2025 Fall Practice Thread

[Riddickulous]

I hope this is like the Clemson 2022 game where the D just feasts.
(I also hope Carr is better than Pyne......)

I legitimately forgot that a Drew Pyne led football team beat Clemson. Then I looked up the box score and remembered he didn't have much to do with it lol

Blocked punt TD, Benmo pick 6, + Logan Diggs & Estime absolutely feasted

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If you're ranked in the Top 5 and a Marcus Freeman led team puts up less than 100 yards passing, you're cooked.

 

[Blazers46]

Was said individual connected to the program?

Connected to Notre Dame and the facility, Definitely, connected to the team in an official capacity no.

 

[BeatSC]

I hope this is like the Clemson 2022 game where the D just feasts.
(I also hope Carr is better than Pyne......)

I hope he is better than Pyne at his best which was two back breaking ints against USC. Take away those two ints and Pyne played great in that game.

 

[ulukinatme]

I legitimately forgot that a Drew Pyne led football team beat Clemson. Then I looked up the box score and remembered he didn't have much to do with it lol

Blocked punt TD, Benmo pick 6, + Logan Diggs & Estime absolutely feasted

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To be fair, Drew did what they told him to and didn't make any big mistakes. It was enough to beat Clemson convincingly because the rest of the team played out of their minds and the coaches were fantastic.

 

[Echowaker]

Reliable Source:

- Media had a small amount of info on Minchey, which was based in some truth, that they were running with

- Some info was simply bad, coming from sources that had bias of some sort.

- Some of the info was false and INTENTIONALLY leaked. ND is aware of who/how and is dealing with it.

- A small number of people close to the program knew by Saturday that it was Carr, but it was kept on the super DL

- Carr has a higher ceiling, and that’s the belief internally, if that’s not clear based on arm talent alone to everyone else

- Carr was the leader out of Spring, but they were in no hurry to make that “final”

- Minchey started camp hot, while Carr started slow. Minchey didn’t ever separate, though. Carr got his groove, as expected all along, and here we are.

- Minchey didn’t outperform Carr in the spring, as has been mentioned elsewhere (MY COMMENTARY: this is the beat attempting to cover their asses further from the “calling it for Minchey” debacle)

- Beat writers had almost zero info from Fall camp. Any info was coming from sources with clear bias.

- The commentary on Carr and his ball security problems contain an insinuation that Minchey was lights-out during camp… that’s not the case.

- Misinformation hit a high-water mark last week, obviously, but the tidbits trickling out even earlier were also mostly off the mark, some intentionally from certain sources

- Carr might start slow or take chances, but his upside and command of the playbook were always going to set him apart, not to mention his leadership, arm, etc.

- Teammates are not “shocked” that Carr was chosen

- NIL was part of the larger conversation, but had nothing to do with final decision (MY COMMENTARY: reading between the lines, ND had to do homework on getting Minchey some deals in the event that he became the guy)

- The rest of the position groups on offense prefer Carr (for the most part) for various/different reasons

- Defensive guys seemed to prefer Minchey slightly because of perceived ability to extend drives a bit better, particularly in context of the first two games

- Minchey is not so much better a runner that it would mean anything in the competition

- Minchey is definitely the more conservative of the two, sometimes too much so

It was so much more enjoyable being a fan before all the internet/podcast nonsense. Its all nothing more than subjective speculation lacking any sort of actual fact based content. I love discussing ND football with real fans not the agenda driven blowhards.

 

[Echowaker]

It was Driskell. Blazers had to check his messages to make sure he had the right place because nobody was there. Then he heard a rustling in the bushes and out popped a guy with two 2-liters of mountain dew on his head like one of those beer can hats...

No one is more on the outside looking than Driskell. What a hack.

 

[FightingIrishLover7]

To be fair, Drew did what they told him to and didn't make any big mistakes. It was enough to beat Clemson convincingly because the rest of the team played out of their minds and the coaches were fantastic.

So he did his effing job that day?

 

[Irish#1]

Starting QB controversy is settled and the thread turned to food. Thread gets cleaned up so we pivot to discussing Pyne! lol

Just joking, no cleanup necessary in aisle 1.

 

[stlnd01]

Starting QB controversy is settled and the thread turned to food. Thread gets cleaned up so we pivot to discussing Pyne! lol

Just joking, no cleanup necessary in aisle 1.

How's Tommy Rees doing over in Cleveland? Been awhile since we've complained about him.

 

[ulukinatme]

How's Tommy Rees doing over in Cleveland? Been awhile since we've complained about him.

First season as an NFL OC. Unfortunately Cleveland has 27 QBs, none of which look particularly like franchise type talent you can build a long term future around. Looks like he's going to roll with Flaco, which is probably smart for his career.

 

[Redbar]

Watched Coach Freeman’s press conference today and with regard to the QB competition came away with the feeling that naming CJ feels a lot like the hiring of Coach MF himself. There were other guys, but in the moment…both guys are 11’s on the competitive scale, both are walking into pretty good situations, where a little maturity and a little of that BAMF belief is needed to see the next level. There will be ups and downs but I think coach felt betting on CJ was akin to Jack betting on him. Unproven, young, maybe more variance than some other options, but also the highest potential. If CJ follows the trajectory of Coach Freeman, learns from the Marshall’s or the N Illinois’, trusts in the people around him, and allows the individual accolades to follow the team glory they will win a Natty together. I think Coach sees a lot of parallels between himself and CJ.

 

[Rocketman84]

Not to be a c**t, but two of those guys were first rounders.

Exactly the point

 

[IrishBoognish]

I used to love the Holtz pressers. He was king. Tell you how disappointed he was with the OL when they were great. Every strength was a weakness

"Hold on Now!!!! This is a fierce William and Mary team!!! Bill and Mary putsh their pantsh on the same way we do!!"

 

[Rocketman84]

I used to love the Holtz pressers. He was king. Tell you how disappointed he was with the OL when they were great. Every strength was a weakness

Like in '88 before facing Rice and just hoping we could move the ball past the 50 yard line against their scary defense......56 points later

 

[Irish_I_HadHair]

Exactly the point

Only responding because of your perpetual smugness.

Your point was to list 4 players with injury history as a gotcha to someone saying the NFL doesn’t draft injured players in the 1st round? Except only two of those guys were 1st rounders.

That was my point. (Insert jerkoff gif)

 

[Rocketman84]

Only responding because of your perpetual smugness.

Your point was to list 4 players with injury history as a gotcha to someone saying the NFL doesn’t draft injured players in the 1st round? Except only two of those guys were 1st rounders.

That was my point. (Insert jerkoff gif)

So someone said the NFL doesn't draft ppl with injury history especially their last year right? Bradford had several injuries and went #1,the others all suffered injuries as Seniors as well and ALL were drafted high. The Draft is several rounds so I didn't try to highlight just 1st Rounders.

Capiche. (Insert "Go get your shinebox" gif)