Aug 31 | Miami

[fightingirish26]

Lets not forget how much of our roster grew up in the south, not like theyre all from Minnesota

 

[Crazy Balki]

Lets not forget how much of our roster grew up in the south, not like theyre all from Minnesota

Good point:

RB: Jeremiyah Love (Missouri), JD Price (Texas)
TE: Ty Washington (Georgia)
WR: Jordan Faison (Florida), Malachi Fields (Virginia), Jaden Greathouse (Texas)
OL: Anthonie Knapp (Georgia)

DL: Bryce Young (North Carolina)
LB: Jaylen Sneed (South Carolina), Jaiden Ausberry (Louisiana)
CB: Leonard Moore (Texas), Christian Gray (Missouri)
S: Jalen Stroman (Virginia)

And anybody who is questioning whether Missouri or Virginia should count, those states have miserable summers.

 

[ulukinatme]

Miami's bowl game comes early this year.

 

[ulukinatme]

Lets please smack the fuck out of these clowns so they realize they're the ones that are overranked. They beat 0 ranked teams last year, and lost 3 of their last 4. Beck didn't leave Georgia because he was a phenom, he was replaced.

I guarantee there are respectful Miami fans and analysts out there but that show wasn't it. I watched the show and all I witnessed was they like to drink alcohol and talk shit about the other team. The guy in the middle seemed the most sensible but then fandom would overwhelm them again.

Legitimately : Miami might be vastly improved. Their defensive coordinator might truly be a wizard but that means all of their transfers will have to pick up the system and have their assignments/checks/calls memorized and operational. Their units have to understand the big picture of the defense so they can decide when to let go of their assignment, etc.

Their offense was potent last year but seemed to faulter continually against better defenses. They had zero ranked wins as you alluded. Their #1 pick QB is gone, along with their top 3 WRs.

The most worrisome thing for me is that we have an unproven DL (but lots of experience) and they have a helluva OL. They deserve that recognition and it could be the key matchup. If Beck stays clean, this will be a tough game. Our secondary can absolutely be elite but.....they can't cover for 4+ seconds.

Ash must be prepared to hit the accelerator at times.

They're just farming for hits at this point.

 

[NDFAN2008]

Miami fan, “you got no one on your offense we are scared of’” lol 😂

 

[stlnd01]

Good point:

RB: Jeremiyah Love (Missouri), JD Price (Texas)
TE: Ty Washington (Georgia)
WR: Jordan Faison (Florida), Malachi Fields (Virginia), Jaden Greathouse (Texas)
OL: Anthonie Knapp (Georgia)

DL: Bryce Young (North Carolina)
LB: Jaylen Sneed (South Carolina), Jaiden Ausberry (Louisiana)
CB: Leonard Moore (Texas), Christian Gray (Missouri)
S: Jalen Stroman (Virginia)

And anybody who is questioning whether Missouri or Virginia should count, those states have miserable summers.

To be contrarian here, 12 out of 44 guys on our two-deep is not really ALL that many, and two of them are from St. Louis which, while yes quite humid in the summers is not actually the South so much as the southwestern corner of the Midwest.

 

[arrowryan]

I remember when the Texas heat was a popular topic of conversation leading up to the A&M game. Then the game started and A&M players were the ones puking. Our S&C program has shown before that they will have the team prepared.

 

[GoldenBoy3]

I remember when the Texas heat was a popular topic of conversation leading up to the A&M game. Then the game started and A&M players were the ones puking. Our S&C program has shown before that they will have the team prepared.

Exactly. A&M were on their heels that entire 4th quarter. Had there been another quarter ND wouldve won by 20

 

[Some Irish Bloke]

Understood, but it's not hotter than College Station. More humid, but College Station isn't far from Houston where the humidity is horrible.

I think Landow will have them hydrated.

I remember when the Texas heat was a popular topic of conversation leading up to the A&M game. Then the game started and A&M players were the ones puking. Our S&C program has shown before that they will have the team prepared.

Was going to make similar points but you two nailed it. We had the same concerns leading up to Aggies last year. It's like a time warp.

If we for some reason lose in Miami it's not going to be about the weather lol. Goodness we need actual football to talk about.

 

[PolishDomer]

Hot weather aspect is wayyy overrated...cold to a certain extent as well but I think cold would be more of a factor than hot...its been hot here in Chicago this past summer with temps exceeding 90s with humidity...so i dont buy the hot weather BS..its not like we play in Anchorage, AK or Siberia for crying out loud...

 

[Punky]

Can't believe they claim this is a huge game for them, but they still haven't sold out the stadium? What a bunch of losers.

 

[NorthDakota]

Can't believe they claim this is a huge game for them, but they still haven't sold out the stadium? What a bunch of losers.

Its not uncommon for fans of a team to let the team down and it has happened to ND repeatedly (Nebraska takeover being the prime example) so I sympathize with Miami here. It must be very frustrating having a bunch if schizophrenics making up the bulk of your fanbase.

 

[Free Manera]

Hot weather aspect is wayyy overrated...cold to a certain extent as well but I think cold would be more of a factor than hot...its been hot here in Chicago this past summer with temps exceeding 90s with humidity...so i dont buy the hot weather BS..its not like we play in Anchorage, AK or Siberia for crying out loud...

Agree, especially with how easy it is to track the readiness of players through a ton of metrics, and hydrate them appropriately in the days leading up to the game.

 

[gregm83]

Can't believe they claim this is a huge game for them, but they still haven't sold out the stadium? What a bunch of losers.

There are half full sections. Not missing a few like full rows. lol

 

[NDPhilly]

Can't believe they claim this is a huge game for them, but they still haven't sold out the stadium? What a bunch of losers.

If we were an SEC school, Notre Dame’s account would quote this tweet with something like “Irish fans, Miami STILL hasn’t sold out our game week 1, buy your tickets here”.

Really embarrassing to not be sold out at this point for them.

 

[NDVirginia19]

And I'm the shmuck who spent $20 more to buy on the secondary market...

 

[ab2cmiller]

And I'm the shmuck who spent $20 more to buy on the secondary market...

But you can sleep better knowing that your hard earned money is in the hands of a scalper instead of in Miami’s cash account. God speed.

 

[ulukinatme]

Can't believe they claim this is a huge game for them, but they still haven't sold out the stadium? What a bunch of losers.

I expect this will be their real bowl game this year and they come out giving us their best shot anyway. Hopefully they get shut down early and lose that motivation.

 

[RDU Irish]

Was going to make similar points but you two nailed it. We had the same concerns leading up to Aggies last year. It's like a time warp.

If we for some reason lose in Miami it's not going to be about the weather lol. Goodness we need actual football to talk about.

Two deep plays a more important role in a game like this. Rotation matters more than it would in a milder weather game IMO.

Yet another reason I am happy to smack these fools to start the year rather than get them in October under milder conditions after their pile of new transfers have actually learned eachothers names.

 

[Irish du Nord]

And I'm the shmuck who spent $20 more to buy on the secondary market...

My buddy won some in the ND lottery (I hope this means we’ll be in a non-Miami section) but I’m wondering if we should’ve waited for Miami to panic drop the price. Can’t wait either way!

 

[RDU Irish]

My buddy won some in the ND lottery (I hope this means we’ll be in a non-Miami section) but I’m wondering if we should’ve waited for Miami to panic drop the price. Can’t wait either way!

ND section is sure to be a 300 level endzone section. This is definitely one to buy your seats on the way in - that f-ing stadium is in the middle of nothing.

 

[JamIrish]

Some of you may be familiar with Brian Smith(he's been on IB a few times), specializes in South Florida recruiting. Gives a non bias breakdown. Has the Irish 31-20. Thinks it's close til ND puts it away late. Speaks highly of a lot of ND guys.

 

[IRISHDODGER]

Some of you may be familiar with Brian Smith(he's been on IB a few times), specializes in South Florida recruiting. Gives a non bias breakdown. Has the Irish 31-20. Thinks it's close til ND puts it away late. Speaks highly of a lot of ND guys.

Didn’t Smith grow up a big Irish fan? The times I’ve heard him speak recruiting, he is well versed on how ND dominated back in the Holtz Era.

 

[Crazy Balki]

Miami fan, “you got no one on your offense we are scared of’” lol 😂

Ignorance truly is bliss.

 

[Gladiator]

This.

I'm sorry, but I lived in the deep south and practiced in full pads in 100 degree, swamp-ass conditions regularly.

You never get used to it. It always sucks. The notion that living in it makes you inherently better equipped to play in it is a fantasy.

Doesn't make your internal temperature regulation better. It just means you may be slightly more accustom to the swamp ass feeling.

Baby powder/corn starch Is miraculous down here.

 

[zelezo vlk]

They're just farming for hits at this point.

“Let us kick your ass”

 

[GoldenBoy3]

Some of you may be familiar with Brian Smith(he's been on IB a few times), specializes in South Florida recruiting. Gives a non bias breakdown. Has the Irish 31-20. Thinks it's close til ND puts it away late. Speaks highly of a lot of ND guys.

Wait, Hetherwoman only coached Minnesota for one season and was at Rutgers before that? Also learned that according to Brian Smith, it wasn’t talent as to why their secondary was garbage, it was lack of cohesiveness. And all they did was add a DC who had one good year and added a bunch of transfers to help with cohesion lol. ND by 20

 

[IrishSteelhead]

The brat in me is pissed off this game is Sunday, not Saturday.

That first official Saturday is Christmas. This feels like Santa skipped our house.


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[Ndaccountant]

The brat in me is pissed off this game is Sunday, not Saturday.

That first official Saturday is Christmas. This feels like Santa skipped our house.


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Boxing day.

 

[Dale]

The most interesting thing for this game might be Carson Beck’s bad moments IIRC were mainly reading zone coverages. Wish I could pull the stats. I think unless ND thinks they can just bully Miami’s WRs (possible - A&M, PSU) we might see a bit more zone Week 1 which was obviously not Golden’s fastball at ND. It is also a very good OL so you won’t just overwhelm them blitzing.