'19 OH OG Zeke Correll (Notre Dame Signee)

Crazy Balki

Crazy Balki

Site Assigned Optimist
Messages
7,868
Reaction score
4,477
Giddyup said:
We lost to Marshall and Stanford in ‘22. The schedule was definitely easier that year.

The numbers indicate we were better as an ol unit this year against tougher competition overall.
Click to expand...
ND played Ohio State and USC on the road, both teams won 11 games and Ohio State was a MHJr injury away from likely winning the national title. They also played 11 win Clemson, who won the ACC.

This year, Ohio State won 11 games, but was noticeably worse without Stroud at QB. USC and Clemson were worse than expected. The only real surprise was Louisville, who won 10 games, but as we saw, they couldn't do anything against FSU with their 3rd string QB. So they weren't that good.

Doesn't excuse the absolute shit shows that those games were, but I'd say the schedule in '22, in terms of opposition, was harder. What made this year's schedule challenging was the fact that they had to play 8 straight games without a bye and played 4 straight prime-time games against undefeated teams.
 
B

bumpdaddy

Well-known member
Messages
431
Reaction score
1,020
Crazy Balki said:
ND played Ohio State and USC on the road, both teams won 11 games and Ohio State was a MHJr injury away from likely winning the national title. They also played 11 win Clemson, who won the ACC.

This year, Ohio State won 11 games, but was noticeably worse without Stroud at QB. USC and Clemson were worse than expected. The only real surprise was Louisville, who won 10 games, but as we saw, they couldn't do anything against FSU with their 3rd string QB. So they weren't that good.

Doesn't excuse the absolute shit shows that those games were, but I'd say the schedule in '22, in terms of opposition, was harder. What made this year's schedule challenging was the fact that they had to play 8 straight games without a bye and played 4 straight prime-time games against undefeated teams.
Click to expand...
Yes, this is a good point. Heading into this season it certainly looked like this year's schedule was going to be much tougher but now that the season has ended we should reassess. Several of the SOS ranking sites, including Colley Matrix and Sagarin, have ND's final '22 SOS ranked as tougher than their '23 SOS.

As fans, the thing that will stick out most about the '22 season will be the inexcusable losses to Marshall and Stanford, and rightfully so, so any mention that the overall schedule might have been tougher last year doesn't really register when 2 of our losses were to really weak teams. But as you stated, our toughest opponents last year appear to have been tougher than any of the opponents we faced this year and our overall schedule last year was tougher according to many of the SOS ranking sites.
 
dublinirish

dublinirish

Everestt Gholstonson
Messages
27,329
Reaction score
13,092
saw they were getting resistance early from WCU but pulled away in 2nd half
 
N

ND7983

Banned
Messages
536
Reaction score
1,062
dublinirish said:



Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Click to expand...

He has NOT been elite. LOL
Does anyone who calculates stats actually watch football?
They get killed up the middle. They must blame all the sacks and pressures on the two Guards. LOL
And they can’t even run the ball up the middle. That’s what pisses their fan base off the most on offense, the inability to get a push at all up the middle. Just like it bothered ND fans when ND couldn’t get any push up the middle with Zeke at Center.

He has been below average at best this year. They can’t run up the middle or move the ball. Their fans are pissed about how bad they are.
 
Irish#1

Irish#1

Livin' Your Dream!
Staff member
Messages
44,608
Reaction score
20,092
ND7983 said:
He has NOT been elite. LOL
Does anyone who calculates stats actually watch football?
They get killed up the middle. They must blame all the sacks and pressures on the two Guards. LOL
And they can’t even run the ball up the middle. That’s what pisses their fan base off the most on offense, the inability to get a push at all up the middle. Just like it bothered ND fans when ND couldn’t get any push up the middle with Zeke at Center.

He has been below average at best this year. They can’t run up the middle or move the ball. Their fans are pissed about how bad they are.
Click to expand...
Chill dude.
 
GowerND11

GowerND11

Well-known member
Messages
6,540
Reaction score
3,296
Irish#1 said:
Chill dude.
Click to expand...
daddy-chill.gif
 
Old Man Mike

Old Man Mike

Fast as Lightning!
Messages
8,980
Reaction score
6,476
Just be happy for him. He did what he could for us.

if something goes just right, maybe he could get drafted and pick up a paycheck before they decided he just wasn't strong enough.

I recall Mustipher getting bowed back LOTS for us and he got the same NFL break. Happy for him too.

Honor the OLine guys. Almost all of them work hard for no glory.
 
BobbyMac

BobbyMac

Staff & Stuff
Staff member
Messages
33,950
Reaction score
9,295
Old Man Mike said:
Just be happy for him. He did what he could for us.

if something goes just right, maybe he could get drafted and pick up a paycheck before they decided he just wasn't strong enough.

I recall Mustipher getting bowed back LOTS for us and he got the same NFL break. Happy for him too.

Honor the OLine guys. Almost all of them work hard for no glory.
Click to expand...

100
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Top