2026 Fall Camp Thread

[Some Irish Bloke]

If Micah Gilbert does in fact emerge as a quality threat at boundary, that's very welcome news.

Between him and Quincy Porter, you have to feel pretty good about the potential at that position. Just hope Porter can get back to full reps soon here.

 

[Wild Bill]

Boundary is less of a concern if Graham plays to his talent level. Defenses are going to account for Faison on every snap. If Graham is the same type of threat, the boundary receiver, whoever it is, doesn't have to be a star. He just has to take advantage of the attention Graham and Faison will command.

Carr is going to find the open man, and he's accurate enough to fit the ball into tight windows. That makes the boundary receiver's job pretty simple - catch the ball when your number is called and keep the chains moving. If Porter develops into a true big-play threat, that's a bonus. I'm just not convinced the offense needs him to be one to put up a lot of points.

 

[GrangerIrish24]

Looks like the players are staying at the hotel across from campus again. I’ll be down there working the next two weeks. Time to do what I do best, awkwardly creep on people.

 

[Veritate Duce Progredi]

Back of the mind questions as we head towards fall camp:

If defenses scheme to take away the run, is the OL good enough to still keep drives alive? Are the RBs? If forced to pass and Carr doesn't understand what he sees on defense, can he calm himself and scan for the open man rather than needing pre-snap reads to be accurate?

Can Fitzgerald, Bubba Frazier and/or Ian Premer be good enough to earn early snaps? Will their snaps grow over the year?

Who is competing for nickel?

 

[Katzenboyer]

Looks like the players are staying at the hotel across from campus again. I’ll be down there working the next two weeks. Time to do what I do best, awkwardly creep on people.

 

[arrowryan]

Back of the mind questions as we head towards fall camp:

If defenses scheme to take away the run, is the OL good enough to still keep drives alive? Are the RBs? If forced to pass and Carr doesn't understand what he sees on defense, can he calm himself and scan for the open man rather than needing pre-snap reads to be accurate?

Can Fitzgerald, Bubba Frazier and/or Ian Premer be good enough to earn early snaps? Will their snaps grow over the year?

Who is competing for nickel?

If Carr plays to the level we all think he can, it’d be incredibly unwise of defenses to play the run and load the box. I’d expect Carr to see a lot of cover 2 this year.

 

[Some Irish Bloke]

Looks like the players are staying at the hotel across from campus again. I’ll be down there working the next two weeks. Time to do what I do best, awkwardly creep on people.

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whose turn is it to bring the Mt. Dew, yours or Driskells?

 

[calvegas04]

whose turn is it to bring the Mt. Dew, yours or Driskells?

And the pizza bites

 

[Rizzophil]

If Carr plays to the level we all think he can, it’d be incredibly unwise of defenses to play the run and load the box. I’d expect Carr to see a lot of cover 2 this year.

This

I think defenses will be more worried about Carr than our run game.

 

[DONTH8]

Looks like the players are staying at the hotel across from campus again. I’ll be down there working the next two weeks. Time to do what I do best, awkwardly creep on people.

And this whole time I thought you were best at pissing off the Mrs.

A man of many talents.

 

[Jimmy3Putt]

If Carr plays to the level we all think he can, it’d be incredibly unwise of defenses to play the run and load the box. I’d expect Carr to see a lot of cover 2 this year.

I expect BYU and Miami to load the box to start the games and force Carr to beat them through the air. The other teams on our schedule might not have the secondaries to try that.

If they can’t stuff the run, they’ll have zero chance slowing down our offense.

 

[GrangerIrish24]

whose turn is it to bring the Mt. Dew, yours or Driskells?

And the pizza bites

I just want him to stop breathing so heavily when when I’m trying to listen to conversations.

 

[GrangerIrish24]

And this whole time I thought you were best at pissing off the Mrs.

A man of many talents.

My talents aren’t useful, but I have perfected them.

 

[jerseyborn1971]

No one is going to slow down this offense.

 

[Wild Bill]

No one is going to slow down this offense.

If they improve in short yardage situations, I tend to agree.

An elite front four that can put pressure on Carr consistently without blitzing is the only way.

 

[arrowryan]

I expect BYU and Miami to load the box to start the games and force Carr to beat them through the air. The other teams on our schedule might not have the secondaries to try that.

If they can’t stuff the run, they’ll have zero chance slowing down our offense.

If Carr shows an inability to get the ball down field in September, then I could see them doing that

 

[Jimmy3Putt]

If Carr shows an inability to get the ball down field in September, then I could see them doing that

If they sit back in coverage our line and backs will gash them. Teams have to stop our run first even without Love and Price. Teams have to try to make us one dimensional or they’ll have no chance.
Miami might think they have a front six good enough to stop the run without committing more defenders, but I doubt it.

 

[NDPhilly]

Implied probability of ND making the playoff is ~85% just looking at betting odds. Wild.

 

[allenm5333]

Implied probability of ND making the playoff is ~85% just looking at betting odds. Wild.

What were they december 7th?

 

[KMac151993]

What were they december 7th?

 

[The Backer]

Did we successfully avoid UTV/ATV incidents?

 

[greyhammer90]

Implied probability of ND making the playoff is ~85% just looking at betting odds. Wild.

 

[calvegas04]

Did we successfully avoid UTV/ATV incidents?

Yeah but the sky diving incidents went up

 

[dublinirish]

almost time to remove the stone of off season injuries and attach the stone of fall camp injuries

 

[arrowryan]

 

[Dale]

So what no fuckin Tulihalamaka now?

 

[greyhammer90]

Sean looking svelte.

Also holy neck Flanagan.

 

[Me2SouthBend]

Sean looking svelte.

Also holy neck Flanagan.

Gotta be AI right?

 

[pumpdog20]

Captains?

 

[Veritate Duce Progredi]

If Carr plays to the level we all think he can, it’d be incredibly unwise of defenses to play the run and load the box. I’d expect Carr to see a lot of cover 2 this year.

I'm not saying DCs should only load the box but I'd skew heavily to stop the run for the first half of the game to see if I could keep the pressure on Carr. He's shown he can throw the ball but he hasn't had to carry a team and he hasn't had to play from behind and make clutch throws. If I'm a DC, I do everything I can to stop ND's run game and see if Carr can beat my team. Then, if he proves he can do it under pressure, then I'd change it up.

I'd also mix in a lot of zone, robber, nickel, cover 2, dime. Cover 3 can allow teams to cheat a little and keep the LBs aggressive, maybe. Ultimately, I want to see which teams can present one thing pre-snap and something else post-snap, and I want to see how Carr adjusts to that.