Notre Dame Football Message Board

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All I hear from the TV experts is how good a play caller Denbrock is. I hate the pass from hash mark - THEISMANCARR - 8:51am 9/1/25 (5) [View All]
- Gave CJ too much discretion with the RPO call. Thats on the coach. - DiscoRick - 10:53am 9/1/25
  - I heard or read that Freeman said Carr was making the correct reads on those RPO's but - irishone - 3:11pm 9/1/25
    - Not the INT. [NT] - DiscoRick - 6:13pm 9/1/25
- I am not giving up on us though as I think we will get better. It seems we miss the two defensive - THEISMANCARR - 8:55am 9/1/25
  - got to let thoroughbreds run. Poor play calling by both coordinators. [NT] - WestCoastIrishFan - 9:02am 9/1/25
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If I'm MF, I'd put together an offensive scheme where both Love & Price are in the backfield at the - NEPA Irish - 8:26am 9/1/25 (4) [View All]
- They did a few times. Denbrock did what OC’s can’t,he let situation get in the way of the game plan - NDNEIL - 10:32am 9/1/25
- What was it 16 total carries [NT] - whatsamataU - 10:01am 9/1/25
  - Touches. [NT] - irishone - 3:12pm 9/1/25
- Much like my son's high school coach, a 2-back set is forbidden [NT] - LanceManion - 9:19am 9/1/25
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CJ grew, ND almost Won Despite 2-0 TO's, lots to be positive about, Beat Texas A&M.... [NT] - KWIRISH - 7:30am 9/1/25 (1) [View All]
- This was the Freeman wake up game, I guess. - iairishcheeks - 8:53am 9/1/25
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My feeling at this point is Freeman is a great recruiter but a so, so strategist. - DiscoRick - 7:26am 9/1/25 (13) [View All]
- Poor coaching top to bottom. All out coached last night. [NT] - whatsamataU - 10:03am 9/1/25
- I think the lesson is: if you are going to front load schedules, which we will, our QB needs reps - LanceManion - 9:23am 9/1/25
  - Yep totally agree. No reason not to play him last year. [NT] - DiscoRick - 10:40am 9/1/25
    - My point is maybe given the injury Minchey should have gotten reps [NT] - LanceManion - 12:26pm 9/1/25
      - Both he and Carr should have gotten reps [NT] - DiscoRick - 1:21pm 9/1/25
- Totally disagree. Helping CJ succeed was part of the gameplan. Conservative? Yes but - faircatchcorby - 8:52am 9/1/25
  - The correct approach is develop him last year. Not game 1. [NT] - DiscoRick - 10:54am 9/1/25
  - If success is a 3 point loss, but develop your QB I agree. [NT] - DiscoRick - 10:42am 9/1/25
  - I'm all for easing the rook in but not at the expense of going away from who you are - Clem - 9:06am 9/1/25
    - Their defense vwas stacked to stop Love. The original drive looked solid with the short passes, - THEISMANCARR - 9:49am 9/1/25
      - But Miami adjusted to that plan, and stopped it. And ND continued doing it. [NT] - DiscoRick - 10:55am 9/1/25
- it’s like ND didn’t play in the national championship game last year. [NT] - WestCoastIrishFan - 7:45am 9/1/25
  - The consensus view last year by outsiders was that he outcoached Smart and Franklin - Turkish - 8:10am 9/1/25
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Carr Reflects on First Start: Big Plays, Costly Mistakes, and a Promise to Improve [NT] [LINK] - UHND - 7:24am 9/1/25 (1) [View All]
- He took some big hits and was not fazed. I'd prefer he avoid these. [NT] - Curly1918 - 8:33am 9/1/25
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Freeman Defends Notre Dame's Offensive Game Plan in Miami Loss [NT] [LINK] - UHND - 7:14am 9/1/25 (0) [View All]
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Quality loss. Problem is… not much chance for a quality win - Curly1918 - 7:05am 9/1/25 (0) [View All]
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By the Numbers: Notre Dame Rallies Late, But Miami Holds On in Opener [NT] [LINK] - UHND - 6:51am 9/1/25 (0) [View All]
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Were o line struggles due to individual play or poor teamwork? I don’t know enough - ndphysics - 6:45am 9/1/25 (9) [View All]
- The tackles, Knapp in particular, sucked - AlbanyIRISH - 7:34am 9/1/25
  - He's not a OT PERIOD! He's a OG and his actions on the Carr TD pass say enough! [NT] - Rocketman84 - 12:57am 9/2/25
  - Lambert missed his share of assignments yesterday and allowed some free runners at Carr, - Clem - 7:48am 9/1/25
    - He was replaced in the 2nd half - AlbanyIRISH - 8:25am 9/1/25
      - Didn't even notice he got pulled. [NT] - Clem - 8:51am 9/1/25
  - He did look really bad. [NT] - DiscoRick - 7:35am 9/1/25
- Lots of missed assignment across the board. And they ran when they should have passed. & vice versa. [NT] - DiscoRick - 6:47am 9/1/25
  - Plus, they just weren't firing off the ball as a unit. Probably b/c Denbrock took the run away . [NT] - DiscoRick - 6:48am 9/1/25
    - Early that is, as he seemed to prefer pass against the 6 man box. We need a blocking TE [NT] - DiscoRick - 6:52am 9/1/25
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Freeman: "We'll Learn From This" as Notre Dame Falls Flat in Opener [NT] [LINK] - UHND - 6:24am 9/1/25 (2) [View All]
- Coach speak. [NT] - whatsamataU - 10:05am 9/1/25
- Call me old fashion, but, it's always better to learn things after a win. - ELP - 6:44am 9/1/25
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Rewatched the game & a few thoughts ... - LanceManion - 6:14am 9/1/25 (11) [View All]
- 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
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Back from the game. - AlbanyIRISH - 1:04am 9/1/25 (3) [View All]
- We lost by 3 points in the last 90 seconds and it’s as bad a loss as you’ve seen? - WoodstockIrish - 7:54am 9/1/25
  - Unfortunately Miami doesn't do anything ND doesn't during the game. - AlbanyIRISH - 10:34am 9/1/25
- Tressel ball strikes again. [NT] - DiscoRick - 7:17am 9/1/25
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Probably good that we don’t play for two weeks - NDWisconsin - 12:35am 9/1/25 (5) [View All]
- We have 2 weeks but the coordinators are who they are. [NT] - ELP - 6:00am 9/1/25
  - That's the problem. And Freeman seems to be OK playing Tressel ball. [NT] - DiscoRick - 7:16am 9/1/25
    - I would think he was a YES vote on Ash. [NT] - whatsamataU - 10:16am 9/1/25
      - Tressel? Or Freeman. I guess we know Meyer was. [NT] - DiscoRick - 10:47am 9/1/25
        Freeman, who else… [NT] - whatsamataU - 7:04pm 9/1/25
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What really pissed me off about tonight: - IrishChristopher - 12:27am 9/1/25 (10) [View All]
- Sometimes when you are expected to win against a team with decent talent playing at home, the lesser - THEISMANCARR - 9:53am 9/1/25
- Well said. Compared to last half of last year and our playoff run - WoodstockIrish - 7:57am 9/1/25
- In my humble opinion, Denbrock is the problem, and Ash can't cover for him like Golden did. - iairishcheeks - 1:02am 9/1/25
  - The coaching staff truly lost this game. - AlbanyIRISH - 1:06am 9/1/25
    - So frustrating because it was so winnable [NT] - iairishcheeks - 1:12am 9/1/25
      - Penn State could have said the same thing against us. That pass that should have been at least - THEISMANCARR - 9:55am 9/1/25
- ND always looks outclassed and unprepared. Let the other team dictate what we do. [NT] - DiscoRick - 12:32am 9/1/25
  - Feeeman preaches winning in the trenches and being aggressive. - ndphysics - 6:39am 9/1/25
    - Totally played not to lose. [NT] - DiscoRick - 6:59am 9/1/25
    - They tried to win with passive zone defense and soft coverage. - DiscoRick - 6:57am 9/1/25
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1st and goal from one shotgun hand off to RB standing still on the 5. Really? [NT] - salbam - 12:26am 9/1/25 (0) [View All]
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Love’s Heisman chances really diminished after tonight. - NDblues - 12:24am 9/1/25 (3) [View All]
- Coaching staff seems to make sure of that....makes no sense [NT] - Rocketman84 - 1:07am 9/2/25
- Beck’s are rising though. [NT] - Shadow_of_the_Dome - 12:42am 9/1/25
- On life support - McIrish - 12:26am 9/1/25
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Both our turnovers came on Denbrick's stupid short passes. [NT] - DiscoRick - 12:16am 9/1/25 (0) [View All]
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I blame Lee Corso - McIrish - 12:09am 9/1/25 (1) [View All]
- LIkely not a soul on earth picked OSU, FSU and MIami...but he sure did. [NT] - nddad98 - 12:15am 9/1/25
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Miami is going to go 12-0 - murph78 - 11:47pm 8/31/25 (0) [View All]
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One other issue, #1 in the country last year with Turnover margin +18 tonight -2 [NT] - jamie - 11:46pm 8/31/25 (3) [View All]
- There is a study that shows anytime you drastically outperform one year it means reverts. It’s - oldirish - 11:56pm 8/31/25
  - Its that age old axiom that proves itself time after time... - nddad98 - 1:40am 9/1/25
  - So let year, good things to come or an aberration? [NT] - garryowen - 12:02am 9/1/25
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Thoughts of a moderately drunk middle aged sub alum - Turkish - 11:42pm 8/31/25 (4) [View All]
- Could be a lot of moderately drunk nights this season. [NT] - garryowen - 11:47pm 8/31/25
  - Maybe. Brothers were here tonight. My Naval Aviator days of drinking mostly behind me [NT] - Turkish - 11:57pm 8/31/25
    - They are both 82nd. Are you 7th Cav? [NT] - Turkish - 11:58pm 8/31/25
- Pretty much right on. [NT] - murph78 - 11:43pm 8/31/25
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After last season and everyone that was back and healthy this season, just disappointing tonight. - jray - 11:41pm 8/31/25 (1) [View All]
- agreed, no pressure! on qb [NT] - cubsfanin16 - 11:57pm 8/31/25
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AL GOLDEN... We sure are missing You!!! [NT] - irishslovak - 11:36pm 8/31/25 (5) [View All]
- ND gave up 27 pts. Only two times last year did ND give up that many pts and it was to USC and tOSU. - jray - 11:48pm 8/31/25
- More disappointed with OC. Was Love hurt? [NT] - Turkish - 11:44pm 8/31/25
  - Love was trying to jump over 3 Miami players at a time. - AlbanyIRISH - 1:08am 9/1/25
- Al, wishing you were here. [NT] - garryowen - 11:42pm 8/31/25
- You called it a while back. He was a great DC. [NT] - jray - 11:42pm 8/31/25
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Denbrick didn't do Carr any favors, I'd fire him. [NT] - iairishcheeks - 11:36pm 8/31/25 (0) [View All]
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My Wife Even Said It… - NY3 - 11:35pm 8/31/25 (1) [View All]
- Yep. She's right. [NT] - DiscoRick - 11:36pm 8/31/25
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But if Shuler smashes the WR, or Denbrock doesn't call a stupid out pass we win. [NT] - DiscoRick - 11:31pm 8/31/25 (11) [View All]
- The INT was a freak play that was lucky for Miami - wrdomerson - 12:10am 9/1/25
  - INT wasn't as much luck as it was a terrible play call - Rocketman84 - 1:12am 9/2/25
    - It sure was. [NT] - DiscoRick - 8:49am 9/2/25
  - Even so, why was a pass called on 2nd and 2? [NT] - Kevirish01 - 9:05am 9/1/25
    - It was an RPO. They gave CJ the read, he made the wrong one. But shouldn't have had the option. [NT] - DiscoRick - 11:04am 9/1/25
      - Agreed! [NT] - Kevirish01 - 5:19pm 9/1/25
- Great coaches and players make the right play and calls. [NT] - garryowen - 11:46pm 8/31/25
- Yes..the probability on those outcomes happening is like 5 percent - beefy78 - 11:37pm 8/31/25
  - True for Denbrock, as he throws the same stupid play 10x's a game. And it's nearly picked half ofem. [NT] - DiscoRick - 11:42pm 8/31/25
    - And we have no HC to question these plays at the very least & over rule at the most? [NT] - ELP - 11:51pm 8/31/25
      - Doesn't appear we do. [NT] - DiscoRick - 12:18am 9/1/25
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Kudos to Carr - he’s got the ability. ND needs some fire. [NT] - jimbasil - 11:31pm 8/31/25 (0) [View All]
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May need to rethink Knapp at LT [NT] - DiscoRick - 11:31pm 8/31/25 (0) [View All]
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As a former coach, you play not to lose, you usually do. [NT] - garryowen - 11:30pm 8/31/25 (1) [View All]
- That's all Denbrock does. [NT] - DiscoRick - 11:35pm 8/31/25
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Coordinators - primo - 11:28pm 8/31/25 (1) [View All]
- Definitely can't throw and run and pass everything into a loaded man box in a 5 yd area. - DiscoRick - 11:29pm 8/31/25
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The 2nd and 2 tunnel screen.. heel kicked in the air for int - beefy78 - 11:27pm 8/31/25 (1) [View All]
- Isn't 2nd and 2 the time to throw downfield...no you throw it east-west [NT] - Buffaloirish - 11:29pm 8/31/25
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can't wait to hear Freeman's press conference. [NT] - garryowen - 11:27pm 8/31/25 (1) [View All]
- Why? Just coach speak. He's not going to throw anyone under the bus. Probably blame himself. [NT] - ELP - 11:54pm 8/31/25
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Did Bryce play? Make an impact? [NT] - buddydusty - 11:25pm 8/31/25 (2) [View All]
- He played, he's 95 now [NT] - wrdomerson - 12:18am 9/1/25
- Never heard his name called or noticed him. [NT] - DiscoRick - 11:33pm 8/31/25
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There wasn't an passion at all on the defensive side of the ball - WVIrish1004 - 11:24pm 8/31/25 (2) [View All]
- It felt like an NFL game inside. - AlbanyIRISH - 9:52pm 9/1/25
- Bingo....and obvious difference from last year....X and Kiser missing [NT] - nddad98 - 11:41pm 8/31/25
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Seriously - Freeman needs to fire Ash. Ash hasn’t a clue. [NT] - jimbasil - 11:22pm 8/31/25 (6) [View All]
- I'd say Denbrock was worse. [NT] - DiscoRick - 11:23pm 8/31/25
  - Re: I'd say Denbrock was worse. - hammerhead - 11:24pm 8/31/25
    - Re: I'd say Denbrock was worse. - ndinga - 12:49am 9/1/25
  - .He just didn’t do anything to win the game. Ash lost the game. [NT] - jimbasil - 11:24pm 8/31/25
    - I dont know how Ash figured he'd get pressure with just 3 or 4 against Miami's line. Denbrock made - DiscoRick - 11:26pm 8/31/25
      - You can't have an offensive gameplan that consists of I hope our D is really good. [NT] - DiscoRick - 11:27pm 8/31/25
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We missed Charles J, this evening. ND got beaten in the Trenches. Carr played well for first game - jamie - 11:21pm 8/31/25 (2) [View All]
- I don't think you are correct on the number of passes. When Love was in the game they were - THEISMANCARR - 11:26pm 8/31/25
- Lambert made several rookie mistakes - ndunabomber - 11:24pm 8/31/25
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Lucy pulling the ball away from Charlie Brown once again.We are such suckers. [NT] - garryowen - 11:21pm 8/31/25 (1) [View All]
- Oh bullshit we fought back hard. The season is young. I hate that we lost too The last score before - THEISMANCARR - 11:30pm 8/31/25
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Disappointed - HobbsND - 11:21pm 8/31/25 (0) [View All]
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Denbrock lost that game - ImWearingJeanShorts - 11:19pm 8/31/25 (4) [View All]
- Completely agree. He was too conservative in the first half. And made a stupid call the cost us. [NT] - DiscoRick - 11:24pm 8/31/25
- Both lines contributed mightily to the loss [NT] - McIrish - 11:20pm 8/31/25
- Ash lost the game - Denbrock didn’t do anything to win the game. [NT] - jimbasil - 11:20pm 8/31/25
  - They both sucked. [NT] - DiscoRick - 11:33pm 8/31/25
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Terrible coaching tonight. Playing not to lose. Never a good idea. That’s Kelly coaching. Mediocrity [NT] - jimbasil - 11:19pm 8/31/25 (0) [View All]
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What a shitty offensive game plan! [NT] - irishpeyton - 11:19pm 8/31/25 (0) [View All]
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Disappointing last series besides all the others already mentioned. [NT] - tatnuck - 11:18pm 8/31/25 (0) [View All]
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ahhh WTH! that was a tough opener in the rain showed heart in the comeback the new QB is good! [NT] - bakedogg - 11:18pm 8/31/25 (0) [View All]
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Like watching a movie you have seen 109 times. [NT] - salbam - 11:18pm 8/31/25 (2) [View All]
- Close to 9 years. [NT] - whatsamataU - 10:19am 9/1/25
- BK ERA [NT] - jimbasil - 11:20pm 8/31/25
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Surreal to watch. Miami is not good [NT] - salbam - 11:17pm 8/31/25 (0) [View All]
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With this coaching staff, looks like we are back to . . . [NT] [IMAGE] - humbaba - 11:16pm 8/31/25 (0) [View All]
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Our O line is not the best in the country. [NT] - salbam - 11:15pm 8/31/25 (4) [View All]
- Number 59 who everyone raved about MAY be overrated. As much potential - THEISMANCARR - 11:23pm 8/31/25
- Most disappointing thing today. Expected the DL to have some struggles against a good OL - NDNEIL - 11:17pm 8/31/25
- AMEN!!!!! [NT] - Fifthhorseman25 - 11:16pm 8/31/25
- Very poor [NT] - ndphysics - 11:16pm 8/31/25
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OL sucked and bad play calling…really disappointing [NT] - WestCoastIrishFan - 11:15pm 8/31/25 (0) [View All]
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Ash sux and Denbrock is a pussy! [NT] - irishpeyton - 11:15pm 8/31/25 (0) [View All]