ND can lose one early and still make the playoffs, but have to be ready to play day 1. Will put increasing emphasis on quality of the QB, getting up for early games, and possibly physical D practice.
The bye would also suck less if there were better games on TV today.
ND will be saddled with harder games earlier going forward. Both good and bad to that.
Replies to: "ND will be saddled with harder games earlier going forward. Both good and bad to that."
- Early byes suck - AlbanyIRISH - 7:03am 9/6/25
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- We can muse on our mindset if a worst-case 0-2 start materializes [NT] - humbaba - 3:00pm 9/6/25
- Agree...especially after an early loss. [NT]
- NedoftheHill - 10:58am 9/6/25
- ND needs to take a page out of Ped State's book on scheduling..that scumbag Paterno was notorious... - NEPA Irish - 11:25am 9/6/25
- Oregon will clean their clock on 9/27! Big Game James will again "strive for excellence" in vain... [NT]
- irishslovak - 6:52pm 9/6/25
- Ducks by 28+ - AlbanyIRISH - 7:20pm 9/6/25
- Conference teams only wanting to play out of conference big games early in season - ndphysics - 4:48pm 9/6/25
- Oregon will clean their clock on 9/27! Big Game James will again "strive for excellence" in vain... [NT]
- irishslovak - 6:52pm 9/6/25
- ND needs to take a page out of Ped State's book on scheduling..that scumbag Paterno was notorious... - NEPA Irish - 11:25am 9/6/25
- ND will be saddled with harder games earlier going forward. Both good and bad to that. - LanceManion - 9:47am 9/6/25
- Also no matter how talented the line is, it seems like they don't mesh until about the third game. - THEISMANCARR - 11:56pm 9/6/25
- You can watch Arch Manning choke again. - AlbanyIRISH - 12:21pm 9/6/25
- They let him pass downfield and has thrown for 3 TDs - NDWisconsin - 1:00pm 9/6/25
- Like us in retrospect, the strategy didn’t work, but given the OSU defense, it makes sense - LanceManion - 2:06pm 9/6/25
- Maybe I’ll do that & be happy we got CJ Carr [NT] - LanceManion - 12:57pm 9/6/25
- They let him pass downfield and has thrown for 3 TDs - NDWisconsin - 1:00pm 9/6/25
- The Okies and Blue and Maize is the only game worth watching [NT]
- NDWisconsin - 10:38am 9/6/25
- Iowa vs. ISU and Mizzu vs. Kansas are good - AlbanyIRISH - 12:27pm 9/6/25
- I forgot about Iowa vs ISU - NDWisconsin - 12:58pm 9/6/25
- Iowa vs. ISU and Mizzu vs. Kansas are good - AlbanyIRISH - 12:27pm 9/6/25
- Think having two weeks for the O & D lines to work on basics like footwork and leverage - Clem - 9:05am 9/6/25
- Coaches get paid big bucks to teach this PRIOR to game one. We should not - ndphysics - 9:27am 9/6/25
- Amen [NT] - Clem - 12:00pm 9/6/25
- Coaches get paid big bucks to teach this PRIOR to game one. We should not - ndphysics - 9:27am 9/6/25
- Im glad ND has it, as they have a ton to fix. But yeah, waiting is like... - DiscoRick - 8:15am 9/6/25
- more accurately, week one losses on a national stage are bad for the soul. [NT] - WestCoastIrishFan - 8:02am 9/6/25