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Good to see this camaraderie - they are both team players
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'16 CA QB Ian Book (Notre Dame Signed NLI)
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Good to see this camaraderie - they are both team players
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T Town Tommy
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That's pretty funny right there. Even as a Bama fan I chuckled a bit. Reps your way. But I would caution... those that poke the bear don't usually enjoy the outcome.
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I wouldnt poke a bear because they are fast and surprisingly agile. I would poke an elephant because one thing they have a lousy lateral movement.
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Blah blah blah. IF Bama doesn't go 14-0 they completely failed at football. But how many times did we all feel they were untouchable in the last 25 years? And how many times were they? Just once. So was the first half vs (Vrrrrp) THEE Citadel there stumble? We'll see.
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I am excited for the headline possibilities in an ND vs. Alabama showdown.
"'We're Not Afraid of Book' Proclaims Alabama"
"Is Book Alabama's Kryptonite?"
"Alabama Undaunted by Book's Toughness"
"Book an Unusual Challenge for Alabama"
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Rack Em
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T Town Tommy
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LoL... I was thinking more like...
"Bama Closes the Book Again on Notre Dame."
We both still got some work to do before we get to any of that. Good luck and may our paths cross on the football field soon.
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Good to see this camaraderie - they are both team players
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I really love this. Wimbush is the ultimate team player. Other QB's in the past have sulked and looked as if they wanted to be anywhere else other than the ND sidelines. Wimbush has stayed engaged and ready to contribute whenever called upon.
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If ND were to beat Bama, I’d go with “Bama defense unable to get a read on Book”, or better yet, “Bama defense unable to read Book”.
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Irish YJ
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not going to poke the bear in fear of a good old fashion book burning. Q the Fahrenheit 451 memes from Bama fans. They'll probably have to get help from the guys at Samford though, as I've doubt any Bama fans have actually read F451 or knows how to create a meme.
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It's fun. Get's the point across at times too.
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Y'all killing me with the bumping of this thread.
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I don’t know what it is, but I can never see any of your gifs or a couple other people’s. Everyone else’s are fine though.
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Good to see this camaraderie - they are both team players
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Only one more win...'this last one'......?
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Was that me? Iirc correctly you never would name the terms of the bet. But I will admit Book is the man.
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I like that. Shows they arent thinking beyond 12-0. They have a month to worry about then going 2-0.
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I thought you guys were elephants...
The Bear's, the guy that never beat ND ... and never will.
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Listening to the II podcast, they were asked if Book's injury can be the reason why his completion % has dropped. They all said 100% yes. Besides Tranquill, they think Book will benefit the most from the 5 week break.
They also talked briefly that teams now have a scouting report on him, but his injury has been a bigger issue than expected. At first, they thought it was a bruise but its a cracked rib.
They also talked briefly that teams now have a scouting report on him, but his injury has been a bigger issue than expected. At first, they thought it was a bruise but its a cracked rib.
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It did seem like he was more inaccurate after the Northwestern game and the completion percentages by game seem to support that.
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But, he was lights out in the 2nd half of NW (injury didn't seem to bother him).
I think it had something to do with injury, but also some pretty solid defenses down the stretch as well. (losing Bars didn't greatly increase sacks, but he had to rush more imo)
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Well then they should sign up for IE.
But in all seriousness, it also curbed how much they were willing to run him which is very bad when teams are going to play press coverage and blitz. A QB draw kills those ILB blitzes.
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injury
D's changing their plan because of injury
D's changing their plan because they now have tape on him
Our OC/HC calling less dink/dunk
Our OL ranking 117th on passing yard downs
We had a game or two where the WRs got a case of the drops
I'm not saying Book can't improve on the long ball, or the OL can't improve in general, but there's plenty of reasons to not get away from dink and dunk. Getting away from bread and butter stuff stresses the entire O, and in turn makes the D work longer/harder too. I hope we go back to what works in the playoffs, and the experiments were aimed at throwing off future CFP opponents.
I think we’re playing Clemson and if that’s the case the two best games against them offensively were Texas A&M and South Carolina. I believe it was 430 and 510 or so yards passing for each team so it’ll be about the passing game for ND. It’s gonna have to be working because Clemson has the best rush defense in the FBS by a solid margin. They are incredible against the run but are beatable against the pass. If we play Georgia or Ohio State or Oklahoma they are much more beatable with the use of the running game.
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I had some crack ribs from a barfight 32 years ago. It took alot longer than 5 weeks to heal. More like a year. But I did not go to the Doctor.