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Postgame Thread [Postgame Thread] Notre Dame Defeats Texas A&M 23-13

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Team 1 2 3 4 T
Notre Dame 3 3 7 10 23
Texas A&M 3 3 0 7 13

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u/HawkeyeTen Iowa Hawkeyes Sep 01 '24

This is a HUGE win for Freeman and the Irish. They FINALLY finished a big game, on the road no less.

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u/Sankee72 Notre Dame • West Georgia Sep 01 '24

Well hold on. We beat a top 5 Clemson with freaking drew pyne in his first year.

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u/WakingEchoes Notre Dame Fighting Irish • Team Chaos Sep 01 '24

We also obliterated Caleb Williams last year.

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u/Less_Likely Notre Dame • Washington Sep 01 '24

To be fair, neither Clemson nor USC were SEC teams, where it just means moreTM

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u/BobStoops401K Oklahoma Sooners Sep 01 '24

But USC sucked ass last year. I'm glad you guys embarrassed them, but they were not good.

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u/jsums81 Oklahoma Sooners Sep 01 '24

That was a huge game at the time nonetheless. I think usc had only one loss going in

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u/[deleted] Sep 01 '24

They were unbeaten but living on borrowed time. Their 2 games leading up to ND were almost gagging a game to Coach Prime and beating Arizona in OT.

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u/jsums81 Oklahoma Sooners Sep 01 '24

Well there you go even better. That game was massive. Which I loved because Lincoln Riley got pantsed in front of a HUGE audience

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u/A_Rolling_Baneling USC • Mississippi State Sep 01 '24

Yeah we were mid last year, but Arizona were no slouches. That was a good team.

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u/JayMerlyn Notre Dame Fighting Irish • FBS Independents Sep 01 '24

I still remember the betting line was basically a toss-up. An undefeated team vs a team that had lost 2 of 3 and nobody considered the former to be significant favorites.

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u/BobStoops401K Oklahoma Sooners Sep 01 '24

But they had 5 losses by the end and looked like ass in a lot of those wins. If Texas A&M goes 6-6 I won't think this was as great of a win.

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u/BourbonPW Notre Dame Fighting Irish Sep 01 '24

Notre Dame is the one that broke SC’s soul last year

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u/JayMerlyn Notre Dame Fighting Irish • FBS Independents Sep 01 '24

That implies they have a soul.

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u/duraznos Notre Dame Fighting Irish • Team Chaos Sep 01 '24

correction: we beat the shit out of clemson

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u/BadDadJokes LSU Tigers • Chattanooga Mocs Sep 01 '24

Y’all should know the rules by now, but I’ll reiterate. Until your coach wins a national championship, any win against a ranked opponent means said opponent is overrated and it wasn’t actually a big game.

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u/jjnoswag Notre Dame • Tulane Sep 01 '24

Good point

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u/thecarlosdanger1 Notre Dame • Cornell Sep 01 '24

Pyne had an ELITE 80 yards passing

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u/[deleted] Sep 01 '24

I reject the use of “finally”. Freeman has brought it on top 25 games. It’s the Stanford, Louisville, Clemson, and ugh Marshall losses you can hang on him.

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u/Less_Likely Notre Dame • Washington Sep 01 '24

Freeman has 8 wins vs top 25 teams

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u/appsecSme Oregon Ducks • Oklahoma Sooners Sep 01 '24

Not a big game.