Report from in the stadium: it was F'ing electric in there last night! IU defense is as advertised..
but their offense (statistically speaking) appears to be overrated.
Aside from Love's beautiful 98 yarder (which I'm still upset they didn't play "All you need is Love" after..WTF guys, I was so ready to hear that crowd go to an 11 or 12 after singing that in unison, but I digress) they made us work for everything that we got. Sometimes a team or a side of the ball can just 'look' good because of who they played, but their defense is just really good.
Their offense, while streaky and dangerous when you don't get pass rush or the refs are helping them out 'just a little' is overrated because of their competition level. When our D was locked in and still playing on fire, we completely dominated their offense. After it went to 27-3 though and a BUNCH of IU fans hit the exits, there was a visibility noticeable let up in our defensive intensity. Without this allowing them to get going, I don't think they get any more points in that game. Once they did get going a little, it sure seemed like they got additional boost from ref assistance (but I'll reserve final judgment until after I rewatch at home).
I'm really interested to find out if Mills is OK, our DL "needs" him vs Georgia.
The crowd....WOW! This is what it can be like in Notre Dame Stadium when the right people show up, for the right reason. Respect to IU, they had a good number of people there (maybe 20% or so) and they made a good amount of noise for their limited numbers...but our crowd was GREAT...loud and proud all night and as far as the eye could see the whole crowd stood the whole game except during the infomercials.
It's was cold, damn cold, but I NEVER felt it! Assist goes to the crowd as they/we made ourselves known.
Pretty cool moment from the game that I don't think was shown on TV, during one of the breaks..jumbotron showed Shane Gillis in a suite with Bettis and crowd cheered, then went to an IU couple and crowd 'boooooooo'. They went back and forth between Shane and IU fans a like 5 straight times and each time loud cheers for Shane and Jerome then 'boooooooo' for the IU fans...very fun moment.
I loved everything about the game last night (and so did my wife, she's like 'When is the Sugar Bowl?') except for three things
1. I'll say it again because it's worth repeating, we missed a literal Golden opportunity to play "All you need is Love" after Love's long TD run that I think would have taken crowd from 9-10 to 11-12. Pissed me off!
2. There just has to, I mean absolutely has got to be, some better song we can play for successful defensive stops besides the Six Flags jingle..I get that you want a celebration vibe, but off the top of my head I can think of at least three choruses that would be light years better: September- Earth, Wind, and Fire, Please Don't Stop The Music- Rhianna, Celebration- Kool & The Gang
3. Rally Towels...love em, but it was a mess. They didn't hand them out or tell you about them coming through the gates and they weren't at the seats. Once you get up to your seats you find out from the few that have em they were just on a table to go grab down near the gates.... Uhhhh. Go back down at halftime and they're all gone with people leaving the tables with stacks of them. Could have been done better.
So outside of the game, things went pretty poorly. We were supposed to get into Chicago around 9am (CT) but got in after 11. Took FOREVER to get out of O'Hara and traffic was TERRIBLE from Chicago to South Bend. We only made one stop to get food (Which Culver's..Wow what a burger!)...we were trying to check into hotel about 3 local time and hit campus between 4-5, hit some tailgate activities, hit the bookstore, and FINALLY after all these years, get me a damned elephant ear.
None of this occurred because we didn't get to our hotel until a little after 5:30 local time. By the time we got layered up, got over to campus, found parking, and made it to the stadium it was like 7:15 local time GULP! Got to our seats with 8 minutes before kickoff. Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr...
Still great game, great performance, F any of you pussies trying to shit on or slight this win in any way, no matter how minor...we kicked the asses of the #8 ranked team, IN THE POST SEASON! If you can't appreciate this then Notre Dame, This Team, Marcus Freeman, or Riley Leonard aren't the problem...YOU are!
Marcus Freeman is now 31-9 since taking over as HC after the '21 regular season, for a Winning Percentage of .775..and in the last 37 games, since his 0-3 start, he is 31-6 for a .838 Winning Percentage.
Get on the bus pussies!
Replies to: Report from in the stadium: it was F'ing electric in there last night! IU defense is as advertised..
Glad you had a good time. And I've been talking up Culver's for years.
Next time try the cod sandwich and the cheese curds are amazing too.
Culvers has great burgers...and the rest of their menu is pretty good as well.
The frozen custard dessert (lots of different flavors) is great as well.
Heard about them a lot, had ice cream there last year for Tenn St. but no food..
..most times someplace is hyped as much it disappoints..Culver's did not!
Damn, now I'm headed to Culver's. At least I worked out this morning, lol.
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No joke, I took first bite of the burger and then just set it down..
so I could process what was going on and begin reviewing my mental rolodex of best burgers and where this belongs.
Enjoy!
In some of the online burger surveys that are out there...I've seen Culvers burger ranked 1...
...in some of the surveys.
I wouldn’t put them in my top 5
We have one within a mile or so of us. Five Guys blows them away as do 2-3 other places. We went 1-2 times when first opened and haven’t been back since to put it in perspective. Their ice cream is decent but once again we have t been back for a while.
In terms of fast food?
I'd like to hear these other 2-3 places..Five Guys was the most comparable one that came to mind for me, but none of the Five Guys around us have drive-thrus so they are kind of gray area for me considering them fast food..especially how slow they are. lol!
The best I've had was at Hodads in Ocean Beach, CA but they are definitely not fast food.
So what are those others?
I'm with you regarding Hodads. Great food.
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Hodads was an LCE for me..
Life Changing Experience!
First time my wife took me there was a line around the block. I instantly wanted to leave saying there's no way it can be this good. Glad she talked me into staying.
I do t consider Culver’s fast food any more than I consider Five Guys fast food
I don’t go to Fivw guys to drive thru
We have a place here in ATL called Bobby G’s
Another place called Canyon’s
Like I said, been to Culver’s once or twice and haven’t been back…but it has nothing to do with fast food or not fast food
They just aren’t one of our top burger places
That's fair, but when I compare foods I break them into tiers..
and try compare only in their tier.
When I was assessing where Culver's fit, one of my first thoughts was 'is this fast food or not?'.
I leaned towards fast food only because I looked over and saw they have a drive-thru, which I consider a key element to being considered fast food.
Admittedly I'm not from this area and not very familiar with them, so I'll let someone else have final say on what they're considered.
Do the Five Guys where you're at have drive-thrus?
I don’t think I’ve ever seen a Five Guys with a drive thru
I don’t think their cooking model would allow for that.
Went to a place on the Kentucky Bourbon trail that had Wagyu Beef burgers; out of this world.
I make them at home with Costco Wagyu ground beef; must say they are pretty damn good.
Indiana had a good d-line
UGA's is far better.
GA Tech seemed to deal with them okay.
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GT has a better o-line.
That helps.
Didn’t seem so when we played and err beat them 31-13.
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Thanks for the report. The stadium was electric and very loud on tv. I haven’t heard the stadium
rocking like that in a very long time.
Nice report. I am envious. Due to family issues with my 94 year old FIL couldn’t make it. Big hole
in my ND resume. We can beat GA also. Great win.
You think name calling fellow Irish fans gives out a positive vibe?
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You think ""fellow Irish fans"" shitting on this win aren't pussies?
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Seriously, who’s shitting on the win?
It’s all been extremely positive
I didn't take names, but I saw several when scrolling down and stopped scrolling.
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Then you better include MF and ND Insiders (take your pick) on your "list".
All have talked about the OL, the onside failure, and the defense in the final 4 minutes. That's because they are all looking at the big picture, say like Georgia. Because your were "there" doesn't give you any more insight than anybody else. The fact that you would go after fellow Irish fans is just plain weird. Evveryone has opinions.
Critiquing aspects of the game is different than slighting a big win and I didn't 'go after' anyone
I also didn't claim that me being there gave me more insight..if being at games made people 'more right' you'd have me beat probably a thousand times over.
This is our best postseason win since we beat A&M after '93, so I said don't be pussies by shitting on a great win.
If someone feels like this applies to them then it just might..if they don't then it probably doesn't.
If that's a problem for you, then block me.