Oct 22 | Southern Cal

[ohara831]

We did not play well, and USC did. Not real complicated. They came into our house and smacked us right in the mouth. Now, we have to see what kind of coach BK really is, and this team can rise up and play like champions, or they can fold.

But to play like they did on this important recruiting night - what a terrible letdown.

 

[ACamp1900]

NOOO.

**** that.

This sucks. But, we're in better shape than we were last year. And WAYYYY further along than we were 2 years ago.

Stop this ****.

Jay.. you have been one of my fav. posters for years.... far from the fact we both are down with KU....


but seriously.... we are 4-3.... wtf is better?!?!?! I don't care about the stupid 'eye test'... this team is 4-3!!!!!!


where have we improved from past seasons???????... until it is nationally understood as a WHOLE, then this thing it is not happening and we are collectively kidding ourselves... and with this loss ANY 'turnaround' ain't happening nationally....


here is my thought.... which 'cupcake' from here to Stanford is going to beat this team??? Because EVERY SINGLE OUNCE of logic and history says there is going to be some BS team that is going to do it...


WIN GAMES...

 

[AllGoldEverything]

I request the mods to put a permanent ban on IrishChris209 for being the dumbest f*cking person on this planet. You don't fire a coach who has already drastically changed our program in less than 2 years,all because of one loss.Give me a break moron.

Could not have said it better.

 

[NYIrish14]

Guys just need to stay positive. This is just another small bump in the road to regain glory. Kelly will get this team back, I have faith. Believe gentleman.

 

[Ultimate Penn St. Hater]

We can only hope to bounce back next week.

 

[Buster Bluth]

Still don't understand anyone saying Brian Kelly needs to go.

Our guys just have to play better, end of story.

Note: I'm scared to be on here. I've heard stories of how you guys act during games...

People who think Kelly needs to go are dumb as sh*t and clearly don't have a clue what they're talking about.

That is all.

 

[pkt77242]

Like I said.....this team isn't that good. Reasons why...you have the BEST wr in the country and you don't ****ing throw him the ball? Come on its the obvious. Another reason is that Gary gray was a one hit wonder. Freshman year. Rees staring down his receivers. Ummmmmmm if you are d player...what are you focussing on? The ****ing qbs EYES. THAT'S PRE WEE FUNDAMENTALS. Notre dame will NEVER be a contender unless they lower the bullshit standards. Why is everyone on here mad? Because they are sick of the ( fill in the blank). Come back to REALITY.

Please go back into whatever hole you came out of. Please. Go. Away

 

[johnnykillz]

Blame game = failure, of epic variety.

We are all upset.

Do yourselves a favor and close the screen. Take a walk.

Wake-up tomorrow and hope for good visits.

We have to build.

 

[ohara831]

Did not expect to see USC out rush ND 5 to 1 in yardage. Very disappointing.

 

[EifertPower]

I'm so sick of this. I'm sick of every year people pretending there is promise for ND football. We had a bye. We had momentum. We are playing our biggest rivals at home under the lights with a crowd that is ready to explode.

And then we go out and do everything wrong. You can't even pinpoint the problem because it's everything.

Our defense is pitiful. Let's please put to rest talk of this being or close to being an elite defense. I've never watched a football game in my life in which a team has given up more first downs. We rarely ever got a pass rush on Barkley. We had no sacks. We caused no turnovers. We couldn't stop the run. We could stop their pass.

Our offense was pitiful and predictable. Did we throw a pass longer than 10 yards in the air? Did we ever run the ball. We turn the ball over 3 times.

We were completely outcoached.

There's no real reason for hope. Any hope of this being a "step forward" year or a "feel good" year just died tonight. We are 4-3 against a mediocre schedule. We've lost twice at home.

I don't see any improvement in this year's team. Rees is not a good QB, but we lost tonight because about 65 of our players were much worse than their USC counterparts.

 

[enrico514]

Team keeps shooting itself in the foot... never seen anything quite like it.

On another note... what is up with NBC ??? They seem to give the other team so much better coverage than they grant ND. I never thought I would have to see Hadden in the booth during a ND game !!!

 

[Ultimate Penn St. Hater]

Guys just need to stay positive. This is just another small bump in the road to regain glory. Kelly will get this team back, I have faith. Believe gentleman.

I'm with you NY. As pissed off as I am, I know better days are ahead for ND Football. Go Irish!

 

[tadman95]

The layoff hurt us. We got punched in the mouth, their lines pushed us around all night.

 

[Irish Houstonian]

Woah, woah, woah.... who the hell just gave me negative reps?

To be fair, I did. You claimed with, like, absolute certainty that we couldn't have made a BCS bowl if we won against USC and went undefeated, and I disagree. Improbable, yes, but not impossible. Especially now that it looks like MSU could be in a BCS bowl...

If you want to argue your case then I can always add back to it (or you can just neg rep me for retaliation...) Seriously not trying to make enemies here...

 

[IrishJayhawk]

I am the least of a typical "blame Tommy" guy, but couldn't you just tell the difference between leadership like Barkley's and Tommy/Crist?

Barkley does what it takes to win, in big games, makes plays, runs for first downs when he's dead-to-rights. I'm not saying that Barkley's that great, which is kind of my point -- this type of QB leadership is found in 5 - 10 QB's around the country each year...

But once we get that type of play from the QB position, look out...

Tommy is a true sophomore with 12 starts. Barkley is a junior with 32 starts.

I think your comparison might be stupid.

 

[Sherm Sticky]

Honestly got beat by a better team tonight. ND has a long way to go, but they are better than any Weis led team. Good effort tonight by the boys. I'd they can hold on to the class they have 2013 will be a good year. BTW I love lynch but tuitt is a better all around at the moment

 

[jjsccer2]

They outplayed us even without those mistakes. Cierre Wood decided not to show up tonight. We shoulda ran it with jonas from the get-go. Zero bright spots on defense. How many times can you get faked out by a sissy pump fake by Barkley? AHHH whatever. I'm proud as hell how they fought back though. GA3 is a stud.

 

[salveamicus]

This game was a disappointment from the Irish running out onto the field in their normal jerseys to the last second of the game. Why can't this team win when they're on top?

I'm gonna take a few-day break from checking up on ND news and coming on ND forums, but I'll be back next weekend just like I'm sure you all will. I think Brian will have a national championship contender team in a few years.

 

[Black Irish]

The only way for ND to save this season is to run the table on everyone, beat Stanford in their house, and take down whatever bowl game they are still eligible for. I'm always pro-Irish, but wearing my "National Champions" t-shirt to Mass tonight is feeling a little bit like blasphemy in retrospect.

 

[phork]

I'm still not sold on the spread. Something to be said of prostyle playaction. We sucked on it all night long.

 

[ACamp1900]

I'm so sick of this. I'm sick of every year people pretending there is promise for ND football. We had a bye. We had momentum. We are playing our biggest rivals at home under the lights with a crowd that is ready to explode.

And then we go out and do everything wrong. You can't even pinpoint the problem because it's everything.

Our defense is pitiful. Let's please put to rest talk of this being or close to being an elite defense. I've never watched a football game in my life in which a team has given up more first downs. We rarely ever got a pass rush on Barkley. We had no sacks. We caused no turnovers. We couldn't stop the run. We could stop their pass.

Our offense was pitiful and predictable. Did we throw a pass longer than 10 yards in the air? Did we ever run the ball. We turn the ball over 3 times.

We were completely outcoached.

There's no real reason for hope. Any hope of this being a "step forward" year or a "feel good" year just died tonight. We are 4-3 against a mediocre schedule. We've lost twice at home.

I don't see any improvement in this year's team. Rees is not a good QB, but we lost tonight because about 65 of our players were much worse than their USC counterparts.

This post will get DRILLED as being 'from a troll',... 'not loyal' and whatever other BS... but in really it is dead on...

I'm not leaving... I'm not giving up,... but,... I see reality... this team has NOT improved... it has just traded one BS problem for another... end result is still the same... and personally I am so sick of people who claim to care about the program beating up those who simply want to point out what they feel is wrong and why this thing ain't turning around as if those who do speak up are somhow not 'real fans'

 

[Tmacvikesit]

Honestly got beat by a better team tonight. ND has a long way to go, but they are better than any Weis led team. Good effort tonight by the boys. I'd they can hold on to the class they have 2013 will be a good year. BTW I love lynch but tuitt is a better all around at the moment

Not sure they're better than ANY Weis led team...even if the 2 teams I'm referring to weren't full of Weis recruits, they were still BCS teams...but I suppose that really doesn't matter.

 

[johnnykillz]

Seriously not trying to make enemies here...

Then why would you negative rep Wabash?

Big mistake.

I neg. rep. when I'm trying to show GREAT displeasure for something remarkably ridiculous, like your logic there...

Have a red one on me pal.

 

[OlympiaIrishFan]

A lot of problems tonight, no 1 area caused this loss. A whole team effort-coaches, defense, QB, offense.

But, saying Tommy didn't suck or play bad tonight is false in my opinion. He stared down receivers, he flew through progressions, he had a 5 yard per throw average, missed an easy TD pass to eifert, threw a pick, threw an inaccurate backwards pass, didn't lead his team, etc. He sucked. Not the full reason we lost. But, a huge contributor. How many 3 and outs did he have? Good QB's lead teams in time of need. He didn't. I for one can wait till we have another QB leading this team not named Tommy Rees. I know I know that great record as a starter. But, 2 loses are not on there that he played the majority of the time in the game. Oh well, I guess the Sun Bowl calls once again if we can win 2 more games.

 

[GBdomer]

no balls

 

[IrishJayhawk]

Jay.. you have been one of my fav. posters for years.... far from the fact we both are down with KU....


but seriously.... we are 4-3.... wtf is better?!?!?! I don't care about the stupid 'eye test'... this team is 4-3!!!!!!


where have we improved from past seasons???????... until it is nationally understood as a WHOLE, then this thing it is not happening and we are collectively kidding ourselves... and with this loss ANY 'turnaround' ain't happening nationally....


here is my thought.... which 'cupcake' from here to Stanford is going to beat this team??? Because EVERY SINGLE OUNCE of logic and history says there is going to be some BS team that is going to do it...


WIN GAMES...

I appreciate it.

Here's what I see: With Jimmy/Brady and Golden/Shark, we were performing magic. The offensive line was bad, but we had guys making up for it. Our defense gradually got worse throughout the Willingham era and only got worse during Weis.

Currently, our offensive line shows signs of dominating. We are running the ball well (though we didn't do much of it tonight). And our defense has started to show signs of dominance as well. We have loads of talent on the defensive line, which is also new.

I know it's all about winning games. But, this is a different team.

 

[Irish4Life09]

Not sure they're better than ANY Weis led team...even if the 2 teams I'm referring to weren't full of Weis recruits, they were still BCS teams...but I suppose that really doesn't matter.

Really? So we're no better than our 3-win team from '07? Moron.Go away troll.

 

[OlympiaIrishFan]

Let me be clear, we will win 2 more games. Just a little depressed right now. Looking like this against a team that isn't elite is kind of scary. And we still have to face Stanford who are destroying Washington right now 58-21.

But, not being ready to play at the beginning of the game is still not acceptable.

Go Irish, still love you guys. I hope you can pick yourselves up off the grass and redeem yourselves.

Go Irish!

 

[Irish Fam]

People who think Kelly needs to go are dumb as sh*t and clearly don't have a clue what they're talking about.

That is all.

Amen

 

[Tmacvikesit]

Really? So we're no better than our 3-win team from '07? Moron.Go away troll.

Jesus Christ, I was saying ANY as in "any one" not "all." If you see the post I quoted you would know this. What is with some of the posters on this board and having serious psychological issues? Learn to read before jumping on me and calling me a troll.