This has been a fantastic tournament. The Boise States, SMUs, Indianas and ASU’s had their chance.
Any of the 4 would make for a great matchup. I think I'm rooting for a Texas-ND final.
College kids. 2 days of rest isn’t a big deal for 20-21 year olds. In fact, it might give them an edge.
Wait.. you think Penn State's offense is one dimensional? Or extremely so? They have two great RBs but also have a great TE.. their receivers aren't that bad either.. the RBs and TE are obviously their strengths. Allar threw for over 3000 yards (only 600 more yards than Leonard).. The two RBs have rushed for 1k each. They've scored 30 TDs passing and 32 TDs running (ND has 42 running and 21 passing). They ran for 3,033 yards and passed for 3,511 yards.
Indiana played only those two ranked opponents all year (looking at their schedule now.. were there any others that were ranked when they played them?) and lost to both of them. It's hard to know how good they were since the only ranked defenses they played were OSU and Notre Dame really and they scored less than 20 against each. Saying they beat Michigan who beat OSU..and Alabama (a lot of teams beat Alabama)... they still lost to OSU 38-15.
As an ND fan, I’m very nervous about this one. And not just the normal, big game paranoia. PSU probably brings the best combination of offensive weapons to the table that the Irish has seen. And great as the defense has been, I worry that this is the game where the injuries to key people won’t be covered up. I’m hoping for another low scoring rock fight, because ND is very comfortable/built for that kind of game. If it becomes any kind of a shoot out, I think that’s a significant advantage for PSU.Indiana played only those two ranked opponents all year (looking at their schedule now.. were there any others that were ranked when they played them?) and lost to both of them. It's hard to know how good they were since the only ranked defenses they played were OSU and Notre Dame really and they scored less than 20 against each. Saying they beat Michigan who beat OSU..and Alabama (a lot of teams beat Alabama)... they still lost to OSU 38-15.
PSU has played five ranked opponents and lost to two...both by one score and both were ranked in the top six.. Oregon and OSU.
I get that it's an opinion..but how is PSU one dimensional given the stats? Just not sold on Allar? The numbers are still pretty good for him. That was really the main part I didn't understand.
I don't really disagree with you all that much in that I have no idea if PSU will beat Notre Dame, just not seeing how it's so obviously one sided given how they've looked in the playoff.. and if we're saying Indiana was great in the regular season..well SMU was 13-3 and Boise St was 12-2 (One of those losses to Oregon by 3 points while they also destroyed most of their competition) and Penn State pretty much wrecked both of those teams.
I say all of that fully expecting PSU to find a way to lose to ND.
ND has seemed to have been able to make games a rock fight.. but I don't know much about them other than they've had some injuries on their lines. Against Georgia it looked like their main weapon was the QB running... PSU was very good at setting the edge and containing Boise State's RB.. I wonder if they'll concentrate on not letting Leonard out of the pocket.
This couldn't be more spot on.....they also played at Ohio State significantly better than Tennessee did, never mind Oregon who got them on a neutral field.
