Do two of the three of beating Clemson again, beating Ohio State, and beating Alabama. After already having beaten #1 Clemson in the regular season. It is very possible all four of those wins would be necessary. And this is after playing as many games as any team in the country, and many more than teams from the Big Ten and Pac 12. There would be no asterisk.

I told my family this season could be my nightmare. Whole conferences are disqualified for not enough games, we end up with a watered down schedule that we win easily, and get into the playoffs. "Better" teams lose due to missing players and the final four are not the best. We win it all against Bama's third string when they decide to play the Championship with whoever they have available. Kelly's statue goes up before the team returns to South Bend. Now THAT would be an asterisk.

They don’t exist. They never did. They never will. They are just myths. Consequently their validity can’t be established. It’s like trying to figure out if Santa’s stomach is really fat. A more productive path is to interpret reality. The Notre Dame football team is having a great year. The team played the hand it was dealt. It is productive to consider probable future events (Will ND beat NC?) but not “what If” speculations.

Happy Turkey Day!

I don't see an * mentioned anywhere.

Maybe I shouldn't be so negative.

If we win it all, then I guess we win it all.

Go Irish.

against local garbage opponents, and their records reflect that. There is nothing but stark reality in the W/L column. 0-5 Penn State is much more satisfying than 3-5 Penn State.

Still a homerun.

It was hilarious.

Except for the poor kid whose head it bounced off of.

He lost it in the sun and dropped his head.

Losing to Navy Great Lakes in 1943?

If we beat everyone on our schedule, we will have done what we were supposed to and be just as worthy as anyone else.

I do think the Big 10 should be accountable for playing fewer games though, and Pac 12 eliminated themselves anyway.

But I’m upset about that every week we don’t beat USC.

country. We might have to beat another #1 team in the country.

To do so, we will have in all likelihood beaten Clemson twice along with Alabama and OSU. It would be a hard-earned, legitimate title and put this team near the top of the very best teams in Notre Dame history.

The path to a title requires going through the best in the country.

If we win it all, no one can say it was a fluke.

Both would have been away from home. Who knows how that would have played out.

Wisconsin showed us who they were this past weekend. USC has struggled with subpar competition.

I wish to God we played them both this year.

They don’t exist. They never did. They never will. They are just myths. Consequently their validity can’t be established. It’s like trying to figure out if Santa’s stomach is really fat. A more productive path is to interpret reality. The Notre Dame football team is having a great year. The team played the hand it was dealt. It is productive to consider probable future events (Will ND beat NC?) but not “what If” speculations.

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