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CJ Carr Shows He Belongs in First Career Start at Notre Dame [NT] [LINK] - UHND - 10:27pm 9/2/25 (0) [View All]
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Posted without comment. [NT] [LINK] - faircatchcorby - 8:02pm 9/2/25 (0) [View All]
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First time starting QB's were pretty much asked not to lose. - koreasam - 6:28pm 9/2/25 (2) [View All]
- 1 critical point. To open up the deep ball the OC 1st has to call vertical pass plays; not laterals [NT] - oldirish - 7:05pm 9/2/25
  - Yep, and they did it. Just started a half too late. [NT] - DiscoRick - 9:07pm 9/2/25
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Pump the brakes on first-game woes - MarkHarman - 6:24pm 9/2/25 (2) [View All]
- You used the word "hopefully". That is the part that worries me. - ELP - 9:13pm 9/2/25
- Good post, I’m good. GO IRISH! [NT] - Frankx - 7:13pm 9/2/25
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I’ve lost my love for wide receiver screens - Curly1918 - 6:12pm 9/2/25 (7) [View All]
- Have to establish a downfield passing game to truly open it up for the screens - ndunabomber - 10:07pm 9/2/25
- Can't remember having any love for them in the past 7 decades.. - nddad98 - 8:17pm 9/2/25
- They are no longer sneaky and don't work. DBs recognize them very quickly now. [NT] - oldirish - 7:06pm 9/2/25
- TCU used them a lot against NC, but they also threw downfield and ran the ball. Can't be a solo item [NT] - LanceManion - 6:30pm 9/2/25
  - Sonny Dykes is a very good and very underrated coach.... [NT] - irishslovak - 6:56pm 9/2/25
    - Agree. He had his team ready to play & used the weapons he has. [NT] - LanceManion - 7:08pm 9/2/25
- They have their place. But not when they are fully anticipated... [NT] - TakethetrainKnute - 6:13pm 9/2/25
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OT, Bill Belichick lost his edge with the Pats. Tanking at UNC is no surprise. [NT] - SteveM - 3:05pm 9/2/25 (16) [View All]
- 5 years, $50 million - AlbanyIRISH - 6:24pm 9/2/25
  - And wait 'til he gets the BlueChew endorsement money on top of that... [NT] - TakethetrainKnute - 6:28pm 9/2/25
- It's sad to see - the whole circus with the girlfriend. [NT] - LanceManion - 5:35pm 9/2/25
- He's ruining his legacy..it's a joke..his 24 yo dime gf is asking - beefy78 - 5:11pm 9/2/25
- Going to college at this stage was not that bright...both for coaching...and for dating. [NT] - TakethetrainKnute - 5:10pm 9/2/25
  - Worked out OK for Rodney Dangerfield. [NT] - ELP - 6:02pm 9/2/25
    - Pretty sure Belichick can't pull off "The Triple Lindy"... - TakethetrainKnute - 6:07pm 9/2/25
  - He should have watched the Anna Nicole Smith biopic. [NT] - LanceManion - 5:36pm 9/2/25
    - His girlfriend certainly did... - TakethetrainKnute - 5:46pm 9/2/25
      - His son, the DC, will be disinherited soon enough [NT] - LanceManion - 5:57pm 9/2/25
  - Nonsense, tons of women in his target age group on campus. [NT] - Clem - 5:16pm 9/2/25
- Maybe his balls are deflated. [NT] - ND521 - 5:01pm 9/2/25
- By lost his edge, you mean Tom Brady? 29-38 record after Brady. [NT] - ELP - 4:29pm 9/2/25
  - Brady...made more unwarranted money for coaches than any man in history. Just ask Charlie Weis... [NT] - TakethetrainKnute - 5:07pm 9/2/25
    - What a jerk and bad coach [NT] - cubsfanin16 - 6:09pm 9/2/25
- His coaching style is not suited for the college game at all - Fisher01 - 3:26pm 9/2/25
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Holtz vs Freeman - Girard - 2:44pm 9/2/25 (6) [View All]
- In 1990 Holtz lost to unranked Stanford and 18th ranked Penn State. Both at home - NDNEIL - 5:11pm 9/2/25
- If it's arm wrestling...I'll take Freeman. [NT] - TakethetrainKnute - 4:59pm 9/2/25
- Amazing!!! - Leahy - 4:54pm 9/2/25
- Totally agree. ND will never win a playoff game with Freeman as HC. [NT] - irish93 - 3:59pm 9/2/25
  - Pretty sure he has already won three playoff games. [NT] - McIrish - 4:14pm 9/2/25
    - check your sarcasm meter [NT] - irish93 - 5:22pm 9/2/25
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Transfer portal guys, week 1 (completed) - ndunabomber - 12:38pm 9/2/25 (9) [View All]
- When does the COVID window end? - Fisher01 - 3:29pm 9/2/25
  - 2026 will be the last year - ndunabomber - 4:55pm 9/2/25
    - ...unless China decides to reopen it... [NT] - TakethetrainKnute - 6:13pm 9/2/25
- Hated to see Urlacher and Pendleton go - 81Brown - 2:16pm 9/2/25
  - It is never good to lose quality players but Urlacher wasn't in the two deep - D2 - 3:07pm 9/2/25
- Thank you. Interesting and informative content. [NT] - TakethetrainKnute - 2:11pm 9/2/25
- Yeesh. Maybe that's eye-opening. [NT] - jakers - 2:09pm 9/2/25
- Very interesting....great post [NT] - Chris94 - 2:08pm 9/2/25
- Thanks for putting that together. Like seeing how the former Domers did. [NT] - Clem - 2:07pm 9/2/25
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#1 reason for loss was Coaches failure to develop QB trust last year. - DiscoRick - 11:51am 9/2/25 (31) [View All]
- Plenty of blame to go around. OL is my biggest concern, Wagner - 81Brown - 2:27pm 9/2/25
  - Yep, they were awful. [NT] - DiscoRick - 8:41pm 9/2/25
  - I'm not too impressed by Wagner either. He got turned inside out on one play as the DE ran right - ghostwriter - 4:29pm 9/2/25
  - and by all accounts A&M has a better front than Miami [NT] - 81Brown - 2:44pm 9/2/25
    - That's what's scary. [NT] - DiscoRick - 8:49pm 9/2/25
- QB play was not the #1 issue. - PaND - 1:39pm 9/2/25
  - Agreed. Carr's throws were dead on. - ndunabomber - 2:28pm 9/2/25
  - Precisely!!! [NT] - DiscoRick - 1:58pm 9/2/25
- Not a good post [NT] - Frankx - 1:03pm 9/2/25
- Try again -- Carr couldn't play last year - D2 - 1:01pm 9/2/25
  - Ok, then Minchey or Angelli, or a portal QB. [NT] - DiscoRick - 1:07pm 9/2/25
    - Angeli - abalamma - 11:30pm 9/2/25
    - The thread shows you have little you know about college football - D2 - 3:00pm 9/2/25
      - People who suffer from poor reading comprehension tend to struggle with this post. But it's ok. [NT] - DiscoRick - 8:43pm 9/2/25
      - Ad hominem much? But you are you. And your opinion speaks for itself. [NT] - DiscoRick - 8:39pm 9/2/25
- garbage analysis and uninformed [NT] - DonMiller - 12:38pm 9/2/25
  - Thanks for your insightful, detailed, and well reasoned response Don. - DiscoRick - 1:05pm 9/2/25
    - ... [NT] - DiscoRick - 1:17pm 9/2/25
- Denbrock is Kellyball Take what the defense gives you. Don't impose your will. Outsmart 'em. [NT] - NDblues - 12:27pm 9/2/25
  - My favorite is the outsmarting. "Let's not use our best players, they'll never think it's coming". - oldirish - 3:51pm 9/2/25
- My God - the armchair Chicken Little's come out after every loss [NT] - Fisher01 - 12:10pm 9/2/25
  - This one isn't armchair. It was a very observable fact. Even the announcers were befuddled. [NT] - oldirish - 3:52pm 9/2/25
  - You're right. The game plan was killer. They looked great. No change needed. [NT] - DiscoRick - 12:13pm 9/2/25
    - If you want to call someone out - call out the schedulers - Fisher01 - 12:33pm 9/2/25
      - Sure, I agree. That definitely was a big part of the problem. - DiscoRick - 1:13pm 9/2/25
- Their D-line beat our O-line, often badly, and Riley Leonard wasn't around to bail them out. [NT] - ND521 - 12:00pm 9/2/25
  - This ^^^^^ [NT] - NDQuebec - 12:20pm 9/2/25
  - True. They did. But any kind of effective offense 1st half keeps Miami off the field and ND on it. - DiscoRick - 12:04pm 9/2/25
- Beds were shit [NT] - LanceManion - 11:53am 9/2/25
  - And pooches screwed. [NT] - DiscoRick - 11:55am 9/2/25
    - Not to mention the red-headed step-children...getting smacked around... [NT] - TakethetrainKnute - 11:58am 9/2/25
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Snap counts from the game. - AlbanyIRISH - 11:30am 9/2/25 (10) [View All]
- Bowen digressed Saturday, missed a ton of tackles. With KVA, Sneed and Ausbury, no reason those - 81Brown - 12:57pm 9/2/25
  - Missed a ton of tackles? How many exactly? [NT] - ELP - 2:09pm 9/2/25
    - at least 5 in the 2nd half...2 big ones on their game winning drive [NT] - 81Brown - 2:11pm 9/2/25
      - There was a ton of missed tackles. All game. On the WR's and the HB. [NT] - DiscoRick - 8:52pm 9/2/25
  - KVA needs to lead in snaps every game. - AlbanyIRISH - 1:16pm 9/2/25
    - 100% on that! [NT] - 81Brown - 2:13pm 9/2/25
- Did Price get any snaps after the fumble? - wrdomerson - 11:41am 9/2/25
  - He had the hot hand. I didn't understand why he disappeared. [NT] - NDQuebec - 12:07pm 9/2/25
  - Think it was more a product of needing Love to get carriers/pass game [NT] - NDNEIL - 11:47am 9/2/25
  - Nope. [NT] - Jerseymick - 11:42am 9/2/25
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Maybe some day we will have a downfield passing game. One can hope. - ndphysics - 8:48am 9/2/25 (19) [View All]
- Disagree with Pauling. According to a post above he had 21 snaps and Greathouse 39. - NDQuebec - 12:18pm 9/2/25
  - Not criticizing at all, he wasn’t utilized. Not his fault [NT] - ndphysics - 12:52pm 9/2/25
- Weis had a downfield passing game, holtz not so much [NT] - DonMiller - 11:41am 9/2/25
- I think the passing game will be more dynamic moving forward - NDNEIL - 11:37am 9/2/25
- Greathouse was targeted - wrdomerson - 11:35am 9/2/25
- While I felt the game plan would be conservative, and it was, I also thought we would see more down - jray - 11:27am 9/2/25
  - Expected conservative. Not suicidally self defeating. Miami you go ahead we'll play the 2nd 1/2. [NT] - DiscoRick - 11:33am 9/2/25
- The offensive game plan looked eerily close to A&M in last years opener - NDWisconsin - 11:19am 9/2/25
  - If you at least attempt to exploit the 1 high safety scheme - DiscoRick - 11:26am 9/2/25
    - Denbrock runs the Kellyball offense. - PaND - 11:29am 9/2/25
      - The QB situation at LSU made this system look unstoppable. [NT] - ndphysics - 11:34am 9/2/25
        That and trusting the QB to not utterly soil himself. [NT] - DiscoRick - 11:36am 9/2/25
- I believe a totally different ND team will show up in 2 weeks. [NT] - faircatchcorby - 10:21am 9/2/25
  - Fixing a problem after it happens is easy. Fixing it before it happens is a skill. [NT] - ndphysics - 10:55am 9/2/25
  - Hope we can afford the NIL for THAT team... [NT] - TakethetrainKnute - 10:50am 9/2/25
- When we do, we'll likely discover why our run game doesn't work. [NT] - DiscoRick - 8:57am 9/2/25
  - Exactly. Running an offense where u let a team keep so many defenders - ndphysics - 10:14am 9/2/25
    - Kinda why it's harder to score in the red zone. We need someone to point this out to Denbrock. [NT] - DiscoRick - 11:18am 9/2/25
  - ... [NT] - DiscoRick - 9:46am 9/2/25
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Saw a replay of Carrs first TD - salbam - 8:44am 9/2/25 (1) [View All]
- Dline did the same thing. They'd get stonewalled and then just sort of stand there [NT] - DiscoRick - 8:50am 9/2/25
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Playing not to lose ( long). - salbam - 8:39am 9/2/25 (15) [View All]
- How is our QB going to throw downfield passes when has roughly - IrishChristopher - 4:58pm 9/2/25
  - In 59 minutes Carr was sacked once. Twice in the hurried final minute. - salbam - 10:14pm 9/2/25
- Absolutely agree. The OC plan showed ZERO confidence in the QB and the DC plan lacked confidence - oldirish - 1:33pm 9/2/25
- Agree generally especially the tight man to man with a blitz to make the QB throw quickly before - THEISMANCARR - 9:46am 9/2/25
  - Especially against a QB who is notoriously bad under pressure. [NT] - DiscoRick - 9:48am 9/2/25
- It was a very conservative and often confusing gameplan. Biggest concern, IMHO, lack of fire. - LanceManion - 9:00am 9/2/25
  - Yes. No one on the team had fire other than Faison on the first drive or two. [NT] - oldirish - 1:34pm 9/2/25
  - Lack of fire. I've heard more than one ND beat writer who was there say the same. - ELP - 9:40am 9/2/25
    - Watching the D - it’s night and day last year to this year - LanceManion - 11:50am 9/2/25
  - Appeared to me they just didnt trust their decision to go with a frosh QB. So they tried to keep it - DiscoRick - 9:38am 9/2/25
    - Interesting. Maybe you are right about Carr. If so, then MF is team Carr and Denbrock ain’t [NT] - LanceManion - 11:51am 9/2/25
      - Denbrock would almost have to be team Carr now you'd think. He looked great. [NT] - DiscoRick - 12:12pm 9/2/25
    - Agreed. Freeman mouthing "told you" after a TD indicates there was serious debate about who to start [NT] - NDblues - 9:59am 9/2/25
- Whatever you do don't Tressel it up, and give your advantage away. It's difficult to find worse - DiscoRick - 8:56am 9/2/25
- Couldn't agree with you more. If you have talent use it. Dictate the game to them. [NT] - DiscoRick - 8:52am 9/2/25
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When one truly looks at ND's run game stats going back a few years, they are poor. Many are skewed - WestCoastIrishFan - 8:08am 9/2/25 (1) [View All]
- I remember this one OC guy, Tommy Reese, who used to run it up the middle three times, and abandon - LanceManion - 9:04am 9/2/25
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do ND practices include this? [NT] [LINK] - WestCoastIrishFan - 10:01pm 9/1/25 (0) [View All]
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Why have last two Miiami games been in fla - cubsfanin16 - 8:36pm 9/1/25 (2) [View All]
- They were supposed to recently but renigged. [NT] - AlbanyIRISH - 8:45pm 9/1/25
  - reneged [NT] - TakethetrainKnute - 2:27pm 9/2/25
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I was traveling Sunday - did Aneyas Williams even play? [NT] - irishfaninPA - 7:50pm 9/1/25 (4) [View All]
- On a few passing downs and as a KR...not that it matters because we don't believe in using our RBs - Rocketman84 - 12:37am 9/2/25
  - Isn't that the truth. [NT] - DiscoRick - 8:41am 9/2/25
- He played a little. - AlbanyIRISH - 8:46pm 9/1/25
- Saw him in some passing plays - ndunabomber - 8:45pm 9/1/25
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Carr is a true Notre Dame QB. - Curly1918 - 7:26pm 9/1/25 (3) [View All]
- True enough, plus, along with his passing, he's a credible running threat and can take a serious hit - TyroneIrish - 11:55pm 9/1/25
  - Until he gets a shoulder injury running the ball....use our RBs [NT] - Rocketman84 - 12:41am 9/2/25
    - There’s no question that we’ll use our outstanding RBs…but having an RPO QB makes things - TyroneIrish - 10:42am 9/2/25
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For sure, it is likely too late, but if I were the ND OC this year... - nddad98 - 7:11pm 9/1/25 (0) [View All]
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Post Game Thoughts - oldirish - 6:13pm 9/1/25 (2) [View All]
- Everything you said is accurate [NT] - MarkHarman - 8:04am 9/2/25
  - It was exciting to watch, good match-up and week 1. It was easily painful to watch becuase you knew - oldirish - 2:07pm 9/2/25
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We don’t exactly schedule the best, an off week the 2nd week? [NT] - DonMiller - 3:37pm 9/1/25 (2) [View All]
- Texas A&M 3rd week, the lads need the bye. [NT] - Clem - 4:25pm 9/1/25
  - …and Zach Bryan needs the stadium… - TakethetrainKnute - 7:04pm 9/1/25
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Miami got pretty lucky - OklahomaIrishman - 2:32pm 9/1/25 (9) [View All]
- I agree no more losses ND pretty much in control of destiny but likely loses bye. - Turkish - 4:47pm 9/1/25
- ND got lucky to make the score look good when O and D lines were both crap [NT] - humbaba - 2:45pm 9/1/25
  - Right and right again. You can bitch all you want about how - NDQuebec - 6:55pm 9/1/25
    - Didn't think Traore looked that great either. [NT] - DiscoRick - 8:44am 9/2/25
    - Craig performed very well, and Lambert flashed on a few plays [NT] - Rocketman84 - 12:43am 9/2/25
    - I could be wrong, but Young was going against Miami's AA tackle - AlbanyIRISH - 8:40pm 9/1/25
      - He put on good weight in the offseason, to me it looked like it slowed him down a tad. - Clem - 8:05am 9/2/25
  - Agree, the DL looked like they were on roller skates, 2 yds off the LOS when the RB hit the hole. [NT] - SteveM - 5:23pm 9/1/25
  - 100% spot on. [NT] - irishsmashmouth - 4:25pm 9/1/25
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No Pressure: Notre Dame Defensive Line Struggles Doom Irish in Miami [NT] [LINK] - UHND - 1:38pm 9/1/25 (0) [View All]
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The O-Line - Girard - 12:08pm 9/1/25 (8) [View All]
- Disappointed in the OL but not extremely concerned yet - NDNEIL - 2:27pm 9/1/25
  - If it was just the RG then I would agree with you. - wrdomerson - 9:09pm 9/1/25
- My thoughts - Mark - 1:11pm 9/1/25
  - It won’t help the ridiculous Denbrock flanker screens. Miami blew them up all night long. [NT] - Hensou - 3:49pm 9/1/25
    - They sure did after the first series. [NT] - DiscoRick - 6:15pm 9/1/25
  - Jagusah is the key…once he’s fully healthy and back our offense will roll. [NT] - TyroneIrish - 1:50pm 9/1/25
- O line gave up in final minute of game - ccb - 12:55pm 9/1/25
  - True, but they were soft all night [NT] - NDQuebec - 7:12pm 9/1/25
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CJ will be fine, Chris Ash worries me. [NT] - garryowen - 10:52am 9/1/25 (21) [View All]
- Carr did a good job. Ash is WIP. Game 2 will tell us a lot about Ash and other things. - LanceManion - 12:53pm 9/1/25
  - As long as Denbrock is there we will always have Kellyball. - PaND - 2:30pm 9/1/25
    - 100% agreed. Miami knew exactly what we were going to do, so predictable. - iairishcheeks - 3:15pm 9/1/25
  - Two guys missing brought that leadership and energy last year... - nddad98 - 2:16pm 9/1/25
- It’s one game relax [NT] - DonMiller - 12:11pm 9/1/25
  - One game but they were out coached! [NT] - whatsamataU - 1:43pm 9/1/25
- In way over his head and he knew it. [NT] - jimbasil - 11:12am 9/1/25
  - Freeman needs to take more control over both game plans. [NT] - DiscoRick - 11:32am 9/1/25
    - Re: Freeman needs to take more control over both game plans. - bleedbluebleedgold - 4:06pm 9/2/25
      - I agree, but on the Carr point. I think they underutilized him to their detriment. - DiscoRick - 8:58pm 9/2/25
    - I think the offense went exactly the way freeman would want [NT] - ndphysics - 5:57pm 9/1/25
      - Probably, but I meant he needs to do it post loss. And make sure changes are made. [NT] - DiscoRick - 6:09pm 9/1/25
        Got it. Will see how this goes [NT] - ndphysics - 8:25pm 9/1/25
  - I think it was the gameplan. Slow the game down. Shorten it. - DiscoRick - 11:21am 9/1/25
    - Not sure how you define good team. It worked pretty well last year [NT] - Turkish - 12:10pm 9/1/25
      - A top 10 team. [NT] - DiscoRick - 1:16pm 9/1/25
        Like Indiana, Penn State, and UGA? [NT] - Turkish - 1:18pm 9/1/25
        I'll give you OSU. I felt that was fairly passive. [NT] - DiscoRick - 1:38pm 9/1/25
        
        Fatal flaw is ND didnt play passive D last year, but we can debate that if you like. [NT] - DiscoRick - 1:31pm 9/1/25
    - True, but imo the fundamental issue was the softness in both lines. - NDQuebec - 11:46am 9/1/25
      - No doubt, neither line played average. [NT] - DiscoRick - 1:17pm 9/1/25
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Last nights offense approach stunk of Kelly. Let’s use our best player as a decoy - ndphysics - 10:40am 9/1/25 (2) [View All]
- Yep, sounds familiar going back to the Championship game [NT] - Rocketman84 - 12:44am 9/2/25
- It was the OSU gameplan all over again. [NT] - DiscoRick - 10:49am 9/1/25
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WRONG, like Waylon said - abalamma - 10:32am 9/1/25 (0) [View All]
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Geez -Stop Crying - OCIrish - 10:17am 9/1/25 (22) [View All]
- Agreed [NT] - Fisher01 - 12:14pm 9/2/25
- Agreed + (1) 2-0 TO's, (2) HOT Humid weather (3) Beck Experience (4) agreed Chris Ash needs to kick - KWIRISH - 4:32pm 9/1/25
- We do have our share of hissy fits - D2 - 2:56pm 9/1/25
- Legitimate criticism is not crying. [NT] - Hensou - 1:24pm 9/1/25
- Agree with you...this is a good team, and the QB question has been answered in the affirmative. We - TyroneIrish - 12:38pm 9/1/25
- Seems people are looking at this game from the Miami is trash perspective - wrdomerson - 11:10am 9/1/25
  - I think people want the problem fixed. Not repeated. That's the gripe. [NT] - DiscoRick - 11:14am 9/1/25
    - Maybe I'm missing something, what are you talking about? - wrdomerson - 7:37pm 9/1/25
    - Bingo. U cant win them all but stop trying not to lose [NT] - ndphysics - 11:22am 9/1/25
      - Stop playing to just be in it. Take charge of the game and pace. Set the tone. Especially when... - DiscoRick - 11:28am 9/1/25
        One has to wonder if they will let him do his thing.. - ndphysics - 11:49am 9/1/25
        If past practice is any indicator I'd say no chance But we didnt have a passer, so that could skew [NT] - DiscoRick - 1:19pm 9/1/25
        Time will tell but tressel ball isn’t not an aerial juggernaut [NT] - ndphysics - 5:56pm 9/1/25
        True. I'm not not optimistic. [NT] - DiscoRick - 6:10pm 9/1/25
- These "crybabies" are called fans. Every team in every sport has them. - ELP - 11:00am 9/1/25
  - That's the arrogant teatotaler perspective that's perpetuated the problem for so long. - DiscoRick - 11:07am 9/1/25
- not to mention playing in the rain in that trash can state [NT] - bakedogg - 10:49am 9/1/25
  - Bake - easy. Florida has a lot of very nice spots. [NT] - murph78 - 4:34pm 9/1/25
  - Huh? - WoodstockIrish - 2:15pm 9/1/25
- Cj got comfortable as the night went along. Beck played well. - ndphysics - 10:37am 9/1/25
- Re: Geez -Stop Crying - irishelder - 10:23am 9/1/25
  - But.... - IdahoIrish - 11:29am 9/1/25
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Big Chuck - IdahoIrish - 9:20am 9/1/25 (1) [View All]
- Jagusah should be at LT - Mark - 1:13pm 9/1/25
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Freeman’s “delayed not denied” mantra is tragically flawed - Hensou - 9:06am 9/1/25 (4) [View All]
- Depends on where we go from here. If this was 2025's NIU game, I'll take it. [NT] - LanceManion - 9:32am 9/1/25
  - Problem is they keep repeating the same mistakes. - DiscoRick - 10:59am 9/1/25
    - Another genius gameplan of refusing to utilize your AA RB in 1H [NT] - Rocketman84 - 12:54am 9/2/25
  - Yes, just another mountain to climb unfortunately there will probably be a few more stressful - THEISMANCARR - 9:43am 9/1/25
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No, ND does not need a portal QB. They simply need time under center for a guy that has the talent - faircatchcorby - 9:01am 9/1/25 (16) [View All]
- Nope don't need a portal QB if they call a competent gameplan. [NT] - DiscoRick - 10:37am 9/1/25
  - The gameplan falls apart when players don’t execute. - Hensou - 1:32pm 9/1/25
    - You'll get no argument from me there. [NT] - DiscoRick - 1:35pm 9/1/25
- CJ is the real deal - AlbanyIRISH - 10:19am 9/1/25
  - No need to run him like Riley but you need the QB run occasionally. We have a chance to be a - THEISMANCARR - 11:11am 9/1/25
  - Totally agree. And let him throw down field and back off the safeties and LBs. - DiscoRick - 10:51am 9/1/25
- Three losses is way too much CJ has shown he's ready in my view. Get a tight end who can catch the - THEISMANCARR - 9:46am 9/1/25
  - Cj. is not the problem. Ifffy WR and TE rooms and poor OP last night. That’s the issue - ndphysics - 9:58am 9/1/25
    - Can't cede an entire half to the other team and expect to win. [NT] - DiscoRick - 11:01am 9/1/25
  - Failure to address the TE situation seems like a miss given the role in our O. Raridon is not a #1 [NT] - LanceManion - 9:54am 9/1/25
    - Where was the TE from Arkansas? - IrishChristopher - 12:17pm 9/1/25
    - Could always throw to your WR's like other teams with no TE. [NT] - DiscoRick - 11:02am 9/1/25
    - ND is Tight End U every recruit should be a Michael Mayer archetype How was Raridon rated coming in? [NT] - SteveM - 10:37am 9/1/25
      - At one point he was a 5* but finished as a high 4* guy [NT] - Rocketman84 - 12:47am 9/2/25
- Wait? Wait isn't - AranIsles - 9:11am 9/1/25
  - BINGO!!! [NT] - DiscoRick - 11:01am 9/1/25
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All I hear from the TV experts is how good a play caller Denbrock is. I hate the pass from hash mark - THEISMANCARR - 8:51am 9/1/25 (5) [View All]
- Gave CJ too much discretion with the RPO call. Thats on the coach. - DiscoRick - 10:53am 9/1/25
  - I heard or read that Freeman said Carr was making the correct reads on those RPO's but - irishone - 3:11pm 9/1/25
    - Not the INT. [NT] - DiscoRick - 6:13pm 9/1/25
- I am not giving up on us though as I think we will get better. It seems we miss the two defensive - THEISMANCARR - 8:55am 9/1/25
  - got to let thoroughbreds run. Poor play calling by both coordinators. [NT] - WestCoastIrishFan - 9:02am 9/1/25
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If I'm MF, I'd put together an offensive scheme where both Love & Price are in the backfield at the - NEPA Irish - 8:26am 9/1/25 (4) [View All]
- They did a few times. Denbrock did what OC’s can’t,he let situation get in the way of the game plan - NDNEIL - 10:32am 9/1/25
- What was it 16 total carries [NT] - whatsamataU - 10:01am 9/1/25
  - Touches. [NT] - irishone - 3:12pm 9/1/25
- Much like my son's high school coach, a 2-back set is forbidden [NT] - LanceManion - 9:19am 9/1/25
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CJ grew, ND almost Won Despite 2-0 TO's, lots to be positive about, Beat Texas A&M.... [NT] - KWIRISH - 7:30am 9/1/25 (1) [View All]
- This was the Freeman wake up game, I guess. - iairishcheeks - 8:53am 9/1/25
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My feeling at this point is Freeman is a great recruiter but a so, so strategist. - DiscoRick - 7:26am 9/1/25 (13) [View All]
- Poor coaching top to bottom. All out coached last night. [NT] - whatsamataU - 10:03am 9/1/25
- I think the lesson is: if you are going to front load schedules, which we will, our QB needs reps - LanceManion - 9:23am 9/1/25
  - Yep totally agree. No reason not to play him last year. [NT] - DiscoRick - 10:40am 9/1/25
    - My point is maybe given the injury Minchey should have gotten reps [NT] - LanceManion - 12:26pm 9/1/25
      - Both he and Carr should have gotten reps [NT] - DiscoRick - 1:21pm 9/1/25
- Totally disagree. Helping CJ succeed was part of the gameplan. Conservative? Yes but - faircatchcorby - 8:52am 9/1/25
  - The correct approach is develop him last year. Not game 1. [NT] - DiscoRick - 10:54am 9/1/25
  - If success is a 3 point loss, but develop your QB I agree. [NT] - DiscoRick - 10:42am 9/1/25
  - I'm all for easing the rook in but not at the expense of going away from who you are - Clem - 9:06am 9/1/25
    - Their defense vwas stacked to stop Love. The original drive looked solid with the short passes, - THEISMANCARR - 9:49am 9/1/25
      - But Miami adjusted to that plan, and stopped it. And ND continued doing it. [NT] - DiscoRick - 10:55am 9/1/25
- it’s like ND didn’t play in the national championship game last year. [NT] - WestCoastIrishFan - 7:45am 9/1/25
  - The consensus view last year by outsiders was that he outcoached Smart and Franklin - Turkish - 8:10am 9/1/25
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Carr Reflects on First Start: Big Plays, Costly Mistakes, and a Promise to Improve [NT] [LINK] - UHND - 7:24am 9/1/25 (1) [View All]
- He took some big hits and was not fazed. I'd prefer he avoid these. [NT] - Curly1918 - 8:33am 9/1/25
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Freeman Defends Notre Dame's Offensive Game Plan in Miami Loss [NT] [LINK] - UHND - 7:14am 9/1/25 (0) [View All]
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Quality loss. Problem is… not much chance for a quality win - Curly1918 - 7:05am 9/1/25 (0) [View All]
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By the Numbers: Notre Dame Rallies Late, But Miami Holds On in Opener [NT] [LINK] - UHND - 6:51am 9/1/25 (0) [View All]
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Were o line struggles due to individual play or poor teamwork? I don’t know enough - ndphysics - 6:45am 9/1/25 (9) [View All]
- The tackles, Knapp in particular, sucked - AlbanyIRISH - 7:34am 9/1/25
  - He's not a OT PERIOD! He's a OG and his actions on the Carr TD pass say enough! [NT] - Rocketman84 - 12:57am 9/2/25
  - Lambert missed his share of assignments yesterday and allowed some free runners at Carr, - Clem - 7:48am 9/1/25
    - He was replaced in the 2nd half - AlbanyIRISH - 8:25am 9/1/25
      - Didn't even notice he got pulled. [NT] - Clem - 8:51am 9/1/25
  - He did look really bad. [NT] - DiscoRick - 7:35am 9/1/25
- Lots of missed assignment across the board. And they ran when they should have passed. & vice versa. [NT] - DiscoRick - 6:47am 9/1/25
  - Plus, they just weren't firing off the ball as a unit. Probably b/c Denbrock took the run away . [NT] - DiscoRick - 6:48am 9/1/25
    - Early that is, as he seemed to prefer pass against the 6 man box. We need a blocking TE [NT] - DiscoRick - 6:52am 9/1/25
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Freeman: "We'll Learn From This" as Notre Dame Falls Flat in Opener [NT] [LINK] - UHND - 6:24am 9/1/25 (2) [View All]
- Coach speak. [NT] - whatsamataU - 10:05am 9/1/25
- Call me old fashion, but, it's always better to learn things after a win. - ELP - 6:44am 9/1/25
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Rewatched the game & a few thoughts ... - LanceManion - 6:14am 9/1/25 (11) [View All]
- Nice summary. The main point for me is - NDQuebec - 9:41am 9/1/25
- On Ash - AlbanyIRISH - 7:48am 9/1/25
- odd you go after Ash but not Denbrock given some of the heads scratching calls that - WestCoastIrishFan - 7:09am 9/1/25
  - If Denbrock wasn't nuked by now, he never will be. This is a defensive-led team - LanceManion - 8:47am 9/1/25
  - Denbrock is who he is, no one should be surprised by the play calling yesterday. - Clem - 8:06am 9/1/25
    - Your BIL was right. Instead of picking up where the D left off, it's back to square 1. [NT] - LanceManion - 9:38am 9/1/25
  - They were both awful. Passive coverages. No blitzing early to get Beck thinking. - DiscoRick - 7:14am 9/1/25
    - Ours was remarkably similar to the TX/OSU game for both teams. Conservative. - LanceManion - 9:37am 9/1/25
- Should have got a portal QB. If you don't think you can run a real game plan with your QB - DiscoRick - 6:45am 9/1/25
  - I think it gets back to the ongoing ND issue - not being able to develop a QB. - LanceManion - 8:50am 9/1/25
    - Yeah, the RPO killed us. Way overused at the expense of getting Love touches. And against a defense - DiscoRick - 10:45am 9/1/25
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Back from the game. - AlbanyIRISH - 1:04am 9/1/25 (3) [View All]
- We lost by 3 points in the last 90 seconds and it’s as bad a loss as you’ve seen? - WoodstockIrish - 7:54am 9/1/25
  - Unfortunately Miami doesn't do anything ND doesn't during the game. - AlbanyIRISH - 10:34am 9/1/25
- Tressel ball strikes again. [NT] - DiscoRick - 7:17am 9/1/25
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Probably good that we don’t play for two weeks - NDWisconsin - 12:35am 9/1/25 (5) [View All]
- We have 2 weeks but the coordinators are who they are. [NT] - ELP - 6:00am 9/1/25
  - That's the problem. And Freeman seems to be OK playing Tressel ball. [NT] - DiscoRick - 7:16am 9/1/25
    - I would think he was a YES vote on Ash. [NT] - whatsamataU - 10:16am 9/1/25
      - Tressel? Or Freeman. I guess we know Meyer was. [NT] - DiscoRick - 10:47am 9/1/25
        Freeman, who else… [NT] - whatsamataU - 7:04pm 9/1/25
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What really pissed me off about tonight: - IrishChristopher - 12:27am 9/1/25 (10) [View All]
- Sometimes when you are expected to win against a team with decent talent playing at home, the lesser - THEISMANCARR - 9:53am 9/1/25
- Well said. Compared to last half of last year and our playoff run - WoodstockIrish - 7:57am 9/1/25
- In my humble opinion, Denbrock is the problem, and Ash can't cover for him like Golden did. - iairishcheeks - 1:02am 9/1/25
  - The coaching staff truly lost this game. - AlbanyIRISH - 1:06am 9/1/25
    - So frustrating because it was so winnable [NT] - iairishcheeks - 1:12am 9/1/25
      - Penn State could have said the same thing against us. That pass that should have been at least - THEISMANCARR - 9:55am 9/1/25
- ND always looks outclassed and unprepared. Let the other team dictate what we do. [NT] - DiscoRick - 12:32am 9/1/25
  - Feeeman preaches winning in the trenches and being aggressive. - ndphysics - 6:39am 9/1/25
    - Totally played not to lose. [NT] - DiscoRick - 6:59am 9/1/25
    - They tried to win with passive zone defense and soft coverage. - DiscoRick - 6:57am 9/1/25
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1st and goal from one shotgun hand off to RB standing still on the 5. Really? [NT] - salbam - 12:26am 9/1/25 (0) [View All]
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Love’s Heisman chances really diminished after tonight. - NDblues - 12:24am 9/1/25 (3) [View All]
- Coaching staff seems to make sure of that....makes no sense [NT] - Rocketman84 - 1:07am 9/2/25
- Beck’s are rising though. [NT] - Shadow_of_the_Dome - 12:42am 9/1/25
- On life support - McIrish - 12:26am 9/1/25
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Both our turnovers came on Denbrick's stupid short passes. [NT] - DiscoRick - 12:16am 9/1/25 (0) [View All]
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I blame Lee Corso - McIrish - 12:09am 9/1/25 (1) [View All]
- LIkely not a soul on earth picked OSU, FSU and MIami...but he sure did. [NT] - nddad98 - 12:15am 9/1/25