Think he says to himself, before each play call, "what would Brian Kelly do here".
Ash was the big question mark coming into the season and his first outing showed why he was one step from being out of the sport before MF hired him. He didn't need to reinvent the wheel with the talent ND has and yet he had them overthinking and hesitant all game. As my BIL said last night, speaking of the D, "They've been neutered".
Replies to: "Denbrock is who he is, no one should be surprised by the play calling yesterday."
- 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