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Originally Posted by Oh8ch
Normally when I read this board I am impressed by how knowledgeable most posters are. But this thread disappoints.
I have been reading the Notre Dame boards and we are missing the point. Notre Dame lost several talented players from last season.
Unlike most college teams who keep the same kids year after year only replacing them as their talents wane, Notre Dame had several of their players leave as soon as they completed their eligibility.
The OL in particular has been ravaged by losses. The average Big Ten team only lost two starters from their OL last season. Notre Dame lost three. You can't recover from something like that in just one year.
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Not to mention that Ty left the poor Notre Dame program high & dry with less than the full complement of 85 scholarship players.
Everyone knows you just cannot win without a full 85 players on schollies.
PS - Count the number of scholarship players Ohio State has this year.
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Originally Posted by Oh8ch
Imagine if you would that Jim Tressel lost virtually an entire class. Let's say the class of 2003. Could he even field a football team four years later in 2006, let alone make a run at the Big Ten title or the NC?
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