Oct 14 | Southern Cal

Irish du Nord · Oct 9, 2023

forkbeard3777 said:
😂 No way. Talent is there (on ND’s offense). They’ve just got to call the right plays and at the right time. Develop some momentum and identity. It’s such a lost, boorish offense at the moment. USC’s poorish defense is the perfect place to start.

ETA: Unless you’re in a STEM program, attending class is overrated.

Other way around bud. Hardly anything in STEM courses that you can’t learn through the textbook.

PutuporShutup · Oct 9, 2023

Irish du Nord said:
Other way around bud. Hardly anything in STEM courses that you can’t learn through the textbook.

Huh? Half your class hours are in labs. I almost never missed an engineering class/lab but my friends in business just watched video recordings of their classes and did well

Irish#1 · Oct 9, 2023

JamIrish said:
Sharps took ND expecting the public to hammer USC. If people jump on USC there's a good chance ND has a "come to Jesus" moment and wins. Parker will have it figured on Saturday and the offense will play a lot better.

I'm not so sure. Two weeks in a row of bad play calling doesn't inspire much confidence that he'll have an epiphany this week and open the playbook past page 1.

Irish du Nord · Oct 9, 2023

PutuporShutup said:
Huh? Half your class hours are in labs. I almost never missed an engineering class/lab but my friends in business just watched video recordings of their classes and did well

Making up a missed engineering lecture is way easier than a missed humanities lecture

PutuporShutup · Oct 9, 2023

Irish du Nord said:
Making up a missed engineering lecture is way easier than a missed humanities lecture

You can’t just watch Troy or braveheart?

arrowryan · Oct 9, 2023

USC is a 2.5 pt dog? Lol

Put some decent money on their ML

PutuporShutup · Oct 9, 2023

arrowryan said:
USC is a 2.5 pt dog? Lol

Put some decent money on their ML

50 degrees and rain can go a long ways to helping ND

arrowryan · Oct 9, 2023

PutuporShutup said:
50 degrees and rain can go a long ways to helping ND

Unfortunately ND will still need to score points to win

GrangerIrish24 · Oct 9, 2023

PutuporShutup said:
50 degrees and rain can go a long ways to helping ND

Can weather also call plays?

irish4ever · Oct 9, 2023

forkbeard3777 said:
😂 No way. Talent is there (on ND’s offense). They’ve just got to call the right plays and at the right time. Develop some momentum and identity. It’s such a lost, boorish offense at the moment. USC’s poorish defense is the perfect place to start.

ETA: Unless you’re in a STEM program, attending class is overrated.

So, are saying that it's a chance that Parker will NOT be the OC this coming Saturday?

NDWarrior · Oct 9, 2023

This game is now even more important than it was going to be with no losses or only 1 loss... Why? Because they only have 1 week to prep and Louisville was an embarrassment and this game has the potential to be a total derailment of ND, the team, the season and most assuredly for MFMF (let alone G-rad). MFMF and staff - if limited to play calling strategic changes within such a short time period - need to at least find out how to pull the emotional triggers and the ND pride for this game. They can't let ND derail on Saturday night prime time in front of millions of viewers and at home at ND stadium. All of the above may never recover the remainder of the season (and that's not even including recruiting) if they let a total destruction happen on Saturday :pray:

Wild Bill · Oct 9, 2023

This is a tough one bc USC doesn't like to tackle and ND isn't well coached.

IRISHDODGER · Oct 9, 2023

Wild Bill said:
This is a tough one bc USC doesn't like to tackle and ND isn't well coached.

But SC can do one thing on defense that ND struggles with…getting after the QB before he can get rid of the ball.

IRISHDODGER · Oct 9, 2023

PutuporShutup said:
50 degrees and rain can go a long ways to helping ND

Nah. That’s what the media members will use as one of their reasons for picking ND but it, too; will blow up in their collective faces & SC will roll. The weather in South Bend/ND rarely plays out as the advantage ND fans assume or hope it will.

Free Manera · Oct 9, 2023

Unless there is crazy wind, the weather won't matter. Caleb will throw it all over the yard and name his score if ND comes out like they did last week.

irishff1014 · Oct 9, 2023

forkbeard3777 · Oct 9, 2023

irishff1014 said:

Jesus...he's really digging his heels in here on this one. I'd take issue to that if I were some of the players.

NDPhilly · Oct 9, 2023

He's not going to publicly call out Gerad Parker. Wouldn't help anyone.

PutuporShutup · Oct 9, 2023

forkbeard3777 said:
Jesus...he's really digging his heels in here on this one. I'd take issue to that if I were some of the players.

Yep, really putting your players in a good spot having tobias lined up as a TE, having to block a DE or LB. Yep, real good strategy, no play calling issues.

Or, hey, lets take a shot with Rico here 1-1 on man, and then when it's picked, lets do it again next quarter. He's a good man beater.

Free Manera · Oct 9, 2023

I mean it's tomato tomahto. Any play looks good if it is executed to perfection. Whether it is playcalling or execution, it is on the OC.

PutuporShutup · Oct 9, 2023

Free Manera said:
I mean it's tomato tomahto. Any play looks good if it is executed to perfection. Whether it is playcalling or execution, it is on the OC.

Sure, but there's time and place for plays that are easy vs difficult to execute on.

3rd and 1 should never be the complicated one, unless you have it dialed up to be a tuddy if executed.

irishff1014 · Oct 9, 2023

NDPhilly said:
He's not going to publicly call out Gerad Parker. Wouldn't help anyone.

But putting all the blame on the players is gonna help? That’s who he is saying isn’t executing.

forkbeard3777 · Oct 9, 2023

PutuporShutup said:
Yep, really putting your players in a good spot having tobias lined up as a TE, having to block a DE or LB. Yep, real good strategy, no play calling issues.

Or, hey, lets take a shot with Rico here 1-1 on man, and then when it's picked, lets do it again next quarter. He's a good man beater.

I must have missed that one. Tobias is what, 180 pounds soaking wet?

There's just little to no creativity in the play calling. If it isn't lethargic, it's spastic. There's never any real sense of urgency. What Sam Hartman did at WF was miles better than what he's currently doing at ND. Additionally, other than a couple of WRs, WF does not/did not have better players than ND. It's like they are calling plays just to call them...with no meaning or "big picture" accomplishments.

PutuporShutup · Oct 9, 2023

forkbeard3777 said:
I must have missed that one. Tobias is what, 180 pounds soaking wet?

There's just little to no creativity in the play calling. If it isn't lethargic, it's spastic. There's never any real sense of urgency. What Sam Hartman did at WF was miles better than what he's currently doing at ND. Additionally, other than a couple of WRs, WF does not/did not have better players than ND. It's like they are calling plays just to call them...with no meaning or "big picture" accomplishments.

Freeman kind of said it today.

He wants teams to be able to know what's coming and not be able to stop it. Sounds awesome, really hard to do, and really forces every play and every player to execute properly all the time.

We actually had a good game plan to start the game, had louisville on their heels, everything was working, but we thought taking a shot to Flores 1-1 was the answer.

Then it started snowballing when we got behind, lets just run the ball with 3 TEs.

forkbeard3777 · Oct 9, 2023

PutuporShutup said:
Freeman kind of said it today.

He wants teams to be able to know what's coming and not be able to stop it. Sounds awesome, really hard to do, and really forces every play to execute properly all the time.

That's great and all if you're UGA, 2019 LSU, or 2020 Alabama...

PutuporShutup · Oct 9, 2023

forkbeard3777 said:
That's great and all if you're UGA, 2019 LSU, or 2020 Alabama...

I would disagree, those offenses were extremely creative and aggressive, you may think you know what's coming, but you had to play them straight up because they could hurt you otherways. All 3 of those teams had very good run and pass games, they were not one dimensional.

IRISHDODGER · Oct 9, 2023

laughingirish90 · Oct 9, 2023

irishff1014 said:

so he has no issues with the OC constantly trying to run the ball at 8 and 9 man fronts half the night

Giddyup · Oct 9, 2023

Colzie is probably the most talented wr we have. That was a bad injury time

PutuporShutup · Oct 9, 2023

Giddyup said:
Colzie is probably the most talented wr we have. That was a bad injury time

You really think he's our most talented WR? I think he fits in with receivers that can't beat man for whatever reason.

Our most talented WR may have just been put on scholarship.

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