Through the first four games of 2016, our defense gave up:
Texas- 50. Nevada- 10. Michigan State- 36. Duke- 38. =33.5 ppg
2017:
Temple- 16. Georgia- 20. Boston College- 20. Michigan State- 18. =18.5 ppg
Notre Dame scores 21 unanswered to make it a one score game. So hey! I have an idea, lets punt the ball late in the 4th quarter, and hope to God our defense can get a stop. Oh and even better! Lets burn a timeout to think about whether or not we're going to punt!
Lets face it, Kelly can't win...
Decided to make this in response to the "Iowa is a hotbed of college basketball talent". Which made me lol.
College basketball: These are the states with most players on top 25 teams
This is as of Nov. 2015, just a couple of months ago.
So California leads the way with 37, but Indiana comes...
We can talk tourney in here. Help keep us busy while we wait for football season. Not sure how many other college basketball followers are on this board but I know @NDHoosier101 is. Anyone else? @jjc2009 @Irish7478 ?
Go Indiana, Notre Dame and/or Butler
It was a fun season to post with you guys, but unfortunately, it's that time of year where the board tends to really slow down. Realistically, 10-2 is a remarkable season, given all the key injuries we suffered. But as a fan, such a heartbreaking way to end the season. 4 points separates us from...
What do you guys think?
I hate to say it, but I think Stanford ends the Irish discussion of playoff chances. Just too many injuries now with Russell going down. How many more injuries can we possibly weather?
Unfortunately, we're limping into California.
28-17 Stanford. I hope you guys...
19-16
We did ourselves no favors today. Absolutely the sloppiest game of the year. 5 turnovers, I think 3 of them in the redzone. Prosise and Adams both fumble, Kizer throws 3 INTs. Fuller had 3 dropped passes, one would have been a TD.
Prosise goes out with an ankle injury, and Russell goes...
28-7
Time of possession was ridiculous, 35:48/24:12, and it was much worse until the 4th quarter. Wake seemed to be bailed out twice on 4th down plays, at least in my opinion they were. And then it looked like a clear offensive PI against Luke in the 3rd quarter, that went uncalled.
Adams...
42-30
Overall it was a good win, but it really pisses me off when we allow teams to rattle off 13 unanswered like Pitt did. This was a dominant performance, just like against GT, but of course, we allow them to score garbage points late and 42-17 turns into 42-30
Prosise goes down, I've been...
I want a rematch
Me vs You
Monday, January 11th. Glendale, AZ.
Don't send us any of that pussy football they call the Big12. (Do they even use 11 players on defense?)
Be there Bama, we'll be waiting
24-20
Another win we had to fight for. Again, we were sloppy at times. Offense did rack up 467 yards of offense, 2 turnovers in the redzone. Prosise was held in check, 2nd time this season he has been shut down.
Good teams find ways to win, and Notre Dame did exactly that. The offense put...
41-31
It was ugly at times, but you know what? I love this win. Irish were pretty gutty when they had to be. USC is loaded with talent no matter what anyone says, and that offense is explosive. USC came into this game with a chip on their shoulders given everything that has happened, and that...
41-24
Offense looked pretty good today, not much to complain about there. Defense looked better in the 2nd half, but overall they were a little disappointing. Gashed multiple times by the FB. And another slow start to the game, much like Clemson
Kizer looked pretty solid today, outside of the...
24-22
I can't remember a game where we made so many mistakes, and absolutely beat ourselves. I may sound like a sore loser, but Clemson is not better than we are. I'm sorry, they just aren't.
Play calling, dropped passes, turnovers, pre-snap penalties, pre-snap mistakes, coaching decisions...
62-27
Looked good for the most part, played a complete game. Not too happy about giving up 27 to UMass, but all in all it was a good day. Offense looked great, more importantly, no injuries. Unless something lingers with Stanley.
Wimbush getting some snaps, almost the entire 2nd half. Adams...
30-22: What an irritating end to the game, Jesus Christ, a 30-7 win turns into a 30-22 win.
Like everyone else, I had a ton of questions of how we would come out and play. I thought we played well, defense looked good, Kizer was a solid game manager and Prosise almost getting 200 yards on the...
I missed the 2nd episode last night, just watched it today. First 2 episodes have been good.
Heartbreaking to see Zaire's reaction after the game. You could tell the entire team, and even Kelly and the coaching staff were pretty subdued after that win.
Maybe the most subdued 2-0 I have seen yet.
Not so sure there's any positives in this game, outside of winning. But even with Zaire in the game, it was ugly.
The secondary was absolutely awful, I mean are you kidding me? The coverage was totally oblivious to a number of the weak balls just...