OT: Big day of college football Sat 11/11/17

Turnover chaaaaaaaaain

Hoping for another Spartan (MSU) upset. But I have to be real about it!

I think it’s very possible that who ever wins the ND/Miami game winds up in the playoffs.

Convicts Vs Catholics Part 2.

I'm rooting for my dawgs over auburn..... Notre dame over Miami, I like richt and prefer Miami but since UGA beat Notre dame I need them to win out for strength of schedule...... finally I'm for tcu over OK

I didn't like the turnover chain at first, I thought they were trying to copy the old Miami Hurricanes of the 1980s and it's a different time now and a different game - but the UM kids/players seem to like it and they get exited about-it so I like the chain in that way b/c the players seem to get exited about it.

It was defensive coach Manny Diaz's idea - he's a Miami guy and grew up in Miami's heyday of the 1980s, his dad used to be mayor of Miami.

I wasn't a turnover chain fan at first either, but I gotta admit, it does feel kinda "Miami" and its kinda grown on me. I haven't watched much ND football this year either, outside of whats on sportscenter, so I'm not sure what to expect tonight, but I'll be there and I'm excited.

I think there's a chance the winner of this game makes the playoffs, but its far from certain. The U will have to beat Clemson, but if they do they might get in. I think its a lot more likely if ND wins they get in, especially if UM ends up beating Clemson after losing to ND. In any case, it feels like once again Alabama & UGA are kinda in a class of their own though, as much as it pains me to say it. 3/4 are both sacrificial lambs if those two go in 1/2.

^^^ yeah at this point I think any PAC team and any Big12 team (other than Oklahoma) are probably out of the PlayOffs

Miami plays loose, when they give up big-plays or commit turnovers they still continue to play hard and have managed to pull out games - but I still feel Miami is gonna get exposed at some point - their defense is aggressive but they get gashed for big plays particularly in the running-game - back in the day Miami was built on speed and at times big physical teams would beat and/or dominate them and ND is supposed to be a big physical team - ND seems one-dimensional so that helps but again I have not seen them play

Ohio St putting a beatdown on MSU - MSU doesn't have the athletes to compete

Papi,

Here's my take. If nd can successfully run against The U all evening, they can win. If not The U wins.

^^^Guess I called that pretty well!

Looking forward to Miami versus Clemson. Miami trashed ND.

If anyone really thought nd would wipe out The U, they don't remember The U against teams (Nebraska, etc) with big SLOW linemen!

Of those good match ups yesterday, who would have thought the only good game would be Mississippi State and Alabama

The U at 2!
AP.

There goes that rhyme crap again.

I hadn't seen neither Georgia nor Notre-Dame play this year but found it odd they'd be ranked #1 and #3 respectively and I didn't think they were legit but this was based on last year's performance since I had not seen them play this year; but my gut-feeling turned-out to be correct in that neither GA nor ND were as good as their ranking and not just b/c they got beat, they were clearly over-rated and had not been exposed by previous teams.

I still got my doubts w.r.t. Miami but really like the way their defense is playing - I like that the defense plays aggressive no-matter-what - I detest a team that plays "not to lose" - their offense is not at the level of the defense in terms of performance or aggressiveness but they are not terrible but def not great - I still got doubts about Mark Richt and him been able to go all the way and win the big-one, but he's def better than the avg coach and def much better than what Miami has had over the last 12-years.

"... The U at 2 ..."

Wow - I had not checked the polls - surprised they jumped all the way to #2 since Oklahoma and Clemson were both ranked ahead of them and they both won - and Wisconsin is also undefeated - might as well - doesn't seem to be any teams that are unbeatable this year.

Papi,

That's the AP poll and might be different in the CFP poll. I think the jump was due to two things. First nd was highly regarded by the pollsters. Second, that was a MAJOR beat down The U laid on nd!!!

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