'23 MA DL Boubacar Traore (Notre Dame Signee)

[FDNYIrish1]

Giving this guy some props. Made a decent play the other night.

 

[stlnd01]

Giving this guy some props. Made a decent play the other night.

As Freeman always says: One play, One sack.

(Yes he should've hustled back over the line of scrimmage instead of celebrating ten yards past the crumpled QB in his wake, but we can forgive the kid. He may even be the edge rusher that we were promised.)

 

[PutuporShutup]

As Freeman always says: One play, One sack.

(Yes he should've hustled back over the line of scrimmage instead of celebrating ten yards past the crumpled QB in his wake, but we can forgive the kid. He may even be the edge rusher that we were promised.)

Agree on he’s forgiven but disagree that hustle was needed… it was so obnoxious 3 players were that far behind celebrating during a potential live snap. Never seen celebration that over the top when another team is trying to snap it. He showed good burst and bend. What was most impressive was his know hot to go for strip too

I’m sure easy teaching moment

 

[arrowryan]

Someone should’ve shown some gamesmanship and just lay on the pile/ball to make sure the clock hits zero.

Nonetheless, great play by Traore. Lots of young talent that should be ready to take over in 2024.

 

[FDNYIrish1]

Agree on he’s forgiven but disagree that hustle was needed… it was so obnoxious 3 players were that far behind celebrating during a potential live snap. Never seen celebration that over the top when another team is trying to snap it. He showed good burst and bend. What was most impressive was his know hot to go for strip too

I’m sure easy teaching moment

It’s amazing how you are able to vomit every cliche in all of your responses. Quite impressive.

 

[PutuporShutup]

It’s amazing how you are able to vomit every cliche in all of your responses. Quite impressive.

You are a good judge of talent

 

[irishff1014]

Agree on he’s forgiven but disagree that hustle was needed… it was so obnoxious 3 players were that far behind celebrating during a potential live snap. Never seen celebration that over the top when another team is trying to snap it. He showed good burst and bend. What was most impressive was his know hot to go for strip too

I’m sure easy teaching moment

Dude it was a huge play by a freshman. Things happen. I am 100% ok with him and his teammates celebrating.

 

[FDNYIrish1]

You are a good judge of talent

Bllaahh Accountability Blahhhh separation Bllaahhhh Bend Bllaahh Athleticism. Bllaahhh I played corner in the big 10 but don’t have any clue other than what I regurgitate from message boards. And yes I’m a good judge of talent. But better at detecting bullshit BrownerandFry

 

[Irish du Nord]

Dude it was a huge play by a freshman. Things happen. I am 100% ok with him and his teammates celebrating.

Im not sure they don’t get the field goal anyways, right?

 

[PutuporShutup]

Dude it was a huge play by a freshman. Things happen. I am 100% ok with him and his teammates celebrating.

 

[PutuporShutup]

Bllaahh Accountability Blahhhh separation Bllaahhhh Bend Bllaahh Athleticism. Bllaahhh I played corner in the big 10 but don’t have any clue other than what I regurgitate from message boards. And yes I’m a good judge of talent. But better at detecting bullshit BrownerandFry

Excellent job at showing your football pedigree in one post!

 

[stlnd01]

Im not sure they don’t get the field goal anyways, right?

Watched the replay. There were six seconds left when Williams went down. Maybe USC calls a timeout there if we don't - there was no sign they were trying to call one - but they were barely gonna get the snap off.

 

[PutuporShutup]

Watched the replay. There were six seconds left when Williams went down. Maybe USC calls a timeout there if we don't - there was no sign they were trying to call one - but they were barely gonna get the snap off.

They were out of timeouts

 

[Wild Bill]

Im not sure they don’t get the field goal anyways, right?

If he just laid on top of him for another second rather than getting up to celebrate I don't think CW would have had the time to get another snap off to kill the clock. Lack of awareness from a young Boub. I'll forgive him if he continues to make plays like this and has a name like Boubacar

 

[NDFAN2008]

Need to get him and more of our freshman DL on the field these next few weeks

 

[MacIrish75]

In realtime—and again in watching it again—I thought it was less a mistake by Boob & Co and more a heady play by Williams. He recovered, got the ball to the official, and got his offense set in a span of about 5 seconds. Obviously questionable that they would’ve gotten the play off, but to even give themselves a chance was pretty remarkable.

 

[Green Mountains]

Its a win / win. There was a cost (3 points instead of zero), and at halftime I'm sure it weighed on him. But the frosh is going to learn a big lesson (win). And the big lesson learned didn't end up costing anything of consequence (win).

 

[Jiggafini19Deux]

I look forward to the Ted Talk on how to be 100% accurate in split second decision making in real time.

 

[Domina Nostra]

In realtime—and again in watching it again—I thought it was less a mistake by Boob & Co and more a heady play by Williams. He recovered, got the ball to the official, and got his offense set in a span of about 5 seconds. Obviously questionable that they would’ve gotten the play off, but to even give themselves a chance was pretty remarkable.

That was the fastest any play has ever gotten off in the history of football. C'mon refs.

 

[PutuporShutup]

In realtime—and again in watching it again—I thought it was less a mistake by Boob & Co and more a heady play by Williams. He recovered, got the ball to the official, and got his offense set in a span of about 5 seconds. Obviously questionable that they would’ve gotten the play off, but to even give themselves a chance was pretty remarkable.

It's one thing to celebrate, it's another to be about 15-20 yards behind the play celebrating when the sack happened near the LOS. If you watch, marist, boub, and sneed after the sack is made keep walking and celebrating for 10+ yards away from the LOS. That should never happen or be allowed in any circumstance let alone one where the opposition will rush to try and snap the ball.

Clock was clearly at 0 before they snapped the ball. No guarantee when freeman was watching his players be idiots though, so correct move by freeman.

Those 3 100% cost ND 3 points being selfish. It didn't cost us in the end, so easy to forgive and move on from, but imagine if that happened at OSU and we lost 17-14 like we did.

 

[Jiggafini19Deux]

Fire Al Washington.

This play gives them cause.

 

[PutuporShutup]

Fire Al Washington.

This play gives them cause.

It probably made it easier for him to count the number of DL - no italics

 

[IrishBoognish]

this is amazing.

 

[dublinirish]

Per Sampson on II pod this week he said he was told by a staffer “don’t be surprised if Traore is the best vyper on the roster”


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[NDFAN2008]

That’s a good think need a few of these young cats to break out

 

[PutuporShutup]

Per Sampson on II pod this week he said he was told by a staffer “don’t be surprised if Traore is the best vyper on the roster”


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Definitely need more out of that position

 

[stlnd01]

I’ve been saying this for awhile: Look at Foskey’s measurables coming out of high school. Traore’s are the same, and Traore was a significantly higher rated recruit. Probably bc he’s really quick and long.

 

[FightingIrishLover7]

Sampson said it
But then Prister and O'Malley basically all agreed they've heard the same thing.
They almost made it seem like it's a sure fired thing that he's about to be a stud.

He was being compared to "who's more likely to be a star next year" (him, ausberry, sneed or someone else) sounds like they've heard some very very good feedback

 

[GoIrish41]

Sampson said it
But then Prister and O'Malley basically all agreed they've heard the same thing.
They almost made it seem like it's a sure fired thing that he's about to be a stud.

He was being compared to "who's more likely to be a star next year" (him, ausberry, sneed or someone else) sounds like they've heard some very very good feedback

If the feedback was that good it seems odd that he didn’t play when vyper saw so little production. 🤔

 

[Rockin’Irish]

If the feedback was that good it seems odd that he didn’t play when vyper saw so little production. 🤔

It’s possible the staff wanted to preserve his redshirt ( I believe he did preserve his redshirt but that may not be accurate) and/or be confident he had a total grasp of the defensive playbook even if his natural abilities were apparent. Hopefully that pays off with a big step in the right direction for 2024, sounds like folks are optimistic.