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This UNC game scares me - Anyone remember the Fri. after TG 11/27/1981?

NEPA Irish 1141 posts Joined: Aug 24, 2009

Posted3:30 am on Nov 23, 2020

I believe it was the last time ND played on the Friday after Thanksgiving (Nov. 27, 1981- ironically to the date this year) - it was against an up & coming Miami Hurricanes team led by a grizzled coach named Howard Schnellenberger and soph. QB Jim Kelly. The Canes clobbered ND 37 - 15! Obviously, hope I'm wrong, but I see some eerie similarities; Mac Brown = Schnellenbeger; Sam Howell = Jim Kelly; Friday, 11/27/1981 = Friday, 11/27/2020.....then layer on top of this Kelly is overdue for his annual "ND Don't Show Up Game." The only thing that may go in our favor is Faust isn't the coach!!! My advice, take UNC +3.5

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I was at that game

MarkHarman 7990 posts 9:12 pm on Nov 24, 2020

Notre Dame looked pathetic that night. Was also at the 1985 blowout in the Orange Bowl, Faust's last game

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Does it scare me? Right down to my socks, buster!

ghostwriter 3709 posts 6:35 pm on Nov 23, 2020

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I dont think the circumstances could be anymore different..

cubsfanin16 5576 posts 2:10 pm on Nov 23, 2020

That's not to say, Im not worried, road game, holiday weekend, slim 3.5 favorite but this is a great ND team you're comparing to a losing season, 5-6 ND team with an overmatched coach..
If you're searching for an ominous comparison, I find 11/28/64, Thanks giving weekend, a 9-0 ND team heading to LA to face a mediocre USC team, much more comparable..

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Ah suck it up you girly men. Haven't noticed yet? This team is different!!!!!

faircatchcorby 10464 posts 9:10 am on Nov 23, 2020

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  Da U played dominating defense... the Tar Heels not so much
  
  Curly1918 18394 posts 11:18 am on Nov 23, 2020
  
  We need to run it down their throats from the start.
  
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    Need to "run it down their throats from the start." Why losing 2/5 of the OL is a concern.
    
    Napoleon 5421 posts 12:14 pm on Nov 23, 2020
    
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  Re: Ok....hope you're right!!!
  
  NEPA Irish OP1141 posts 9:19 am on Nov 23, 2020
  
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We didn't have the depth of talent and we had an awful QB in Blair Kiel.

THEISMANCARR 18139 posts 8:06 am on Nov 23, 2020

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upsets can happen, but this NC team is suspect on defense and were really good on both sides

DonMiller 3373 posts 7:41 am on Nov 23, 2020

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this game concerns me because it is the next...

Nostradamus 269 posts 4:00 am on Nov 23, 2020

BC after Clemson had trap written all over it, but we survived. Looking down the road, Wake concerns me because they put half -a-hun on UNC and it is away and sandwiched before, hopefully, the conference championship. We've heard a lot about our injuries, enough said. What is UNC's personnel situation? So much has been said about how this will be a scoring derby that it may have caught our D's attention. So I'll go out on a limb and say we will get a consistent 4 Q effort from our D Friday, and we'll be OK.

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  If we can't beat UNC, we don't deserve to be in the Playoffs.... period.
  
  FoolBear 465 posts 9:27 am on Nov 23, 2020
  
  But I think this team is a playoff caliber team and, therefore, will take care of business. If they don't, then we aren't as close as we thought.
  
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    It’s really not that simple.
    
    NDNEIL 7687 posts 10:10 am on Nov 23, 2020
    
    ND could lose this game and still be deserving of the playoffs. Better teams than this ND team have lost to lessor opponents before. That’s college football.
    But losing to UNC definitely takes the destiny out of your own hands.
    
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      This is 2020... we need an undefeated regular season to get in.
      
      FoolBear 465 posts 12:08 pm on Nov 23, 2020
      
      Unfortunately, this is not a typical year. There are going to be more than 4 undefeated teams in America at the end of the season. We will need an undefeated regular season to be in the Playoff. A lose in the ACC tourney will be the only acceptable lose to the CFP committee. (the only possible caveat is if we beat Clemson again, but if you lose to UNC... that is a stretch)
      Possible Undefeated Teams:
      OSU
      Alabama
      BYU
      Cincinnati
      Pac12 ?
      
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        You are making a lot of assumptions
        
        NDNEIL 7687 posts 12:19 pm on Nov 23, 2020
        
        1. Again, this is college football. Any team could lose on a given Saturday.
        OSU could have lost this weekend as 21 point favorites.
        I don’t think you’d ever consider BYU and Cincy as shoes in to be undefeated.
        Bama still has to play Florida and a rival.
        2. If UNC wins out, they’ll ranked in the top 10 team. This could be a very “good” loss.
        3. What’s to say the committee doesn’t view ND with two wins over Clemson and it’s only loss on the road to a top 10 team as more deserving than undefeated OSU?
        Obviously you want to win Friday, but there is a lot of football left to be played.
        
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      To your point: Clemson lost at home to a mediocre Pitt team in November 2016, then won the '16 NC.
      
      Napoleon 5421 posts 11:11 am on Nov 23, 2020
      
      Pitt was 5-4 at the time.
      
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  Yep each game concerns me but I am not scared of any at this point.
  
  THEISMANCARR 18139 posts 8:07 am on Nov 23, 2020
  
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  I hope you are right, Nostradamus, are your name implies...but Kelly historically after a bye week??
  
  NEPA Irish OP1141 posts 4:07 am on Nov 23, 2020
  
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    I could be wrong about this, but...
    
    iairishcheeks 30488 posts 7:34 am on Nov 23, 2020
    
    Haven't the bye weeks typically coincided with mid terms? I don't think that's an issue this year due to the altered CoVID schedule.
    
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      Final exams were last week. Students home now until next semester.
      
      NedoftheHill 47423 posts 9:00 am on Nov 23, 2020
      
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      Evil preaches tolerance until it is dominant, then it tries to silence good.
      
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        Yep, different at some other schools. Good setup for ND football now as no academics until Feb....
        
        TakethetrainKnute 35776 posts 10:19 am on Nov 24, 2020
        
        Penn State still has finals coming up in two weeks for examole...of course, they no longer have to worry about football...so there's that.
        
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