Looks like ESPN's analysts are seeing us lose against ND-some by a huge margin. Looks like locker room fodder to me.
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Paywall.Looks like ESPN's analysts are seeing us lose against ND-some by a huge margin. Looks like locker room fodder to me.
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We CANNOT let their RB HURDLE over our DBs ... 😄
Anthony Herron most likely. He's spot on too. Their strength is running the football and we have the #1 rush defense in the nation. They're also great against the run, so it will be strength on strength on both sides of the ball. Rourke is a much better passer than Riley, so I also like our odds if we can stop the run. That and limiting mistakes, looking at you punt team, will be the keys to the game imo.
Probably the same experts that predicted a 5 win season.Looks like ESPN's analysts are seeing us lose against ND-some by a huge margin. Looks like locker room fodder to me.
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Me too. They also don’t get many sacks. IU will have its opportunity on offense.
You're right, but they're 3rd against the pass and 3rd in scoring. 6th on 3rd down and 9th overall. They're good and so is our O, and running the ball on them will be key to us winning. We also can't be one dimensional. That would really play to their strengths on D.
In spots. They don’t have the athletes Oregon or Ohio state has. It’s as close a match up in many ways as we’ve had.
Win or lose, this is the best draw we could've gotten by far.
I agree. They have a glaring weakness. If IU gets the lead they have to pass more than they want too. Especially late. Cig just can’t get cute and force the ball in pass pro. I can’t wait. My neighbor is a big Irish fan and his grandfather played for them in the 40s. He’s been talking shit all year.
I'm not sure this draw is that much better, if at all, than SMU's. Penn State and then Boise St. in the second round?
We went against other teams with far superior athletes throughout our schedule, ranked higher and all of that, and won all but one of them. Michigan was one of them and we won, so there’s that.
I think if you put Riley Leonard on Michigan, they beat us that day.
All hypothetical. At the beginning of the season, we saw OSU, Michigan, Washington and Nebraska on the schedule and pundits were saying all 4 were losses. Are you a reversible jacket guy?
Nope, a realist. Don't be the guy who has to name call someone whose opinion he disagrees with.
And...ND's last two touchdowns were pick 6's, both basically out of USC's endzone. Even if USC kicked field goals there, heck, even if they just get stopped on downs...that game is completely different.
Not to mention OSU holds over 100k and Notre Dame is 75ish….still big but much less daunting crowd size. Similar to MSU in attendance. Hopefully, IU fans hit the secondary market hard and bring some balance to the crowd.
Your first point is likely true. But if you put ND's D line on Michigan, instead of theirs, we probably score 40 on them. Goes both ways with these sorts of hypotheticals.
Your posts indicate you like/follow Notre Dame football? You can talk about the -7.5 to -8.5 spread & trade players from ND to put them on other schools rosters on the teams IU already played this year to give IU fb losses, if you like. However, if Notre Dame would've sacked up & joined a Conference by now, they wouldn't be hosting a first round CFP game this year.
I've been looking at some ND boards. Many are worried we'll have a significant fan presence. Let's hope so.
I’m not name calling. But you seem to say “realist” when we won 11 games that you probably projected we wouldn’t. I think most people recognize that ND had the advantage but it’s not impossible to win, just like several said it was impossible to ever get to 11 wins and make the CFP at a school like IU.
The design of the stadium makes it much less loud, and much less intimidating too. Playing in South Bend, in the first ever CFP playoff, with touchdown Jesus, and all that...THAT will be intimidating. So the start of the game will be important. But in terms of actual game play once they get in to the flow of the game. Notre Dame stadium isn't nearly as much of a factor as a few of the other stadiums we could have played in.
and against a USC QB that was starting only his 3rd game for USC.
I am not sure how hostile it will be on the 20th. Pretty sure that the students will gone at that time for Christmas break and don't know how many will be able to stick around for the game? Good chance there is some red in the stadium...how much, who knows?
And a lot more old people and fewer students than OSU
I doubt that, but I guess we're about to see. This site has them ranked as a top 5 DL in the country:
collegefootballnetwork.com
I think Indiana basketball fans are probably most similar to Nebraska football fans nowadays. But there are some similarities to ND football fans as well. But ND's history, and their recent successes, are quite a lot deeper, bigger, and better than either IU basketball or Nebraska football. They're more like the Yankees in baseball. They have perpetual elite street cred. And outside the SEC dominance, they've mostly stayed relevant nationally.
