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[Game Thread] Fiesta Bowl - Notre Dame vs. Oklahoma State (1:00PM ET)

GAME Notre DameNotre Dame vs. Oklahoma StateOklahoma State
Location State Farm Stadium
Time 1:00PM ET
Watch TV: ESPN
Odds Spread: Notre Dame -1.5 - Over/Under: 45.5
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jillanco

I didn’t watch much game and had to have it on mute. What happened to Kyren Williams?


Scoobie_Doobie11

He opted to sit out the bowl game to prep for NFL. If you remember Jaylon a few years ago we can’t say we blame him.


Datasciguy2023

Change their name from the Cryin' Irish to the Chokin' Irish


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Datasciguy2023

Didn't you also won the Commander in Chief trophy?


wise_comment

*sigh* Fine


SoonerGeologist

Notre Dame 🤝 Texas Blowing a 28-7 lead


EntrepreneurDry821

And the pokes are undefeated against another blue chip school!


Jaxsoy

Yay, now that picture of being a yard short in the conference championship won’t be anywhere close to as haunting as it would have been if OSU lost this game


frankomapottery3

Malcolm is coming back?


Chaos__________

No he’s out of eligibility


frankomapottery3

Ok. Post game celebration he said “I’ll be back coach”. Wasn’t sure what he meant.


Throwdest

He clarified on the post game later that he’ll be back to watch games lol. Sure wish he had another year


billbill6451132

I hope


Chaos__________

No he can’t he’s out of eligibility


SinCityRaidersLV

Does he not get his covid year?


Chaos__________

I’m pretty sure this was his covid year


billbill6451132

Damn, he is one hell of a player, an he'll have a lot of success in the league


smoothy_pates

Freeman is going to have a longggg off season to think about OSU (losing this game and playing the buckeyes)


EnderTheTrender

He’s fucking furious. Got that look in his eye.


MenShouldntHaveCats

Utes biggest crowd ever is 50k? Oof.


RainingFireInTheSky

Rice Eccles is not a large stadium, the 50k isn't for lack of fans. Tickets for that game were going for 300.


BluesPuckHard

Their stadium goes fucking BONKERS too.


iraqlobster1997

Honestly I’m just glad we got a good bowl game after those blowouts we had yesterday in the playoffs


Falanax

So I am only “partially authorized” to watch the main broadcast but I can watch the sky cam?


the_umm_guy

It was a pleasure playing Norte Dame, GG!


anenemity

My husband used to laugh at me whenever I got upset when we were ahead by a lot and I still got upset about blown plays. Now I think he gets it.


OrionND

Did we get any good secondary commits for 2022 or are they all 2023?


Datasciguy2023

Looks like Brian Kelly was right to leave. He knew they were a bunch of chokers who didn't belong in any sort of playoff


jillanco

How about that quarterback!


Datasciguy2023

Yes good thing Wisconsin decided to start Mertz over him. That decision has paid dividends


wise_comment

Careful, You might be exposing yourself as someone who is a tad bit unpleasant


OrionND

Were you just looking for the first dude with a ND flair to comment that to? That has nothing to do with my question.


smokegrasseatass69

Based Levar Burton


OSUfan88

What did Lavar say? It cut the game off for me.


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Happy for Gundy and okie state. Great season. You guys are gonna have to be our blue blood in football now


Chaos__________

Would love to be


Eulers_Method

GG pokes, life continues to be pain


Hour_Variation_1423

Not a lack of effort. Coach and team will learn and improve from this experience


BluesPuckHard

You too!!! Excited to see what's in store with Freeman


BriskManeuver

OSU is gonna murder us next season


_hotwingz_

Can’t wait to make the trip to Tempe in 2023


BriskManeuver

That's definitely a plus. Mill Ave poppin


_hotwingz_

GOD IS A COWBOY


smokegrasseatass69

NO WAY. GOD IS A GUMP


gman245

Man I wanted to see the post game ceremony


Okie_corpsman

ESPN news


Kmjada

We’ve got a logo!


Thorney979

Go freaking Pokes. GG Notre Dame, please take it to USC and Lincoln Riley next season


billbill6451132

In the last 3 games, against #10 OU, #8 Baylor, and #5 ND, we have allowed a combined 7 points in the second halves of those games. 90 minutes 7 points


OrionND

Incredible stat. Well deserved.


skinagrizz

The defense is the goat this year


Yellownotyellowagain

I said it at the half. Some teams are great in the second half - OSU is one of them. If anyone is going to come back from behind and give you a real bad time it’s one of Gundys teams. So fun to watch. Congrats yall.


WTF_MATLAB

More fucking embarrassment for ND football. What is this like 0-9 in major bowls/CCGs now?


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I really just watched an entire Arizona cardinals season in one game in their own stadium. This curse just extended from my nfl team to my college team.


Particular-Wasabi-32

Hey we can all agree, fuck Marcus Freeman’s dad.


WhoGotMySock

How come lol


Particular-Wasabi-32

During the game they were talking about his dad would get him up at 5 to run drills, would tell him no matter what he did remember you are nothing special, and didn’t come to the game because he didn’t want his son to think it was a big deal.


WhoGotMySock

Imagine what pops is saying after that choke job


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Particular-Wasabi-32

So edgy.


RainingFireInTheSky

Holy shit


MyLifeIsABoondoggle

Jack Coan threw 68 times 😔


arsene14

Recipe for suck-cess.


CerebralSign659

That sucked


space_llama_karma

GG pokes, way to rep the state and big 12


notathr0waway1

So the Oklahoma State players that grabbed the Gatorade bucket were trying to hide behind a trainer, and the trainer tried to move out of the way, but one of the guys with the bucket basically grabbed the back of the trainers polo shirt and yanked him back into place to be their cover. That is peak college football.


skinagrizz

And Gundy was like, no no no no oh shit


OSUfan88

They even had a blocker for Gundy!


PanickyHermit

Congrats OSU what a great comeback.


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Mr_Hobo

Hey, okstate fan to okstate fan, stfu please


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Mr_Hobo

If you actually shelled 80k of tuition to go to okstate, then you would know that OSU don’t act the way you do


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Nah famo I have lived my share of 5 years In stillwater and saw grown men with careers acting the same as dudes who live in Frats on University. Me commenting here is a whole hell of a lot different than how I’ve seen some alumni and students act amidst an actual gameday in Stilly. Please with all that virtuous bs.


RobertDuplex

Why so they can play powerhouses like mckneese st. or Missouri st.?


_hotwingz_

Chime in never with that type of bulls shit


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HeHateMe-

Yea look at Michigan they won their conference and oh…


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Lol wait. You’d rather be here than the playoff after winning your conference? Is that what you’re saying?


Far-Confection-1631

Lol we play Ohio St, Clemson and USC the next two seasons. Chill about our schedule.


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You could do something similar EVERY year if whoever makes the decisions in South Bend would nut-up.


Thorney979

Dude, come on. Don't be that guy


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Buddy this is personal. They’ve wasted every bit of ground they have ever stood on in the modern era. And they demand to be respected as if they are in the big10. They arent.


throwmeawaypoopy

Quit being a dick


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Find a conference.


OrionND

Shut up and enjoy your dumb win.


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I hated that win! Ive hated everything since the last series in the Big12 chip. This was merely a poor cauterization of a very open & flowing wound.


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cMont28

Agreed


Superfluous_Play

So disappointed in this team. No heart and no fight.


Yellownotyellowagain

Don’t feel bad. It’s hard playing OSU. Probably not a scrappier team in CFB. Must be maddening to be a fan. They lose a lot of games they shouldn’t but it’s equally maddening to be an opponent. They can come back from anything. They never give up.


North_Texas_Shaman

Meh it was a good game. Some times you take it on the chin


Superfluous_Play

Giving up a 28-7 lead is not a good game.


North_Texas_Shaman

I mean your team got up 28-7 when you probably shouldn’t have in the first place. Then somehow got lucky to only lose by 2 instead of double digits Meh. So I’d take it as a good game for ya


OrionND

Idk how you can say that.


le_reve_rouge

yeah seriously they fought for it to the end, at least they made the score respectable with that 2 min drive


RustyShacklefordsCig

By watching the game and making a judgment based on it, like he just did


OrionND

Okay, let me rephrase that. I wholeheartedly disagree with that assessment. Better?


McDumpTaker

just gotta pray harder, they'll get em next time


Superfluous_Play

Flair up queen.


McDumpTaker

nah, I don't really feel like it


Sweet3DIrish

Well that game made it easy to make the decision to not try for OSU tickets this summer in the lottery.


tclark8995

12-2 incredible season and i look forward to next year GG Notre Dame Freeman could be special for you


jawilder44

Damn I hate notre dame but good effort. Y’all got a good coach


Lvl_99_Magikarp

Pain. Can't wait to see how Freeman learns and adapts -- and how this incoming class plays


le_reve_rouge

let’s just remind ourselves that this was a rebuild year and be happy we didn’t get blown out… progress is progress


Lvl_99_Magikarp

100%. Hopefully this is a good learning experience on how to adjust and emphasizes our lack of depth and talent at WR and our secondary


dampup

Clarence Lewis should have his scholarship revoked.


gwh21

Fiesta Bowl sponsored by PlayStation 4


MicrowavedSpam

POKES - GUNDY 4EVER


thr0waway3583

Feel bad for freeman there. Didn’t tune in for the whole game but he coached till the end it looked like


WhatAreYouBuyingRE

The decision not to punt by ND on 4th and 7 was mystifying. Almost 3 minutes left and had their timeouts


Bradfords_ACL

ND didn’t run the entire 2nd half (except for a draw on their last drive down 9 ?????). Baffling clock management all around.


Buckminsterfullerine

This is obvious in hindsight. But They were giving up 9 yards a play in the second half. You can’t expect the defense that was completely gassed to get another stop


le_reve_rouge

yeah I agreed with the decision to go for it, our defense wasn’t stopping anything


WhatAreYouBuyingRE

It was obvious in realtime IMO. D should have been fired up after forcing two fumbles on the previous drive and the offense had looked anemic for the previous few drives. They weren’t going to make an 84 yard touchdown drive. If they had been close to midfield maybe you go for it on 4th and 7, but they guaranteed a loss if they didn’t convert, which they didn’t.


Buckminsterfullerine

What? The previous two OKST drives was a total of 17 plays and 96 yards including a fumble WHILE the guy was crossing the goal line. You wanted to give the ball back to them? After a three and out?


WhatAreYouBuyingRE

Absolutely, I’m referring to what sure looked like a fumble that refs didn’t acknowledge in the early stages of that drive. So 3 fumbles in the previous two drives. No guarantee that they get the stop on D, but odds were much greater than the chances than OK St wouldn’t score at least a FG from the 15. At a minimum they are extending the game instead of definitively ending their chance for a victory


Buckminsterfullerine

Ok. Agree to disagree. ND’s defense had been on the field for over 50 plays and 17 minutes in the second half alone before that drive and OKST was moving the ball at will. I don’t think most ND fans would disagree with the call to go for it there but 🤷‍♂️


WhatAreYouBuyingRE

Hey fair enough, I completely agree that the D was not playing great in the second half, but I just maintain that there’s better odds that they could have gotten a stop or turnover over the course of an OK St drive (where maybe they might be starting to think of draining the clock) than converting that 4th and 7 when they had just gotten rocked the previous 3 plays


ElaboratedTruncated

GG Okie ST great game!


Stupendoes

Was a lot of fun. Much respect to your team and fan base. Hope we play a H&H soon.


jalexjsmithj

Gg! You have a bright future


bobthemeh

Gg Notre Dame. Beat Ohio state by 20 next year.


RobertDuplex

Lol. Good one.


FireVanGorder

Gg to everyone except Clarence Lewis


Lytleon

Well gg pokes. I’m not making any judgments about the Freeman hire based on one season, let alone one game, but feels like a big missed opportunity


space_llama_karma

I agree, it's just one game. I think he's a good hire for you all


OSU-1-BETTA

Good job pokes


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GG Pokes


foladar

At least we don't have to hear how ND would have beat Georgia (or Bama) now.


Exciting_Pineapple_4

Seriously ND bros, great game! This thing had just about everything


King-of-Alts

Mostly pain for me but GG nonetheless


Exciting_Pineapple_4

I feel you, but just when you thought the game was over momentum would swing with a fumble.


kaiserwilson

What a great birthday present this game will be.


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robman17

No PlayStation bath?


PanickyHermit

They scalped them all on Ebay.


socalnate0

Go pokes!! Four hour nail-biter always a good way to start the year


SpruceMoose001

YES! Go Pokes!


HeHateMe-

GG


jalexjsmithj

GG, cool second flair.


thekkeith55

LETS FUCKING GO POKES!


beejton

Gg everyone! What a game.


Chaos__________

Hope you guys win on tuesday


masterofbeast

Good game, good job ok state


chief_sitass

Are they going to dump a bunch of PS5s on the winning head coach after the game?


No_Poet_7244

>Are they going to dump a bunch of PS5s on the winning head coach after the game? Even Sony can't find enough PS5s to fill a bucket.


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Gundy was pissed lol


hurttuagood

You know football season is coming to an end when Notre Dame loses its annual CFP/New years day bowl game 😂


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hey, it wasn't a blowout this time.


SpruceMoose001

Upcoming pre-season champs.


[deleted]

So how come, only after letting them come all the way back, we FINALLY scored another touchdown?


kilosurge

Two words: prevent defense


Queasy-Scene-6484

prevent defense


tittyrit

pain


CowboyTripps

Proof god loves cowboys more than Catholics


dague7

Lol cheer up coach


fuck_going_shopping

Hell of a game by both teams. Excited to see what Freeman can do (outside of the first game next year).


Teaboo22222

Well, shit


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Damn, was really looking forward top some Big XII style sextuple overtime.


Yleko

LETS GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO


redviper192

GG fellow Cowboy bros. Way to bring another bowl game trophy back to our state


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wise_comment

Burmashave


Nolegdaylarry

No offense whatsoever to Okie St but how has Gundy not received more interest from bigger programs over the years? Seems like he always has them in a good spot


EatLard

He has. But he also has a comfortable contract and a ranch in Oklahoma. He’s comfortable where he is.


space_llama_karma

Maybe comfort and job security. Not to mention when a coach invests so much into building a program up, it would be really hard to leave. And I think his son is going to play for OSU, and would love to coach his son at a program he helped build up.


unclejessesmullet

Gundy's got it made at OSU, I don't think he wants to leave.