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- Kyle - 1:47am 8/26/20
(0) [View All] - 0Book - Irish29 - 4:48pm 9/12/20 (2) [View All]
- Re: Book - garryowen - 4:49pm 9/12/20
- On the sideline [NT] - J-Ro - 4:50pm 9/12/20
- Re: Book - garryowen - 4:49pm 9/12/20
- -1Cheap hit on Hamilton after the incompletion [NT] - CC72 - 4:43pm 9/12/20 (2) [View All]
- not sure what game you're watching [NT] - D2 - 6:00pm 9/12/20
- D players arms got tangled between his legs [NT] - whatsamataU - 4:47pm 9/12/20
- 0Do we run a complicated blocking scheme? Why - ndphysics - 4:25pm 9/12/20 (8) [View All]
- Every team has plays with zone blocking, but at times I am not fond of it either. [NT] - THEISMANCARR - 8:14pm 9/12/20
- I hate zone blocking [NT] - murph92675 - 4:39pm 9/12/20
- motivation is to blame [NT] - Hank the Tank - 4:31pm 9/12/20
- I think it is just a standard zone blocking scheme. [NT]
- J-Ro - 4:27pm 9/12/20
- Sure seems like it is conventional. Conventional is not necessarily bad. Just how we do it is bad. [NT] - NedoftheHill - 4:31pm 9/12/20
- I don’t know enough XOs but there has to be something [NT]
- ndphysics - 4:28pm 9/12/20
- Zone blocking was / is designed for smaller / lessor OL to compete - not for Big Lines to Dominate [NT]
- murph92675 - 4:44pm 9/12/20
- Thanks. [NT] - ndphysics - 4:53pm 9/12/20
- Zone blocking was / is designed for smaller / lessor OL to compete - not for Big Lines to Dominate [NT]
- murph92675 - 4:44pm 9/12/20
- 0Kelly is going to pass rockne [NT] - beefy78 - 4:25pm 9/12/20 (4) [View All]
- You mean for national titles!!! I can't wait for the next five years. [NT] - THEISMANCARR - 8:16pm 9/12/20
- But in the shadow of Holtz [NT] - whatsamataU - 4:41pm 9/12/20
- No comment. - TakethetrainKnute - 4:39pm 9/12/20
- Yep with the contract extension he’ll be at ND for 15 years. Ugh [NT] - PBHangingChad - 4:33pm 9/12/20
- 0holybull looking good in the picks. - NedoftheHill - 4:22pm 9/12/20 (0) [View All]
- 03 areas of concern. - J-Ro - 4:20pm 9/12/20 (8) [View All]
- First game with less practice time, is a deadly combination for offenses early in the year. [NT] - THEISMANCARR - 8:18pm 9/12/20
- Agree. I'll add one more: No separation from our wideouts. [NT] - DadUdaMan4 - 6:10pm 9/12/20
- Re: 3 areas of concern. - lacan - 4:32pm 9/12/20
- Brice would be leading this offense down the field with comparative ease. - NedoftheHill - 4:35pm 9/12/20
- What J-Ro said^^^^^ [NT] - eftg1 - 4:28pm 9/12/20
- You can say this for every season since 2010. [NT] - Elliott Swann - 4:25pm 9/12/20
- Yep. No speed on the outside. Where’s Lenzy? Was hoping with another year Book would l - Irish83 - 4:23pm 9/12/20
- I was wondering if his comment/tweet got him reprimanded [NT] - whatsamataU - 4:33pm 9/12/20
- 0Brian Kelly - Rgood54 - 4:19pm 9/12/20 (1) [View All]
- Only one to apply [NT] - whatsamataU - 4:52pm 9/12/20
- 0Lenzy?? - IrishFD - 4:04pm 9/12/20 (17) [View All]
- Just read a report that he’s listed as out. Not dressed. Watts was taking reps with 2nd team pregame - Irish83 - 4:43pm 9/12/20
- Re: Just read a report that he’s listed as out. Not dressed. Watts was taking reps with 2nd team pregame - IrishNC - 5:00pm 9/12/20
- Two different reporters mentioned the same thing on Twitter. Here’s a link: [LINK] - Irish83 - 5:01pm 9/12/20
- Re: Just read a report that he’s listed as out. Not dressed. Watts was taking reps with 2nd team pregame - IrishNC - 5:00pm 9/12/20
- Could be the “good fu*#ing riddance “ [NT] - whatsamataU - 4:35pm 9/12/20
- Wonder if it’s a health issue. The school - ndphysics - 4:21pm 9/12/20
- Maybe his mouth? [NT] - whatsamataU - 4:54pm 9/12/20
- They mentioned before the game that everyone was available from both teams [NT]
- Irish83 - 4:24pm 9/12/20
- Yeah but available and ready to play arent necessarily - ndphysics - 4:31pm 9/12/20
- Yeah totally. I just meant in regards to Covid. [NT]
- Irish83 - 4:39pm 9/12/20
- Agreed. I just wonder if there might be some players - ndphysics - 4:43pm 9/12/20
- Just found some news on it. He’s supposedly not dressed. Early reports are - Irish83 - 4:53pm 9/12/20
- Agreed. I just wonder if there might be some players - ndphysics - 4:43pm 9/12/20
- Yeah totally. I just meant in regards to Covid. [NT]
- Irish83 - 4:39pm 9/12/20
- Yeah but available and ready to play arent necessarily - ndphysics - 4:31pm 9/12/20
- It’s always dog house with you guys who have no clue. [NT]
- CC72 - 4:14pm 9/12/20
- Give us a clue CC [NT]
- ghostwriter - 4:18pm 9/12/20
- Hamstring, I think you post well CC72 I got your back. [NT] - THEISMANCARR - 8:20pm 9/12/20
- Well, could you inform us as to why he isn't playing? [NT]
- NDQuebec - 4:17pm 9/12/20
- I don’t need to explain things to idiots [NT] - CC72 - 5:32pm 9/12/20
- Give us a clue CC [NT]
- ghostwriter - 4:18pm 9/12/20
- Thinking the same thing.... [NT] - Irish83 - 4:05pm 9/12/20
- Just read a report that he’s listed as out. Not dressed. Watts was taking reps with 2nd team pregame - Irish83 - 4:43pm 9/12/20
- 0Every year long developing plays,Book running around [NT] - eftg1 - 4:04pm 9/12/20 (0) [View All]
- 0I don’t understand the blind focus on Tremble/ he is not Claypool [NT] - CC72 - 4:03pm 9/12/20 (1) [View All]
- Book does not have field vision [NT] - eftg1 - 4:30pm 9/12/20
- 0Does 2020 version of nd look any better than 2010 version [NT] - beefy78 - 4:02pm 9/12/20 (2) [View All]
- The 2020 version has played 30 minutes and you are judging the season? [NT]
- CC72 - 4:04pm 9/12/20
- Yep, how moronic. [NT] - THEISMANCARR - 8:21pm 9/12/20
- The 2020 version has played 30 minutes and you are judging the season? [NT]
- CC72 - 4:04pm 9/12/20
- 0Ayyy...Da Foz! [NT] - Irishize - 3:52pm 9/12/20 (2) [View All]
- Hayes not so much. [NT]
- ghostwriter - 4:15pm 9/12/20
- Hayes a major disappointment [NT] - eftg1 - 4:31pm 9/12/20
- Hayes not so much. [NT]
- ghostwriter - 4:15pm 9/12/20
- 0So Williams is the best we got at RB... [NT] - whatsamataU - 3:44pm 9/12/20 (7) [View All]
- You have a problem with a 75 yard run? [NT]
- CC72 - 4:01pm 9/12/20
- Nope, off a pass. [NT]
- whatsamataU - 4:02pm 9/12/20
- Sure off a pass makes a hell of a difference- not. [NT] - CC72 - 4:16pm 9/12/20
- Nope, off a pass. [NT]
- whatsamataU - 4:02pm 9/12/20
- Yeah...though to be fair the O-Line has been underwhelming considering that some are considered - Irish83 - 3:46pm 9/12/20
- ND has a reputation for turning out pro first round linemen who underperform in college [NT]
- PBHangingChad - 3:50pm 9/12/20
- True. But McGlinchey/Nelson did dominate their last season. Stanley and Martin were fantastic - Irish83 - 4:08pm 9/12/20
- True. [NT] - NedoftheHill - 4:05pm 9/12/20
- ND has a reputation for turning out pro first round linemen who underperform in college [NT]
- PBHangingChad - 3:50pm 9/12/20
- You have a problem with a 75 yard run? [NT]
- CC72 - 4:01pm 9/12/20
- 0Chip Long was really the problem. - Elliott Swann - 3:23pm 9/12/20 (2) [View All]
- Chip couldn't get along with the guys aww..but was the best recruiter [NT] - beefy78 - 3:32pm 9/12/20
- Re: Chip Long was really the problem. - pghdomer79 - 3:30pm 9/12/20
- 0May be a little rain will help [NT] - whatsamataU - 3:18pm 9/12/20 (2) [View All]
- Tony Dungy “I’m surprised” don’t worry Tony plenty of time to win a squeaker [NT]
- PBHangingChad - 3:21pm 9/12/20
- it won't be a squeaker [NT] - Hank the Tank - 3:33pm 9/12/20
- Tony Dungy “I’m surprised” don’t worry Tony plenty of time to win a squeaker [NT]
- PBHangingChad - 3:21pm 9/12/20
- 0Not watching...hearing ol is awful.. [NT] - beefy78 - 3:17pm 9/12/20 (2) [View All]
- Worse than awful. [NT] - Elliott Swann - 3:23pm 9/12/20
- To put it mildly [NT] - whatsamataU - 3:19pm 9/12/20
- 0T—Model Tommy [NT] - NDblues - 3:13pm 9/12/20 (0) [View All]
- 0Time to give Rees and Kelly Extensions [NT] - irishone - 3:12pm 9/12/20 (0) [View All]
- 0Who would have though hiring an effing 27 year old to run an offense was a bad idea? [NT] - Elliott Swann - 3:12pm 9/12/20 (3) [View All]
- Wait till he gets his recruits. [NT] - StreetFightingIrish - 3:18pm 9/12/20
- Not looking so great, is it? [NT]
- Kevirish01 - 3:13pm 9/12/20
- Just need a more experienced QB and OL to gel. Oh never mind. [NT] - PBHangingChad - 3:19pm 9/12/20
- 0Nice to see the team prepared to play smash mouth football yet again. [NT] - PBHangingChad - 3:02pm 9/12/20 (0) [View All]
- 0LMAO. [NT] - Elliott Swann - 3:00pm 9/12/20 (0) [View All]
- 1Why can’t the O-alone be more athletic? [NT] - IrishFanFD - 2:52pm 9/12/20 (2) [View All]
- they are getting there. it's early yet [NT]
- Hank the Tank - 2:56pm 9/12/20
- It’s the same thing as last year - fat and slow to fire off the ball [NT] - IrishFanFD - 3:13pm 9/12/20
- they are getting there. it's early yet [NT]
- Hank the Tank - 2:56pm 9/12/20
- 1It's the offense.* [NT] - Elliott Swann - 2:49pm 9/12/20 (0) [View All]
- 0Tony Dungy,huge upgrade [NT] - eftg1 - 2:41pm 9/12/20 (2) [View All]
- Ya beat me to it....WOW, already an upgrade. [NT]
- Frankx - 2:47pm 9/12/20
- Frank light years ahead of Flutie [NT] - eftg1 - 2:50pm 9/12/20
- Ya beat me to it....WOW, already an upgrade. [NT]
- Frankx - 2:47pm 9/12/20
- 0ESPN Thanks Notre Dame On Behalf of the Rest of College Football [NT] [LINK] - UHND - 2:39pm 9/12/20 (0) [View All]
- 1How many minutes in before we all start bitching about something? Lol. [NT] - jray - 2:07pm 9/12/20 (4) [View All]
- Re: How many minutes in before we all start bitching about something? Lol. - Fin2013 - 3:01pm 9/12/20
- The field looks like it's been stuffed in a closet all year. [NT] - StreetFightingIrish - 2:55pm 9/12/20
- I'm predicting we receive (which if we win the toss will cause bitching) and we have a delay of game - eddie82 - 2:35pm 9/12/20
- Already started on the "other" board. [NT] - JSDomer75 - 2:17pm 9/12/20
- 0The piped in crowd noise at UNC isn't too bad. - AlbanyIRISH - 12:59pm 9/12/20 (2) [View All]
- what's good about it. [NT] - Hank the Tank - 2:05pm 9/12/20
- Put that in caps! [NT] - whatsamataU - 2:04pm 9/12/20
- 0Brock Wright? - SteveM - 12:05pm 9/12/20 (0) [View All]
- 0The weather channel says the heavy stuff will arrive around 4. - Curly1918 - 12:02pm 9/12/20 (0) [View All]
- 1I put out the ND flag this morning. The only flag besides the American flag on our street. - michiganirish - 11:19am 9/12/20 (1) [View All]
- I am getting very excited, so excited, that I turned NBC on an hour and a half early. Soccer is on - THEISMANCARR - 1:47pm 9/12/20
- 1Anxious to see RBs with speed and shimmy again - jamie - 11:17am 9/12/20 (0) [View All]
- 0Thank you, Notre Dame! [ESPN] [NT] [LINK] - ND521 - 10:27am 9/12/20 (2) [View All]
- 1Here come The Irish. [NT] - Aragoto - 10:12am 9/12/20 (0) [View All]
- -2Mother Nature increasing percentages vs Brian and hope there are no long lightning delays. I - whatsamataU - 9:14am 9/12/20 (2) [View All]
- Maybe it will be more like Michigan 2008 - AlbanyIRISH - 11:49am 9/12/20
- was at that game. horrible experience, plus had to drive over a hundred miles, so also left early. [NT] - und67 - 9:21am 9/12/20
- 2I never thought it would happen ND football back. Enough political BS. Go Irish [NT] - PBHangingChad - 9:08am 9/12/20 (1) [View All]
- 100%,The best constant in my life next to my sons,Notre Dame football π [NT] - eftg1 - 2:48pm 9/12/20
- 0Question of the year - lmcdonald - 9:08am 9/12/20 (1) [View All]
- Answer of the year - StayGolden - 9:28am 9/12/20
- 2βοΈβοΈπΊπΈπΊπΈβοΈβοΈ [NT] - PBHangingChad - 9:07am 9/12/20 (0) [View All]
- 02020 Notre Dame Football Roster [NT] [LINK] - UHND - 9:05am 9/12/20 (0) [View All]
- 0As we prepare for today's game.... - Nigel Tufnel - 8:01am 9/12/20 (1) [View All]
- Re: As we prepare for today's game.... - IrishNC - 8:45am 9/12/20
- 1Frankie V's Prediction: We've Actually Have Notre Dame Football Again [NT] [LINK] - UHND - 10:19pm 9/11/20 (0) [View All]
- -1Notre Dame Releases Excellent Hype Video For Season Opener [NT] [LINK] - UHND - 9:32pm 9/11/20 (3) [View All]
- Re: Notre Dame Releases Excellent Hype Video For Season Opener - IrishNC - 8:33am 9/12/20
- Yeah, I wouldn't define this as excellent either. [NT]
- Zander - 9:58am 9/12/20
- 100% Agree. [NT] - jamie - 11:09am 9/12/20
- Yeah, I wouldn't define this as excellent either. [NT]
- Zander - 9:58am 9/12/20
- Re: Notre Dame Releases Excellent Hype Video For Season Opener - IrishNC - 8:33am 9/12/20
- 0ESPN renews lightweight Desmond Howard's contract. - Irishize - 9:09pm 9/11/20 (3) [View All]
- No one watches that network anymore. [NT]
- AlbanyIRISH - 10:14pm 9/11/20
- Seniors and Minorities watch broadcast Tv and cable [NT]
- holybull101 - 10:19pm 9/11/20
- that may be true, but we don't watch the leader of liberal left wing sports propaganda. [NT] - und67 - 9:18am 9/12/20
- Seniors and Minorities watch broadcast Tv and cable [NT]
- holybull101 - 10:19pm 9/11/20
- No one watches that network anymore. [NT]
- AlbanyIRISH - 10:14pm 9/11/20
- 2What's on the menu for game day tomorrow? - Domer From Hell - 5:30pm 9/11/20 (9) [View All]
- Smoked blue devil in a Guinness reduction. [NT] - whatsamataU - 9:17am 9/12/20
- Man. Think maybe the board should just plan to meet at your place. - murph78 - 10:57pm 9/11/20
- Smoking wings and ribs. - AlbanyIRISH - 10:13pm 9/11/20
- It doesn't sound like you are from hell. [NT] - THEISMANCARR - 8:51pm 9/11/20
- Address????? I'm in. - Frankx - 7:20pm 9/11/20
- That's great, but I judge based primarily on coleslaw. - iairishcheeks - 6:01pm 9/11/20
- Not Coleslaw....its Slaw. And Sweet Tea. [NT] - Frankx - 7:52pm 9/11/20
- Where do you live, can I come over? - Law_Dogg - 5:57pm 9/11/20
- I hate you. GO IRISH! - Jerseymick - 5:49pm 9/11/20
- 0Brian Kelly Defines Hybrid Role for Notre Dame LB/RB Osita Ekwonu [NT] [LINK] - UHND - 2:20pm 9/11/20 (0) [View All]
- 0What To Watch For Saturday in The Notre Dame Football '20 Opener [NT] [LINK] - UHND - 8:58am 9/11/20 (5) [View All]
- Well, if it’s raining and windy I expect ND to throw the ball - jimbasil - 11:15am 9/11/20
- You got that right - eddie82 - 2:42pm 9/11/20
- Was planning to bet ND beats spread, with rain, no way [NT] - pvm71 - 2:31pm 9/11/20
- Kelly will beat Mother Nature THIS time, dammit! [NT] - TakethetrainKnute - 2:17pm 9/11/20
- 50+ times too [NT] - Jerseymick - 1:26pm 9/11/20
- Well, if it’s raining and windy I expect ND to throw the ball - jimbasil - 11:15am 9/11/20
- 0Notre Dame Trending for Deion Colzie as Former Commit Announces New Commitment Date? [NT] [LINK] - UHND - 8:40am 9/11/20 (3) [View All]
- Let’s hope it’s what Momma wants. UGA is all over him... [NT]
- whatsamataU - 10:07am 9/11/20
- I think that he makes his own decisions, and I hope ND is everyone's choice. [NT]
- BaronVonZemo - 10:46am 9/11/20
- That’s what momma wants but he is close friends with Smarts two boys. [NT] - whatsamataU - 11:09am 9/11/20
- I think that he makes his own decisions, and I hope ND is everyone's choice. [NT]
- BaronVonZemo - 10:46am 9/11/20
- Let’s hope it’s what Momma wants. UGA is all over him... [NT]
- whatsamataU - 10:07am 9/11/20
- 1From the Atlanta Paper, “ Duke (+20) at No. 10 Notre Dame Notre Dame is an ACC football member for - whatsamataU - 7:28am 9/11/20 (8) [View All]
- I firmly believe this team has the talent to beat Clemson... - Law_Dogg - 9:33am 9/11/20
- I firmly believe you drank the Kool-Aid [NT]
- NDQuebec - 6:29pm 9/11/20
- Hope springs eternal... - Law_Dogg - 11:28pm 9/11/20
- If Book consistently fails at his deep reads like he did last year, it will be a long season imho. [NT]
- Jerseymick - 1:28pm 9/11/20
- They should still beat their schedule... - Law_Dogg - 3:07pm 9/11/20
- The tough part is making Clemson believe... - TakethetrainKnute - 10:33am 9/11/20
- ...and most everyone else! :) [NT]
- Law_Dogg - 12:23pm 9/11/20
- Even Kelly? [NT] - whatsamataU - 8:33pm 9/11/20
- ...and most everyone else! :) [NT]
- Law_Dogg - 12:23pm 9/11/20
- I firmly believe you drank the Kool-Aid [NT]
- NDQuebec - 6:29pm 9/11/20
- I firmly believe this team has the talent to beat Clemson... - Law_Dogg - 9:33am 9/11/20
- 1Nice line last night for Fuller - Law_Dogg - 7:04am 9/11/20 (1) [View All]
- Health always his concern. He has always been productive. If Watson would have had a little more - THEISMANCARR - 2:34pm 9/11/20
- 0If Lenzy and Keys don't have COVID then Brian Kelly deserves to be fired. End of story. - oldirish - 9:35pm 9/10/20 (15) [View All]
- Who cares which receivers start? You honestly think if you two picks are healthy ... - CC72 - 12:06pm 9/11/20
- Lenzy is by far the most dynamic player we've had and BK has historically - oldirish - 10:00pm 9/11/20
- They haven’t even played a game yet- you need to find something else to cry about [NT]
- CC72 - 1:40am 9/12/20
- It's really more fun getting under your skin, but that doesn't out weigh sorting through - oldirish - 12:37pm 9/12/20
- They haven’t even played a game yet- you need to find something else to cry about [NT]
- CC72 - 1:40am 9/12/20
- Lenzy is by far the most dynamic player we've had and BK has historically - oldirish - 10:00pm 9/11/20
- Headline - Old Man Loses Shit Over Depth Chart! - Nigel Tufnel - 8:15am 9/11/20
- This is a re-re-re-re-peat matter. It's silly. [NT] - oldirish - 10:01pm 9/11/20
- Also, BK often uses the depth chart as a motivational tool. [NT]
- iairishcheeks - 4:21pm 9/11/20
- Which has proven to never work. [NT] - oldirish - 10:01pm 9/11/20
- It's a reflection of all the depth we have on both sides of the ball [NT] - DonMiller - 3:57am 9/11/20
- Book needs a tall receiver like McKinley - it what he has had for 2 yrs already. [NT] - BaronVonZemo - 11:58pm 9/10/20
- Doesn't really matter who starts, but rather, who finishes - ndunabomber - 10:45pm 9/10/20
- Agree re:Lenzy, but there's a good chance that Davis just beat out Keys at slot. [NT]
- ND521 - 10:43pm 9/10/20
- I don't disagree with Keys. He and Austin are really unproven. [NT] - oldirish - 10:03pm 9/11/20
- Maybe they're in his dog house? [NT]
- AlbanyIRISH - 10:21pm 9/10/20
- Ha! [NT] - oldirish - 10:03pm 9/11/20
- Who cares which receivers start? You honestly think if you two picks are healthy ... - CC72 - 12:06pm 9/11/20