Patrick Engel

I used to tell sports stories, now I tell steel stories | Former Notre Dame beat reporter and award-losing sportswriter | @SMU and @MedillSchool alum

[Patrick Engel @PatrickEngel_]

@jacksoble56 Someone needs to acknowledge the beautiful reference here and I’ll gladly be the one 🐻 ⬇️

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@PaulPabst Dive: Rossi’s. Where else sells $4 Hamms at 7 am
Cocktail: It’s cozy more than high-end, but Love Street is unmatched for cocktails plus atmosphere

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@bloss_henry24 Yup, there wouldn’t be any talk of punishing a conference title game loser because we wouldn’t know they were in good position before they lost. Whoever was left out wouldn’t be all that sympathetic a victim because they could only point to a bubble-worthy resume as their case.

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If Notre Dame was left out of the CFP after a sole rankings reveal like March Madness rather than the last of several ratings ploy babble fests, I don’t think it goes down as an all-time infamous snub. Same if it were Alabama or Miami. Their resumes belong around the bubble (1/2)

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But I don’t blame Notre Dame for feeling like a piece in a guessing game for mass entertainment. Weekly rankings reveals turn selection into that.

Someone will always be the 1st team out. But we don’t need something that invites more room for bad logic and process to choose who.

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The absurdity and hypocrisy of Lane Kiffin repeatedly playing the victim card after walking out on a playoff team for a rival cannot be understated.

The only thing more absurd would be taking his version of events with even a tiny grain of sympathy.

[Ross Dellenger @RossDellenger]

Lane Kiffin says he did not know, for certain until about 8:30 a.m. Sunday - 30 minutes before a scheduled team meeting - that he would not be allowd to coach the playoffs. He was under impression before the 8:30 phone call from AD Keith Carter that he would coach the playoffs.

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Kelly on risking his legacy at Notre Dame: “Legacies are not part of what I spend time thinking about. People will evaluate me based on my life’s work, how I’ve treated people and make their own decision.”

[Patrick Engel @PatrickEngel_]

It legitimately felt like Lee Corso had a 100% approval rating from viewers, which is basically impossible to do as a prominent sports media tv figure, but he’s that likable and authentic. What a career.

[Chris Vannini @ChrisVannini]

Lee Corso's last pick is the same as the first one: Ohio State.

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@CodifyBaseball James Norwood

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@MikeTSinger

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@mattfreeman05_ I see one trio that looks like they’re having a good time.

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Lou Holtz does the coin toss or we riot.

[Jack Soble @jacksoble56]

Jan. 20. For the national championship.

[Patrick Engel @PatrickEngel_]

Notre Dame had the athleticism, strength and toughness on par with the sport’s 2020s standard-setter and punched them in the mouth. Gotta be beyond refreshing for Irish fans after ND’s prior CFP games and the 2012 BCS title.

Marcus Freeman and staff built an impressive roster.

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I cannot imagine Notre Dame has had too many safety tandems with noses for the ball and takeaways like Adon Shuler and Xavier Watts have.

[Patrick Engel @PatrickEngel_]

“I’d like to know where Kirk Herbstreit is right now!!”

[Chris Vannini @ChrisVannini]

The CFP argument was dumb was because anyone who watched Alabama this year knew it wasn't typical Alabama.

The ceiling was high and the floor was low. Going to bat so hard for *this* Bama team, to tear down other schools having great years, was such a bad look, and here we are.

[Patrick Engel @PatrickEngel_]

May we all aspire to live our best lives like the Pop-Tarts Bowl is living its best life.

[CJ Fogler 🫡 @cjzero]

Pop Tart mascot strip--- uh, unwrapping

[Nicole Auerbach @NicoleAuerbach]

Eleven teams are going to lose at some point in the CFP this year.

I sincerely hope that people do not relitigate each team's right to play this out on the field. This is the whole point of an expanded bracket.

If a team isn't good enough to win the national title, it won't!

[Céspedes Family BBQ @CespedesBBQ]

the Cubs haven't won a playoff game since 2017

this return may hurt eventually but if Tucker gives them the best chance to get back to relevance/contention ASAP, great

I'd rather more teams in their position prioritize present opportunities over preserving the unknown future

[Patrick Engel @PatrickEngel_]

This drawn-out selection show format was tragically bad and deserved a leak like this. Fire it into the sun, please.

[Ross Dellenger @RossDellenger]

One minute before the selection show started, @Brett_McMurphy reported that SMU was in the playoff and Alabama was out, citing anonymous sources.

It is believed to be the first leak of any bracket information in the 11-year history of the CFP.