Very Post Game Observations (Michigan State) ....

[BGIF]

for all this talk about luck, etc...i am reminded of the famous line by Bill Parcells:

"You are what your record says you are".

and thats that.

every team has bad luck and every team has good luck.

its all about the W's (and nothing else)

Luck favors the prepared.

 

[BGIF]

I watched the game again. It is difficult to know how good their cornerback Denard is, because he holds so often. He held on the line of scrimmage, pushed with his arm as the receiver ran down the field and then held a jersey or an arm when the ball was in the air. I don't think I've ever seen a player hold as much as that guy. For all the calls that have gone against us over the years by Big 10 officialz, I have to hand it to them that they continued to call holding against MSU.

For all the grumbling posts about the PI calls, he could have been flagged on most plays.

I agree about the Big 10 refs.

And thanks for a MSU game observation post in the MSU game observation thread.

 

[Luckylucci]

Luck favors the prepared.

I had a Bball coach that used to say the same thing and I agree with it.

 

[ep1987]

My observation

Notre Dame WR route tree: Bubble screen, Go, Skinny Post, Skinny Corner

Why not have two of Daniels, Brown and Robinson on the outside running deep routes and Jones in the slot mixing up outs and inside hooks.

 

[Cackalacky]

for all this talk about luck, etc...i am reminded of the famous line by Bill Parcells:

"You are what your record says you are".

and thats that.

every team has bad luck and every team has good luck.

its all about the W's (and nothing else)

Bill did not have to play in a BCS system either. But I agree with him. In the end, the W's are all that matter.

 

[anarin]

My observation

Notre Dame WR route tree: Bubble screen, Go, Skinny Post, Skinny Corner

Why not have two of Daniels, Brown and Robinson on the outside running deep routes and Jones in the slot mixing up outs and inside hooks.

Oh my that's alot of red!

 

[Bogtrotter07]

I hate to just show back up and do this.....but damn, the rampant and unfounded speculation in this thread alone is why I don't come around much anymore.

I know it's hard for some of the members here, but can we not act like everyone is upset at ND. They are 3-1. 23-3 in last 26 regular season games and that's with a ton of adversity. The future is bright for ND. Great programs find ways to win, few years ago all this program did was find ways to lose.

You better start showing up more around here or I am driving over to kick your @ss, and I don't care if you are packing!

I have a friend who is on ISD who is enamored with Sean Mele, over there who does a weekly breakdown of the games. My friend thinks Sean figured out the problem with the running game. I think my friend is right about Sean, and Sean is right about the running game.

Remember after the MSU game when Kelly said that the running game problems weren't just on the interior linemen? To really oversimplify on certain formations ND only ran certain directions until MSU. Cam's longest runs came off of running against the power, which was a break in tendency.

Also Tarean Folston's best run he bounced away from the safety he saw lurking to the left, which happened to be the power side, so the run ran away from that to the other side.

Also, our running has devolved through happenstance to run at a numeric advantage of the opponent. However you want to say it. The majority of the running plays Saturday against MSU were run against numeric superiority. Tendencies changed three times in the game for our best three runs.

And we are not getting hung up on the double teams anywhere near as much anymore, and are starting to get to the second level. If anything, too quickly. They will get balance. This is exciting!

If the coaches design a running game around play action and establishing numerical superiority, we will grow a running game out of nowhere and help our passing game!

 

[military_irish]

I don't know if this is anywhere in the thread and sorry if it is but did anyone see the handshake at the end of the game between Kelly and Dantonio?

Go to 5:40 in the video and it looks like Kelly says something then Dantonio has a response like "yeah whatever". I know it is nothing "crazy" but just something interesting I seen while watching the highlights.

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[Bogtrotter07]

Kelly said, "My wide receivers are tired of having your DB's try to hump their legs."

And Dantonio said, "You know how the dogs are, it didn't mean anything. It's nothing!"

 

[Irish Insanity]

I wonder if Kelly wears a 'bro' cuz dude has some man boobs.

 

[Buster Bluth]

I wonder if Kelly wears a 'bro' cuz dude has some man boobs.

mature

 

[WakeUpEchoes]

Not sure if this was said earlier, but I loved seeing Jaylon make that tackle against Maxwell to seal it. He was so pumped after. Was great to see.

 

[dublinirish]

Not sure if this was said earlier, but I loved seeing Jaylon make that tackle against Maxwell to seal it. He was so pumped after. Was great to see.

imagine if Rees had of got tackled like that on 4th down with the game on the line..HAHA there would be a meltdown on here

 

[Bogtrotter07]

Wait, this isn't a meltdown?

(two weeks in a row, winning?)