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I agree with you but his right arm did technically make contact with the receivers left arm. He definitely didn't knock him over though. The receiver played the ball horribly and didn't react in time to the under thrown ball. Live I thought it was a good call but watching again, I don't think it should have been called. Didn't have an impact in the end though.

Put it in slow motion - not sure he ever makes contact with him. It looked like he did live so I get why they called it but in reality, I think it was just good defense. And I am not a fan of anything Notre Dame...

Just my opinion but I don't think Casey was the main problem.

I think Franklin choked as bad as the QB did last night. He had the better team and screwed it up. Absolutely.

I tend to agree unless the CCG loss is terrible and the team didn't look competitive. As a fan, I feel those games should still matter.

This year 3 loss Illinois wouldn't have been in. 2023 was the same- needed to be at 2 of fewer losses. Since we increased team numbers, I think it will be a rare occurrence that a 3 loss team is in the top 4 of our conference.

Or maybe it was just the wrong fit at Alabama. We all know they had to have plenty of drama with Saban leaving. I'll trust our coaches to choose who is a good fit for us or not.

The problem is many times you won't make the B1G CG at 7-2 so counting on winning the conference should be secondary imo. A 10-2 B1G team is in the playoffs most years, regardless of who you played in the non-con. At 9-3, most years you won't have a chance...

I'm an old guy that thinks playing a hard non conference schedule is a bad idea in today's college football. Yes, it can be a measuring stick, and a lot of fun for fans, but most of the teams you are competing for playoff spots with already play a lighter schedule.(SEC) Just doesn't make sense to make our already more difficult schedule even harder if the real goal is a playoff spot.

I saw that in the stats. They been fouling our bigs?

There is some name bias but a big difference is our non conference, aside from a couple teams, was very weak. We also looked absolutely terrible against Mich St. We take care of business over the next 6 and we will be ranked.

I can easily afford Peacock but I refuse to pay for it. Not happy missing this game though...

It was almost a 50/50 split... and I'm guessing your pessimistic assumptions aren't held by the majority of the 22 that voted we would not. We just made it to our first bowl game in 8 years. There is middle ground between making a low level bowl and playing in the playoff.

Agreed- no stress

Good catch - should have said offensive player.

It was a joke - the ball can't touch a player or the ground before going through the goal posts.

Likable coach, QB, etc... but they are still the villain. They are too good to join a conference and that alone makes me root against them vs virtually anyone not named Colorado.

Misdemeanor assault can mean so many things these days. Would like to hear some details before judging.

In my opinion, the days of predicting how easy or hard a schedule will be are gone. 2 of the teams that made the playoff this year were projected at or near the bottom of their leagues. Virtually all of their opponents chalked them up as a W preseason. The above said, I do feel like we are in a good position to win more games next year. DR should make the expected jump in performance that most 2nd year QBs do and, on paper at least, our receivers look like they will be much better.

A lot of good stuff above. Definitely moments from the season that could have and should have gone better... but I applaud the successes we did have. Rhule did whatever it took, imo, to deliver what we hired him to do. Can he keep it going and deliver a solid 9+ win next year? I like his chances...

I don't like Texas but they looked good against Clemson imo. Up 28-10 at half and then 31-10 halfway through the third- on cruise control the rest of the way with quite a few subs playing. Notre Dame would be my bottom seed - a 10 point win over Indiana at home seems kind of blah. I know they had subs in as well at the end. Fun to consider and easy to see how reseeding would get picked apart lol.

We all want the same thing. Some of us look at the path to get there differently and that's ok. The majority of our fan base was excited for the MR hire and the thought of him duplicating his past performances. He is right on pace to do what we hired him to do. Optimists would argue maybe he is little ahead of schedule. Enjoy a good offseason guys.

And cheer as the winners go by

I agree that can be a factor but not enough to equalize the 24th hardest schedule vs the 66th.

At the start of the year it looked easy but after measuring actual strength of teams in 2024, Nebraska's schedule was significantly more difficult. Indiana had the 66th most difficult schedule. Nebraska had the 24th. Our schedule was harder than 9 other conference teams. Indiana literally had the easiest schedule in the conference this year. I know you are frustrated but the comparisons with Indiana just don't have merit imo.