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[Rocketman84]

FIFY

And from the looks of it, ND's literally in his ear.

I would hope so, definitely a nice pickup if we can land him.

 

[CIrishWin]

Accord to the scholarship chart we need to cut 3 more players to get to 85. Any word on who it could be.

 

[IRISHDODGER]

Accord to the scholarship chart we need to cut 3 more players to get to 85. Any word on who it could be.

There’s still plenty of time for movement. Once Spring practice is over, the numbers will adjust accordingly

 

[Huntr]

Accord to the scholarship chart we need to cut 3 more players to get to 85. Any word on who it could be.

There's a long way to go before that matters. There's still another transfer window in April.

 

[Jimmy3Putt]

We'll likely lose a quarterback after the spring competition.

 

[T-Boone]

Accord to the scholarship chart we need to cut 3 more players to get to 85. Any word on who it could be.

I’ve heard it is Xavier Watts, Ben Morrison and Jadarian Price.

 

[stpeteirish]

“Cut players”? Nope. They leave on their own. Especially if they graduate in May and are passed on the depth chart

 

[dublinirish]

FIFY

And from the looks of it, ND's literally in his ear.

Committed to Alabama


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[NDWarrior]

Bummer... I imagine with Spring ball starting soon, he had to make a quick decision. Maybe a little too much ND academic friction to deal with?

 

[JamIrish]

Accord to the scholarship chart we need to cut 3 more players to get to 85. Any word on who it could be.

I know the mods don't like speculating names but with the DL having 19 guys and the OL having 17, I'd think two or more guys from those positions. Another TE and maybe a DB. ND will probably be under the 85 after spring and probably will grab another guy or two in the portal is my assumption.

 

[benneboy]

 

[Rocketman84]

Committed to Alabama


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Of course

 

[IAIrish]

That's a big fella.... And a grad transfer. Does he make it out of Texas??

 

[fightingirish26]

More A&M attrition

 

[NumbersGuy0520]

More A&M attrition

Yeah they’ve had a good amount of transfers out.

Add in 7-6 last year and I can’t quite make sense of A&M -1.5 against ND week one. Sure they’re home + Mike Elko, but feels like we should at least be favored no?

 

[IRISHDODGER]

Yeah they’ve had a good amount of transfers out.

Add in 7-6 last year and I can’t quite make sense of A&M -1.5 against ND week one. Sure they’re home + Mike Elko, but feels like we should at least be favored no?

spread could change between now & game. Still unknowns on offense w/ unproven tackles, new QB, new WR. Irish defense should be strong but TAMU has good QB returning from injury IIRC.

 

[NDFAN2008]

Their defense should be decent but I don't see their offense being able to score more than 10 points on us.

 

[stlnd01]

More A&M attrition

Maybe it's addressed in the piece and I don't know this guy's individual circumstances, but I'm curious why you would announce now that you will transfer after spring ball?
That presumably means you don't take part in spring practice. Even if you know in your head that you're leaving, wouldn't you be better off with the work? Or maybe you think the risk of injury outweighs that?

 

[PutuporShutup]

Their defense should be decent but I don't see their offense being able to score more than 10 points on us.

Stanford scored 23 on us and Clemson 31(pick 6 hurt)… A&M should have better offenses than both those teams

 

[Irish du Nord]

Stanford scored 23 on us and Clemson 31(pick 6 hurt)… A&M should have better offenses than both those teams

And OSU scored 17 and USC scored 20.

 

[Me2SouthBend]

Stanford scored 23 on us and Clemson 31(pick 6 hurt)… A&M should have better offenses than both those teams

And Stanford scored 7 of those points when we were up 53 (or 56)-16 so maybe against 2nd and 3rd team?

 

[PutuporShutup]

And OSU scored 17 and USC scored 20.

- Well that's a bit more than "don't see A&M scoring more than 10"
-Those two games were home, i gave two games away as a reference, and A&M is away

 

[PutuporShutup]

And Stanford scored 7 of those points when we were up 53 (or 56)-16 so maybe against 2nd and 3rd team?

I think our D is good, but you and a few others keep giving examples of where we give up more than 10, significantly more than 10.

My question to OP on this topic is how someone can think A&M at home only has an obvious pathway to scoring a maximum of 10 on ND. Can we hold them to 10, possibly, but that's very unlikely.

 

[irish4ever]

And OSU scored 17 and USC scored 20.

And their offenses were way better than A&M. I'm talking shut out!

 

[fightingirish26]

The post spring transfer portal gonna be wild as well, hard to predict much of anything in general but certainly not til then

 

[NumbersGuy0520]

I honestly believe that the departure of Gerad should result in our defense giving up 3-7 fewer ppg.

It was incredible what our defense was able to do given how often the offense would just totally disappear.

 

[GrangerIrish24]

I honestly believe that the departure of Gerad, Sam Hartman and some of our receivers should result in our defense giving up 3-7 fewer ppg.

It was incredible what our defense was able to do given how often the offense would just totally disappear.

fixed it

 

[PutuporShutup]

I honestly believe that the departure of Gerad should result in our defense giving up 3-7 fewer ppg.

It was incredible what our defense was able to do given how often the offense would just totally disappear.

If we score more points, other offenses will push to score more as well. When our offense disappeared, other teams could be more conservative offensively (see ohio state).

I do think our defense can be better than last year. Although I didn't love our LB play, we are very inexperienced there after Kiser. Also, although DJ brown was assignment correct, he made bonehead plays or easy misses on all 3 scoring drives for Ohio State, 2 big TDs by clemson, and 2 back breaking long runs vs Louisville. We may not have someone as assignment correct there, but you have to expect someone that can actually make a play to be there.

 

[GoIrish41]

If we score more points, other offenses will push to score more as well. When our offense disappeared, other teams could be more conservative offensively (see ohio state).

I do think our defense can be better than last year. Although I didn't love our LB play, we are very inexperienced there after Kiser. Also, although DJ brown was assignment correct, he made bonehead plays or easy misses on all 3 scoring drives for Ohio State, 2 big TDs by clemson, and 2 back breaking long runs vs Louisville. We may not have someone as assignment correct there, but you have to expect someone that can actually make a play to be there.

OSU was not conservative against ND. ND shut down their pass attack. They threw the ball 37 times, managing only 21 receptions and no touchdowns. Seventy five percent of their offensive production on the season came through the pass game and ND was having none of it.

 

[NDWarrior]

I will agree that we still do need to shut the critics up and show we can win big on the road for big games. USC in ‘22 and Clemson and Louisville last year objectively show our lack of being able to win big on the road IMO. We just need to do it this year. It doesn’t mean we can’t, it just means it still a milestone on the NC journey!