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WestlakeLonghorn Posted September 1 Share Posted September 1 ND is a lock - but have fun being the 5 seed since you’re not in a conference and therefore can’t get a 1st round bye. Miami will find a way to screw it up - Mario is a garbage in game coach. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Gerry Hamilton Posted September 1 Author Moderators Share Posted September 1 7 minutes ago, WestlakeLonghorn said: ND is a lock - but have fun being the 5 seed since you’re not in a conference and therefore can’t get a 1st round bye. Miami will find a way to screw it up - Mario is a garbage in game coach. I'm not even sure Mario can screw up that schedule ... but will be fun to follow! 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tuco Ramirez Posted September 1 Share Posted September 1 This is the downside to the 12 team playoff. Some cupcakes who don’t play anyone will get in. ND in particular wasn’t impressive. They just slipped by a completely inept Weigman. They’ll get exposed in the playoff. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harveycmd Posted September 1 Share Posted September 1 The Irish could go 12-0 and you still couldn't convince me they aren't a joke. Mountain West teams have tougher schedules. That schedule is embarrassing. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qaertyisthatdude Posted September 1 Share Posted September 1 ND - yes. Miami - I’m waiting for Cristobal to somehow screw this up and continue the Miami can’t win the ACC curse. Too early to tell if either team will make the CFP tbh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmk4pres Posted September 1 Share Posted September 1 Basically yes they did. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marathon Posted September 1 Share Posted September 1 1 hour ago, Gerry Hamilton said: Notre Dame's remaining schedule ... https://www.espn.com/college-football/team/schedule/_/id/87 Riley Leonard had a QB rating of 104 last night against the aggies. If he has more games like that they will be lucky to win out. Playing at USC is no gimme but the LSU/USC game tonight will give everyone a better read on USC. And FSU has a bye week before playing at ND. Miami has an easy schedule and could win but you can never underestimate Cristobal’s ability to screw things up. FSU has the potential (maybe not the ability though…lol) to screw things up for ND and Miami. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quinncent McManning, Jr. Posted September 1 Share Posted September 1 Hey if Texas is in the playoff I would love nothing more than the acc champ to be a cristobal coached team and the best non p4 to be the notre dame we saw last night. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nolabeer Posted September 1 Share Posted September 1 (edited) Historically, ND has one of tougher schedule despite being an independent. Likely down years from FSU and USC are hurting ND schedule. Stanford is generally decent program and close to elite with Harbaugh and David Shaw, but Stanford has been bad for few years. Early recruiting signing period has been bad for an academic school like Stanford. ND also usually tries to schedule elite P4 schools. It's also hard to judge any team after week 1. That ND QB is a good QB, and almost all QBs aren't going to play lights out in the 1st game at a new school, especially at a tough environment like college station. That ND pass defense looks elite, though. It's long season, but ND looks like a top 12 team. Edited September 1 by nolabeer 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmk4pres Posted September 1 Share Posted September 1 ND schedule this year is complete trash Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Gerry Hamilton Posted September 1 Author Moderators Share Posted September 1 29 minutes ago, marathon said: Riley Leonard had a QB rating of 104 last night against the aggies. If he has more games like that they will be lucky to win out. Playing at USC is no gimme but the LSU/USC game tonight will give everyone a better read on USC. And FSU has a bye week before playing at ND. Miami has an easy schedule and could win but you can never underestimate Cristobal’s ability to screw things up. FSU has the potential (maybe not the ability though…lol) to screw things up for ND and Miami. Just me, but I think A&M has the best DL ND will play against. Their OL only had 6 career starts going into that game ... they will improve. Leonard will get more on same page with WR's IMO. There were two routes F'ed up last night that would have been a 20+ yard gain and a TD (RB). 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marathon Posted September 1 Share Posted September 1 15 minutes ago, Gerry Hamilton said: Just me, but I think A&M has the best DL ND will play against. Their OL only had 6 career starts going into that game ... they will improve. Leonard will get more on same page with WR's IMO. There were two routes F'ed up last night that would have been a 20+ yard gain and a TD (RB). Agree that the aggie DL is good but Leonard only threw for 158 yards and 5.3 yds per attempt. Once he settles into the offense he should improve…if not they are in trouble. The thing that saved ND last night was that Conner Weigman was so bad that he had an almost impossible low QB rating of 54.7. He completed 12 of 30 passes (40%), with 2 INT, for 100 yards and 3.3 yds per attempt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Lane Posted September 1 Share Posted September 1 Miami's schedule is cupcake central. If we saw the true Florida State at the GT game then even Cristobal can't screw up going 12-0. They would surely be a one-and-done in the playoffs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quinncent McManning, Jr. Posted September 1 Share Posted September 1 1 hour ago, Gerry Hamilton said: Just me, but I think A&M has the best DL ND will play against. Their OL only had 6 career starts going into that game ... they will improve. Leonard will get more on same page with WR's IMO. There were two routes F'ed up last night that would have been a 20+ yard gain and a TD (RB). Thought the Aggy D line looked ferocious at times. Leonard looked like ND's version of Sam Ehlinger to me. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marathon Posted September 1 Share Posted September 1 6 hours ago, Gerry Hamilton said: Just me, but I think A&M has the best DL ND will play against. Their OL only had 6 career starts going into that game ... they will improve. Gerry, as a follow up to this how would you rank the teams with the toughest DL that Texas will play this year. It seems like most SEC teams have at least one good defensive lineman (plus you have Michigan’s DL). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerky Posted September 1 Share Posted September 1 Pencil em in Gerry. Almost there. 11 to 12 more manageable games and it's done. Miami now seems like the favorite from the ACC. FSU is down and has a bad loss. Clemson got annihilated by UGA. Miami has a road SEC win. ACC is weak. Miami schedule is manageable. Skips Clemson in regular season. Gets FSU at home. Could road games at USF or at Louisville be their toughest remaining regular season games? They don't play a ranked team if FSU eventually drops out. Win the ACC and qualify. 12-1 could get in as well. ND got that SEC road win. ND has an even easier schedule than Miami for the next 10 games. At USC in their final game is their qualifier imo. But could lose it and still make it with a 11-1 record. Both need to avoid two losses to avoid the CFP debates but some 2 loss team(s) will make the CFP. Three losses and they are out of the CFP. But I doubt either has 3 losses since they may be favored in every game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
40acres Posted September 2 Share Posted September 2 15 hours ago, qaertyisthatdude said: ND - yes. Miami - I’m waiting for Cristobal to somehow screw this up and continue the Miami can’t win the ACC curse. Too early to tell if either team will make the CFP tbh They look a lot better this year than last with their new QB. I think they win the ACC and get in. They have some dudes on that team. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TarrantCoHorn Posted September 2 Share Posted September 2 ACC and Big 12 are so bad. There is no Power 4. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texas fan in Georgia Posted September 2 Share Posted September 2 Well after watching USC last night, they are definitely improved and can very well beat ND.. but a 1 loss ND could still get in… so long as they don’t get embarrassed by USC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glass Joe Posted September 2 Share Posted September 2 ND can go to the playoffs even if they slip-up and lose one of the remaining games on their cupcake schedule, so they’re basically in the playoff at this point. Miami now gets two bites at the Playoff Apple and it’ll be interesting to see if Mario can screw them both up. Not only is Miami heavily favored to win the ACC championship to get to the playoffs (that’s the first bite), they are also likely to win at least 10-11 games with that schedule making them a potential at-large playoff team (bite #2) should Mario lose a game or two along the way. With FSU’s loss to GT, Clemson’s embarrassment against UGA, VT losing to Vandy, (and NC State likely to get crushed by Tennessee on Saturday), the ACC has almost a zero percent chance of getting an at-large playoff spot…with the exception of a 10-11 win Miami. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorn007 Posted September 2 Share Posted September 2 So how many sec will make 12 team playoff. Helps that Aggie and lsu lost ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorn007 Posted September 2 Share Posted September 2 2 loss teams can still make playoff fo sho Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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