The steepest slope of the season's learning curve is from Week 1 to Week 2.

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The steepest slope of the season's learning curve is from Week 1 to Week 2.

Author: conorlarkin (21459 Posts - Original UHND Member)

Posted at 8:24 am on Sep 8, 2025

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Someone made that observation years ago, and generally speaking, it seems accurate.

The first game of the season is often the first college game ever played by many of the players. It is the game experience itself which becomes the teacher.

Opening the season at Miami in high humidity on national television wasn't easy. But that game is done. Miami won.

11 more games to go. And a two week break to process the experience of many Irish players' first game/first start.

Coaching can play a big role in helping players improve going into the second game. We shall see on Saturday. Hopefully, the upward slope will be steep vs flat.

The American Dream belongs to all of us. — Kamala Harris

Replies to: "The steepest slope of the season's learning curve is from Week 1 to Week 2."

I’ve watched a lot of ball first 2 weeks, imho Oregon is best team followed by Miami - Frankx - 12:40pm 9/7/25 (29) [View All]
- Rumor is Oregon has a pretty good QB... [NT] - NDQuebec - 7:03pm 9/7/25
  - Oregon might be the best. But Penn State in one of their "white out" night games is a very tough - irishslovak - 8:45am 9/8/25
    - Good thing for them a regular season loss is no big deal anymore [NT] - Shadow_of_the_Dome - 5:27pm 9/8/25
      - My point exactly. The college game has become the NFL. The game I loved is dead... [NT] - irishslovak - 6:22pm 9/8/25
- ND is better than Miami. Weather, Fans, 2-0 TO's, new frosh QB, new DC...ND still damn near won.... [NT] - KWIRISH - 2:50pm 9/7/25
  - Vegas usually gives 2.5 or 3.0 points to the home team. We lost by 3. I think we're even with UM - Turkish - 11:55am 9/8/25
  - Alternatives for "damn near" include synonyms such as almost, nearly, virtually, practically, and - whatsamataU - 10:14am 9/8/25
  - The steepest slope of the season's learning curve is from Week 1 to Week 2. - conorlarkin - 8:24am 9/8/25
  - Yeah, never mind the objective results. Our team is better! 🙄 [NT] - humbaba - 1:42am 9/8/25
    - compare the final stats between the 2 teams and objectively choose for yourself... [NT] - KWIRISH - 8:26am 9/8/25
      - We lost, get over it - WoodstockIrish - 12:35pm 9/8/25
        I wa over it at :00 - KWIRISH - 12:58pm 9/8/25
      - Results matter they were better that day. That is why the game is played. No excuses. [NT] - THEISMANCARR - 9:46am 9/8/25
  - If ifs and buts were candy and nuts, we'd all have a merry Christmas - D2 - 11:16pm 9/7/25
    - Quite original..... [NT] - faircatchcorby - 1:51pm 9/8/25
      - I subscribe to K.I.S.S. [NT] - D2 - 4:15pm 9/8/25
  - The scoreboard decided that question. Move on. [NT] - Nigel Tufnel - 9:45pm 9/7/25
  - Sorry. Weather and fans are meaningless. We've won in "hostile" environs before. [NT] - faircatchcorby - 8:42pm 9/7/25
  - No ND is not, unfortunately. They have played the one game and lost. By year’s end they MAY… - TakethetrainKnute - 7:46pm 9/7/25
  - Well,uhmm, Miami was the better team on the field in all aspects of the game no? [NT] - NDQuebec - 7:13pm 9/7/25
  - The weather? WTF? [NT] - WoodstockIrish - 5:28pm 9/7/25
    - 90 degrees + bad humidity I believe… [NT] - KWIRISH - 8:48pm 9/7/25
      - It only affected us? - WoodstockIrish - 10:47pm 9/7/25
      - I was there. - AlbanyIRISH - 8:55pm 9/7/25
        TV said hot with bad humidity + I heard the OLine was struggling - KWIRISH - 1:04pm 9/8/25
- Careful, Mike Gundy's team could be truly awful again. [NT] - iairishcheeks - 2:47pm 9/7/25
- A lot of top tier teams as of now: I’d throw in FSU and OSU in the mix [NT] - LanceManion - 2:26pm 9/7/25
- How much are they paying? i heard a rumor that they’re doing like 2x what Ohio paid last year in dea [NT] - holybull101 - 2:22pm 9/7/25
- Just so Oregon shows up at Ped State in 3 weeks...I'd give up a week's pay to see the Ducks dominate - NEPA Irish - 1:45pm 9/7/25