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- 0No. 18. [NT] - Frank L - 2:09pm 9/8/24 (3) [View All]
- NIU is 25! [NT]
- AlbanyIRISH - 3:22pm 9/8/24
- If they beat NC State they could win most of their MAC games. [NT]
- Hensou - 4:33pm 9/8/24
- Remember Marshall losing to Bowling Green and Troy right after beating ND? - TakethetrainKnute - 9:28pm 9/8/24
- If they beat NC State they could win most of their MAC games. [NT]
- Hensou - 4:33pm 9/8/24
- NIU is 25! [NT]
- AlbanyIRISH - 3:22pm 9/8/24
- 1I’m ready to see Angeli, Minchey or Carr and I’m not sure I really care - tky21 - 1:46pm 9/8/24 (16) [View All]
- We tend to favor practice heroes rather than gamers [NT] - LanceManion - 4:48pm 9/8/24
- I'd like to see players who will be competing in 2025 getting reps. - AlbanyIRISH - 3:25pm 9/8/24
- Spot on. Keep RL and MF totally out of the offense for the rest of the year. [NT]
- NDQuebec - 2:32pm 9/8/24
- So you are with Sampson & Fortuna (on their postgame podcast) pointing out ... - lacan - 4:00pm 9/8/24
- Me, too, but we all know Leonard is starting next week - MarkHarman - 2:21pm 9/8/24
- Leonard can start, but he better be on a short leash - wrdomerson - 4:34pm 9/8/24
- That’s where I get very unhappy with Free. Too stubborn to admit he made a mistake. [NT]
- Frank L - 2:32pm 9/8/24
- Very accurate [NT] - MarkHarman - 3:41pm 9/8/24
- It's his first head coaching job. He's personally less secure because of that. [NT]
- NedoftheHill - 3:06pm 9/8/24
- Probably. [NT] - Frank L - 3:30pm 9/8/24
- So now do you agree with me? [NT]
- oldirish - 2:16pm 9/8/24
- Who would you start next week? [NT]
- bobdrake - 2:44pm 9/8/24
- Angeli without question. He would have started the Spring and had the job and Leonard would have - oldirish - 3:23pm 9/8/24
- 100% correct. That's what leadership is...having the guts to pull the trigger on change that - tky21 - 9:31am 9/9/24
- 100% correct [NT] - ColeyO - 8:41pm 9/8/24
- Yup, he deserves his shot. Been loyal and played okay when called upon. Can at least get the ball - Frank L - 3:32pm 9/8/24
- Angeli without question. He would have started the Spring and had the job and Leonard would have - oldirish - 3:23pm 9/8/24
- Who would you start next week? [NT]
- bobdrake - 2:44pm 9/8/24
- 0At what point to the fans stop coming and shelling out $ for crappy schedule and crappy FB [NT] - salbam - 1:26pm 9/8/24 (1) [View All]
- Now you are talking about things the powers that be may actually care about. [NT] - Frank L - 1:35pm 9/8/24
- 0Bevacqua needs to ask what happened and if he doesn’t have an answer I don’t see how he stays [NT] - salbam - 1:26pm 9/8/24 (9) [View All]
- The one right thing Swarbrick did was to manage Kelly. Freeman needs to be managed. - LanceManion - 4:50pm 9/8/24
- true.but he didn't know how to hire a coach, - cubsfanin16 - 5:08pm 9/8/24
- His list of wrong things is 11 miles long [NT] - LanceManion - 5:13pm 9/8/24
- true.but he didn't know how to hire a coach, - cubsfanin16 - 5:08pm 9/8/24
- I said something earlier where he has to call out the entire staff and put them on notice. This - ndphysics - 1:46pm 9/8/24
- Actually NIU could turn out to be a decent team. - Hensou - 2:18pm 9/8/24
- Like I said it was more about the poor performance than the loss. We could have won - ndphysics - 2:23pm 9/8/24
- Maybe by some miracle they're actually a great team this year and they go 13-0 - MarkHarman - 2:23pm 9/8/24
- They aren’t and won’t, but as their coach said they are bigger and more physical than many MAC - Frank L - 2:44pm 9/8/24
- I'm hoping by MAC standards they're great [NT] - MarkHarman - 3:44pm 9/8/24
- They aren’t and won’t, but as their coach said they are bigger and more physical than many MAC - Frank L - 2:44pm 9/8/24
- Actually NIU could turn out to be a decent team. - Hensou - 2:18pm 9/8/24
- The one right thing Swarbrick did was to manage Kelly. Freeman needs to be managed. - LanceManion - 4:50pm 9/8/24
- -1We can still go 12-1 with this defense, Freeman needs to take off the handcuffs from Denbrook [NT] - DonMiller - 1:06pm 9/8/24 (12) [View All]
- Uh Don, it's a 12 game regular season schedule. Not going 12-1 in 12 games. [NT] - irishsmashmouth - 3:50pm 9/8/24
- The team did not show much heart. We may lose to Purdue, who really care about this game [NT]
- murph78 - 2:23pm 9/8/24
- I don't like the line of reasoning the team showed no heart - MarkHarman - 2:25pm 9/8/24
- They grossly underestimated the opponent and really showed little fight. The lines were dominated - ndphysics - 2:55pm 9/8/24
- They really didn’t. Line play on both sides of the ball showed on it [NT] - Frank L - 2:35pm 9/8/24
- I don't like the line of reasoning the team showed no heart - MarkHarman - 2:25pm 9/8/24
- With its lame schedule, if ND goes 12-1 it will be like Cinncinati going 12 - 1. As humbaba notes.. - SteveM - 1:29pm 9/8/24
- I would go one step further. Freeman needs to stay totally out of anything related to the offense [NT] - NDQuebec - 1:18pm 9/8/24
- If we go 12-1 we're in the playoffs, especially if USC turns out to be good [NT]
- MarkHarman - 1:15pm 9/8/24
- Can't go 12-1 in a 12 game schedule. Plus this schedule is weak [NT]
- irishsmashmouth - 3:52pm 9/8/24
- I was planning a win in El Paso (12-1) [NT] - DonMiller - 5:27pm 9/8/24
- Allow me to quote Jim Mora: "Playoffs? Playoffs???" You better hope for a .500 record. [NT] - MAS - 1:38pm 9/8/24
- I repeat my post from yesterday: what's the point of deceiving oneself for a while . . . - humbaba - 1:25pm 9/8/24
- Can't go 12-1 in a 12 game schedule. Plus this schedule is weak [NT]
- irishsmashmouth - 3:52pm 9/8/24
- 0I can’t believe this ! Are the Irish really back at square 1? Again!! F@ck!! [NT] - murph92675 - 12:55pm 9/8/24 (6) [View All]
- Nope, nor are we going 12-1. Need to fix the most immediate problems, mostly the QB and OL play. - Frank L - 1:16pm 9/8/24
- Rather than staying in-house, for both Hartman & Leonard, MF was mesmerized by a shiny Portal rock. - SteveM - 1:40pm 9/8/24
- Looking back at history, it's clear that the Holtz hiring was a fluke - humbaba - 1:03pm 9/8/24
- There should be zero confidence that ND can hire a good replacement. Brennan, Devore, Kuharich, - MAS - 1:36pm 9/8/24
- I never really thought about that, but you're right. ND coaching hire history is pretty mediocre. [NT]
- SteveM - 2:49pm 9/8/24
- ACTUALLY, there are two sides to that story...Experienced hires vs Non - Chrisb - 8:18pm 9/8/24
- I never really thought about that, but you're right. ND coaching hire history is pretty mediocre. [NT]
- SteveM - 2:49pm 9/8/24
- There should be zero confidence that ND can hire a good replacement. Brennan, Devore, Kuharich, - MAS - 1:36pm 9/8/24
- Nope, nor are we going 12-1. Need to fix the most immediate problems, mostly the QB and OL play. - Frank L - 1:16pm 9/8/24
- 0My question is why is Northern Illinois or tenn state ever scheduled? [NT] - DonMiller - 12:55pm 9/8/24 (7) [View All]
- Power 5 teams pay them big money to get an extra home game without a return visit [NT] - ndphysics - 1:22pm 9/8/24
- Same reason why Troy, and Bowling Green are except the ranked team took care of business. [NT] - Frank L - 1:19pm 9/8/24
- Because ND now believes championships are scheduled, not won - humbaba - 12:59pm 9/8/24
- That wouldn't be a question if we just beat them like we should. [NT]
- ghostwriter - 12:57pm 9/8/24
- Exactly right. [NT] - SanJoseCAFan - 1:04pm 9/8/24
- we play garbage teams and become garbage [NT]
- DonMiller - 1:01pm 9/8/24
- If they play like garbage that's on them. [NT] - ghostwriter - 1:18pm 9/8/24
- 0Saban is available??? - oldpops - 12:50pm 9/8/24 (7) [View All]
- In what sense? He’s 73 next month and is in the spot he wants now… [NT]
- TakethetrainKnute - 12:59pm 9/8/24
- Seems in good health. Could coach for several years, which is about the timeline for most coaches. - MAS - 3:14pm 9/8/24
- Give it a shot. Fine by me. I just don't think he's coming at this point in time... [NT] - TakethetrainKnute - 9:37am 9/9/24
- Why would Saban take the ND job at this point? - SanJoseCAFan - 3:50pm 9/8/24
- Seems in good health. Could coach for several years, which is about the timeline for most coaches. - MAS - 3:14pm 9/8/24
- Not gonna happen. - SanJoseCAFan - 12:54pm 9/8/24
- youre probably right, in meantime we'll wallow in mediocrity - cubsfanin16 - 12:58pm 9/8/24
- Ha!!!! Great call. He seems to enjoy his new gig [NT] - murph92675 - 12:51pm 9/8/24
- In what sense? He’s 73 next month and is in the spot he wants now… [NT]
- TakethetrainKnute - 12:59pm 9/8/24
- 1I disagree with board on one thing - murph92675 - 12:37pm 9/8/24 (13) [View All]
- The offense was worse, but 1% vs 99% is insane. - Chrisb - 6:03pm 9/8/24
- Dont kid yourself, that D was horrible [NT] - cubsfanin16 - 3:32pm 9/8/24
- 💯 [NT] - OCIrish - 2:32pm 9/8/24
- The D is fine. Not championship level. D line is the weakest link [NT] - LanceManion - 1:58pm 9/8/24
- I agree with this. Wish we had some beastly DTs but the D was great. We should do to these MAC - tky21 - 1:50pm 9/8/24
- This is right. - NDQuebec - 1:16pm 9/8/24
- The offensive ineptitude was the principal reason for the loss. However watching the game, the… - TakethetrainKnute - 12:56pm 9/8/24
- The defense has been fine. The offense lost this game 100%. [NT]
- NDQuebec - 1:31pm 9/8/24
- Nah, he’s right. D was decent but it couldn’t get off the field or make big stops when needed. - Frank L - 1:37pm 9/8/24
- True, but they also couldn’t get off without giving up some first downs. [NT] - Frank L - 3:10pm 9/8/24
- Problem is the D was on the field way too long mostly because of the offense. [NT] - NDQuebec - 2:45pm 9/8/24
- Nah, he’s right. D was decent but it couldn’t get off the field or make big stops when needed. - Frank L - 1:37pm 9/8/24
- The defense has been fine. The offense lost this game 100%. [NT]
- NDQuebec - 1:31pm 9/8/24
- No reason for offense to not be scoring well north of 20 points per game especially against NIU. [NT] - jray - 12:51pm 9/8/24
- I can agree with that assessment. - SanJoseCAFan - 12:47pm 9/8/24
- 0Freeman needs to be on the Hot Seat Now! - bobdrake - 12:27pm 9/8/24 (7) [View All]
- Yeah...not gonna happen. Urban isn't coming to ND. [NT] - SanJoseCAFan - 12:50pm 9/8/24
- Time to get rid of this "holier than now"attidude and get Urban [NT]
- cubsfanin16 - 12:33pm 9/8/24
- Your brain couldn’t be “holier than now”. Urban is a non-starter. Plus, barring a complete wheels… - TakethetrainKnute - 1:05pm 9/8/24
- I have .no idea of what your complete wheels off collapse is - cubsfanin16 - 3:26pm 9/8/24
- They may have reached mine as well...but the University has other considerations... [NT] - TakethetrainKnute - 9:35am 9/9/24
- I have .no idea of what your complete wheels off collapse is - cubsfanin16 - 3:26pm 9/8/24
- Brilliant. Sigh. [NT]
- Frank L - 12:38pm 9/8/24
- There was a time when I really wanted him - SVDomer - 12:50pm 9/8/24
- Your brain couldn’t be “holier than now”. Urban is a non-starter. Plus, barring a complete wheels… - TakethetrainKnute - 1:05pm 9/8/24
- 0The key to the game is the QB. ND hadn’t had one in a long time!!!! [NT] - murph92675 - 12:26pm 9/8/24 (1) [View All]
- Last top tier one was Clausen. The problem was the supporting cast, especially on D. [NT] - Frank L - 12:39pm 9/8/24
- 0Next season has A&M,SC& Boise home and at Miami and Arkansas - salbam - 12:20pm 9/8/24 (1) [View All]
- For sure a tougher schedule than this year's schedule. - SanJoseCAFan - 12:53pm 9/8/24
- 0Flashbacks to Faust era [NT] - spiff72nd - 12:13pm 9/8/24 (1) [View All]
- Its exactly! that, week to week, you don't know what to expect [NT] - cubsfanin16 - 12:36pm 9/8/24
- 0Every coach should have a sit down with the AD this week and be - ndphysics - 12:02pm 9/8/24 (6) [View All]
- First real test for our new A.D.He needs to get in Freeman's grill. [NT] - garryowen - 12:27pm 9/8/24
- I recall past players under Holtz saying that practices were so intense and chaotic that games were - jray - 12:07pm 9/8/24
- I can’t stand the guy but Carroll’s guys at ‘SC used to say the same thing [NT] - murph92675 - 12:49pm 9/8/24
- Holtz through 93 recruited top 5 talent. After that he didn’t. Check out his records after that. - Frank L - 12:35pm 9/8/24
- These aren't the type of players who could handle such treatment. [NT] - MAS - 12:10pm 9/8/24
- Losing due to a lack of prep, concentration and effort should never be tolerated and needs to - ndphysics - 12:10pm 9/8/24
- 0In addition to coaching, prep, QB play, and mental weakness I’d add the OL/DL to the list. - LanceManion - 11:49am 9/8/24 (17) [View All]
- I'd add to list, who ever made the call to throw the pick that sealed - ColeyO - 11:55am 9/8/24
- disagree Would have been a touchdown if we had a QB who could throw. [NT]
- garryowen - 11:57am 9/8/24
- You're missing the point. - SanJoseCAFan - 12:31pm 9/8/24
- I don't think that he is missing the point at all. - NDQuebec - 1:28pm 9/8/24
- so you're saying the coaches didn't know he couldn't make that throw? wtf? what are they doing? [NT] - und67 - 12:02pm 9/8/24
- Therein lies the problem. Not one person has described Leonard as a passing quarterback [NT]
- LanceManion - 12:00pm 9/8/24
- He’s not even better than Hartman who had his own limitations as we all learned last year. [NT]
- jray - 12:02pm 9/8/24
- Hartman scrambled and threw better. He’d have won that game. [NT]
- LanceManion - 12:08pm 9/8/24
- As would Angelli, IMO [NT]
- ColeyO - 12:10pm 9/8/24
- or carr. [NT]
- und67 - 12:14pm 9/8/24
- or rees. [NT]
- und67 - 12:14pm 9/8/24
- Yes, Rees was better [NT] - bobdrake - 12:18pm 9/8/24
- or minchey. [NT]
- und67 - 12:16pm 9/8/24
- or anybody who can execute a simple hand-off. - und67 - 12:19pm 9/8/24
- or rees. [NT]
- und67 - 12:14pm 9/8/24
- or carr. [NT]
- und67 - 12:14pm 9/8/24
- Agree. [NT] - jray - 12:10pm 9/8/24
- As would Angelli, IMO [NT]
- ColeyO - 12:10pm 9/8/24
- Hartman scrambled and threw better. He’d have won that game. [NT]
- LanceManion - 12:08pm 9/8/24
- He’s not even better than Hartman who had his own limitations as we all learned last year. [NT]
- jray - 12:02pm 9/8/24
- You're missing the point. - SanJoseCAFan - 12:31pm 9/8/24
- That was a Charlie Weiss play. Take a gamble on something where the risk highly outweigh the reward [NT] - LanceManion - 11:56am 9/8/24
- disagree Would have been a touchdown if we had a QB who could throw. [NT]
- garryowen - 11:57am 9/8/24
- You nailed it.Probelm is Freeman.Feel good hire, not a great coach. [NT] - garryowen - 11:51am 9/8/24
- I'd add to list, who ever made the call to throw the pick that sealed - ColeyO - 11:55am 9/8/24
- 0Another year of... - robertkolt - 11:40am 9/8/24 (2) [View All]
- But just wait for the next bus load… [NT] - whatsamataU - 11:48am 9/8/24
- Very true, when they went after him, most knew - ColeyO - 11:46am 9/8/24
- 0ND has sadly perfected the art of making Offense one-dimensional. Multiple staffs misunderstand that - oldirish - 11:21am 9/8/24 (7) [View All]
- Agree completely. And just like after Duke last year, every single defense will now have the same - tky21 - 1:54pm 9/8/24
- There is some deep seated issue. It’s been around for 30 years. - ndphysics - 12:12pm 9/8/24
- Problem is obvious.We have a QB who cannot compete a forward pass. [NT]
- garryowen - 11:27am 9/8/24
- Ranks 81st in QBR [NT] [LINK] - bobdrake - 11:36am 9/8/24
- Not one accurately down field. Combine that with an OL getting blown up on run plays, and voila. - Frank L - 11:32am 9/8/24
- I disagree. WR were open and the Oline wasn't the reason ND lost. - NDQuebec - 1:23pm 9/8/24
- When I saw they were running the QB every other - ColeyO - 11:31am 9/8/24
- 1Does ND have the worst home field advantage in college football? - Curly1918 - 11:08am 9/8/24 (15) [View All]
- Don't blame the fans on this one. They aren't the ones missing blocks & throwing picks. - ELP - 12:37pm 9/8/24
- He’s not blaming them for the loss. He’s just pointing out reality. Which fan base sells its tickets - Frank L - 12:46pm 9/8/24
- He didn't say one single thing about ND fans selling their tickets. - ELP - 1:17pm 9/8/24
- No he didn’t but it’s indicative of many in our fan base. The initial post didn’t blame the loss on - Frank L - 1:25pm 9/8/24
- You want the best fans, you can’t price them out - NDWisconsin - 1:12pm 9/8/24
- Bingo. I really saw it recently. - Frank L - 1:30pm 9/8/24
- . [NT] - Frank L - 1:31pm 9/8/24
- Bingo. I really saw it recently. - Frank L - 1:30pm 9/8/24
- He didn't say one single thing about ND fans selling their tickets. - ELP - 1:17pm 9/8/24
- He’s not blaming them for the loss. He’s just pointing out reality. Which fan base sells its tickets - Frank L - 12:46pm 9/8/24
- Our fans are just too damn polite [NT]
- garryowen - 11:17am 9/8/24
- Deep pockets count more [NT] - whatsamataU - 11:49am 9/8/24
- We normally don’t have enough loud, rowdy citizens. We have many “Welcome to Notre Dame” folks. Not - Frank L - 11:15am 9/8/24
- A lot of red and black in the stadium - NDWisconsin - 11:15am 9/8/24
- Dunno, coming off A&M they should have been there and reasonably loud. [NT]
- Frank L - 11:18am 9/8/24
- They were there and reasonably loud. They were really loud when it came time to boo. [NT]
- ELP - 1:19pm 9/8/24
- I’ll take your word for it. Did hear the boos. [NT]
- Frank L - 1:32pm 9/8/24
- I invite any ND fans here who have sold their tiks to opposing fans to please explain. - ELP - 1:45pm 9/8/24
- I’ll take your word for it. Did hear the boos. [NT]
- Frank L - 1:32pm 9/8/24
- They were there and reasonably loud. They were really loud when it came time to boo. [NT]
- ELP - 1:19pm 9/8/24
- Dunno, coming off A&M they should have been there and reasonably loud. [NT]
- Frank L - 11:18am 9/8/24
- Don't blame the fans on this one. They aren't the ones missing blocks & throwing picks. - ELP - 12:37pm 9/8/24
- 0Did Saban recruit Alabama native Riley Leornard? [NT] - DonMiller - 10:31am 9/8/24 (2) [View All]
- Maybe for the practice squad? [NT] - whatsamataU - 11:56am 9/8/24
- He was 3 star so maybe not. [NT] - Frank L - 11:03am 9/8/24
- 5Angeli, Minchey, and Carr must be scratching their collective head today. - AlbanyIRISH - 10:18am 9/8/24 (12) [View All]
- Maybe Deuce knew something. [NT] - whatsamataU - 11:31am 9/8/24
- ND needs to make a change in the QB position. [NT] - bobdrake - 11:19am 9/8/24
- Nebraska is starting a true frosh QB. Over the next two years, they will be so much better because - jray - 10:34am 9/8/24
- True, but his uncle coaches there and is in their hall of - ColeyO - 11:41am 9/8/24
- Well said! [NT] - bobdrake - 11:21am 9/8/24
- Riley Leonard is a fine young man. - Hensou - 10:25am 9/8/24
- Agreed.Unless we change QB's, the offense will continue to struggle. [NT] - garryowen - 10:25am 9/8/24
- A one-headed QB with six legs might be the ticket, if only as a novelty. [NT]
- MAS - 10:19am 9/8/24
- well, MF can change QBs but then you still have the OL, Special Teams, & suddenly the "D". - ELP - 11:07am 9/8/24
- I disagree - Mark - 11:22am 9/8/24
- Well said. [NT] - NDQuebec - 2:47pm 9/8/24
- True.But our biggest problem seems to be our head coach. [NT] - garryowen - 11:15am 9/8/24
- I disagree - Mark - 11:22am 9/8/24
- well, MF can change QBs but then you still have the OL, Special Teams, & suddenly the "D". - ELP - 11:07am 9/8/24
- -9Not on coaches - bleedbluebleedgold - 10:15am 9/8/24 (12) [View All]
- It absolutely is a loss by everyone, coaches get the blame first [NT] - wrdomerson - 4:24pm 9/8/24
- Seems to happen every year? [NT] - whatsamataU - 11:33am 9/8/24
- Re: Not on coaches - bleedbluebleedgold - 11:10am 9/8/24
- Re: Not on coaches - bleedbluebleedgold - 4:03pm 9/8/24
- The players didn't decide to give Love and Price 15 carries and let a weak Qb throw it 31 times [NT]
- pittsnyfan - 11:05am 9/8/24
- Weak QB needs to be replaced [NT] - bobdrake - 11:23am 9/8/24
- It starts with MF. [NT] - jray - 10:27am 9/8/24
- The coaches certainly share the blame. [NT]
- Hensou - 10:18am 9/8/24
- MF signed off on Riley Leonard as the default QB and convinced someone to shovel him $1 Million. - SteveM - 11:07am 9/8/24
- . [NT] - jray - 10:26am 9/8/24
- When you have no idea how to fit the wildcat you got coaching issues. - DiscoRick - 10:17am 9/8/24
- But now, we have been hearing that Denbrock and Golden are among the best at their jobs. - Frank L - 10:48am 9/8/24
- 2Fallacies - robertkolt - 10:10am 9/8/24 (3) [View All]
- Regarding your points 4. and 5... - SanJoseCAFan - 12:40pm 9/8/24
- Re: Regarding your points 4. and 5... - robertkolt - 1:00pm 9/8/24
- They do it to everyone. If MF hadn’t lost they would be given him a 3 year extension this November [NT] - whatsamataU - 12:01pm 9/8/24
- Regarding your points 4. and 5... - SanJoseCAFan - 12:40pm 9/8/24
- 3I don't buy the "unprepared" or "lacking passion/effort" mantra. It's far simpler than that - MarkHarman - 10:05am 9/8/24 (14) [View All]
- Of course you don't, because your born loser mentality requires you to litter the board defending - Chrisb - 11:53am 9/8/24
- This ^^^ [NT] - ColeyO - 11:33am 9/8/24
- Denbrock is not the problem. Freeman is. - Hensou - 10:12am 9/8/24
- WRONG! - OCIrish - 10:44am 9/8/24
- We've seen the same shit in 3 different seasons now, 3 different OCs...problem starts at the top - Chrisb - 8:33pm 9/8/24
- Play calling was good enough to win. Execution was awful. - Hensou - 11:26am 9/8/24
- Denbrock hampered by Leonard's inadequacies. But still called a crap game. [NT]
- DiscoRick - 10:15am 9/8/24
- Execution was awful. - Hensou - 10:35am 9/8/24
- WRONG! - OCIrish - 10:44am 9/8/24
- Agree mostly. But Carr is the future. Time to develop him. - DiscoRick - 10:11am 9/8/24
- Yes sir. Start Angelli and mix in Carr or switch to him if job not getting done. [NT] - Frank L - 11:08am 9/8/24
- Dunno, same guy who beat A&M by ten. Our line got better in that game. Not in this one. He’s not the - Frank L - 10:10am 9/8/24
- Same guy wasn't that great in last week's win. [NT]
- bobdrake - 11:27am 9/8/24
- Correct, but should have been good enough to win this game at home. Wasn’t great last week, but this - Frank L - 11:36am 9/8/24
- Yep, some heat should be on the Oline coach. - DiscoRick - 10:13am 9/8/24
- Same guy wasn't that great in last week's win. [NT]
- bobdrake - 11:27am 9/8/24
- 0Last week Freeman walked on water. This week he sucks and should be fired. Nature of the beast. - Frank L - 9:57am 9/8/24 (4) [View All]
- Agree. But the madness needs to stop - NDWisconsin - 11:47am 9/8/24
- BINGO bipolar ND fans [NT]
- KWIRISH - 11:19am 9/8/24
- Wrong. Bipolar team performance, common with a poor HC, results in expected fan reaction. [NT] - Chrisb - 11:39am 9/8/24
- Carr should be starting if Freeman wants to keep his job. - DiscoRick - 10:07am 9/8/24
- 0I’m shell shocked by this loss. I had to listen to it on - faircatchcorby - 9:53am 9/8/24 (2) [View All]
- Agree. Remember when Saban yanked Jalen Hurts during the NC game? Talk about balls. [NT] - jray - 10:03am 9/8/24
- I love Ryan Harris. He's a homer who will tell it like it is. [NT] - ELP - 9:59am 9/8/24
- 1now they have to go do their little TV show - kgirish - 9:41am 9/8/24 (0) [View All]
- -177’ team lost to ole mis early and won the natty [NT] - DonMiller - 9:40am 9/8/24 (3) [View All]
- Could have been something to do with a better coach and maybe players [NT] - whatsamataU - 11:37am 9/8/24
- So you are predicting multiple NFL championships for Leonard? [NT]
- LanceManion - 9:43am 9/8/24
- Not sure the 2024 Irish can beat Texas like the Irish did back then. [NT] - ELP - 10:03am 9/8/24
- 0ND needs burner wide-outs (Floyd, Tate, Fuller, St. Brown, Claypool) & a TE... - SteveM - 9:35am 9/8/24 (4) [View All]
- Makes no difference if your QB can’t throw a deep ball [NT]
- Mark - 9:41am 9/8/24
- Or if your receivers drop them. [NT] - Hensou - 9:51am 9/8/24
- Agree about the QB chatter too, QB - WR combos tightly coupled. ND has neither. [NT] - SteveM - 9:45am 9/8/24
- I’d settle for another Jeff Samardzija. [NT] - Hensou - 9:38am 9/8/24
- Makes no difference if your QB can’t throw a deep ball [NT]
- Mark - 9:41am 9/8/24
- 0Reminds me of 1995 NU game, you could hear a pin drop as you left. [NT] - Hibakusha - 9:34am 9/8/24 (5) [View All]
- The tv cameras kept showing the kids in the student section and the looks on their face said it all. [NT]
- jray - 9:36am 9/8/24
- The expletives were flying from the adults leaving the stadium yesterday. I'll say that much. [NT] - ELP - 10:06am 9/8/24
- The tv cameras kept showing the kids in the student section and the looks on their face said it all. [NT]
- jray - 9:36am 9/8/24
- 3Starting a true ND QB is necessary. - Hensou - 9:26am 9/8/24 (3) [View All]
- Start Carr, and develop him nobody puts a team in the top 12 that loses to a MAC school. [NT] - DiscoRick - 9:44am 9/8/24
- Particularly when Angeli played very well tin the bowl game. [NT] - MAS - 9:36am 9/8/24
- been preaching this forever. [NT] - und67 - 9:30am 9/8/24
- 1Looked at highlights from other games... - SVDomer - 9:23am 9/8/24 (1) [View All]
- He dropped a few and a miracle tackle on a 2 pointer saved his butt against Army. - Frank L - 10:03am 9/8/24
- 0Sadly, The Open is already a cesspool - WoodstockIrish - 9:18am 9/8/24 (1) [View All]
- Then stop whining and make both better. - MAS - 9:28am 9/8/24
- 0Unfortunate side effect is I can’t laugh at Michigan and Colorado now. - TakethetrainKnute - 9:10am 9/8/24 (4) [View All]
- Go ahead - it does help a little and besides as poster at NIU mentioned - whatsamataU - 9:18am 9/8/24
- Big Difference - WoodstockIrish - 9:21am 9/8/24
- Good thing you’re not the average fb fan or the perception would be worse. [NT] - whatsamataU - 11:52am 9/8/24
- Big Difference - WoodstockIrish - 9:21am 9/8/24
- Start drinking, you’ll get there. [NT] - PaND - 9:14am 9/8/24
- Go ahead - it does help a little and besides as poster at NIU mentioned - whatsamataU - 9:18am 9/8/24
- 0No more year three talk. [NT] - whatsamataU - 9:00am 9/8/24 (0) [View All]
- 0Sadly, Denbrock is who we remembered him to be. [NT] - BaronVonZemo - 8:57am 9/8/24 (3) [View All]
- The entire team played like they were sleepwalking and expected to show up and win - Fisher01 - 11:00am 9/8/24
- Blaming the wrong guy - Mark - 9:44am 9/8/24
- Agree. An effective passing game opens up the run game. - Hensou - 10:00am 9/8/24
- 0The Peter Principle or was Marcus simply promoted too early? [LINK] - Curly1918 - 8:48am 9/8/24 (5) [View All]
- You'd think the ND Admin. would have learned their..... - NEPA Irish - 9:55am 9/8/24
- The blown 21 pt. lead to Okie State in bowl game was a precursor and has not gotten better. [NT] - irishsmashmouth - 9:28am 9/8/24
- Poor QB play does it every time. [NT]
- PaND - 8:56am 9/8/24
- I thought we lost it in the trenches... [NT]
- SVDomer - 9:28am 9/8/24
- No - Mark - 9:45am 9/8/24
- I thought we lost it in the trenches... [NT]
- SVDomer - 9:28am 9/8/24
- 0Sad. (38) times we have lost to an unranked opponent as a Top Ten ranked team - WoodstockIrish - 8:18am 9/8/24 (1) [View All]
- Because a lot voters want Freeman to succeed. [NT] - MAS - 8:52am 9/8/24
- 1Angeli should start. Leonard can come out of the bullpen if needed. [NT] - Hensou - 7:57am 9/8/24 (3) [View All]
- correction: angeli should start; c.j. can come out of the bullpen if needed. - und67 - 9:29am 9/8/24
- Re:Agree [NT]
- tatnuck - 9:04am 9/8/24
- Re:Agree - oldpops - 12:48pm 9/8/24
- 0This week we get to see if Hudson Card was actually the right choice. - oldirish - 7:53am 9/8/24 (0) [View All]
- 0!!! The NIU loss cost ND $4.5million: !!!! Denbrock $2.1mm, Leonard $1mm, NIU $1.4mm [NT] - oldirish - 7:51am 9/8/24 (3) [View All]
- For a wildcat/ option QB. [NT] - DiscoRick - 9:46am 9/8/24
- It cost a lot more. [NT]
- BaronVonZemo - 8:55am 9/8/24
- I'd ballpark it at tens of millions. - AlbanyIRISH - 10:24am 9/8/24
- 0Denbrock makes about $200k a game. $400k for 34 points so far. [NT] - salbam - 7:29am 9/8/24 (0) [View All]
- 0Freeman says we can “learn from upset”. Why don’t we learn before the upset ever? [NT] - salbam - 7:14am 9/8/24 (12) [View All]
- He's right, we have learned...that he ain't it. Next. [NT] - Chrisb - 9:25pm 9/8/24
- he should be a genius by now [NT] - cubsfanin16 - 9:56am 9/8/24
- In year three that says a lot. [NT] - irishsmashmouth - 9:28am 9/8/24
- What else can he say. WE all learned all we need to know. Nice guy…poor coach. [NT] - TakethetrainKnute - 8:07am 9/8/24
- You can't trust a guy that didn't learn from Hartman or Coan. [NT]
- oldirish - 7:49am 9/8/24
- Coan was 3x the QB of either [NT]
- ColeyO - 11:14am 9/8/24
- And still bad. That's what makes the current situation so ugly. [NT] - oldirish - 2:21pm 9/8/24
- Fair. [NT] - Frank L - 11:02am 9/8/24
- Coan was 3x the QB of either [NT]
- ColeyO - 11:14am 9/8/24
- We learned that it may be more satisfying to watch lacrosse than football if you like championships [NT] - LanceManion - 7:27am 9/8/24
- MAC games since 2018 - salbam - 7:26am 9/8/24
- And we paid them over $1 million to beat us. [NT] - LanceManion - 7:29am 9/8/24
- Did we learn anything after Marshall? Apparently not. [NT] - ELP - 7:18am 9/8/24
- 1Every ND HC with success had HC big success before elsewhere. - salbam - 7:11am 9/8/24 (0) [View All]
- 0The NIU loss should drop us out of the Top 15. [NT] - Hensou - 7:07am 9/8/24 (2) [View All]
- A team without a passing TD in 2 games isn't in the top 40. That's a feat you have to try to do. [NT] - oldirish - 7:52am 9/8/24
- An "honor" deserved. [NT] - ELP - 7:17am 9/8/24
- 1When asked last week following the A&M game, Freeman couldn't name who ND played next. - AlbanyIRISH - 6:58am 9/8/24 (1) [View All]
- It was disrespectful. He knows their name now. [NT] - Hensou - 9:35am 9/8/24
- 0I find it unfathomable that a division 1 power school has no passing attack - ndphysics - 6:35am 9/8/24 (4) [View All]
- And that our “running quarterback” really is just an above average scrambler [NT] - LanceManion - 7:30am 9/8/24
- I do believe that this offense has no identity at all. MF claims he wants to run the ball. [NT]
- ELP - 7:03am 9/8/24
- It has none. Didnt even run the ball much yesterday l. Not 1 jet sweep. Nothing [NT]
- ndphysics - 7:04am 9/8/24
- Is it our OL? Denbrock? QB play? WRs not getting open? All the above? [NT] - ELP - 7:07am 9/8/24
- It has none. Didnt even run the ball much yesterday l. Not 1 jet sweep. Nothing [NT]
- ndphysics - 7:04am 9/8/24
- -3Could Buchner save the season? [NT] - DonMiller - 6:10am 9/8/24 (6) [View All]
- This is as much about coaching and preparation than anything. There were dropped balls - ndphysics - 6:15am 9/8/24
- I am wondering how loosey goosey practice was all week leading up to the game. - ELP - 7:00am 9/8/24
- Nothing freeman says matters to me anymore.that did it for me [NT] - ndphysics - 7:07am 9/8/24
- What do you mean they were interacting with fans? - AlbanyIRISH - 7:05am 9/8/24
- The post game radio show was commenting that players were talking to fans sitting behind the bench. - ELP - 7:15am 9/8/24
- The ND beat seems a little annoyed they were told they can no longer ask about injuries post-game. - AlbanyIRISH - 7:20am 9/8/24
- The post game radio show was commenting that players were talking to fans sitting behind the bench. - ELP - 7:15am 9/8/24
- I am wondering how loosey goosey practice was all week leading up to the game. - ELP - 7:00am 9/8/24
- This is as much about coaching and preparation than anything. There were dropped balls - ndphysics - 6:15am 9/8/24
- 0Fools gold - AlbanyIRISH - 5:34am 9/8/24 (4) [View All]
- makes me wonder how they didn`t get mauled las week [NT] - bakedogg - 7:03am 9/8/24
- But, but we have hype videos and we wear war paint. - Hensou - 6:57am 9/8/24
- I think the hype video staff is taking this week off. [NT]
- AlbanyIRISH - 7:02am 9/8/24
- The bad thing is the beautiful TD run will be forgotten and not part of any hype video. [NT] - ELP - 7:20am 9/8/24
- I think the hype video staff is taking this week off. [NT]
- AlbanyIRISH - 7:02am 9/8/24
- 0That Michigan coach... - bakedogg - 4:55am 9/8/24 (0) [View All]