To me...that is the key. Denbrock needs to be unpredictable and use his strengths well while team

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To me...that is the key. Denbrock needs to be unpredictable and use his strengths well while team

Author: nddad98 (1551 Posts - Original UHND Member)

Posted at 5:35 pm on Aug 30, 2025

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and especially the OL needs to execute and do their job. Carr does not need to be Dan Marino or Tom Brady. He needs to be CJ Carr and play football efficiently like he knows. The coaches need to counter the Miami hyper energy and use the ND strengths and they will be fine. Lots of weapons but they can't drop easy balls or allow free blitz runners for big sacks early...which you can bet Miami will try to do. But this is not the 2017 ND team...it has far more talent....and hopefully a far better plan against that disaster. After watching the four playoff games of last season (and attending the Sugar Bowl with my alum daughter), I am far more comfortable with the ability of this staff and the talent of this team to compete with anyone.

The first couple or three series for each team should be of high dramatic interest.

Replies to: "To me...that is the key. Denbrock needs to be unpredictable and use his strengths well while team"

Pretty shocking how blah arch manning looks.. [NT] - beefy78 - 2:37pm 8/30/25 (30) [View All]
- tOSU's defense is top notch - ndunabomber - 8:31pm 8/30/25
- If he was Arch Smith no one would have any idea who he was. Name Bias. [NT] - salbam - 5:55pm 8/30/25
- Just a guess - NDNEIL - 5:35pm 8/30/25
  - Julian sayin out performed him [NT] - KWIRISH - 5:41pm 8/30/25
- That scares me because of all the hype and more experience than our guy but his passing was very - THEISMANCARR - 4:40pm 8/30/25
- Both team’s offensive game plans were very conservative. [NT] - jray - 4:06pm 8/30/25
  - To me...that is the key. Denbrock needs to be unpredictable and use his strengths well while team - nddad98 - 5:35pm 8/30/25
    - Agree. [NT] - jray - 6:08pm 8/30/25
- Sounds like a lot of folks bought the ESPN hype. - Clem - 3:21pm 8/30/25
  - Remember it is the first game. [NT] - THEISMANCARR - 4:41pm 8/30/25
    - Kid may end up being the greatest QB of all time, we don't know. - Clem - 6:34pm 8/30/25
- It seems DC-think has allowed him to get in rythm. [NT] - lacan - 3:20pm 8/30/25
  - Temporarily [NT] - lacan - 3:25pm 8/30/25
- Agreed [NT] - Jerseymick - 3:04pm 8/30/25
- His throws aren’t very sharp, but O gameplan isn’t mind blowing either. First game [NT] - LanceManion - 3:02pm 8/30/25
- Texas Toast [NT] - humbaba - 2:51pm 8/30/25
- O Play calling sucks - OSU D is up to the task. [NT] - jimbasil - 2:49pm 8/30/25
- No athlete would make a disparaging remark regarding the demise of young Arch today as every one - nddad98 - 2:49pm 8/30/25
  - Watching with the same concerns. One never knows. - ndphysics - 2:53pm 8/30/25
    - Exactly....coverage seems NFL elite. Nowhere to throw it. - nddad98 - 3:02pm 8/30/25
      - Manning doesn’t seem to be very accurate. [NT] - ndphysics - 3:26pm 8/30/25
        Throws a dime 35 yds downfield and misses easy 10 yd throw - all day [NT] - LanceManion - 3:53pm 8/30/25
        Reminded me of Dayne Crist. Looks like Tarzan, plays like Jane. [NT] - iairishcheeks - 4:20pm 8/30/25
        3,348 yards, 17 tds, 4 ints in his last two years. WTF. You’re the data Jane, dude. [NT] - murph78 - 6:24pm 8/30/25
        
        He will be a star eventually, one game means nothing. [NT] - THEISMANCARR - 4:43pm 8/30/25
        
        lol maybe he has a future at Kansas [NT] - LanceManion - 4:35pm 8/30/25
- Nepotism at its finest. Any other last name and he isn’t starting for most big programs. [NT] - notredame678 - 2:40pm 8/30/25
  - ^^^^This! A heisman candidate based on last name only. [NT] - ghostwriter - 4:00pm 8/30/25
    - Well it is the first game, I think he turns out good but today was rough and no one should mention - THEISMANCARR - 4:45pm 8/30/25
      - Exactly, we have ZERO idea how Carr is going to turn out…ZERO [NT] - WoodstockIrish - 6:55pm 8/30/25