2025 Fall Practice Thread

[notredomer23]

Obviously you got "value" by betting it now before it's announced. Still throwing money away. Our QB will not win the Heisman. ZERO chance. We won't pass it enough to accumulate the stats and PLUS everyone will believe that he won't even be the best player on ND's offense.

It's totally irrational and he has a slim to none chance, but he has a better chance now than he did 30 minutes ago. As someone who doesn't gamble really anymore or ever play the lottery, I will gladly put $25 behind my QB I can blindly cheer for.

 

[Irish4life]

Posting for no particular reason

 

[Riddickulous]

Way too early to write off Carr but when was the last time the presumed heir at QB actually won and kept the job? Jimmy Clausen?

 

[greyhammer90]

I feel like there's going to be a lot of after-the-fact sunshine pumping about this outcome, and I hope its all correct. That being said...

Up to this point the reporting has never been that Minchey is looking spectacular, only that the staff was waiting for Carr to seize the job and he wasn't doing that. Also every camp sighting has been consistent that Carr has the better arm to the point that the II guys said that their "ceiling"for ND football over the next few years would include a few more losses if Carr wound up losing the job to Minchey. I'm pretty concerned.

All that being said, don't take that as me trashing Kenny. I think its awesome for him personally that he went from presumed No. 3 to the top dog, and I'll never hate on a kid for making himself the best option we have at a position. Its just concerning that AGAIN the guy who's time it is to step into the leading role gets upstaged by a recruit with less pedigree.

 

[IrishLax]

Way too early to write off Carr but when was the last time the presumed heir at QB actually won and kept the job? Jimmy Clausen?

I feel like this is a huge indictment of QB recruiting over the past 20 years lol

 

[fightingirish26]

If Minchey wins, I honestly think it's just the athleticism component + "fit"... Minchey isn't some dynamite athlete but he is good enough in the QB run game that you have to respect him. Leonard was listed at 6'4" 216 and Minchey is 6'2" (this might be a bit overstated) / 208. He's big enough / fast enough to do some of the things we did last year while also being a more accurate passer. And we had a top offense last year thanks to being able to run the ball down people's throats. Our passing game was non-functional for large stretches and we still blew out most teams over the latter half of the season.

If having a QB run option is so important to a Denbrock offense, then I have not one single clue why Grubbs is in the class.

 

[dublinirish]

Way too early to write off Carr but when was the last time the presumed heir at QB actually won and kept the job? Jimmy Clausen?

Dayne Crist technically

 

[CoachB]

If it isn't Kenny, I shouldn't be surprised. Marcus has always been more Tressel ball than not. And it worked well for Tressel and Freeman so far. We shall see. I trust the coaches to put us in the best position to win.

 

[CallahanAutoParts]

What's does "again" mean?
Did he have a regression and bounced back?

Merck removed his Carr post. Wonder what happened the last 24 hours for them to essentially name the starter internally.

 

[NDPhilly]

It’s pretty obvious Freeman is not a fan of gunslingers and doesn’t have a tolerance for turnover risk with his QBs. Not sure it comes down to anything more than Minchey just protecting the ball better.

 

[fightingirish26]

Looks like merck straight up nuked his profile. Lmao

Or is now @Spartacus88 and gone incognito

 

[IrishLax]

If it isn't Kenny, I shouldn't be surprised. Marcus has always been more Tressel ball than not. And it worked well for Tressel and Freeman so far. We shall see. I trust the coaches to put us in the best position to win.

This is probably the best comp. He's like a Troy Smith more than a Jayden Daniels. I think Minchey is "good enough" as a passer and probably runs like a 4.7 40.

 

[dublinirish]

Looks like merck straight up nuked his profile. Lmao

Or is now @Spartacus88 and gone incognito

 

[IrishLax]

It’s pretty obvious Freeman is not a fan of gunslingers and doesn’t have a tolerance for turnover risk with his QBs. Not sure it comes down to anything more than Minchey just protecting the ball better.

In general, having a massively front loaded schedule is not idea for breaking in brand new starters and trying to minimize risk + play to strengths @ Miami seems like a reasonable course of action.

 

[Riddickulous]

Dayne Crist technically

2011 he won the job and was almost instantly benched.

 

[NDVirginia19]

Relatively silent on the ND beat front... but Merck deleting his profile seems pretty definitive to me

 

[NDPhilly]

Merck nuking his profile is incredible IE drama lmao.

 

[calvegas04]

Does Lion delete his next?

 

[BeauBenken]

Merk didn't delete his profile. Guy wanted to stop being followed everywhere so he had us delete a bunch of former posts that would trace back to him. That was in the works days ago.

He's still around but didn't want to be brought up constantly.

 

[Riddickulous]

This is probably the best comp. He's like a Troy Smith more than a Jayden Daniels. I think Minchey is "good enough" as a passer and probably runs like a 4.7 40.

I'm expecting something like Everett Golson where he's pretty mobile but not a true running threat

 

[IrishWayDomer]

What way would Mercke nuking himself lean QB wise? I'm unaware of his recent comments/predictions.

 

[CoachB]

Merck nuking his profile is incredible IE drama lmao.

I like the dude and am extremely grateful for his posts and insight, but he does have some strange reactions at times, lol.

Edit: I take this mostly back if he didn't really delete his profile.

 

[BuaConstrictor]

2011 he won the job and was almost instantly benched.

He won the job in 2010 outright and kept the job until he knee exploded vs Tulsa.

 

[dublinirish]

Does Lion delete his next?

I feel like this would be the honourable thing to do at this point

 

[FWIrish4]

In general, having a massively front loaded schedule is not idea for breaking in brand new starters and trying to minimize risk + play to strengths @ Miami seems like a reasonable course of action.

Best case scenario this is it and Carr stays engaged.

It gives the offense another lever to pull with the QB run game in two massive games to start the year.

 

[FollowTheFreeman]

Merk didn't delete his profile. Guy wanted to stop being followed everywhere so he had us delete a bunch of former posts that would trace back to him. That was in the works days ago.

He's still around but didn't want to be brought up constantly.

Totally reasonable given how awful he was being treated here.

 

[arrowryan]

Denbrock was sold on Minchey last week

 

[Katzenboyer]

What way would Mercke nuking himself lean QB wise? I'm unaware of his recent comments/predictions.

He said Carr was going to be the guy.

 

[BeauBenken]

Totally reasonable given how awful he was being treated here.

Apparently it was worse elsewhere and he really didn't want those folks showing up here.

 

[EvilleIrish]

Apparently it was worse elsewhere and he really didn't want those folks showing up here.

I hate to be that guy but if you make proclamations like that as an insider and you're wrong it's probably to be expected to get some push back.