If we lose by three scores to the same team at the same venue that beat UVA by 2....
If they don’t, this loss may be the breaking point and the wheels completely fall off moving forward vs top tier competition in Clemson & SC.
Everyone thinks SU is a fraud and I tend to agree but that doesn’t mean I think ND is mentally tough enough to beat them.
Sounds about right.
8 in the box + 3 on Mayer incoming. And it MIGHT just work
Yeah their D is solid. Their DL was the weak spot but they run a 3-3-5 so they just use their DL to take up space so the LBs can clean it up in aggressive fashion. Clemson’s OL is supposed to be legit this season (it was trash last year) and they demolished SU on the ground to salt that game away.
I have a lot more confidence in ND since it is an away game, and the atmosphere will probably be pretty good. As long as ND runs the damn ball I think it's a win.
They lost their first game by 6 at Death Valley where nobody really wins other than Clemson.
Drew Pyne to a pissed off Tommy on the phone: "Coach, they're triple teaming Mayer and they're blitzing 8, I have no answer. What do I do?"
TBF, Clemson helped them out a TON with 4 TOs, 'Cuse neglected to take advantage of it, let Clemson hang around and still got outgained on the afternoon 450-291.
SU was up two TDs and refused to give the ball to their best player for the rest of the game. I think Tucker got 2 more carries after they were up.
One team is 6-1 and the other team could be 6-1 but has message boards full of fans lamenting they are not.
Next time you think about posting, you might want to run that through your brain a time or two before touching the keyboard.
So maybe worrying about them running up the score is a bridge to cross once we get there?
This has a UNC game feel to it for me.
No idea. I just still can’t fathom why they didn’t give one of the best RB the ball when they had a 2 TD lead. But I’m not the coach nor do I get paid like one.
Honestly, this team looks a lot like the 2021 team if it had lost its starting quarterback for the year. Heck this team might be better than the 2021 team if you took away both Coan and Kevin Austin.
2 and 4 bode well. Number one gives me the shits. Wow.
The only thing I can think of is they knew going into the game they weren't going to be able to run the ball. The perplexing part about this, though, is that he's a pretty good receiver, so you'd think they would've been more creative to get him into space.
The D has done a good job against OSU, BYU and UNC. All which were supposed to have high octane offenses.
