Marcus Freeman has as many wins against ranked teams in his first 8 games as a Head Coach at Notre Dame as Brian Kelly had in his first two entire seasons at Notre Dame ... OR his last two entire seasons.
All of this could have been avoided if Connor Stalions had just asked the Michigan Compliance department if his scheme was legal.
They would have asked him if he was nuts and stopped him, of course. Then, Harbaugh would have been fired after 5 losses in the 2021 season.
Do you think the ACC referees have been biased against Notre Dame? If so, the numbers agree with you. Here's a comparison of the penalties from Notre Dame's ACC and non-ACC games so far this year. The ACC should have to explain this to Notre Dame officials.
Michigan's cheating may have cost Notre Dame 2 playoffs:
2019 - Michigan may have cheated to beat Notre Dame. The only other game the Irish lost that year was at Georgia by 6 pts.
2021 - Michigan likely cheated to make the playoffs. Notre Dame was
#5
in the final CFP rankings.
In ESPN's latest power rankings, Notre Dame's strength of schedule is 6th hardest. Meanwhile,
#1
Georgia has played the 106th hardest schedule,
#2
Michigan has played the 113th, and
#7
Penn State has played the 112th. There are only 133 teams.
Despite having played more games than any of the other teams in the AP top 25, Notre Dame is the ONLY team which hasn't played any opponents with losing records. In fact, after removing the game they played against the Irish, ALL of Notre Dame's opponents have winning records.
Maybe Notre Dame should start hosting its own bowl game when they don't get in the playoffs and invite the highest ranked team who wants a bigger payday. Maybe Lucky Charms could sponsor it.
@JoePompliano
Isn't that true of the four conference champions as well? The only difference is that one of their games is their conference championship, which Notre Dame doesn't have to play.
Coach Freeman said they would use the bye week to discuss whether to bring in a transfer QB. The problem isn't the QBs. They should spend the time finding a new OC. Gerad Parker is a great guy and I hope he stays as TE coach, but it just isn't working out with him as OC.
Considering recent activity, I think this is Notre Dame's plan for 2024:
- Bring in Riley Leonard (running QB)
- Bring back the Wishbone formation
- Replace the WRs with OLs and TEs
- Run every play
No fanbase in the history of college football has deserved to watch their team be defeated more than Ohio State fans deserve to watch their Buckeyes be upset by Notre Dame this weekend.
Please make this a reality.
Look at it this way, Notre Dame fans, next year the playoffs expand to 12 teams. In years like this, we'll be able to extend our delusions and delay our disappointment until November.
It's official. Michigan's has now STOLEN playoff spots from the following 3 more deserving teams with their CHEATING:
2021: Notre Dame
2022: Alabama
2023: Florida State
Make them pay, NCAA!
I think the Notre Dame fan base is united in the belief that we are in a need of a highly experienced Offensive Coordinator. (although most like current OC Gerad Parker as a person and think he's a good TE coach)
Who would you suggest Coach Freeman take a look at?
@GoBlueHasbulla
"multiple team interns and at least one other full-time team employee knew about the scheme and participated in it"
The fact that a cheating scheme involving this much of your staff operated under your nose for 3 years, is an indictment in and of itself.
@roxybernstein
Why did they suspend him? He was right! You can see from this slightly different camera angle that a Cal player had clearly lined up offside.
@JToussaint28
I feel bad for JJ. First, his team blows its chance to play in the championship game, then his parents get divorced, and his girlfriend leaves him for his dad.
Fun fact: Notre Dame has only been ranked 13th once before in an AP preseason poll in the last 50 years ... 1988. They ended up winning the National Championship that year with a perfect record.
Who says 13 is an UN-lucky number?
I watched the Stalions documentary.
There is no new real information.
Stalions thinks he's a genius and a victim, but he's guilty as sin. The NCAA wants to ban him for 3 years.
The NOA includes charges against the program for advanced in-person sign-stealing. YIKES!
@BigGameBoomer
I see at least one game missing here ... and probably the reason for all the Notre Dame hate coming from this account.
In 2012, Notre Dame went to Norman and beat
#8
ranked Oklahoma on their own field 30-13.
But, no, Notre Dame basically loses every big game.
Those Notre Dame fans attacking Peyton Bowen or other recruits ... please stop. They're just doing what they think is best for their families.
Besides, the Irish just signed the best class it's had in a decade. Why be angry when there's so much to celebrate?
@TheDeacMachine
This guy sounds like a jilted lover. Wake Forest had their four years with Hartman. It wasn't good enough to get him where he thought he needed to be. Another year at Wake Forest would not have helped. He thought a year at a program with a more traditional offense might help.
@CoachD178
How many of those teams played a schedule with a harder than average strength of schedule?
Oh, I know ... only Notre Dame:
Notre Dame - 11th ranked SOS
Georgia - 100th
Michigan - 111th
One of those teams cheated too, btw.
@REALDonThomas
Days since last consensus football national championship without cheating:
Michigan β 27,468 days
Michigan State β 20,902 days
Notre Dame β 12,822 days
Ohio State β 3,316 days
@wolverine_steve
How much did Michigan beat Ohio State by the last 2 years when they cheated? 15 & 22. If I remember correctly, OSU also had a much better QB then too. Yes. The cheating made a HUGE difference.
I hope someone stops Micheatgan from depriving a more worthy program of a CFP spot.
How's the Notre Dame football season so far? ....
- 2-0 record, outscoring their opponents 98-6
- 1 of the best QBs
- 1 of the best RBs.
- 1 of the best OLs
- Returning 9 starters on defense.
- Depth at almost every position.
- Brian Kelly just $hat his pants at LSU.
@BigGameBoomer
@J_Anderson05
Notre Dame is 8-0 against Purdue in their last 8 games.
... but Big Lame Boomer thinks Purdue is better, so it must be true.
Wtf do walverines find it so hard to comprehend that we donβt like you and will root for um to lose every game? Seriously, I donβt expect um to root for MSU in anything. MSU researchers could be close to finding a cure for cancer and Iβd expect walverines to root against it.
@tbhorka
The reason Notre Dame is relevant is because Notre Dame has a gazillion fans ... and the irrelevant Mr. Smith just pissed off every one of them.
@TheRealCruzOx
You're gonna need to ban Michigan too. They have exactly the same record as ND (0-2). Oh, and you'll need to ban Alabama and Ohio State. They've both lost as bad as ND has:
2012 Alabama 42, Notre Dame 14 (28)
2018 Clemson 44, Alabama 16 (28)
2020 Alabama 52, Ohio State 24 (28)
We need to start a thread of sports journalists who have sold out their objectivity and journalistic integrity during the Connor Stalions cheating scandal.
Allow me to start ...
Colin Phuqueing Coward
@AP_Top25
@RegionsBank
Undefeated FBS Teams Ranked by SoS:
1) Ohio State
2) Southern Cal
3) Georgia
4) Penn State
5) Syracuse
6) Florida State
7) Kansas
8) Washington
9) Kentucky
10) Tennessee
@FrankieV_UHND
How about that ticky tacky offensive PI call on the game winning drive when the game was in the balance? Someone from Notre Dame administration needs to talk with the ACC about this. I understand that you're tired of watching the Irish beat up on your teams but this is ridiculous
@brendan69118621
This is the key, "you could throw a flag on every single play". A lot of the penalties the ACC officials have called on Notre Dame are technically penalties, but they're not usually called. Like the ticky tacky offensive PI call on Notre Dame's game winning drive.
Let me get this straight. They made an exception to leave out FSU because of an unfortunate injury, but DID NOT make an exception to leave out Michigan because they phuqueing CHEATED? WTF are they smoking in that CFP committee room?
Excellent article by
@rockwestfall711
for
@mfarrellsports
! While the corporate sports journalists are shilling for Michigan, these guys are dishing out a heaping helping of the truth.
Great job, guys!
Where are Jamison Baker and Kristian Moreno? This was supposed to be their big day.
Those two kept telling me for months that I was going to completely embarrassed when I saw the Stalions documentary.
Do you think they're alone in a room somewhere crying right now?
If Notre Dame played Michigan, Georgia, Penn State, Oregon or U$C's schedule, we'd still be undefeated and ranked in the top ten. I'd still be obsessed with college football until we were inevitably exposed. As it is, I'm free from college football. Maybe it's better this way.
@A_M_D_16
Did Michigan steal signs?
-Yes
Was it illegal?
-It was a serious violation of NCAA rules.
Does everyone do this?
-No, there is no evidence
Will it even matter in the end?
-Yes, people and other schools were harmed by their actions.
What should we do about it?
-Punish Michigan
I just realized why Michigan sucked so bad and went 2-4 during the Covid season (2020). They didn't allow spectators in the stands. Michigan couldn't send Conor Stalions and his crew to record future opponent's signals. Covid stopped Michigan from cheating. Yay, Covid!
@BrandonJustice_
I didn't really hate Michigan until I found out they cheated ... and then lied about it ... and then played the crybaby victim card.
Hating Michigan doesn't mean you hate football. It may just mean that you hate whiny, lying cheaters.
Congrats to the ACC refs on almost defeating Notre Dame in their game against Duke. The flag of the game was when the refs stopped play to find a penalty in the replay against ND on Duke's go-ahead drive.
@colincowherd
What Williams is talking about is part of the game, but it IS NOT what Connor Stalions was doing. It's what Stalions USED TO do until he found a way to get more and better signal intel.
Stalions method may have yielded superior intel, but it also violated NCAA rules.
@colincowherd
Colin, you got some maize and blue colored cum on your chin.
Connor Stalions had videos of EVERY SINGLE signal Michigan opponents made in MULTIPLE GAMES. he could watch every signal and figure out how they changed signals from game to game.
There is no comparison.
@REALDonThomas
It's no deflection, Don. Michigan was caught cheating red-handed.
Name another college football championship team that was caught cheating ... the only one I can think of had their title taken away.
This is what should happen ...
@CFBPlayoff
@espn
@ReceDavis
Ask him why they ignored the fact that Michigan got caught CHEATING this year. Ask him if it has anything to do with the fact that Michigan's AD is on the committee.
@AB701743
@buckeyefbnation
According to Sagarin's computer rankings, Notre Dame has played the toughest schedule in its top 20 ... and Michigan has played the easiest. Michigan's schedule, so far, ranks 111th. The second easiest ranks 75th.
@NotreDame_Prime
I'm done praying for a Messiah QB to transfer in. The scholarship QBs we have coming back next year are fine. Plus, we have another great one joining the team in December. And another great one in the following class.