Geez -Stop Crying
Could there have been a better game plan? Perhaps.
We played a tough team and came up a little short. This was CJ’s first start, and it was against a six year QB. In four short quarters he grew, and he will continue to grow. The two grounding calls were desperation, and he can’t be faulted for that. The Miami WR made an amazing catch, but the Irish hung in there in a hostile environment.
Half the cry babies out here quit after the NIU game last year. How’d things go after that game?
#KeepTheFaith
#NoCryBabies
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Agreed
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Agreed + (1) 2-0 TO's, (2) HOT Humid weather (3) Beck Experience (4) agreed Chris Ash needs to kick
ass...he inherited a SHIT LOAD of talent on D...
(5) team needs to be more physical, focused, etc.
(6) LFG ND
(7) Miami appears to be a good team...
(8) we shall see...
ALWAYS ND
We do have our share of hissy fits
I hope some folks have hidden all their sharp objects, barricaded local bridges and put guards on tall buildings.
Legitimate criticism is not crying.
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Agree with you...this is a good team, and the QB question has been answered in the affirmative. We
have a Bye Week at just the right time to work on those Game 1 problems and get ready for Texas A&M, which will be the real Litmus Test for the season and our chances for the playoffs.
Seems people are looking at this game from the Miami is trash perspective
Miami had a bad defense last year. It's not last year. They changed DC's and brought in some talent. They played better than expected.
Carson Beck was supposed to fold anytime pressure got near him. Turns out he just needed some guys who could catch the ball, and bail him out of bad decisions with clutch catches. Beck did make mistakes last night, he just didn't pay for them. The DL did get some pressure, but it wasn't consistent. The Miami OL was good, as had been reported to be possible. Defense looked less aggressive overall.
The OL had a bad night, and not just the tackles. Heard multiple times that Jagusah being replaced by Lambert would be fine, he's huge, he's athletic, nothing to worry about. Turns out there was something to worry about. To be fair, the Miami DL was supposed to be good, but they made the tackles look worse than they did against a 1 armed Abdul Carter.
ND was supposed to run the ball on Miami, and then in the rain came out with a gameplan that seemed like they forgot they had a possible Heisman RB in the backfield. That campaign is likely over now, thanks.
Essentially nothing went the way it was "supposed" to. People are freaking out like the place is burning down. ND lost by 3 on the road, with 2 turnovers that the defense ended up only allowing 3 points off of, when they started inside the ND 30 both times. Yes, the bit of luck ND did get was a bad snap/hold for the Miami kicking team. It's week 1, either Miami is better than expected, or ND is worse than expected. We won't know for a bit yet.
I think people want the problem fixed. Not repeated. That's the gripe.
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Maybe I'm missing something, what are you talking about?
It was game 1, how can you say problems were repeated and not fixed?
Bingo. U cant win them all but stop trying not to lose
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Stop playing to just be in it. Take charge of the game and pace. Set the tone. Especially when...
...you are the better team. If ND plays the 2nd half game plan first half, we win that game. Take the handcuffs off.
Miami knew what they were going to do and took full advantage that first half. And it was no surprise. We all expected it too.
We saw how they handled Leonard's passing issues last year. Same way they tried to manage Carr this game. The kid is a gamer, let him play.
One has to wonder if they will let him do his thing..
It’s not freeman’s style.
If past practice is any indicator I'd say no chance But we didnt have a passer, so that could skew
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Time will tell but tressel ball isn’t not an aerial juggernaut
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True. I'm not not optimistic.
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These "crybabies" are called fans. Every team in every sport has them.
Little overboard? Sometimes. Pretty knowlegable? Sometimes. Love their team? Yes. Half the fans quit after NIU? You got the data on that? You appraently weren't at the stadium for the NIU game. 100% of the Irish fans were "crying" but nobody was quitting. I cut these "crybabies" a lot of slack. Emotions run high. Things are said. Then we do it all over again the next game.
That's the arrogant teatotaler perspective that's perpetuated the problem for so long.
Oh children should you have been so learned as I, you'd have seen the forrest, not the trees. Don't be crybabies.
not to mention playing in the rain in that trash can state
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Bake - easy. Florida has a lot of very nice spots.
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Huh?
Trash can state?
Did it only rain when we had the ball?
Cj got comfortable as the night went along. Beck played well.
I think the biggest frustration is the play calling.
Who uses a heisman candidate as a decoy all night?
Re: Geez -Stop Crying
As Monty Python would sing, Always look on the Bright Side of Life. Keep the faith, lads, we weren’t blown out like ‘Bama was. It as a tough loss, yes, but it’s not the end of the world
But....
many on this board act as if a critique of this, that or the other is some act of hyperventilating, disloyalty, etc, and usually end with #GoIrish.
The reality is Carr was better than we thought, the OL was worse than we thought, and the defensive play-calling was more vanilla than we thought (or than we'd seen with Al Golden). Those things need to be corrected. That's all.
The real meltdown happens if we lose to A&M....