Nov 15 | Pitt

[ab2cmiller]

You forgot pop lol

I thought in Pennsylvania it was Soda

 

[irishnd31]

Primanti Bros.

 

[GowerND11]

You forgot pop lol

That's what the uncultured, like @irishnd31, say. In NEPA we are proper peoples and say soda.

Yinzers vs Yous Guys

 

[irishnd31]

That's what the uncultured, like @irishnd31, say. In NEPA we are proper peoples and say soda.

Yinzers vs Yous Guys

What the shit???? I was born and raised in Cleveland. It's a soda bro.
And for those who say yinz... you are swine and a poor.

 

[Irish#1]

That's how you know Notre Dame is really back. People bitched and whined back in the day when we were kicking ass. Enjoy it.

Amen brother. Embrace the hate!

 

[MacIrish75]

Pretzels
Potato Chips
Sweet Pizza
Pizza in general
Tomato Pies
Coal
Screamers and Fluff Burgers (Tony's Lunch)
Railroads
Valley Forge
Gettysburg
Knoebels
Liberty Bell
Falling Waters
Yuengling
Yocko's
PA Grand Canyon
Little League
Mrs. T's Pirogies
Scrapple
Bloodhound Gang
Bam Margera
CKY
Jimmy Stewart
Major Dick Winters
Is that enough....

Man, I used to love Viva La Bam. RIP Don Vito.

 

[Kingbish01]

I grew up outside of Pittsburgh and it's always been Pop for me too.

 

[TorontoGold]

What the shit???? I was born and raised in Cleveland. It's a soda bro.
And for those who say yinz... you are swine and a poor.

Soda? An extra syllable? so-DUH? Gross.

 

[GowerND11]

What the shit???? I was born and raised in Cleveland. It's a soda bro.
And for those who say yinz... you are swine and a poor.

Mea Culpa! I just knew you were a Western PA guy.

 

[Old Man Mike]

Pennsylvania? It has given us trillions of great things. I'll pick two: Hershey's chocolate and Joe Montana.

 

[FWIrish4]

Officials are my primary concern. They can kill drives, reverse momentum on game-changing plays, extend opponent drives all depending on how they feel like calling the game Saturday. We've taken their best shots and largely been unphased (aside from TAMU loss) but this looks like an evenly matched game on paper. I'll be hyper-attuned to how they call the game.

It will be pretty obvious if they’re having a say in the game since ND just came off a penalty free game without ACC refs and Pitt is literally 4th worst in the FBS for penalties per game. They average 8.4 a game!

 

[irishnd31]

Popular thing around here is for people to put the letter "R" in wash also ignoring that the letters "A" and "R" when put together does not make the sound "er" sound.

 

[Rizzophil]

Officials are my primary concern. They can kill drives, reverse momentum on game-changing plays, extend opponent drives all depending on how they feel like calling the game Saturday. We've taken their best shots and largely been unphased (aside from TAMU loss) but this looks like an evenly matched game on paper. I'll be hyper-attuned to how they call the game.

It’s gotten exponentially worse since gambling is on everyone smart phone

 

[arndtjc]

*Context was we have beat them 103 - 10 in the last two games

 

[GowerND11]

Pennsylvania? It has given us trillions of great things. I'll pick two: Hershey's chocolate and Joe Montana.

I always knew I liked you

 

[PutuporShutup]

Did Gray kick your dog or something? I mean we heard crickets from you after Navy and now here you come into this thread with 3 posts focused on and bitching about Gray. And it’s Gray w a capital G. Give it a rest man.

Telling me to capitalize gray's last name to Gray is the closest you've come to discussing football.

I did comment after the Navy game, most of it was positive and didn't spark any conversation.

Somehow, I bring up the team's weakest link (other than kicker) when that individual is coming off a terrible game, and has sat the last 2 games. AND, he'll probably play the majority of this game. Why would we ever talk about him!?!? He should be a focus of conversations. He's the first player in ND under Freeman to go from Out due to injury two games in a row vs bad opponent, now all of a sudden, we play someone good and he's not on the injury list. I want to know what kept him injured for almost 3 weeks through this past Saturday to not be injured at all 2 days later?!?!? I need some of that!

I didn't bring up gray or zackery the last 2 games because BC and Navy couldn't attack them. If gray was still out and zackery was starting at field I'd be saying relatively the same things because he's not close to being there yet. I do think he plays with much better energy consistently than Gray so i'll give him that. But, whomever our field corner is on Saturday will get a lot of attention from pitt.

I'd prefer gray not kick one of my two dogs, and instead became a "dog" on the football field, or is it "Dog"? Hopefully it happens this weekend. Gray having a good game would be huge!

 

[PutuporShutup]

Officials are my primary concern. They can kill drives, reverse momentum on game-changing plays, extend opponent drives all depending on how they feel like calling the game Saturday. We've taken their best shots and largely been unphased (aside from TAMU loss) but this looks like an evenly matched game on paper. I'll be hyper-attuned to how they call the game.

Why do you think it looks like an evenly matched game on paper? We've increased to an 11.5 point favorite on the road vs a ranked team. Pitt concerns me, don't get me wrong, but we have the potential to overwhelm them if we play good.

 

[Wild Bill]

Is Traore playing this week? A little strange that he was a healthy scratch last week. He should rip through their tackles, and could have a big day if Pitt has to drop back 30+ times to move the ball.

 

[slick7410]

Is Traore playing this week? A little strange that he was a healthy scratch last week. He should rip through their tackles, and could have a big day if Pitt has to drop back 30+ times to move the ball.

I think he just wasn't starting, then after game was in hand and they saw this happening - the coaches said not today.

 

[Dale]

Telling me to capitalize gray's last name to Gray is the closest you've come to discussing football.

I did comment after the Navy game, most of it was positive and didn't spark any conversation.

Somehow, I bring up the team's weakest link (other than kicker) when that individual is coming off a terrible game, and has sat the last 2 games. AND, he'll probably play the majority of this game. Why would we ever talk about him!?!? He should be a focus of conversations. He's the first player in ND under Freeman to go from Out due to injury two games in a row vs bad opponent, now all of a sudden, we play someone good and he's not on the injury list. I want to know what kept him injured for almost 3 weeks through this past Saturday to not be injured at all 2 days later?!?!? I need some of that!

I didn't bring up gray or zackery the last 2 games because BC and Navy couldn't attack them. If gray was still out and zackery was starting at field I'd be saying relatively the same things because he's not close to being there yet. I do think he plays with much better energy consistently than Gray so i'll give him that. But, whomever our field corner is on Saturday will get a lot of attention from pitt.

I'd prefer gray not kick one of my two dogs, and instead became a "dog" on the football field, or is it "Dog"? Hopefully it happens this weekend. Gray having a good game would be huge!

It’s the repetitive nature and frequency. We get it. You think Gray is a weakness. We got it Week 2, we got it Week 8, we get it in Week 11. And every week in between. We get it.

 

[Wild Bill]

I think he just wasn't starting, then after game was in hand and they saw this happening - the coaches said not today.

Makes sense. Prister mentioned it yesterday and then shifted past it quick - seemed like he was about to say something he didn't want to say on air. I took it as an off field issue that's being concealed but maybe I am drawing the wrong conclusion.

 

[IRISHDODGER]

Is Traore playing this week? A little strange that he was a healthy scratch last week. He should rip through their tackles, and could have a big day if Pitt has to drop back 30+ times to move the ball.

I got a similar vibe from Prister’s reaction as well but tend to think he was truly thinking out loud & stopped himself so fans wouldn’t speculate. Don’t forget Traore is coming off a season ending injury so it could’ve been a luxury for him & the staff to rest him.

Just as interesting is that Faraimo got more burn than Sneed did vs Navy despite that being one of Sneed’s better games in 2024. Was there some punishment after the egregious personal foul vs BC or did Faraimo out perform him during Navy week?

 

[PutuporShutup]

It’s the repetitive nature and frequency. We get it. You think Gray is a weakness. We got it Week 2, we got it Week 8, we get it in Week 11. And every week in between. We get it.

I brought him up before miami and through A&M, then didn't talk about him much until leading into USC and week after. I haven't spoken about him in about 3 weeks now until the Pitt game. Why, because these are teams that can expose him and cause serious problems for ND until it is fixed. The other 6 teams just didn't have the players or oline to do that. Pitt doesn't have A&M top 2 wrs, or toney, or lemon, but they probably have the next best weapons we've seen outside of those i just mentioned.

I will be the first one (well maybe not first) to give him major credit if he comes out and plays well this weekend. It would be huge.

Our D played so frichan good vs USC but him. People don't appreciate how well the D played because he gave up or was significantly involved in about 200 yds of passing and 45 yards of penalties.

Everyone wants to see the D keep improving, field corner is the big opportunity. Until it's improved, we should be talking about it.

 

[Irish#1]

Look for Hinish to have a big game playing in front of the hometown.

 

[Bluto]

All this talk about good things from Pennsylvania and I did not see a single mention of the greatest band that state has ever produced…

 

[IrishLax]

Telling me to capitalize gray's last name to Gray is the closest you've come to discussing football.

I did comment after the Navy game, most of it was positive and didn't spark any conversation.

Somehow, I bring up the team's weakest link (other than kicker) when that individual is coming off a terrible game, and has sat the last 2 games. AND, he'll probably play the majority of this game. Why would we ever talk about him!?!? He should be a focus of conversations. He's the first player in ND under Freeman to go from Out due to injury two games in a row vs bad opponent, now all of a sudden, we play someone good and he's not on the injury list. I want to know what kept him injured for almost 3 weeks through this past Saturday to not be injured at all 2 days later?!?!? I need some of that!

I didn't bring up gray or zackery the last 2 games because BC and Navy couldn't attack them. If gray was still out and zackery was starting at field I'd be saying relatively the same things because he's not close to being there yet. I do think he plays with much better energy consistently than Gray so i'll give him that. But, whomever our field corner is on Saturday will get a lot of attention from pitt.

I'd prefer gray not kick one of my two dogs, and instead became a "dog" on the football field, or is it "Dog"? Hopefully it happens this weekend. Gray having a good game would be huge!

So do you think Gray is going to have a good game this weekend?

 

[NDWarrior]

McElroy picks ND in a close one on Saturday

 

[tko]

I'd love for this to be one of our best games of the season, especially with the circus in town. Maybe our kicking game will make a positive appearance.

 

[stpeteirish]

I'd love for this to be one of our best games of the season, especially with the circus in town. Maybe our kicking game will make a positive appearance.

Schmidt looked great in the downpour vs Navy. Of course, he didn't try any field goals, but at least he hit the XPs. All his KOs were straight, which is a step in the right direction.

 

[texbender]

Pennsylvania? It has given us trillions of great things. I'll pick two: Hershey's chocolate and Joe Montana.

Don't forget Rocket.