CFP Prep
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I have been in Notre Dame stadium. I don't think it gets near as loud as the Shoe. Glad they are prepping for it though. Cig has all bases covered.
I would also find a small IU student, a male under 5’6”, dress him in a leprechaun suit and have him at the practices running around talking shit to the team. For two weeks straight. Just to keep a chip on their shoulder.
Archie could have been useful
Braden Smith would be great in this role, no suit needed. Not due on campus till 2/23 though.
Does the practice field have real grass? Anyone with knowledge on the subject know if the difference between grass and fake grass is significant?
Don't know. Never smoked fake grass.
The Ohio State pregame, commentators were speculating on whether Cig had piped in noise to practice for the environment. One guy said well if it wasn't Cig's standard routine he may not have done that because he wouldn't want to do something different for the 'big game' when he wants his players to prepare like it's any other. I thought "I sure as hell hope we did that!" Although I've seen in the past some coaches say they don't think the practice noise helps much or had reasons against it.
I get the reasoning for not changing a routine if it might emphasize 'big game' coming up, makes sense. But part of the routine should be preparing for conditions. Leading up to the Ohio State game I hoped we practiced some with wet or slippery footballs since there was a chance of shit weather. I don't know if we do that, but it may have sharpened our punt snap concentration if we did. I'll trust Cig to be on it, and his guys.
I get the reasoning for not changing a routine if it might emphasize 'big game' coming up, makes sense. But part of the routine should be preparing for conditions. Leading up to the Ohio State game I hoped we practiced some with wet or slippery footballs since there was a chance of shit weather. I don't know if we do that, but it may have sharpened our punt snap concentration if we did. I'll trust Cig to be on it, and his guys.
They piped in music several weeks at practice. Including for home games.
OSU piped in noise. I was there for the game and was next to one of the speakers amplifying the crowd noise
I always keep hoping the USC Trojan horse will run on over the leprechaun when they play out in Los Angeles.
Probably will need two of them... Bomba will probably put the first one in Intensive Care... Best he gets that out of his system prior to Kick Off though so the potential lawsuit would probably be worth it... 😉😎
There are two practice fields, one real grass one artificial turf.
Nds has turf now, no longer rocking the grass. I believe BK had that change happen.
ND had turf put in a few years ago. The ND crowd can be loud at times, but not sure how many students will be there for the playoff game.
ND crowd is well known for being somewhat older in age and relatively calm for games. Many go to games as it relates to status. EX: "I was at the ND game on Saturday", even though a good amount have limited knowledge about football.
ND crowd is well known for being somewhat older in age and relatively calm for games. Many go to games as it relates to status. EX: "I was at the ND game on Saturday", even though a good amount have limited knowledge about football.
Of all things next weekend, I'm least concerned about crowd noise.
I've never heard a football game as loud as the Shoe was. I'd hate to have been a Michigan player one of those years where it was a top 5 matchup.
As a sloping bowl (vs how vertical the Shoe is) with 20k+ fewer in attendance, ND crowd noise isn't going to compare to what they've already faced.
That just leaves a very good ND team to play.
I've never heard a football game as loud as the Shoe was. I'd hate to have been a Michigan player one of those years where it was a top 5 matchup.
As a sloping bowl (vs how vertical the Shoe is) with 20k+ fewer in attendance, ND crowd noise isn't going to compare to what they've already faced.
That just leaves a very good ND team to play.
I was there as well but under the upper deck and couldn’t tell because it was just loud. Period.
Also the question is whether the OSU sound was rattling the players or just interfering with on field player communication and things like snap count. If the latter, making sure you’re locked in on non verbal communication is probably the vastly more important than piping in crowd noise during practice. But also having 3 weeks between games gives some flexibility to running practices. I’d guess next week will probably be more a standard game week practice structure/routine
I was in A deck and it was loud. I don’t think they pumped in sound but they played music up until the snap but unless you were next to a speaker, I’d say it was more than likely crowd noise. IU was playing in front of the OSU student section when they struggled the most.
O$U timed our silent snap count and that's why they were teeing off on Rourke. Cig has already said he will never do that again and they have continued practicing with noise to prepare for this game. I don't think crowd noise will have much of an effect on us next Friday.
My brother took me there several times. The first game I ever attended was a famous game against Syracuse in 1963. He also took me to a game against Pitt Nearby us was a guy whose only " sin" was just cheering for the Panthers That was too much for this old ND fan. Every time his Irish did anything he would tap the Pitt guy on the shoulder and say "How do you like that, Pittsburgh"? It would have served him right for the other guy to punch him and say " How do you like that."?
What's interesting is that Cig has done the playoff before. Last time was the 2021 season, where JMU won 2 playoff games before losing to second-ranked North Dakota State in the semi-final. Hoping this experience will serve him well in this year's prep.
Maybe both schools want Cal's Mendoza... Or others, and so it wasn't going to work well.
I'm glad, move on, work 100% for your team. Same as Cig did, after first saying he may coach JMU through the bowl. Way too much going on right now.
Wish him well, I'll enjoy following how they do next year. Will be an upgrade.
