28 Dec | Pinstripe Bowl vs. Rutgers

peoriairish

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Be sure to send them a nice card. A phone call at half time would also be a nice gesture.

You think that will work next fall when my own wedding falls on FSU weekend? I'll be sure to send the fiance a nice card and Facetime the vows. That'll totally work, right? Right?
























Shit.
 

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After 45+ years as an ardent ND football fan, I'm finally going to get to see them live on Saturday.

We were at Disney World earlier this month and, by comparison, that was a trip to the dentist compared to the anticipation I'm feeling for this game!

Like most of you, I get VERY emotionally involved in our games. My wife has informed me that - should I be in the vicinity of Rutgers fans and the game is not going well for us...

A) I am too old to be getting into fights.

B) She is not paying my bail if I should ignore A.


...Do any of you guys that are going have a couple hundred extra on you, just in case?...


Better have Johnnycando on speed dial. He's a greyhound. True troll terminator. Killz 'em. I understand he's so loaded that he's sitting in the Steinbrenner's suite.
 

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Ok guys...the game is two days away. For those who are going we need to put together an IE tailgate.


I guess let's start out with who is going and wants to participate in a tailgate.

P.S. Lol I can't host a tailgate as I'm taking public transportation, but I can no doubt contribute.
 

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Ok guys...the game is two days away. For those who are going we need to put together an IE tailgate.


I guess let's start out with who is going and wants to participate in a tailgate.

P.S. Lol I can't host a tailgate as I'm taking public transportation, but I can no doubt contribute.

I'll be taking the train up as well, and will most likely be tailgating said train. But I'd be more than willing to try and stop by if a tailgate were to take place.
 

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Ok guys...the game is two days away. For those who are going we need to put together an IE tailgate.


I guess let's start out with who is going and wants to participate in a tailgate.

P.S. Lol I can't host a tailgate as I'm taking public transportation, but I can no doubt contribute.

DAMN! Rookie mistake... I'm driving, but I already bought a parking spot in the garage across from the stadium.
 

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Taking the train from 30th street station in Philly to Penn Station Saturday mornin and then taking subway to the Bronx
 
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Taking the train from 30th street station in Philly to Penn Station Saturday mornin and then taking subway to Meadowlands.

You're going to have quite the view from there. I suggest bringing a high power telescope
 

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You're going to have quite the view from there. I suggest bringing a high power telescope

Haha keep forgetting the game is at Yankee stadium. Last time I was at a Notre Dame game in New York....well...I don't want to talk about it
 

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There are a couple other videos from watchND.tv about the week in NYC but they aren't on the youtube page. I am unable to embed from watchnd.tv so if you get a change head over there.
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I am no longer sitting in the Delta Suites, but am still going. Section 311. I have two extra tickets if anybody is looking for some. PM with best offer.
 

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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>BK on running game: I thought our running game needed to match RBs. Settled on Folston as starter.</p>— Irish Sports Daily (@ISDUpdate) <a href="https://twitter.com/ISDUpdate/statuses/416623929839480832">December 27, 2013</a></blockquote>
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We're in section 213 in the first row... If any of you see a big, freaky bald guy with a little blonde Italian woman*, please say hi!


*Yes, she's with me willingly...as far as you know.
 

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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>BK on running game: I thought our running game needed to match RBs. Settled on Folston as starter.</p>— Irish Sports Daily (@ISDUpdate) <a href="https://twitter.com/ISDUpdate/statuses/416623929839480832">December 27, 2013</a></blockquote>
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About damn time.
 

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the higher the better at yankee stadium...

Is this true? I'm in the 400's in the 1st row. I went on the Yankees website and looked at the view through their 3D seat viewer and it looked pretty good. I bought my ticket yesterday so there weren't many options, but I was pleased with my purchase.
 

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If you guys have rivals. go on the mainboard and read Rutgersal post. This guy is the biggest looney tune and homer maybe ever. Worst then some of our homers. cough cough Damefan. But he is honestly serious with all this stuff he says.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p6T66UlEucA&app=desktop

Here is his breakdown. Pure Gold

Look what Santa Claus has placed in Rutgers Football's Christmas stocking: a vulnerable, tradition laden program, beset by numerous injuries in the trenches. I cannot have dreamed of a better non-BCS bowl situation for Rutgers. Our best attended bowl game EVER, in a mostly filled Yankee Stadium, with all eyes in the college football world, and many
eyes from the NFL Scouting World focused on Rutgers vs. Notre Dame. I can't think of a better prelude to Rutgers
Big Ten play. In anticipation of this historic matchup, Rutgers for the first time has sold all its allocated
tickets, and many more fans are expected to purchase tickets via ticketmaster. What they are sure to witness is an engaging and entertaining matchup,that will end with Rutgers victorious.
There are a multitude of factors which favor a Rutgers victory over Notre Dame:
Thanksto injuries, Rutgers is deeper, more experienced and more talented, especially
on the offensive line, defensive line, qb, rb, and wr corp, than its blueblood
opponent
Since Louis Nix went down, Notre Dame has beenvulnerable to the run
Rutgers secondary has taken its lumps, and is now better prepared to defend against
Notre Dames passing attack
There isn't a corner on Notre Dames roster that can effectively cover Brandon Coleman
1 on 1
Paul James is 100%
Tommy Rees Completion % for the season is 53.7%
The freshmen in our secondary are no longer freshmen, as they've taken their lumps and grown up

Notre Dame is very different from last years team, which played in the National Championship Game. In addition to losing 6 players to the NFL draft, including star linebacker Manti Teo, Notre Dame lost starting quarterback Everett Golson to
academic attrition. But most importantly, Notre Dame has suffered significant injuries in its offensive and defensive lines, giving Rutgers a good opportunity for victory.

Notre Dame enters the matchup, sporting an 8-4 record, down from 12-0 last year. The Fighting Irish
are led by 6' 1.5" senior quarterback, Tommy Rees, who has thrown for 2938 yards completing 197 passes out of 367 passes thrown. (53.7%) He is reported to be able to get rid of the ball quickly, and he generally makes few mistakes, thought it would appear from his 53.7% completion rate that accuracy isn't his forte.
Rees is supported by the following offensive players:

RB: Cam McDaniel (5-10 207 lbs), George Atkinson (6-1 220 lbs), Tarean Folston (5-9 207 lbs)
WRs: TJ Jones (5-11 195 lbs), Davaris Daniels (6-1 203 lbs)
TE: Troy Niklas (6-6.5 270 lbs) Ben Kovack 6-5 261 lbs

The RBs are tough runners and TJ Jones, who went over 1,000 yards receiving, will be playing Sundays sometime soon.
Troy Niklas is a huge tight end, and averages 35.2 yards/game receiving per und.com.

The Irish quarterback and receivers will be going up against a Rutgers secondary that has been beleaguered for much of this season, but has also played much better in recent games.
CB ? Gareef Glashen 5-10 180 lbs,
CB ? Anthony Cioffi 6-0 180 lbs,
SS ? Lorenzo Waters 6-0 205 lbs
FS ? Jeremy Deering 6-2 200 lbs
The Rutgers offense is managed by sr signal caller Chas Dodd, who salvaged the season through his mistake free play against USF, throwing for 179 yards, completing 19 of 24 passes. Also available is Gary Nova, who threw for
2159 yards and had three game winning td throws against Temple, Arkansas, and SMU. I wouldn't surprise me if both
play.
The quarterbacks are supported by a deep and talented wr and te corp, one capable of significant productivity, if the ball can be delivered accurately.
WR ? Brandon Coleman 6-6 220 lbs, Carlton Agudosi 6-6 205 lbs
WR ? Quron Pratt 6-0 190 lbs, Leonte Carroo 6-1 200 lbs,
Ruhann Peele 6-1 185 lbs
TE ? Tyler Kroft 6-6 240 lbs, Paul Carrezola 6-2 240 lbs
Brandon Coleman is reported to have received a Round 3 draft grade last year, but wasn't as productive this year. An especially productive outing against Notre Dame should boost his draft stock. Quron Pratt was the offensive MVP, as he was one of the most consistent receivers I have ever witnessed at Rutgers. He too will be playing Sundays next year, as there is an NFL place for people like him who catch everything. Not flashy, but gets the job done. Leonte Carroo is the
best overall receiver on the team, and is poised to be an All American in upcoming years, yet he suffered an awful injury against UCF, and his status is in doubt. Carlton Agudosi has Dwayne Jarret size and potential. Ruhann Peele
has played both ways and had 79 yards receiving against UConn. Tight End Tyler Kroft was the leading receiver for Rutgers this year, and at times, flashed All American potential.

The Rutgers offense will be going up against an Irish Secondary that has allowed its opponents to complete 60.6% (230 completions out of 379 attempts) of its passes according to UND.com.

CB- Bennett Jackson 6-0 195 lbs
CB- Keivarae Russell 5-11, 190 lbs
FS- Matthias Farley 5-11, 204 lbs
SS- Austin Collinsworth 6-1 205 lbs

Pittsburgh had 243 yards receiving vs this group. Rutgers, with better personnel, should be able to surpass that total.
The composition of the Irish offensive line has changed considerably form the beginning of the season as they lost starting center Nick Martin, starting right tackle Christian Lombard, and starting left Guard Chris Watt, and starting nose tackle Louis Nix, to injury. Consequently, Notre Dames starting 5 OL are as follows:
RT: Ronald Stanley, 6-5.5, 317 lbs, So, (12 starts)
RG: Steve Elmer, 6-5.5 317 lbs, Fr (3 starts)
C: Matt Hegarty,
6-4.5, 309 lbs, Jr, (1 start)
LG: Connor Hanratty, 6-4.5, 300 lbs, Jr (3 starts)
LT: Zach Martin, 6-4, 308 lbs, 5th year Sr
(Seasoned Veteran)

Irish still sorting through O-line issues | The Journal Gazette
Despite the injuries, Notre Dame ranked #8 Nationally in sacks given up, quite an impressive accomplishment, given their strength of schedule. Nevertheless, the line is materially different from the line which played most of the season, so that
ranking no longer applies.

Rutgers counters with a group of seasoned though undersized veterans, used to defeating larger linemen, via superior technique.

DE ? Marcus Thompson, 6-2 260 lbs, Sr
NT ? Isaac Holmes, 6-2, 270 lbs, 5th year Sr
DT ? Darius, Hamilton, 6-4, 260 lbs, Sophmore
DE ? Dwany Mera, 6-1, 260 lbs, (3rd year So)
SLB ? Jamal Merrill, 6-4 220 lbs, Sr.
MLB ? Steve Longa 6-1 220 lbs
WLB ? Kevin Snyder 6-3 235 lbs

Thanks to their efforts, Rutgers had the #4 rushing defense in the country. This despite going against much larger offensive lines, such as Arkansas'. Arkansas had 101 yards rushing against Rutgers but 182 yards rushing against LSU. We were fine against and SEC line, I think we'll be fine against Notre Dames. Notre Dames OL vs Rutgers DL is probably the key matchup of the game. If Notre Dame can effectively run the ball, they will likely blow out Rutgers. However, if Rutgers defensive linemen, can gain penetration on each offensive snap and disrupt Notre Dames offense, its going to be a LONG Day for Notre Dame.
In contrast to Notre Dames OL, Rutgers experienced OL enters
the game intact:
LT: Keith Lumpkin 6-5, 318 lbs, (3rd yr So)
LG: Chris Muller 6-6, 300 lbs (r-Fr)
C: Dwayne Hendrickson 6-2 290 lbs, (Sr)
RG: Caleb Johnson 6-4, 305 lbs, (Jr)
RT: Taj Alexander 6-4 290 lbs/(rs-jr) Andre Civil 6-3 285
lbs (rs-sr)
Rutgers Offensive line has had its ups and downs, struggling against Arkansas and Louisville, but has progressively improved, and has only allowed 2 sacks within the last two games.

Notre Dames DL lost its best player, Louis Nix, to a season ending injury, and its current depth chart should look something like this.

DE: Day 6-2 290 lbs
DL: Jarron Jones 6-5.5 305 lbs, Tyler Stockton 5-11 284 lbs
DE: Stephon Tuitt 6-6.5, 312 lbs
OLB: Shembo 6-1 258 lbs
ILB: Fox 6-3 245 lbs
ILB: Calabrese 6-1 250 lbs
OLB: Smith 6-2.5 230 lbs
The loss of Louis Nix, was especially significant, as he is a projected high NFL draft pick. Since the Irish lost Louis Nix, they have given up 247 rushing yards to BYU and 261 rushing yards to Stanford. That is more than double the 112 rushing yards they gave up to Pittsburgh.

What should have been a BCS bowl ending season for Rutgers, has instead ended with the PinStripe Bowl. Nevertheless, Rutgers is in the BEST non BCS bowl that it could have landed, and has a fantastic opportunity, so for that, we should be thankful.

As for the game itself, Notre Dames numerous injuries on the offensive and defensive lines have rendered them vulnerable, and Rutgers needs to capitalize, and I sense we will. We played well in all phases of the game against USF and I sense we will perform similarly against Notre Dame.
Professor George Horton used to say something to the effect that, "if you've prepared, the final exam can be a wonderful experience." Rutgers has prepared and is poised to make its final exam, the pinstripe bowl, wonderful and memorable for its fans.
Ultimately, Rutgers is able to run and pass over Notre Dame, and the defense stops the run, but gives up a ton of passing yards, but nevertheless is able to get the stop that gives Rutgers the victory.

I'm calling for :

Rutgers 31
Notre Dame 27

Sources:
Bowl Media Guide
Rutgers Football - Media Guides
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Rutgers is too deep to allow ND to roll B1G, and we are used to the cold weather. ND could win, but not BIG.

I fail to see how NDs DBs are going to be able to cover our fleet footed wide receivers. And I don't think your defensive linemen are going to be able to keep us from running the ball down your throat. All in all I LOVE our chances for the game and can''t wait for Saturday to arrive.
 

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Did he watch Rutgers lose 5 of their last 7 by an average margin of 24 points?

His puff pieces sounds like a Notre Dame person trying to pump up Tyler Stockton as a "seasoned veteran that was highly touted coming out of high school" or some shit like that.

The only things that can stop Notre Dame is injuries to a thin OL, bad calls, or epic implosions on both sides of the ball due to new coordinators.
 

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28 Dec | Pinstripe Bowl vs. Rutgers

Rutgers' secondary gives up like 13 plays of 10+ yds a game, nobody in CFB is worse. This guy needs medication.

"We played well against USF and therefore will play well against ND. Rutgers wins." Herp derp.
 

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If by some chance we lose this game while I'm i attendance it will probably break me. Was at the OSU/ND basketball game, all 3 Navy losses, the National Championship game, and the 2010 Michigan game.

I've been to plenty of wins but have suffered through too much the last 3 years. All my NY teams SUCK and 2013 has just been terrible in general.

So yeah, if we lose, I'm going to crawl in a hole and just cry.
 
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