Yesterday’s level of performance will not beat Pitt.
They are one of the most experienced teams in the NCAA. Their frosh qb is competent. They are at home and have a week off to prepare. And I sense they are feeling good about themselves as a team.
Narduzzi will screw something up for sure, but it is still a prospect we need to take pretty seriously.
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I know this is cliche but ND will be Pitt's Superbowl.
We are easily the best team they will play in 2025, they'll be retiring Aaron Donald's number at halftime, they have 2 weeks to prepare (that's not a coincidence) and Narduzzi hates Notre Dame with a passion.
The gametime hasn't been announced yet. I really hope it's for a Noon or 3:30 kickoff time vs a primetime game.
They'll do everything possible to pull off the upset.
I hope Freeman has the team focused and ready to go.
Yesterday's game has nothing to do with the Pitt game. ND will be ready and the flow
of every game can be different from another game. We obviously physically didn't play awful based on the statistics but we made poor physical and mental plays at times.
It wasn't the best performance but look at the team stats. Not too bad.
True that overall offensive output was respectable. But I’m thinking
Of all the things that held down the point production. Not the bad calls, but the kicking issues, turnovers, and so on. I still think we are way better as a team than anyone remaining on the schedule, but we definitely could lose if a bad performance by us coincides with a good effort by Pitt.
The whole team, HC on down, seemed checked out.
Maybe Freeman was interviewing during the bye?
Denbrock?
Perhaps Arkansas was the peak.
Checked out? Come on?
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how about beating navy first?
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I like that idea and goal for reasons too many to enumerate.
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Yep. If yesterday didn’t highlight “one at a time”… nothing does…
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Good point. And, honestly, they are not exactly a walkover either.
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Agreed!
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