What are you looking for tomorrow? What do you need to see to feel more confident about the
remainder of the season?
1. New QB. At min, another would get legitimate playing time. Enough to display what the offense could look like.
2. Use of two backs - where more of our offensive talent is
3. Hopefully Faison is good to go
4. A DL that looks alive. PS all the Duke talk has been on RL. Where on earth has Oben been? He looked slow and out of shape in the opener.
Replies to: What are you looking for tomorrow? What do you need to see to feel more confident about the
Frankie made a great observation. Denbrock's playcalling against NIU made zero sense
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Denbrock channeled his inner Brian Kelly.
Thought the game was over once ND went up 7-0 and decided it was time to work on the passing game. Seen that movie too many times.
Especially when you have a mediocre to poor passer flinging it
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I think they left everything on the field vs TAM. They'll bounce back like they did v Marshall.
We hate to say it but letdowns happen. Emotions can get you a huge win bu can always be a bit of a crap shoot the following week.
It keeps happening. NIU was not a one time deal. Bouncing back is not the solution IMHO.
Winning the games you're supposed to. Winning games you're supposed to at home. Winning the games you're supposed to at home against lesser opponents. Winning the games at home against a superior opponent at home in prime time because no one knows how to count. Just my opinion.
How many are really worried about today's game? Have fans lost confidence in MF?
I don't feel a big or large win today will ease the sting of NIU or Marshall or Stanford or missing players against OSU or even the bowl loss to Okie State. This is all in a short period of time. Can the players trust each other to give it their best and can they trust the staff to put them in the best position to win? You can feed them all the Xs and Os you want but if the desire isn't there, you get NIU results.
No idea what to expect, so that worries me. I’d guess we win handily, but maybe not. No identity.
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Re: No idea what to expect, Exactly. Line dropped from ND -13 to ND -7.5
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Effort, effort, focus and more effort.
RL's getting killed for his play, but their were quite a few players on defense who got beat consistently in one on one battles, that shouldn't get beat in one on one battles against that team. There were many plays that should have been losses for NIU, that turned into 7+ yd gains because ND's players got outworked or just plain jogged thru the play, What should have been incompletions, turned into first downs or a touchdown, because NIU just wanted it a lot more and had the focus to get it done.
If RL deserves to be benched, then so do Cross, Mills, Kiser, Morrison and Sneed. They got outworked and beat because of lack of focus all game long.
i have no confidence in the remainder of the season. we all know
there will be at least one and probable more NIU’s this year.
i have no confidence in the remainder of the season.
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Competent QB play. Meaning someone plays worthy of being at a top 25 program and a scholarship
Playing an entire game with urgency
Not wasting a timeout in either half
Coaching and players performing to the GOLD standard whatever that is.
Better tackling
Receivers getting separation
Some roll outs, play action and a few jet sweeps.
NOT ANOTHER shitshow
Urgency, line play, coherent offensive game plan, downfield ball movement.
I also want to see the team come out and dominate and prove last week was the aberration. If the team comes out flat, wins a close one or loses, I’ll have concerns..
That all sounds great..
..but it also sounds like..
Link: Some of this!
Bourbon.
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Which kind?
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Sweet! Blanton’s
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Four Roses.
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I'm going to be looking for any leaks in the irrigation system and adding some driplines
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Looking to see how BC looks vs Missouri and how Wisconsin looks vs Bama.
Oh wait, is that not what you were talking about?
Not bad choices. Hopefully not more interesting... but possibly.
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Watching K-State look better coached than us right now.
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And the 19 yr old K-State QB looked a lot better than Leonard.
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That kid is good.
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Notre Dame -8, and the Over.
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