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1 - Absolutely a necessary win for MF and The Irish. This embarrassing schedule now sets them up well.
2 - I believe these conferences are colluding to force us into a conference by not scheduling us. That sucks. I wish other schools had the balls to go independent (even if just in football).
3 - Cannot say enough about Al G and his D. However, that A&M QB did miss some opportunities. Watching LSU-USC QB's throw absolute darts the entire game is worrisome for the future if we see QB play like that.
4 - I think Leonard will be fine. He missed a few huge throws early but I love the added run element he brings. Hope they bring back some of the 3 TE sets we ran with Kyren and run the crap out of QB Power.
5 - Collins looks like an absolute dawg. We need to be pushing the ball down the field way more, even if Leonard struggles. Teams have simply loaded the box and forced every QB since Book to try and throw over the top. We gotta find ways to stretch the field.
6 - We have 2 absolute stud RB's. Wow.
7 - Where were the TE's? Hope that picks up later and sure hope 88 is ok.
8 - Well done young bucks on the OL (although 72 looked really shaky at times). Continue to grow.
9 - Why can't we put 2 guys back to field punts? Didn't we sign an All-American returner? A&M flipped the field multiple times with their punter in big situations and we never adjusted.
10 - Having watched the Irish since the early '70's I will say this: NO LET DOWNS! This is setting up to be an 11-1 season at worst as long as we take care of business. Need to B-slap Louisville and take care of Ga Tech while not playing down to the rest of the schedule which seems to happen at least 3 times a year over the last decade or so.

Great start! December home playoff game! Go Irish!