Notre Dame takes down Georgia as SEC continues to struggle in Playoff & Bowl Games

[@JoelKlattShow]

What are your thoughts on Notre Dame’s win over Georgia?

[@STAK_22]

I was Hoping for it! Great Win Notre Dame! I thought that Georgia's time was over at some point in this playoff, and the SEC has been Throttled during these Playoffs, so it is Not surprising!

[@WAH-y2i]

As an Ohio State fan, love it, good when ANY SEC team loses.

[@WAH-y2i]

@@STAK_22 Agreed.

[@mikeyoung4130]

Notre Dame beat Indiana and they said Indiana shouldn’t have been in the playoffs. Notre Dame beats Georgia and they said Georgia isn’t the team of old. Why can’t Notre Dame just be good enough to win the games they’ve won. One team shouldn’t have been there and the other team wasn’t their best. From what I seen Georgia played good enough to win. Notre Dame just made the plays on offense, defense, and special teams to win. Give my Irish credit. In one breathe they are picked to go to the National Championship because their schedule was weak, but when it’s against an SEC power, they don’t have a shot. Notre Dame beat Georgia which everyone picked to win, they beat the refs who did everything in their power to help keep Georgia in it. They beat all the sports media haters, analysts, broadcasters, and biggest haters ESPN. To prove “WE ARE, NOTRE DAME!” Go Irish ☘️

[@rosspearman2808]

@@mikeyoung4130 Notre Dame won't get any credit unless they beat Ohio State

[@JSum81]

Georgia wasnt the Georgia of a few years ago.. we all know that. But they still are Georgia.. they still were the SEC champions..... ND deserves all the credit and praise.

[@jacob4920]

Exactly, if Georgia sucks... and they still won the SEC... that doesn't say anything terribly great about the SEC now, does it?

[@mikewilliams9069]

@@jacob4920 georgia plays in a girlyconference

[@Rome_22]

GA fan here. Well played Notre Dame. And they have class. Good luck to yall going forward.

[@Zapp__Brannigan]

Very gracious response. Especially considering the fact that this is literally the first time we've ever beaten you guys.

[@Ghost8o8o8o]

@Rome_22 ND fan here good game bro you guys have your future QB that kids gonna be really good

[@toddschlicher]

I have to say every time ND has played Georgia, the Georgia fans have been great, including when we played in Athens a few years back.

[@gyberic]

@@toddschlicher Right back at you. I went to the UGA game in South Bend and the ND game in Athens. ND fans and staff were all super cool. Honestly one of the best away game experiences of my life

[@richardoconnor8229]

Classy

[@ricksaunders8074]

Marcus Freemen is a class coach He speaks like a coach with class He doesnt speak in riddles

[@robertsessoms]

He was not well liked at first

[@bodacious117]

@@robertsessomsand he walked into a program at its peak like Ryan day did

[@robertsessoms]

@bodacious117 no they could not win a bowl game ..

[@timeisahumanconstruct9251]

@@robertsessoms He lost his first two games (OSU, unranked Marshall).

[@takforce06]

@@bodacious117like Deboer did, like Kirby did

[@Watermark61]

If we're honest, ESPN owns much of the narrative and most of what's deficient in college football.

[@jtfike]

I agree. The sec hype is from the analysts more than the fans. Most fans just care about their one team (as they should)

[@JoeMACofNAC]

They’re biased due to their SEC contract

[@richardslider4070]

Alumni and ESPN controls college football.

[@phillamoore157]

…at least until people stop watching it. As much as it stings some fans to hear, ESPN caters to the demographic that WANTS to hear that bias, and narrative…which is also why their political narratives (which has no business being in sports at all) caters to the left so heavily. SEC, and left-wing politics is what carries that dumpster fire.

[@doctordetroit4339]

True and the SEC is a subsidiary of ESPN.....now that everyone can pay players, the SEC has been exposed as frauds.

[@CertifiedSupplyChainPro]

Kirk Herbstreit thought Indiana didn't belong after losing to ND by 10 pts AT ND. SEC Champ Georgia lost by 13 to ND at a neutral site 😂

[@shouldawoulda69]

SEC! SEC! SEC!

[@GoatedAtNFS]

Indiana still didn’t belong period. they played nobody with 0 top 25 wins. you might as well put Miami or Colorado in.

[@tracyisbest]

Yeah, but 27-17 wasn't really the story of that Indiana game. ND lead that one 27-3 with about four minutes left. Score looks better than the game was. Granted, UGA had no offense in this game but we've been on this roller coaster all year. They beat Kentucky 13-12 and were on the way to a loss vs GT when the yellow laundry started coming out to get them back in that game. UGA has had their moments this year of looking good. But they have had too many black outs too. Like that first 20 mins. vs Alabama also. Too inconsistent and it came to a head last night.

[@King_JappyJoe]

Georgia got EMBARRASSED 😂😂😂🎉🎉🎉​@@GoatedAtNFS

[@jeffreyprice9790]

​@@tracyisbest20-3 😂 soo much of a difference

[@tomm.6265]

I think all ND fans want to Thank LSU so much for taking Brain Kelly what a absolutely Beautiful gift u gave us and now u get to suffer our pain of the last 10 yrs I feel for u but we did WARN YOU.

[@ToddBarr-sx2hv]

BREAKING NEWS: The MAC is joining the SEC to help the conference become stronger and more competitive

[@tomas746]

Haha

[@TonyM132]

Wouldn't that be the Sun Belt instead? The MAC belongs to the B1G.

[@nicholastaiariol2631]

​@@TonyM132they need help from the North

[@TheAppalachianEsq]

Seeking some midwestern toughness in their league.

[@GoatedAtNFS]

@@nicholastaiariol2631two bad years and everyone thinks it’s cooked 😂😂😂😂

[@kenyattaclay7666]

Here’s what people need to realize, Freeman has been bringing in top recruiting classes the last three years. ND has 5 defensive starters out with injuries, their best offensive player is trying to play on one leg and they lost their best offensive lineman before the season even started. You can’t get this far if you haven’t recruited well and aren’t deep because the next man is coming in and getting it done.

[@irishron4861]

But but they don’t play in a conference……yeah…they don’t play in a conference lol

[@easton838]

​@@irishron4861That's the talk..lol

[@5past5sports]

@@irishron4861it’s always funny when people use that argument as if they wouldn’t be at the top of the acc or B1G yearly.

[@garcia_2419]

​@@5past5sports Lmao Notre Dame would not have won the Big 10 any of the past 10 years, what are you smoking? They lost twice to OSU recently, who didnt even win the conference. They got dumpstered by Michigan the last time they played in 2019. This is the first time in 31 years they won a NY6 bowl, yet you think they could win the big 10? Clown take.

[@Necile2]

@@garcia_2419 And Michigan got skull-dragged when they played ND the time before that. You don't get to cherry-pick which games are relevant just to support your bias.

[@RoadTo19]

New found respect for Freeman. He has proven his worth in my mind... Well done!

[@mspionage1743]

Man I love the Klatt show. The dude is one of the only people in media who is willing to be direct and honest about things. This is legit one of the few sports shows I can fathom at this point and this is coming from a man who has absolutely loved and lived with sports shows for decades now, many decades. Crazy how so few of these journalists are actually willing to be honest. It's almost as if they all are controlled by someone telling them what to say. But not this dude. I respect and appreciate that, Joel. I know you won't read this but if you do, it's appreciated.

[@tracyisbest]

He's not quite what you think. He's paid to be a shill for the sport. That means getting everyone all dialed in on their teams. You think he likes this 15 year period we had where the SEC won everything? Sport's no fun when there's a dominant force going strong. The world sighed relief when Saban got out. It was a sign that he too, knew that things were changing and the task was going to be too difficult to continue. The SEC did away with the divisions. Bama could no longer rely on beating MSU/Ole Miss/Ark every year as they weren't on the schedule any more. That means more games vs Georgia and Florida in their future......OH and OU and Texas are coming in. Nick saw the writing on the wall and got out. Anyway, Klatt is pretty happy about it too so he can keep uttering how everyone has a chance and he won't look so foolish. He's still too biased on Colorado though so he's just human. Don't give him too much credit.

[@mspionage1743]

@@tracyisbest I call it like I see it. The guy is a breath of fresh air in comparison to all of the other MSM voices. I stand by what I said 100%.

[@debankrom6636]

I've been echoing your sentiments about Joel for years, even before he was the big deal at Fox that he is now. Yes, you can 'shill' for whoever pays your bills, but leaving your fan base with the feeling that they know more than they did after your program than before and leading people to believe you actually love the game takes authenticism. Also, 'supernova death star?' This Buckeye fan LOVES it😁

[@nikohoffman678]

Notre Dame was a team to watch as soon as Riley Leonard joined.. the man fits the way they play ball like a glove. Tough smash mouth football. Ggs Notre Dame

[@ThomasBurke-yi5sp]

Old style Smash Mouth Midwestern football ball control time clock. Special teams Lou Holts footballYou gotta love it, BRO It's All good. Happy new year !

[@Nolan-55]

Funny how once everyone else could pay their players the SEC has completely got embarassed. 😂😂

[@reyb1649]

You're looking at this the wrong way. Notre Dame played a Georgia team that was perhaps the weakest Georgia team in many years due to losing top tier players to the NFL draft and coaches like Dan Lanning to Oregon and Monken to the NFL. It was a miracle this team even got as far as it did. Georgia will regroup. They are reloading next year with blue chip receivers and D-Linemen. Hopefully Georgia can stop being stubborn and grab some talent from the portal. Having said that, this is the most talented Notre Dame team I've seen in my lifetime. Well coached, great players. The SEC did indeed have a down year overall, but I attribute much of that to Alabama starting over with a new coach, Georgia in a rebuilding year after losing McConkey, Bowers, and several blue-chip O linemen, and I don't know what Ole Miss's problem was. Regardless, I just can't see any team beating Ohio State this year. That team frightens me like Joe Burrow led LSU national championship team did. They spent 21M for that roster and its paying dividends.

[@qwerty112311]

@@reyb1649bruh the SEC writ large has decreased considerably since NIL. The whole point is that SEC teams are worse, which for whatever reason, you argued against by saying UGA has a bad team this year.

[@givem110]

The sec is by far the strongest most talented conference. Every time the sec doesn't win the national championship these same idiots try to use that as some proof the league has fallen off. Which conference is better than the sec then? All the teams have been paying players since the 1930's

[@stndpenguin]

The sec is garbage as proven by them all getting pushed around by vandy. Itll be 2 big 10 teams in the natty, again.​@@givem110

[@BasedAnalyst]

@@givem110 I know lmao they act like paying players was only the SEC like OSU and Mich haven't been doing it alongside most of the other schools.

[@aaronbux1]

Marcus Freeman out-coached Kirby Smart.

[@ThemDawgsIsHellDontThey]

As a UGA fan, yes he did. And so did a lot of coaches this season. Hopefully Smart has been humbled & makes some changes especially on offense.

[@PrickFlair]

@@ThemDawgsIsHellDontTheyBobo gotta go lol

[@ThemDawgsIsHellDontThey]

@@PrickFlair him & Coley. They should’ve never let him back in the building.

[@Necile2]

Freeman and his two coordinators are like mad scientists on the sidelines.

[@michaelmorris6406]

I think a lot of teams that play Notre Dame. Are surprised at their speed. And I think Notre Dame won the line of scrimmage. Which surprised Georgia I'm sure. I think the only ones that weren't surprised, is Notre Dame and their fans.

[@getcloveryourself]

Watched every single ND game this year and have for decades, most speed I can recall, told people this team was different, no one wanted to hear it. Now they went out and beat SEC champ at their own game, tough defense and running the ball, outrushed georgia 154-66

[@Bobbleheads56]

They pushed em around i absolutely did not expect that

[@mattobrien6053]

Why are you surprised by ND's team speed? ND's defense has been shutting everything down for the last 2 years. ND has playmakers on O. Love didn't really break one vs Georgia but he's been the best RB for ND all year. Electric.

[@Will-fk2dk]

Been a lofe long Notre Dame fan since 1984, when I went to my first game at South Bend at the age of 6! Anyway,I knew that this Notre Dame fan was good. Really, really good. I also knew that the Defense was fast. This is probably the fastest team I have seen since... I can't remeber when! What I didn't expect was how Notre Dame would handle Georgia on Both the Offensive and Defensive Lines. Now, obviously Georgia was keen on stopping our two great RBs, and they did a pretty good job of that. What they didn't do a very good job on was stopping R Leonard from getting big chunk plays AND occasionally our RBs would hit a big run to the outside. That helped all night. Reily Leonard also was very effective in Passing. He didnt get many yards, but almost every pass play was EXTREMELY IMPORTANT!! And then there is the one point that I believe was the most important... Coaching. The Notre Dame Coaching Staff has done a tremendous job all season! We MUST give credit to Marcus Freeman and his Caoching Staff, ALL of them. Congratulations to Notre Dame!! THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR GIVING ME AND NOTRE DAME FANS THE WORLD OVER A REASON TO BELIEVE!! GO IRISH!!!

[@tracyisbest]

@@getcloveryourself U mean because they get overrated EVERY YEAR? Yeah, you're correct most of us didn't want to hear it. In my heart I STILL HAVE TO BELIEVE that no team who loses to NORTHERN ILLINOIS will ever win the NC in that year. This is being put to the test in these final game or (two?). We'll see how it ends in Atlanta.

[@TrainerNick256]

Love it. Go Irish! Two great defensive teams with ND special teams being the edge.

[@gregj831]

They're playing Championship ball.

[@tracyisbest]

@@gregj831 We'll find out at the end.

[@loganmaier9020]

So a first year SEC team from the big12 with pretty much the same key players from last year is carrying the SEC right now 😂

[@xionxxx3359]

And that team about to get beat

[@derek-hanson]

😆

[@danoqamyasharahla6544]

...and they're about to get washed...

[@PushaDee]

Texas shouldn't even be in the semifinal tbh that was targeting 100% and Arizona state would have had a first down game over.

[@richboii6597]

How so? Texas has played 13 games + 2 rounds of a playoff and still has yet to beat a top 11 team. Texas is the result of the luckiest scheduling ever.

[@John-ke1ji]

What a glorious time to be a college football fan!

[@brandonalston1578]

NIL and the transfer portal are the great equalizers

[@zeuscasey]

That's why ole alabama jones decided to retire when he did. He seen what's on the horizon now that the money will be flowing for everyone.

[@shaundon228]

​@@zeuscaseyWatch what you say about the GOAT

[@PTdoubleOT]

​@@shaundon228ur goat cheated his entire career.

[@irishron4861]

@zeuscasey…he left because of entitled kids getting more money than him and in turn they think they can tell him what to do. He suffers from the same illness as Brian Kelly does, thinking he can run a college football program like an NFL team. My guess is if he didn’t have the best kids every year his successes would be diminished. It’s easy to win when you field the best team every week.

[@scottniemi713]

Georgia won a Natty during NIL

[@BradJames878]

Kudos to Joel for picking Notre Dame to win. Three hours prior to the game starting, Stephen A was talking like Georgia already won.

[@davidsimmons3391]

That's the main reason why Nick Saban retired no matter what he says. He knew he couldn't stockpile the best players. Now they can leave without having to sit out a year

[@TheAppalachianEsq]

I do wish they would have a sit out penalty for additional transfers after the first though. The potential for an entire roster to flip every year is ridiculous. Though the top teams manage to keep most of theirs at home.

[@AIRWAY26]

why is it so hard for you to accept the fact nick saban was a great coach

[@mma171]

@@AIRWAY26 He didn't say Saban wasn't a great coach.

[@irishron4861]

@davidsimmons3391…I said this to someone else, i think Saban quit because kids were getting paid big money, a feeling of entitlement then set into some of them, kids then become uncoachable and he couldn’t process that. And I’m not saying all of them but enough of them. Seems kind of a stretch but Saban seems like a quirky kinda dude

[@davidsimmons3391]

@AIRWAY26 didn't say he wasn't. But coaches don't look so great when you don't have all the talent. Since the transfer portal & NIL. He's lost 2 or more games his final 4 seasons. No championships. Now we have parity & it's easier to retire all I'm saying

[@josephmoya5098]

On that fourth down swap, if it is obvious that Georgia is slow walking their substitution, the refs could call delay of game on Georgia, or they could let ND snap the ball without Georgia getting set. But I completely agree that ND had no intention of snapping that ball unless Georgia jumped. I think they would have taken the delay of game and given up the five yards to take it down to the wire. I also agree the hope was to get Kirby to burn a timeout that he desperately needed. Either way, it was a genius move by Freeman.

[@nate-999]

Agree and kirby didn't take the bait. Uga actually got lined up and ready. One guy just jumped early. Quite frankly, the receiver moved almost simultaneously, so it could have very easily been a false start

[@GoatedAtNFS]

what kirby was crying about in the post game presser was that the SEC had set guidelines about not being able to do that because Lane Kiffin had exploited it to the point where the commissioner had to step in to regelate it. the same goes for fake injuries. and Notre Dame did both of that. so Greg Spanky needs to fix that. because the teams are trained of now thinking that the opposing team can’t do that well this is the playoffs not conference play. Notre Dame can get away with it because they don’t live in a conference

[@josephmoya5098]

@@nate-999 He definitely reacted to the D line jumping, but before the ball was snapped. I am actually not sure what happens when a defensive player from across the field causes a offensive player to false start by jumping offsides. It might be an offsides penalty either way. I would not choose to test that though.

[@josephmoya5098]

@@GoatedAtNFS No, Kirby just didn't understand the rules. Of course you can swap out all 11 players. The rule states the ball cannot be in play. Which seem redundant because you can't swap out any players with the ball in play.

[@mikedavis5288]

@@GoatedAtNFS no lmfao Kirby is just braindead

[@normantucker9247]

Notre Dame defense dominated. 9 tackles for loss, 4 sacks, 3 forced fumbles. Georgia defense 1 tackle for loss, 1 sack. Georgia was outplayed and out coached. Imagine how bad it would have been if the game was played in South Bend at 18 degrees.

[@martinparmer]

Simple fact. UGA was better than an average CF team this year. Dreams of champioinship were just that. Any honest evaluation of them all year shouted this in almost every game.

[@gregj831]

They were TOUGH!

[@tracyisbest]

@@martinparmer Then I can expect Notre Dame to lose soon? That's what most of the country would like to know. I'll wait for the answer, let me know.

[@TheAppalachianEsq]

But Joel says it was just those 4 plays in the middle.

[@Zachgotgainz]

Literally score was supposed to be 6-3 at half lol Mike bobo costed Georgia the game. Notre Dame struggled on offense even more than Georgia did

[@rteishe]

As a Penn State fan, I'm pumped that it's Notre Dame we're playing. Should be such an awesome, old school, northern-style throw back game. I'd love to talk smack on ND entering this one, but I have a lot of respect for Freeman. Dude handles his business with class. Looking forward to a (hopefully) all-timer of a playoff final 4 game

[@toddschlicher]

It should be a great game, both teams are really similar.

[@ThomasBurke-yi5sp]

Yes, I Miss the old days playing against Michigan and Penn State open Midwestern football and if playing gangnam style buddy Penn State has my heart.

[@stevejamieson8468]

ND is a B10 team for all points & purposes, nice to see their success

[@phoenixndfan5471]

Will be a great game

[@richardcook4643]

It's gonna be boring. 2 teams that likes 3 yards and a cloud of dust. I'm done till next year.

[@bunjidogg]

What's changing is the perception that a recruit needs to go to the SEC to have a shot at a championship. With NIL and portal other conferences will be winning and getting their share of the top recruits.

[@MaymeBlue-tz8qw]

It's also proving to recruits just cuz ND doesn't play in conference don't mean they can't compete for a National Championship

[@MarkyMark1221]

Other conferences plural?

[@scottniemi713]

It's more teams being added to the dance. You no longer need to be undefeated to get in. Getting hot at the right time is huge now. ND has been on a tear the last 11 games. OSU got embarrassed by Michigan at home. Looks like it was enough to change their offensive philosophy to getting J. Smith the ball.

[@EJ_7715]

Indiana is owed a new apology every game that gets played.

[@jamesregovich5244]

I was curious as to how Sean McDonnough was going to spin this.

[@Shaquille_OatmeaI]

To be fair Indiana scored 2 what can be considered garbage tds at the end of the game

[@JamieDouthit]

@@Shaquille_OatmeaIThe apology is more for the fact that ESPN pushed the narrative that 9-3 Alabama & South Carolina should’ve gotten in over Indiana & SMU solely on the fact they’re SEC teams.

[@Optimus798]

In regards to Brian Kelly - IT FEELS REALLY GOOD

[@mattobrien6053]

Really glad he didn't show up. He always loses big games, just like James Franklin

[@schumi9xwdc]

He was a Verbsl pig, an embarrassment to ND

[@johanna0131]

Yep

[@JaredColanese]

JOEL I was honestly stunned. at the pressure the front 7 of ND got on the run game and even Stockton. alot of these guys have been key reserves. and Freeman and Golden just having a revoling door all season, really paid off . That game was won up front by the Irish. and huge shoutout to the secondary for their tackling in this game. Alot of people take for granted the open field tackling by the Irish in this one. what a performance by the Defense, and a Gusty Gusty EFFORT, from RILEY!@. Hope they keep the Mo going vs the nitnay lions

[@nealrupert7846]

It feels amazing having Freeman as the HC and Kelley underwhelming at the same time!!!

[@tracyisbest]

Don't overthink it too much. Broken clock syndrome don't last.

[@primeministersinister625]

@@tracyisbest 9 ranked wins in a row.

[@dhardy45]

Georgia was dominated on both lines and in special teams by Notre Dame. That was a transformational shift.

[@irishron4861]

I thought that was Charles Barkley as your avatar lol. Go ahead and judge my undead look if you want lol

[@cgates2]

I don’t know what you’re talking about, Georgia’s defense played outstanding. They only allowed one touchdown (off of a turnover that put ND in the red-zone), and held ND’s offense to 244 yards.

[@ridufly4531]

Joel Klatt looks happy af

[@VincesInHocSigno]

He's rich and gets paid a lot to watch and talk about football.

[@RyanJames-b3h]

Bro Notre Dame on defense is going to be even better next year as almost everyone is a sophomore or a freshman. Notre Dame is back!!!

[@Njbear7453]

AND Botthelo coming back and Trayore… the front 7 may all come back and Leonard Moore returning, all American freshman.

[@luisquinones1977]

Excellent comment. Go Irish!

[@PatrickEvans-c1v]

ESPN doesn’t show the audience the “USA” chants at the game. Nor the Anthem. Nor the moment of silence. Naturally, as ESPN is far from patriotic….

[@RK-um9tu]

Patriotic has nothing to do with any of the stuff you mentioned 😂😂😂

[@rogwarrior1018]

Because ESPN is a part of Disney and they have swallowed that WOKE BS. Everything Disney; touches gets f**ked up.

[@danielwade1978]

With Marcus Freeman ND is now 9-0 versus the last 9 ranked teams.

[@robertlisenko2962]

Notre Dame alum here: you are singing my song with your Brian Kelly comments, you’re too professional to state this publicly, but I know that you pick up on how Brian Kelly would give a word salad answer about his accountability before throwing players under the bus by name. I don’t know of a coach in America that blames his players for his own failures as often as Kelly. I was so glad when he left because he’s right- he never would’ve won a championship at Notre Dame, because he is too much of a narcissist to adapt game plans. His gaslighting ruined the psyche of about a half dozen Notre Dame quarterbacks over his 10 years-I better stop now. You are the best analyst in all college football. Keep up the good work.

[@unicornmanofficial6319]

Where all the SEC peoples in the comment sections now? Hate saying we told you so, but we did. Conference superiority is dumb. Be a fan of a team, not a conference. You’ll sleep better at night.

[@executioner1017]

Big facts.

[@kevstervegas]

Thank you NIL, for making it balanced and making it less regional.

[@WhoSays12]

Transfer Portal saved College football. Now way more programs are competitive and more middle-tier programs have a chance to have elite seasons.

[@SammyJ..]

Did you watch the same game as the rest of us? Georgia did not look “fast” or “dominant” at any point.

[@AlbanyND]

Not against a more physical Dfence

[@ThemDawgsIsHellDontThey]

They did at the beginning as he mentioned. But not scoring TDs deep in the red zone turned the momentum. But hats off to Notre Dame to capitalize on those mistakes.

[@sled_dog_gaming3566]

Hats off to Notre Dame for FORCING those mistakes​@@ThemDawgsIsHellDontThey

[@makerbayfield5262]

Georgias defense def did. Both defenses looked significantly more athletic than the offenses

[@greenghostman174]

@@ThemDawgsIsHellDontTheythey did for the one drive that resulted in a red zone fumble. That was it. Before and after, they were manhandled.

[@Andy-AJC72]

Marcus Freeman is a great coach and great person. I don’t like how he has taken shots at his alma mater, he didn’t need to do that to fire up his base. But it’s cool watching him go from college kid playing at Ohio State to being an outstanding coach. ND is lucky to have him.

[@chuckcollins2349]

And he's a Buckeye!

[@vzvandal]

As an Ohio State fan, it's good to see an SEC team go down. Good job for Norte Dame for pulling this out. I'm not underestimating Penn State for some reason, if Norte Dame moves like they did against Georgia it's them and the Buckeyes in the natty.

[@jeffpowanda8821]

I'll take Marcus Freeman over Brian Kelly any day. Two more games. Win it!

[@adam-thesportsguy6147]

Joel is right…with the Transfer portal & NIL the days of 2001 Miami, 2019 LSU, 2020 Alabama, & 2021 UGA are over. You’re seeing the ability to buy players & stock pile depth disappear and the SEC is not handling it well. The SEC is not the best conference right now. The B1G is the best conference and it’s clear. We’ll see what happens next year.

[@DaryusP]

They'll have to dominate cfb for 20 plus years before they can make that claim

[@blkstar_senpai8255]

@@DaryusPthey don’t have to do anything. The B1G has dominated the sec in postseason play the shift is happening

[@AndrewFloeter12]

@@DaryusPyou don’t have to dominate for 20 years as a conference, to claim that you’re the best conference for 1 year. You could argue it’s been the Big 10 for consecutive years, with Michigan winning the title last year.

[@Dbo_Sports]

@@AndrewFloeter12And Ohio State had Georgia beat the year Georgia stole a title against TCU. TCU had no business beating Michigan and Georgia had no business beating OSU.

[@peterdevito4012]

Thanks for content all year Joel

[@rosspearman2808]

ND should have won 38-7 but the refs had to keep precious SEC Georgia in the game.

[@jamescooper3324]

7-5 in the B1G is better than 9-3 in the SEC

[@tracyisbest]

Total bullshyt you broken clock people!

[@MrUpTheScore]

@@tracyisbestevidence says it’s true though🤣

[@MiamiUUUUU369]

Indiana potentially only losing to the national finalists is low key valid AF, it’s not there fault they only got to play either trash teams or literally the 2 best teams in the country (on the ROAD to😬)

[@FrancoDFernando]

To be fair, Indiana was losing 28-3 with 3 min left and then just put on pointless TDs while ND pulled their starters and were trying not to get injured in those last moments..because in the playoffs, it doesn’t matter if you win by 4 or 40, winning’s winning

[@Arjr72]

Indiana would get smacked by Bulldogs. Stop the Indiana BS.

[@sofa.kinggreat]

A CFP appearance year one with mid level talent guys from the portal some even from James Madison on the roster. I think they'll be back next year fighting for the Big 10

[@ThreadAndCircuses1]

Indiana was never competitive in the 2 big games they played in

[@Njbear7453]

@@sofa.kinggreatJames Madison is one of the better schools In Division 1AA

[@raveouscarlias4479]

Joel, thank you for the praise of Marcus Freeman. He's earned everything He's gotten!

[@stephaneleblanc-d9e]

Sec sec sec it just feels different bahahaha 😢

[@SamuelCulper-h6s]

I dunno; the SEC holds 15 of the last 20 Nattys-where I’m counting Texas’s win as SEC since they now are.

[@nicholastaiariol2631]

​@@SamuelCulper-h6s we're talking about the present not yesteryear

[@TheAppalachianEsq]

@@SamuelCulper-h6syou cannot count a natty won in another conference 20 years ago just because that team in in your conference now. That is absurd. Big reason they have those 14 tho is they almost always got 2 of the final 4 teams in. They had more bites at the apple based purely on rep

[@SamuelCulper-h6s]

@ I can do whatever the f I want!

[@AIRWAY26]

@@TheAppalachianEsq ok then its 14 and not 15

[@alonzoburns4289]

Congratulations to Marcus Freeman coaching acumen all season/class/character display.

[@travis88cards]

Georgia was NEVER dominating the line of scrimmage at any point in this football game. What game were you watching??? 😂

[@dashx1103]

Yeah ... according to Klatt, Georgia was "dominating" as it built up a huge 3-0 lead! LOL.

[@andrewgiegerich8211]

Your qb had 90 passing yards 😂

[@Ghost8o8o8o]

I agree I don't remember getting pushed around by the puppies Gooooo Irish!!!

[@andrewgiegerich8211]

@Ghost8o8o8o you don't know football than

[@dashx1103]

@@andrewgiegerich8211 Yep. And in spite of having a QB who couldn't break 100 yards passing, ND beat UGA by 13 points on a neutral field. That basically says it all.

[@michaelmoore-realestate]

Love the analysis and breakdown Joel

[@hebrewhammer4086]

Seems to me now that it is legal for EVERYONE to pay for players all the sudden the field is more even and the SEC isn't so dominate lol.

[@jeffzimmerman5038]

Please explain how the “field is even” now. 134 FBS schools and roughly only 35-40 of them have a shot at being in the playoffs before the season even begins. Not every FBS school can afford to pay 10,15 or $20 million for their roster.

[@hebrewhammer4086]

@@jeffzimmerman5038 Okay let me rephrase it then. It is more even than it has been since the start of the playoffs.

[@treydezellem27]

Great work, thank you sir!

[@daveonezero6258]

I’m sorry but I really think the tune up games really helped a lot of these teams. Thing an end of the year cupcake at these schools to start their tournament really made a difference.

[@Peezster]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="900">15:00</a>. It feels amazing. Hope Brian Kelly enjoyed his 8-4 bowl game nobody watched.

[@rossrreyes]

The Academics beat The Football Factory. Shows you don’t have to lower your GPA standards and spend endless money to win.

[@peterwhite7428]

This is so true

[@golddnn6299]

Whole lotta crickets from those UGA shittalkers now. Let’s go Irish ☘️

[@SouthernLandscaping]

@@golddnn6299 bro Georgia just won two national championships. They can take a little break.

[@willc6675]

Nd, can pay the players with gpa and don’t have to worry about losing them to football factories

[@kookmissile69]

I don’t think I’ve ever seen as many people being humble on both sides and congratulating each other on a good game to watch, I’ve gained a ton of respect for Georgia fans, didn’t make any excuses just good games and good lucks

[@3DUNNJ]

Georgia has one scoring drive in the first half resulting in 3 points: Joel: I felt like Georgia was dominating early in the first half.

[@gavinwright7191]

Such a ridiculous statement......his takes are worsening i used to enjoy his acumen but lately he's losing me

[@Njbear7453]

SEC homers !!! Did you hear the broadcast ? They gave Notre dame ZERO credit the entire broadcast.

[@3DUNNJ]

It's funny. I seem to remember that ND stripped sacked UG on the first drive. Then later in the first quarter, ND's safety blew up their running back to force another fumble. If anything, Georgia's OL looked like they were playing in mud.

[@ThemDawgsIsHellDontThey]

Did you watching the game?

[@irishron4861]

@ThemDawgsIsHellDontThey…I’m a true blue & gold as it gets, but Georgia looked like the better team early in that first quarter. It took ND a bit to figure out how to move the ball. The good helmet on ball hit fumble recovery as Georgia was driving was huge. Remember they did the same thing to IU early in that game but it was an INT. ND is a very opportunistic team. You have to be lucky at times also. It’s how it shakes down sometimes

[@inflameswetrust2194]

Now that the sec cant horde talent by limiting transfers, coaching is going to be more important moving forwards. Gone are the days of winning by just recruiting. Gonna be a crazy decade with lots of inexplicable outcomes and im all here for it.

[@themeparkamusement2214]

Josh Pate gave all the credit to the assistant coaches. Apparently there was no way Freeman was smart enough to beat Kirby Smart.

[@TheAppalachianEsq]

Pate is bucking for Finebaum’s job.

[@AndrewFloeter12]

Josh Pate is insufferable

[@tracyallen6722]

KZbin makes narcissists famous

[@markhollingshead9412]

Rj young has a great show also. He has good insight and not shy about calling you out Very colorful

[@MrEsparza83]

Can we just say Freeman OUTCOACHED Smart?

[@ssezlm]

Also, add the fact that DC Golden and OC Denbrock for ND are two of the best in all of football.

[@MrEsparza83]

@ yeah, it’s the whole ND outfit

[@LostLe0]

​@@ssezlm And Biagi is the best special teams coordinator

[@BigSurJay]

Something I’ve noticed in the last two games, and haven’t heard anybody talking about, is that you don’t really see Irish defensive players missing tackles. Yes, they’ve blown assignments, but generally speaking, if a Notre Dame player can get his hands on someone, they are usually getting tackled. It’s a small thing, but it speaks to the basic fundamentals that are being coached at Notre Dame. A missed tackle can mean a first down, or even a touchdown, and you see Irish defensive players wrapping up like we were all taught in high school. Really, really good tackling makes a huge difference in a game.

[@aaronbux1]

i called ND 24 - 16. Just missed. ND played more physical than UGA. And I knew the UGA back-up QB was not going to carry the day for the Dawgs. Only Texas .. not even an SEC team until this year .. remains. And they're about to get curb-stomped by the Buckeyes.

[@TheAppalachianEsq]

Bettors would not call that a just miss. Js

[@aaronbux1]

@@TheAppalachianEsq Well then good thing I only posted as a fan and not a bettor. Js. Also, you're wrong ha. If people did bet on ND to win and cover .. as I said .. then they'd have more money today than yesterday. I've never heard of a betting market where you place $ on an exact score. What a goofy reply. Js.

[@emhezmfe]

I never thought about what you're saying, Joel, about UGA should've jogged on the field vs rushing on the field. My assumption was, they needed to show a sense of urgency and get out there to avoid delay of game. Didn't realize the officials would've likely allowed time for them, given the mass ND substitution.

[@paulnestor4649]

The SEC was “great” because it had Saban at Alabama and the rest of the conference just rode Alabamas coattails.

[@WhoSays12]

Lies. Auburn 2010, Florida 2006 & 2008, LSU 2003, 2007 & 2019, and UGA 2021 & 2022 all won national titles since the year 2000. They were always the best, BUT it was because I was easier to stockpile talent in the Southeastern region of the US.

[@markheffelfinger9677]

the supernova death star comment was great lol

[@rosspearman2808]

Ha ha ha when was ND overwhelmed

[@BigMonty686]

Klatt can’t help himself! It’s like your little brother traveling with the ball when you play pick up basketball in the driveway….. you just gotta let him have it! Lol

[@MercNinja]

I would say ND wasn't moving the ball well on offense in the first half and Georgia moved it better but couldn't finish. The final couple minutes of the first half were disastrous for Georgia and that's what gave ND the leg up

[@charlesronk2989]

Georgia was gifted a few calls in this game as well. The lined up in the neutral zone. He slightly was, but the next ND possession, the Georgia player was far more over the line of scrimage. They never called it. Then, on the illegal shift by ND, that stopped a drive. The guest official explains to Greg why he is wrong. That would have been a first down for ND. They settled for a field goal. When playing the SEC, it is like boxing a Champ. You can't just beat them by a little because every round that is close, they are going to get the decision.

[@Buffbison55]

SEC isn’t the only team paying recruits now. My guess that’s why is Saben retired🤷‍♂️

[@waynelei6459]

Keep up the great work Joel! You are right, we fans want evidence on the field with real wins, not narratives nor hypotheticals. The ESPN journalists are so unprofessional and biased that even a neutral fan like me feels sick to my stomach after hearing what they’ve said in the past few weeks. Please keep professionalism in college sport journalism.

[@nicholaslajara2080]

Only a sec team could score 3 pts at half and then 10 in a game and still get praised 😭😭😭😭😭 Georgia got they teeth kicked in from start to finish mfs was weak

[@sprintstothebathroomdaily2429]

Good for freeman tbh. the fact they took that NIU loss and didnt crumble as a program shows he can lead the guys. Now a huge win vs Georgia. Love to see it.

[@irishron4861]

The former guy crumbles because he lacked the ability to galvanize a team after a seemingly devastating loss as Marcus Freeman has done. When he gets done with his death march he should invite NIU to a win it and take it game for the gold. And ND beats that team to a pulp

[@CatholicIrish]

I love the narrative that it's not ND is good it's Georgia is bad. So typical of lazy reporting.

[@krossi1122]

Am l the only person who thinks that it would be really funny if Joel’s intro was something like, “welcome back to the Joel Klatt show everybody. I’m Joel Klatt, this is my show, that’s why it’s called ‘The Joel Klatt Show’”? I think that would be great. Love the show!

[@chrisdrake1990]

ESPN needs to lose. Their take over failed. I want intelligent people telling us about all the games. Fu E Fu Dis. I’m hating everything esp garbage.

[@scottniemi713]

Kirby wasn't complaining. He was asked a question about the situation and said he was told it wasn't legal to switch all 11 players at once from SEC officiating. Also mentioned that the refs wouldn't follow up with him regarding the rule.

[@showmerockk]

The 17 points in however many mins it was is what killed UGA. This team has been so up and down this year, but still proud of them for winning the sec.

[@nicholastaiariol2631]

NIL killed UGA and the SEC

[@Njbear7453]

The fumble before half is what did it

[@mattobrien6053]

And ND's superior physicality caused those turnovers and ND's playmakers made those plays. This wasn't just Georgia being sloppy. They got hit in the mouth.

[@ThemDawgsIsHellDontThey]

@mattobrien6053UGA was smashing ND around too. But those turnovers, dropped passes, and bumping into the ref absolutely killed them. And ND capitalized when UGA couldn’t.

[@showmerockk]

@@ThemDawgsIsHellDontThey the bumping into the ref about sent me lol

[@jjgreen5206]

No one should complain. College football is as exciting as it’s ever been, and these playoffs have been great. It showed that the Big 12 is every bit as good as the SEC and Big 10, but the sports media won’t acknowledge it. The right teams got in and the 12 team playoff is like a great story worth following.

[@theronr7464]

I know Joel loves the Big Ten and takes every chance to downgrade the SEC, but analyzes on par with the best. Freeman out-smarted Smart and ND has the athletes to compete. It was obvious. No surprise on the result.

[@trogdog1267]

The Big 10 praise was warranted this year. USC, Illinois and Michigan all beat SEC teams with similar or better records than them. Even Iowa hung with a 3-loss SEC team. And now, two teams that aren't their conference champion are in the semifinal. As for the "we only put out for natties" argument the SEC homers love to employ, I remind you of the argument you made against FSU to win your consolation bowl game to "prove you belonged after all". BYU did it, why couldn't your team?

[@clydeorris4093]

You are the best at what you do. You actually watch the games and give real analysis. No propaganda, no agenda, just facts. I've been saying all year that the SEC was down. Not bad, just down. Their top teams don't match up the same as they used to. The B1G teams at the top are better this year and last year. I used to really like Josh Pate, but he seems to not want to acknowledge what you so clearly see that he can't. Thank you for being honest with high integrity. It's a rare thing these days. Real recognizes real.

[@hurry2014]

Think about this, every team that had a first round bye lost. Every team that won their first round game also won their second round game. There's something to be said for meeting teams fresh from the high of a first round win when you've got rust from a month off.

[@Mothball556]

Yeah, the stupid gap needs to be done away with.

[@seanmeier7953]

All of the other teams had roughly the same time of. Look at tOSU

[@tracyisbest]

So......the question is.....will the NFL playoffs be like that too and really give us something to watch or are we in for the same boring trip we've been on for some time now? Hmm!

[@dj2k460]

I'm a buckeyes fan and I still don't understand why we had a weekxoff between the first and second round. The second round should've been last week and the semi finals should've been on January 1 so that next week we'd have the championship game. Though to be fair Georgia was missing it's starting quarterback so they probably would've lost regardless of what happened and let's be honest here: ARIZONA STATE WAS CHEATED! Should've been helmet to helmet, would've been 1st and 10 at the 40 with under 2 to go and they would've kicked the game winning field goal to advance.

[@JC-td1bt]

You get a month to prepare. There’s no excuse for losing with that amount of time to prepare y’all need to stop making these weak excuses. The truth is all four teams with the first round bye got beat by better teams.

[@jimmypappas3593]

Man Joe not sure what you were seeing at the beginning of that game but ND looked waaaaay faster than Georgia and was more physical. I had texted my friend right away that ND had surpassed the SEC speed of Georgia.

[@BadaBingBadaBoom777]

I don't know why anyone is surprised by notre dame, in a day and age in college football where the only thing that matters is money and name brand, notre dame has as much or more money than anyone.

[@jeffbogan7007]

ND got some quality transfers in the portal, but of the remaining teams they have easily spent the least in NIL money. Brand recognition, meh...maybe if you're 35 or older, but until this year, ask the the average 16-18 yo HS player and ND would be between 10-15 in name recognition. GA has more 5 stars on their roster now than ND has recruited in the last 10 years.

[@BadaBingBadaBoom777]

@jeffbogan7007 I think you'd be surprised how much money talks when it comes to 16 - 19 year olds.

[@nothingpersonal1000]

The issue is more about how ND spends that money

[@chrisayres2340]

at <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="948">15:48</a> klatt mentions 12 men on the field vs ohio state, klatt has so much college football overload(and he's my go to for cfb knowledge and takes) but hope somebody reminds him that the reason notre dame lost that game was because on back to back snaps(2 plays) on the GOAL LINE on 3rd and 4th down at the end of the game with a timeout btw only had 10 MEN ON THE FIELD!!!actually had a shirt made for the next game that says, "we have improved" on the front and on the back, "we got 11 men on the field for every play."

[@Nite2012Mare]

Freeman > Kelly Go Irish 🍀🍀

[@andyhampsten4252]

I thought G was nuts when they didn't take a knee at the end of the half. ND was pressuring and they weren't going to have time to throw deep. Sure enough. Love it.

[@sled_dog_gaming3566]

It's almost like all you idiots who have been telling us how much better the SEC is actually have no clue

[@MSWSB]

Curious as to what the injury list has been for ND vs GA. Some of these other games, as well.

[@joecommentator8534]

Freeman is a good coach, Kelly was a dud.

[@MichaelKar-x2f]

Nice new intro joel

[@aaronbux1]

Tennessee .. completely dominated. Georgia .. out physicalled by a ND team that lost to N Illinois. Alabama .. punched in the mouth. .South Carolina (hottest team) .. loses to mid B10 team. Oklahoma .. loses to .. Navy? Lol. SEC! SEC! SEC!

[@derrickmarsh50]

Illinois isnt mid B1G. Theyre the 5th/6th best team this year. In conf of 18 thats top 1/3rd.

[@Njbear7453]

Keep mentioning N Illinois lol 12-0 since

[@aaronbux1]

@@derrickmarsh50 Cool. So the hottest SEC team lost to the 5th or 6th best B10 team.

[@jtfike]

Oklahoma down to navy. Sec sec sec

[@AIRWAY26]

does that erase all the national champions the sec still has aaron?

[@opaulamorgan4265]

Joel was right this time!👏☘️☘️

[@Eliyah-EliyahuYahudah]

Make the college football playoffs like the NFL with 14 teams; and let that be final moving forward.

[@StarBoy0100]

No thanks

[@Njbear7453]

They’ve been talking about adding 2 teams after next year

[@Necile2]

People keep talking about that NIU game and OSU losing to Michigan. The fact is, those two games lit a fire under both teams and made them go on a tear. Not all losses are a bad thing.

[@glennpritchard4745]

I knew notre dame would when i saw how big and fast tjere defense was against indiana

[@steveohara9082]

Man I don't know what game you were watching, Joel. Never did I once see UGA more physical or speed-wise faster than ND. On the contrary.... if anything, the Irish were playing against the refs. The officials called EVERYTHING against ND and let obvious penalties against Georgia slide.

[@ThemDawgsIsHellDontThey]

As a UGA fan it’s disappointing but as Klatt pointed out all season, UGA could never really get any phase of the game figured out. Hopefully they realize that & make some changes over the offseason, but accomplishing what they did this season without being great at any one particular thing is impressive. Go Dawgs!

[@MercNinja]

Ngl I was rooting against UGA just because I wanted to see some new teams in the final 4 but I wouldn't lose any hope if I were a Georgia fan, your defense is solid offense just needs weapons and I think that Gunner kid will be a good QB in the future, hard spot for him to walk into I think he'll develop though and be better than Beck

[@irishron4861]

@ThemDawgsIsHellDontThey…can’t win it every year. Back to backs have only happened 5 times since 1970

[@outta_the_blue]

Do you think Joel is recording from a Hampton?