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UNLV’s Game vs. Iowa State Is In Question

The Big 12 is going to a nine-game slate plus one non-league game and that means cutting a few games and that could include UNLV’s contest.

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UNLV’s Game vs. Iowa State Is In Question

Big 12 is going with a nine-game conference slate and one non-league game.

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UNLV could be down a third game

The Big 12 made the announcement that they are going away from a 12-game schedule but will now go to nine league games plus one other non-conference game.

 

UNLV is the only Mountain West school that has a game vs. the Big 12 this year and that opponent is Iowa State. There is no word on if that game will be played or not as it is still early.

The Cyclones have already made some scheduling changes this year and added Ball State to replace a game. With Ball State being in nearby Indiana it might make more sense to keep that game on the schedule than to play the Rebels.

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Those decisions probably will be made within a week or two as these non-conference games need to be played before any Big 12 games which are to begin in either the second or third week.

If UNLV does lose the Iowa State game, they would be down to just nine games after the Arizona State and Cal games have been cleared off the schedule.

The Rebels were recently in talks with TCU for a Week 0 game and there is no word if that is still in the works as the Horned Frogs only non-league game.

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Iowa State 2020 Preview: CFN in 60

Iowa State Cyclones 2020 Preview: previewing, predicting, and looking ahead with what you need to know

Photo Credit: Michael C. Johnson-USA TODAY Sports

Iowa State Cyclones 2020 Preview: previewing, predicting, and looking ahead with what you need to know

Photo Credit: Michael C. Johnson-USA TODAY Sports

Iowa State 2020 Preview: CFN in 60

Iowa State Cyclones 2020 Preview: previewing, predicting, and looking ahead with what you need to know

Photo Credit: Michael C. Johnson-USA TODAY Sports

Iowa State Cyclones 2020 Preview: previewing, predicting, and looking ahead with what you need to know

Photo Credit: Michael C. Johnson-USA TODAY Sports

Legendary College Football Player/Coach Johnny Majors Dies at 85

College football hall of fame player and national champion coach Johnny Majors has died at 85 years old. Learn more about Majors here.

College Football Hall of Famer Johnny Majors has died at the age of 85.  Majors was a legendary tailback at Tennessee before a coaching career that led him to Iowa State and Pitt before eventually ending up coaching at Tennessee.

Majors was a Tennessee football legend, twice winning the SEC Player of the Year Award and finishing second in the Heisman Trophy voting to Paul Hornung of Notre Dame in 1956.

After a brief stint in the Canadian Football League, Majors got into coaching as a graduate assistant at Tennessee before stops as an assistant at Mississippi State and Arkansas.

In 1968 he earned his first head coaching job at Iowa State where he went 24-30-1 in five seasons, earning bowl berths in his last two years there.

He took the Pitt job in 1973 and led them to three bowl games in four years, culminating in a national championship after a 12-0 season in 1976.

Majors then returned to Tennessee where he coached the Volunteers from 1977 to 1992, going 116-62-8 along the way and winning three SEC Championships as well as a pair of Sugar Bowl wins and a Cotton Bowl victory as well.  After being forced to step down in 1992, Majors

Majors returned to Pitt from 1993 through 1996 but failed to find the same success, going just 12-32 in his second stint with the Panthers.

In terms of a Notre Dame connection, Majors wasn’t just the first runner-up in Hornung’s Heisman season but also coached against the Irish nine different times, going 2-3 in his two stints with Pitt and 2-2 during his time at Tennessee.

Majors is said to have spent his final hours doing something he very much enjoyed, looking out over the Tennessee River.

For more information on Johnny Majors check out our friends at VolsWire who will have coverage throughout the coming days.

Georgia football offers 2022 DT out of Missouri

Saturday, North Kansas City High School DT Domonique Orange tweeted about receiving a scholarship offer from the Georgia football program.

Coach Kirby Smart and the Georgia football staff continue to dish out scholarship offers in the 2022 recruiting class with the most recent one going to defensive tackle Domonique Orange out of North Kansas City High School in Kansas City, Missouri.

Orange (6-4, 300) holds offers from Iowa State, Kansas State, Missouri, SMU and now Georgia.

Orange doesn’t hold any stars yet, but it’s still early in the 2022 recruiting cycle. Look for young players like Orange to gain some recognition from recruiting sites as camps and visits resume later this year.

 

Notre Dame Shown Major Disrespect in “Too Early” Top 25

Brett McMurphy of Stadium released his “Top 25 Rankings for 2020” and quite frankly, they should be rolled into a ball and thrown into the closest fire pit.

I hesitate to even draw attention to this because I think it was done for that exact reason.

That or someone is entirely oblivious to the world.

We’re at the time where “Way Too Early Top 25” polls are being released daily as the focus now shifts to 2020 after Clemson and LSU get done Monday night in New Orleans.

Brett McMurphy of Stadium released his “Top 25 Rankings for 2020” and quite frankly, they should be rolled into a ball and thrown into the closest fire pit.

Clemson checks in at one which nobody should have any problem with.

No. 2 is Ohio State before the water-carrying for the SEC begins as LSU, Alabama, Auburn and Texas A&M check-in three through six.

A few more spots down you’ll find the team Notre Dame just dismantled in Orlando, Iowa State tenth, and no, the Irish are not listed in that 7-10 range.

Nor are they right after Iowa State.

You have to go to 15, one spot behind even USC to find Notre Dame, where you’ll find this write up:

Last year, Notre Dame might have been one of the most under-appreciated two-loss teams in recent memory. Only a close loss at Georgia and a blowout loss at Michigan kept the Irish out of the playoff and New Year’s Six bowl contention. Still, Brian Kelly became the first coach in Notre Dame history with three consecutive double-digit win seasons since Lou Holtz (1991-93). Quarterback Ian Book, 20-3 as a starter, announced he would remain at Notre Dame for his senior season, which will be a huge boost for the Irish, who lost RB Tony Jones Jr. and TE Cole Kmet early to the NFL Draft.

Excuse me, what?

In what was perhaps the biggest bowl game in the history of Iowa State football they got fired into the sun by Notre Dame, who we weren’t sure had any interest in being there much of the week.

The talent discrepancy was as evident in that game as it was on any Saturday in South Bend this year besides the New Mexico or Bowling Green clashes. Yet those close games Iowa State lost get rewarded with a top ten ranking.

Hilarious.

And USC at 14 in their current situation is just as laughable. In a bad Pac-12 they were an after-thought in regards to the conference championship. A notorious underachiever who just got their doors blown off by Iowa in the Holiday Bowl are going to finally put it all together in 2020?

Good luck with that.

Notre Dame returns a ton on both sides of the ball. Obviously replacing Claypool and Kmet will be a challenge but the offensive line figures to be better, defense should be nearly as good even with a dip at corner and potentially a game-changing offensive coordinator could still be brought in.

15?

If Notre Dame finishes 15th in the final rankings next January it will have been an incredibly disappointing season for the Fighting Irish.

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Should I do my own of these? Warning: I would use actual logic behind them and not just fire crap at the wall to see what sticks.

Notre Dame/Iowa State: Coaches Final Press Conference Before Camping World Bowl

The talk is officially all over, only thing left to do is strap the helmets and shoulder pads on and play one final game for the 2019 football season.

Will Notre Dame show up motivated or will the reports of them having their minds elsewhere much of the week end up costing them a very winnable game?

The talk is officially all over, only thing left to do is strap the helmets and shoulder pads on and play one final game for the 2019 football season.

Will Notre Dame show up motivated or will the reports of them having their minds elsewhere much of the week end up costing them a very winnable game?

If Iowa State wins what does it mean for their program going forward?

All of that and plenty more was discussed as the two head coaches, Brian Kelly and Matt Campbell had a joint press conference, their final media obligations before Saturday’s game.

Here’s a transcript of what was said by both, it begins by opening statements before questions from the assembled media:

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Notre Dame Football: Tommy Rees to Call Plays for Camping World Bowl

We thought we had a pretty good idea as to who would call plays a few weeks ago when Chip Long was removed as Notre Dame’s offensive coordinator and on Thursday, Brian Kelly made things official before practice.

We thought we had a pretty good idea as to who would call plays a few weeks ago when Chip Long was removed as Notre Dame’s offensive coordinator and on Thursday, Brian Kelly made things official before practice.

Former Notre Dame quarterback and current quarterbacks coach Tommy Rees will handle the play-calling duties in Saturday’s Camping World Bowl versus Iowa State.

It’s hardly surprising as his was the first name mentioned the second we found out about the Long news.

Rees was given an interview for the Northwestern O-C opening earlier this month but didn’t make the second round of interviews with Pat Fitzgerald.

Is this an actual audition or is it a “just don’t mess entirely up and the job is yours” type of thing?  I’m curious to know.

What I do know is that earlier today Texas hired Ohio State’s passing game coordinator Matt Yurcich to be their new offensive coordinator.  I know stars make plays but that offense has been pretty much entirely unstoppable all season long, making the transition from Urban Meyer to Ryan Day even smoother than the biggest Ohio State fans in the land could have missed.

This is purely feel and based on nothing I’ve heard but I would be pretty surprised if Rees doesn’t have the O-C title come next August so I’m not walking away today stunned or shocked by any means, I’d be more-so if they did go on a national search for their next O-C like Kelly has said they’re going to do.

Notre Dame Football – Camping World Bowl Schedule

Not going to lie:  Obviously excited for one more game for the 2019 season to get here but now I really want to go drive a go-kart before Christmas.  

Notre Dame’s 10-2 football team leaves South Bend today to spend Christmas in Orlando as they prepare for the 7-5 Iowa State Cyclones in the Camping World Bowl.  When will you hear from Brian Kelly and some of the players before the game?

Today is the travel day from South Bend while plenty is planned both in preparation and in fun off the field this week.  Here’s how that will look for the Fighting Irish (all times ET):

Monday, Dec. 23 – Travel Day

Tuesday, Dec. 24 – First On-Site Practice (Boone High School)

  • 11:30 a.m. – Brian Kelly and a selected player will meet the media before practice gets underway at noon. The first three periods of practice will be open to the media at Boone High School in Orlando.

Wednesday, Dec. 25 – Second On-Site Practice (Boone High School)

  • 11:30 a.m. – Brian Kelly and selected student-athlete will address the media before noon practice again just as Jesus would want it on his birthday.

Thursday, Dec. 26 – Day For Kids & Third On-Site Practice (Camping World Stadium)

  • Day for Kids Event (9-11 a.m.) at Andretti Indoor Karting & Games

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  • 1:30 p.m. – Coach Kelly available upon arrival before practice begins at 2 p.m.

Friday, Dec. 27 – Head Coaches Press Conference (Rosen Plaza Hotel)/Pep Rally (Pointe Orlando)

  • Coach Kelly & Iowa State Head Coach Matt Campbell will hold a joint press conference (9 a.m.) at the Rosen Plaza Hotel

  • Notre Dame pep rally at 4:45 p.m. at Pointe Orlando

Not going to lie:  I’m obviously excited for one more game for the 2019 season to get here but now I really want to go drive a go-kart before Christmas.

Also worth noting – with Christmas coming up we’ll all be busy but keep it here as we’ll have reaction from each day ahead of game day as Notre Dame seeks just their eighth 11-win season in school history.

Notre Dame Football: Iowa State Sells Out Camping World Bowl Allotment

If they traveled to San Antonio by the masses to see their Cyclones play Washington State you could bet your rear end they were going to travel to Orlando to see them take on Notre Dame.

We told you on Sunday that part of the reason Iowa State was so appealing to the Camping World Bowl was because they’ve got a passionate fan-base that makes up for a less-than-stellar team history.

We mentioned how Iowa State fans helped pack the Alamo Bowl last year and the Liberty Bowl previous to that.

You can go ahead and add the Camping World Bowl to that list.

It’s hardly surprising. If they traveled to San Antonio by the masses to see their Cyclones play Washington State you could bet your rear end they were going to travel to Orlando to see them take on Notre Dame.

In case you’re curious there are tickets available on the Notre Dame Athletic website at the time of this posting, listed between $79 and $190.