2026 Spring Practice Thread

Old Man Mike · Apr 3, 2026

I'll make an absurd comment: The more I look at our secondary personnel, and every remark I hear, pushes me to honestly consider that we have a full team of AA quality people back there. I mean it sounds like Leonard Moore and his Band of Thieves. Opposing offensive coordinators seem doomed to plan only for rushing game plans. Will there be games in which our defense outscores our offense in a 70 point total? I mean, Great Lord Above, these guys seem outrageously good.

allenm5333 · Apr 3, 2026

Old Man Mike said:
I'll make an absurd comment: The more I look at our secondary personnel, and every remark I hear, pushes me to honestly consider that we have a full team of AA quality people back there. I mean it sounds like Leonard Moore and his Band of Thieves. Opposing offensive coordinators seem doomed to plan only for rushing game plans. Will there be games in which our defense outscores our offense in a 70 point total? I mean, Great Lord Above, these guys seem outrageously good.

And the first time our field corner gives up a touchdown, this board will lose it

Jimmy3Putt · Apr 3, 2026

We're going to have a 937 to 15 scoring differential.

I figure one point per game allowed is about right.

zelezo vlk · Apr 3, 2026

Jimmy3Putt said:
We're going to have a 937 to 15 scoring differential.

I figure one point per game allowed is about right.

This does exceed our benchmark of the 2019 LSU offense, good choice

Jimmy3Putt · Apr 3, 2026

zelezo vlk said:
This does exceed our benchmark of the 2019 LSU offense, good choice

By a couple hundo. They're our floor, lol.

IrishInOntario · Apr 3, 2026

There is nothing that better illustrates how big of nerds the sports media are then seeing them ask 10 questions about minor scuffles in practice, insinuating that it could be an issue. Please tell me that you've never played a competitive sport without telling me lol.

CousinEddy · Apr 3, 2026

zelezo vlk said:
This does exceed our benchmark of the 2019 LSU offense, good choice

Pretty sure that 937 number he mentioned was how many point just this badass defense is going to score just off turnovers.

SDIrishFan · Apr 3, 2026

IrishInOntario said:
There is nothing that better illustrates how big of nerds the sports media are then seeing them ask 10 questions about minor scuffles in practice, insinuating that it could be an issue. Please tell me that you've never played a competitive sport without telling me lol.

I was pleasantly surprise Sampson and Fortuna were very encouraged by it and thought it was a good thing (which I agree). It's a competitive sport played by Alphas. Keep it to hockey fighting rules and I'm good.

Blazers46 · Apr 3, 2026

I feel like I need to write a bad comment about our secondary just in case they read this thread and get too soft…

Fbolt · Apr 4, 2026

Prister talking about the scuffles is hilarious. He seems increasingly out of touch.

burmafrd1944 · Apr 4, 2026

Fbolt said:
Prister talking about the scuffles is hilarious. He seems increasingly out of touch.

Remember, he always blows with the wind and this is a time in certain areas where one must be so nice and sweet and violence is never the answer and all that garbage.
A team that does not have some tussles is a team that is not going anywhere.

DONTH8 · Apr 4, 2026

Fbolt said:
Prister talking about the scuffles is hilarious. He seems increasingly out of touch.

burmafrd1944 said:
Remember, he always blows with the wind and this is a time in certain areas where one must be so nice and sweet and violence is never the answer and all that garbage.
A team that does not have some tussles is a team that is not going anywhere.

Didn't Prister get into a fight or scuffle before spring game last year??

I figured he'd be all for this!

burmafrd1944 · Apr 4, 2026

DONTH8 said:
Didn't Prister get into a fight or scuffle before spring game last year??

I figured he'd be all for this!

none so righteous as the born again!

IAIrish · Apr 4, 2026

IrishInOntario said:
There is nothing that better illustrates how big of nerds the sports media are then seeing them ask 10 questions about minor scuffles in practice, insinuating that it could be an issue. Please tell me that you've never played a competitive sport without telling me lol.

Fbolt said:
Prister talking about the scuffles is hilarious. He seems increasingly out of touch.

I didn't hear how the question was posed in the pc, but their discussion of the scuffles in the II podcast was balanced.

IrishLion · Apr 4, 2026

Irish-colored Glasses: team finally has a bunch of dudes capable of being legit alphas, and the only way to establish the national-championship pecking order is to get after it

Rubber Sheet, Bedwetter’s Special: MFMF has lost control of the team and they’re gonna fall apart because there’s no control or accountability

Reality: a bunch of competitive college kids on a team that’s gonna be damn good are figuring some shit out

IrishInOntario · Apr 4, 2026

IAIrish said:
I didn't hear how the question was posed in the pc, but their discussion of the scuffles in the II podcast was balanced.

In fairness I don't think the football subscription website based media (IrishIllustrated, Irish Sports Daily, Irish Breakdown, etc) are the issue. Those guys generally know football to some extent and don't have a problem with it. I'm referring more to the traditional print journalist types and the local television nerds, that are either having their sensibilities offended, looking to create an angle for a story because they have nothing better to write about, or are always on the lookout for opportunities to capture / create drama where it doesn't exist.

I should have been more specific in my initial statement, because you're correct that there is much more balance among the online media types.

NDdomer2 · Apr 4, 2026

IrishLion said:
Irish-colored Glasses: team finally has a bunch of dudes capable of being legit alphas, and the only way to establish the national-championship pecking order is to get after it

Rubber Sheet, Bedwetter’s Special: MFMF has lost control of the team and they’re gonna fall apart because there’s no control or accountability

Reality: a bunch of competitive college kids on a team that’s gonna be damn good are figuring some shit out

The tricky part of this is not having it lead to stupid penalties come game days.

You absolutely want to foster that edge but still maintain discipline and it's a fine line.

Terry Jillery · Apr 4, 2026

This is the year. I can feel it. I never feel it. But I can feel it.

burmafrd1944 · Apr 4, 2026

Terry Jillery said:
This is the year. I can feel it. I never feel it. But I can feel it.

CoachB · Apr 4, 2026

IrishLion said:
Irish-colored Glasses: team finally has a bunch of dudes capable of being legit alphas, and the only way to establish the national-championship pecking order is to get after it

Rubber Sheet, Bedwetter’s Special: MFMF has lost control of the team and they’re gonna fall apart because there’s no control or accountability

Reality: a bunch of competitive college kids on a team that’s gonna be damn good are figuring some shit out

This is the most overblown thing I have seen in quite a while. Skirmishes are extremely common place in any college or pro practice. This is as big of a nothing burger as there could be. I would be a bit concerned if there weren't any skirmishes.

IAIrish · Apr 4, 2026

IrishInOntario said:
I'm referring more to the traditional print journalist types and the local television nerds, that are either having their sensibilities offended, looking to create an angle for a story because they have nothing better to write about, or are always on the lookout for opportunities to capture / create drama where it doesn't exist.

Bingo. Fights get attention.

RudyVerse · Apr 4, 2026

CoachB said:
This is the most overblown thing I have seen in quite a while. Skirmishes are extremely common place in any college or pro practice. This is as big of a nothing burger as there could be. I would be a bit concerned if there weren't any skirmishes.

I wouldn’t be concerned if there weren’t skirmishes, but yeah, I wholeheartedly trust the culture Freeman has and this is probably good stuff.

FWIrish4 · Apr 4, 2026

IAIrish said:
Bingo. Fights get attention.

The beat has nothing else to write about because they’re shut out of the Gug.

With that said, I’m eagerly awaiting the jersey scrimmage and the beat’s reporting on it since they’ll be in attendance.

Luckylucci · Apr 5, 2026

What’s pretty wild is it’s been 6 seasons since Chase Claypool left and we really haven’t had much in the way of big WR production during that stretch. The best season of the 6 was Kevin Austin’s 888 and 7 in 2021.

My hot take is Mylan Graham beats those numbers. He’s got the talent and the QB to do it.

rtrn2glory · Apr 5, 2026

Happy Easter gentlemen. If I had to guess I'd say the most productive season in regards to receiving yards and receptions was probably Michael Mayer in the Drew Pyne season. I know not a WR but proves your point. It's been awhile

Jimmy3Putt · Apr 5, 2026

I wouldn't be surprised to see multiple guys break out with 6+ touchdowns this year.
CJ is going to throw 40+.

FightingIrishLover7 · Apr 5, 2026

Jimmy3Putt said:
I wouldn't be surprised to see multiple guys break out with 6+ touchdowns this year.
CJ is going to throw 40+.

You spelled 50+ wrong

burmafrd1944 · Apr 5, 2026

I do not want CJ throwing forty times a game
would be happy with around 30 since that would mean our running game is doing well
we have been spoiled rotten with Love and Price; no way can we expect our running game to be close to that
but we still need to run it very well to get the success we want
and do NOT GET PASS HAPPY

arrowryan · Apr 5, 2026

burmafrd1944 said:
I do not want CJ throwing forty times a game
would be happy with around 30 since that would mean our running game is doing well
we have been spoiled rotten with Love and Price; no way can we expect our running game to be close to that
but we still need to run it very well to get the success we want
and do NOT GET PASS HAPPY

Carr is our best player on offense, and this is the best group of receivers in a long ass time. I would like the ball to be in his hands.

Jimmy3Putt · Apr 5, 2026

burmafrd1944 said:
I do not want CJ throwing forty times a game
would be happy with around 30 since that would mean our running game is doing well
we have been spoiled rotten with Love and Price; no way can we expect our running game to be close to that
but we still need to run it very well to get the success we want
and do NOT GET PASS HAPPY

Do you not know who Mike Denbrook is? The man cannot help himself.

Imo, only one thing will slow down the pass attempts: thirty point leads in the third quarter.

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