Jan 20 | National Championship

[Huntr]

This team is loaded and you have to do something special to beat them. We aren’t doing anything special/

 

[fightingirish595]

Curious now that we’re down if the coaches will be forced to try to sling it all over the field or if they will “play to keep” it close.

Better go to Angeli if you wanna sling it around. Did you see some of those horrid throws by Leonard?

 

[irishff1014]

Out coached

A little bit.

But execution isn’t there.

How many missed tackles?
How many wide open WR did Riley miss? The two penalties to put us at 2 and 25.
Two tds were wide open.

 

[ThePiombino]

I'll say it again - it's not all on the D. The O managed all of 11 yards after 1st drive leading up to the final possession. That's putrid.

 

[KMac151993]

I mean, we won three games to get here. We weren't put here by someone

People on this board know that but the public perception will remember a blowout in the title game more than anything else. If we don't come back and make this a game the public will point to NIU and this game.

 

[Dale]

The problem with the defense isn’t even man versus zone. It’s agressive versus conservative. The zone drop 8 is uber conservative against a deep ball that they haven’t thrown once. The man coverage has been off and bailing, not pressing and jumping.

Didn’t trust the players at all, and they players can feel that

It’s a attitude driven game plan counter to the whole season

But for everyone making this a Golden thing, Freeman is the HC. Mickens coaches the DBs. It ain’t Golden on his own

 

[Riddickulous]

Did Love touch the ball after that 1st series?

 

[T-Boone]

F*ck! Hearing from all my ND hating friends that they told me ND sucks. Please prove them wrong in the 2nd half.

they already beat Georgia, Penn State, TAM, USC, Indiana.
What's the deal everyone except the team that finished first "sucks"? Tough standards.

 

[KMac151993]

Give Angeli a shot?

 

[dang227]

It is over if OSU scores on the first drive.

If the defense forces a punt or gets a turnover... game on

It’s over now

 

[ShamrockOnHelmet]

I mean, we won three games to get here. We weren't put here by someone

That’s fine, and I agree with you. But the national narrative will be that we didn’t belong. Just like always.

 

[ThePiombino]

Did Love touch the ball after that 1st series?

Nope. This isn't a team serious about winning.

 

[calvegas04]

Happy to the few of you that were priced out of the game, saved thousands

 

[Sea Turtle]

A little bit.

But execution isn’t there.

How many missed tackles?
How many wide open WR did Riley miss? The two penalties to put us at 2 and 25.
Two tds were wide open.

That's because their players are better than ours. Just like 2012.

 

[KMac151993]

Did Love touch the ball after that 1st series?

No.

 

[tussin]

How did this team lose to Michigan? Lol

 

[IrishTusker]

That’s fine, and I agree with you. But the national narrative will be that we didn’t belong. Just like always.

So if the national narrative was that we did belong, but we lost, would that matter? Why does the narrative matter? Does it affect anything?

 

[ThePiombino]

That's because their players are better than ours. Just like 2012.

And 2018. And 2020. And likely the next time too.

 

[irishff1014]

If the offense was going to need to score a TD every damn drive we wouldn't have turned the game on. This is Bama 2012 redux.

We needed point every drive. And after the first drive Dembrock’s offense was junk.

 

[Huntr]

The question is if not now, when.

Took us 20 years to play championship level football from 1993-2012...and another 12 since then. Last title in '88 is a lifetime ago.

The CFB landscape has changed significantly. The game today is night and day from even 10 years ago. ND is positioned to compete better than they have been in decades.

 

[NDMatt91]

How did this team lose to Michigan? Lol

They were sleepwalking and that loss woke them up. It was the best thing to ever happen to them.

 

[dang227]

Whatever gameplan Golden cooked up while sucking on Bengal cock has done nothing but confused our guys and made them think too much. Overthinking leads to playing slow and missed tackles.

 

[Irishdawg]

Gotta make some adjustments on both sides of the ball and keep fighting!!

 

[Junkhead]

It’s over now

Unless we get a pick 6 or 3

 

[Tejas]

I'll say it again - it's not all on the D. The O managed all of 11 yards after 1st drive leading up to the final possession. That's putrid.

Offense looking like straight trash

 

[ShamrockOnHelmet]

So if the national narrative was that we did belong, but we lost, would that matter? Why does the narrative matter? Does it affect anything?

No, it doesn’t. But we have to continue hearing it and have to continue living it. I don’t know what to tell you.

 

[Sea Turtle]

The question is if not now, when.

Took us 20 years to play championship level football from 1993-2012...and another 12 since then. Last title in '88 is a lifetime ago.

I don't know. We finally won a couple of big bowls this year.

We will always get a team like this in the championship game.

 

[rikkitikki08]

Life update

I watched most of the first half on my iPad shitting my brains out on the toilet from this sickness. Pretty good metaphor for the first half of the game.

 

[Riddickulous]

They were sleepwalking and that loss woke them up. It was the best thing to ever happen to them.

They used the embarrassment to lock in just like ND post-NIU

 

[Huntr]

Did Love touch the ball after that 1st series?

Three and out twice maybe doesn't provide a lot of opportunities. 🤣