The zone coverage allowed Beck to calmly go through his progressions all night. The Miami WR's aren't very good and ND should have been in man all night and brought more pressure on Beck. The ND line had no chance against Miami hat on hat.
Poor tackling on the second level was evident all game, I stopped trying to count the missed tackles.
In the end, Miami was able to run at will and that's why ND lost. The substitution pattern wasn't ideal either, it seemed over the top to me and diluted the talent ND needed on the field.
On Ash
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- Rewatched the game & a few thoughts ... - LanceManion - 6:14am 9/1/25
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- 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
- I think it gets back to the ongoing ND issue - not being able to develop a QB. - LanceManion - 8:50am 9/1/25