Aug 31 | Texas A&M

[IRISHDODGER]

Bit the bullet and bought my tickets yesterday. Dont see a world where these prices go down since its the first game of the season and A&M wont have a chance to have dropped a couple games yet. Prices are def ugly.

Tix will definitely keep increasing. This will be a prime time game & I’ll go ahead and predict that whatever the attendance record at Kyle Field is, it will be broken when ND comes to town. And it won’t be on account of ND fans flocking to College Station.

 

[Te'o4Heisman]

Tix will definitely keep increasing. This will be a prime time game & I’ll go ahead and predict that whatever the attendance record at Kyle Field is, it will be broken when ND comes to town. And it won’t be on account of ND fans flocking to College Station.

100% agree. If A&M doesnt pull off the upset it wont be because of the environment. I am hoping Leonard is ready to play in that kind of environment because I was at Miami 2017, and that game was over it started. I remember going down there thinking our team was pretty badass and would physically dominate them, and that ND travelled well. When we got to tailgating it seemed like there was a decent ND contingent, then inside the stadium it was evident within minutes it was another world. The pre kickoff environment was flat out intimidating.

ND thus far under MF has been very competitive in big time game environments…mostly showing well even when they came up short. If they can weather this first game and stay healthy, 12-0 is realistic.

 

[forkbeard3777]

100% agree. If A&M doesnt pull off the upset it wont be because of the environment. I am hoping Leonard is ready to play in that kind of environment because I was at Miami 2017, and that game was over it started. I remember going down there thinking our team was pretty badass and would physically dominate them, and that ND travelled well. When we got to tailgating it seemed like there was a decent ND contingent, then inside the stadium it was evident within minutes it was another world. The pre kickoff environment was flat out intimidating.

ND thus far under MF has been very competitive in big time game environments…mostly showing well even when they came up short. If they can weather this first game and stay healthy, 12-0 is realistic.

Your experience at Miami will be minor league compared to Texas A&M. It’s both teams first game of the year, Texas A&M has a new coach, Notre Dame is on the up and up with Elko’s former quarterback, College Gameday has a good chance of attending …

I don’t like aggy, but I work with a lot and have been there enough to know it pretty well. They have a great, college-centric and Gameday environment. The Corps of Cadets is unique, their band is unparalleled, they have bizarre, but unique traditions. That place will be absolutely buzzing for this game, and Kyle Field can get loud as hell.

Bear in mind, A&M fans and alums are very conservative, Protestants with deep, deep pockets. They will be more than welcoming and accommodating, and will keep your cups filled and plates full. They’re weird, culty, cliquey, mega Church-attending folks, but they aren’t obnoxious, in your face, violent assholes. You’ll be treated well.

Good call on the tickets, too. The only way I see someone snagging a cheap ticket is literally an hour or so before game-time. That said, this game doesn’t rise to the level of excitement and anticipation for their Texas game (they won’t STFU about it), but right now, in March, most co-workers already have their Labor Day plans booked and centered around going to the game.

 

[NormND_44]

Gonna be awesome. I am thinking UGA vs. ND 2019-style game, except this time we win. Lesser opponent, similar environment. I remember listening to a UGA podcast after the game and they were talking about how surprised they were walking around on field pre-game to see ND had "some dudes" (Claypool, Kmet) who were unintimidated, joking around, enjoying the environment.

 

[Katzenboyer]

Your experience at Miami will be minor league compared to Texas A&M. It’s both teams first game of the year, Texas A&M has a new coach, Notre Dame is on the up and up with Elko’s former quarterback, College Gameday has a good chance of attending …

I don’t like aggy, but I work with a lot and have been there enough to know it pretty well. They have a great, college-centric and Gameday environment. The Corps of Cadets is unique, their band is unparalleled, they have bizarre, but unique traditions. That place will be absolutely buzzing for this game, and Kyle Field can get loud as hell.

Bear in mind, A&M fans and alums are very conservative, Protestants with deep, deep pockets. They will be more than welcoming and accommodating, and will keep your cups filled and plates full. They’re weird, culty, cliquey, mega Church-attending folks, but they aren’t obnoxious, in your face, violent assholes. You’ll be treated well.

Good call on the tickets, too. The only way I see someone snagging a cheap ticket is literally an hour or so before game-time. That said, this game doesn’t rise to the level of excitement and anticipation for their Texas game (they won’t STFU about it), but right now, in March, most co-workers already have their Labor Day plans booked and centered around going to the game.

Don't want to understate what you've said, because I've been to Kyle Field for big games (2018 against Clemson) and it's an insane atmosphere, but I've never, ever experienced a stadium crowd like the one at the 2017 Miami game. To call it a hornet's nest is an understatement; it was a viper's den, mixed with stripper poles, Jupina + ropa vieja, sprinkled with a Miami team with a chip on their shoulder and a fan base that hates ND, coupled with an actual fear that I was going to be shiv'd sitting in my seats. And I was actually surrounded by a decent group of Miami fans!

I've been to a lot of college stadiums - the Big House, the Horseshoe, both Death Valleys. I've also to playoff games in the Boston Garden, Gillette Stadium, the Superdome, and in KC. I've never experienced anything like that game at Hard Rock at 2017. I felt like I was wearing the stadium for two weeks afterwards.

 

[forkbeard3777]

Don't want to understate what you've said, because I've been to Kyle Field for big games (2018 against Clemson) and it's an insane atmosphere, but I've never, ever experienced a stadium crowd like the one at the 2017 Miami game. To call it a hornet's nest is an understatement; it was a viper's den, mixed with stripper poles, Jupina + ropa vieja, sprinkled with a Miami team with a chip on their shoulder and a fan base that hates ND, coupled with an actual fear that I was going to be shiv'd sitting in my seats. And I was actually surrounded by a decent group of Miami fans!

I've been to a lot of college stadiums - the Big House, the Horseshoe, both Death Valleys. I've also to playoff games in the Boston Garden, Gillette Stadium, the Superdome, and in KC. I've never experienced anything like that game at Hard Rock at 2017. I felt like I was wearing the stadium for two weeks afterwards.

Ahhh....I gotya. Yeah, let me clarify, A&M won't be filled with sleezy, trashy, tatted douche bags dressed up in baggy cargo shorts, wife beaters and flat bills that are "tryna throw hands" or start a fight or any physical altercation. It won't be like that. They are educated, they aren't white trash (or just trash in general), and they have ties to A&M and/or are college educated. It'll be an extremely loud environment, but not "hostile" to the extent that you thought you were in an episode of Oz.

 

[Some Irish Bloke]

Or Detroit.

I will not stand for this Detroit slander. The city (literal downtown area) has come a long freakin' way.

 

[forkbeard3777]

I will not stand for this Detroit slander. The city (literal downtown area) has come a long freakin' way.

I love Motor City. So underrated. Cheap, beautiful downtown architecture, really good food and cheap drinks...unpretentious, salt of the earth folks.

 

[ulukinatme]

I will not stand for this Detroit slander. The city (literal downtown area) has come a long freakin' way.

First time in Detroit I get out of the car
Me: <sniff sniff> "Ugh, what is what awful smell?"
Buddy: "That would be Detroit, welcome."
Must have been downwind from the scUM campus that day.

 

[oddz313]

I will not stand for this Detroit slander. The city (literal downtown area) has come a long freakin' way.

Detroiters don't care about what people say, it's been overdone for years. Now if you are in an area of Detroit like where Bettis went to high school then you probably want to get out of dodge.

 

[Te'o4Heisman]

Don't want to understate what you've said, because I've been to Kyle Field for big games (2018 against Clemson) and it's an insane atmosphere, but I've never, ever experienced a stadium crowd like the one at the 2017 Miami game. To call it a hornet's nest is an understatement; it was a viper's den, mixed with stripper poles, Jupina + ropa vieja, sprinkled with a Miami team with a chip on their shoulder and a fan base that hates ND, coupled with an actual fear that I was going to be shiv'd sitting in my seats. And I was actually surrounded by a decent group of Miami fans!

I've been to a lot of college stadiums - the Big House, the Horseshoe, both Death Valleys. I've also to playoff games in the Boston Garden, Gillette Stadium, the Superdome, and in KC. I've never experienced anything like that game at Hard Rock at 2017. I felt like I was wearing the stadium for two weeks afterwards.

Yea man, its hard to due that environment justice for anyone that wasn't there. I know it was loud on TV, and there are a lot of loud stadiums throughout the sports world, but I have been to ton of different venues and games in my life and that one was just...different. I never felt threatened in any way, but it was more than just the volume, there was a palpable hostility and sense that the UM team and their fans were there for blood (figuratively speaking) from the moment I walked inside the stadium. The tailgate was rowdy, but not unlike any other big game. It was inside the stadium that things just changed.

 

[a mike]

Don't want to understate what you've said, because I've been to Kyle Field for big games (2018 against Clemson) and it's an insane atmosphere, but I've never, ever experienced a stadium crowd like the one at the 2017 Miami game. To call it a hornet's nest is an understatement; it was a viper's den, mixed with stripper poles, Jupina + ropa vieja, sprinkled with a Miami team with a chip on their shoulder and a fan base that hates ND, coupled with an actual fear that I was going to be shiv'd sitting in my seats. And I was actually surrounded by a decent group of Miami fans!

I've been to a lot of college stadiums - the Big House, the Horseshoe, both Death Valleys. I've also to playoff games in the Boston Garden, Gillette Stadium, the Superdome, and in KC. I've never experienced anything like that game at Hard Rock at 2017. I felt like I was wearing the stadium for two weeks afterwards.

Yea man, its hard to due that environment justice for anyone that wasn't there. I know it was loud on TV, and there are a lot of loud stadiums throughout the sports world, but I have been to ton of different venues and games in my life and that one was just...different. I never felt threatened in any way, but it was more than just the volume, there was a palpable hostility and sense that the UM team and their fans were there for blood (figuratively speaking) from the moment I walked inside the stadium. The tailgate was rowdy, but not unlike any other big game. It was inside the stadium that things just changed.

Its interesting they were so rowdy

Sounds similar to the way ND fans describe their experience at the Orange Bowl in 89--except 2017 sounds a lot more physically safe

I just wouldn't think there'd have been that much hype/smoke for it. I mean it was a pretty good matchup for sure--I believe both teams were undefeated at the time?

But I would say neither team's fanbase really would still see the other team as some type of hated rival anymore running it forward to 2017. I know I certainly don't really view Miami as a rival anymore

I also would've just thought there weren't as many rabid Miami fans anymore because they've been more or less garbage over the preceding decade

 

[Lberry]

Visiting A&M and perhaps even being a student there sounds... awesome. Jealous of those of you who are going.

 

[ulukinatme]

Visiting A&M and perhaps even being a student there sounds... awesome. Jealous of those of you who are going.

It's not as awesome as you'd think.

Plus there's all the sheep lovin' and jizz jars.

 

[Katzenboyer]

Yea man, its hard to due that environment justice for anyone that wasn't there. I know it was loud on TV, and there are a lot of loud stadiums throughout the sports world, but I have been to ton of different venues and games in my life and that one was just...different. I never felt threatened in any way, but it was more than just the volume, there was a palpable hostility and sense that the UM team and their fans were there for blood (figuratively speaking) from the moment I walked inside the stadium. The tailgate was rowdy, but not unlike any other big game. It was inside the stadium that things just changed.

Yeah, I never felt physically threatened either, and I actually had a blast yucking it up with Miami fans outside the stadium.

But once inside it was just...different. Insane. I don't know how else to describe it; it felt like 30+ years of frustration was released all at once, and I was caught in the middle of the vortex. And with the renovations to Hard Rock, all the stadium noise gets funneled back to the field. It was an absolute nuthouse, and my section physically shook when Bandy took the Book pick 6 to the house right before half.

It was just nothing like I've ever experienced at a stadium. And if I wasn't wearing the visiting teams' colors, I'm pretty sure I would have absolutely loved that environment. But because we were on the losing end, it sucked, LOL.

 

[forkbeard3777]

Yeah, I never felt physically threatened either, and I actually had a blast yucking it up with Miami fans outside the stadium.

But once inside it was just...different. Insane. I don't know how else to describe it; it felt like 30+ years of frustration was released all at once, and I was caught in the middle of the vortex. And with the renovations to Hard Rock, all the stadium noise gets funneled back to the field. It was an absolute nuthouse, and my section physically shook when Bandy took the Book pick 6 to the house right before half.

It was just nothing like I've ever experienced at a stadium. And if I wasn't wearing the visiting teams' colors, I'm pretty sure I would have absolutely loved that environment. But because we were on the losing end, it sucked, LOL.

Not to hijack the thread; however, look at this video I found on YouTube. Look at that roided up chode at the 3:55 mark, and the "Fuck those Catholics" remark at 6:07. For those of you who braved it out, you're better than I am. I couldn't subject myself being amongst the unwashed masses that long.

 

[stpeteirish]

Don't want to understate what you've said, because I've been to Kyle Field for big games (2018 against Clemson) and it's an insane atmosphere, but I've never, ever experienced a stadium crowd like the one at the 2017 Miami game. To call it a hornet's nest is an understatement; it was a viper's den, mixed with stripper poles, Jupina + ropa vieja, sprinkled with a Miami team with a chip on their shoulder and a fan base that hates ND, coupled with an actual fear that I was going to be shiv'd sitting in my seats. And I was actually surrounded by a decent group of Miami fans!

I've been to a lot of college stadiums - the Big House, the Horseshoe, both Death Valleys. I've also to playoff games in the Boston Garden, Gillette Stadium, the Superdome, and in KC. I've never experienced anything like that game at Hard Rock at 2017. I felt like I was wearing the stadium for two weeks afterwards.

Reading gives me flashbacks to the 1989 game that I attended. Same deal- their fans are different than any normal place. I’m kind of surprised they are still like that given how they haven’t been good for years and they don’t have the Orange Bowl anymore which was a big part of their mystique back then.
You probably don’t even have to park on some guys front lawn any more.

 

[Crazy Balki]

Your experience at Miami will be minor league compared to Texas A&M. It’s both teams first game of the year, Texas A&M has a new coach, Notre Dame is on the up and up with Elko’s former quarterback, College Gameday has a good chance of attending …

I don’t like aggy, but I work with a lot and have been there enough to know it pretty well. They have a great, college-centric and Gameday environment. The Corps of Cadets is unique, their band is unparalleled, they have bizarre, but unique traditions. That place will be absolutely buzzing for this game, and Kyle Field can get loud as hell.

Bear in mind, A&M fans and alums are very conservative, Protestants with deep, deep pockets. They will be more than welcoming and accommodating, and will keep your cups filled and plates full. They’re weird, culty, cliquey, mega Church-attending folks, but they aren’t obnoxious, in your face, violent assholes. You’ll be treated well.

Good call on the tickets, too. The only way I see someone snagging a cheap ticket is literally an hour or so before game-time. That said, this game doesn’t rise to the level of excitement and anticipation for their Texas game (they won’t STFU about it), but right now, in March, most co-workers already have their Labor Day plans booked and centered around going to the game.

I can't say I agree.

You pretty much said it yourself. A&M fans are welcoming and accommodating. They'll be loud and electric. It'll be a very tough environment for sure.

Miami was...as you mentioned. It was toxic and violent. Miami fans had finally tasted success for the first time in 15 years, and they were out in droves. And you best believe A LOT of those f*ckers were drunk as a skunk, and they weren't just loud and electric, they were shouting profanities, threatening violence, acting like complete assholes, throwing drinks on ND fans. It was a complete mess. By many accounts from ND fans in attendance, it was one of the loudest and most toxic environments they have ever experienced in sports.

Miami is a fairweather fanbase. They rarely show up because the team has been average for years. But when they've been good, that place is a hornets nest.

Not to mention, it was November. It wasn't just the environment being a toxic waste dump, but the book had essentially been written on how to stop ND's offense. Attack the line, crash hard, force Wimbush to beat you with his arm. He folded like he did against Georgia.

Meanwhile, the defense had finally begun to show cracks the week prior against Wake Forest. It carried over to Miami and they took full advantage of that toxic atmosphere and had them shook from the jump. Same happened a few weeks later against Stanford. ND's defense had been steadfast all year and suddenly, November rolls around and they're slipping.

 

[IrishBoognish]

I can't say I agree.

You pretty much said it yourself. A&M fans are welcoming and accommodating. They'll be loud and electric. It'll be a very tough environment for sure.

Miami was...as you mentioned. It was toxic and violent. Miami fans had finally tasted success for the first time in 15 years, and they were out in droves. And you best believe A LOT of those f*ckers were drunk as a skunk, and they weren't just loud and electric, they were shouting profanities, threatening violence, acting like complete assholes, throwing drinks on ND fans. It was a complete mess. By many accounts from ND fans in attendance, it was one of the loudest and most toxic environments they have ever experienced in sports.

Miami is a fairweather fanbase. They rarely show up because the team has been average for years. But when they've been good, that place is a hornets nest.

Not to mention, it was November. It wasn't just the environment being a toxic waste dump, but the book had essentially been written on how to stop ND's offense. Attack the line, crash hard, force Wimbush to beat you with his arm. He folded like he did against Georgia.

Meanwhile, the defense had finally begun to show cracks the week prior against Wake Forest. It carried over to Miami and they took full advantage of that toxic atmosphere and had them shook from the jump. Same happened a few weeks later against Stanford. ND's defense had been steadfast all year and suddenly, November rolls around and they're slipping.

To be fair, the whole "Catholics vs Convicts" thing we like to throw around doesn't exactly engender peace and love

 

[zelezo vlk]

To be fair, the whole "Catholics vs Convicts" thing we like to throw around doesn't exactly engender peace and love

Look that’s just not fair. Not all of our guys are Catholic.


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[drayer54]

Miami was...as you mentioned. It was toxic and violent. Miami fans had finally tasted success for the first time in 15 years, and they were out in droves. And you best believe A LOT of those f*ckers were drunk as a skunk, and they weren't just loud and electric, they were shouting profanities, threatening violence, acting like complete assholes, throwing drinks on ND fans. It was a complete mess.

This was my experience in Austin. UT fans were assholes.

 

[Wild Bill]

I can't say I agree.

You pretty much said it yourself. A&M fans are welcoming and accommodating. They'll be loud and electric. It'll be a very tough environment for sure.

Miami was...as you mentioned. It was toxic and violent. Miami fans had finally tasted success for the first time in 15 years, and they were out in droves. And you best believe A LOT of those f*ckers were drunk as a skunk, and they weren't just loud and electric, they were shouting profanities, threatening violence, acting like complete assholes, throwing drinks on ND fans. It was a complete mess. By many accounts from ND fans in attendance, it was one of the loudest and most toxic environments they have ever experienced in sports.

Miami is a fairweather fanbase. They rarely show up because the team has been average for years. But when they've been good, that place is a hornets nest.

Not to mention, it was November. It wasn't just the environment being a toxic waste dump, but the book had essentially been written on how to stop ND's offense. Attack the line, crash hard, force Wimbush to beat you with his arm. He folded like he did against Georgia.

Meanwhile, the defense had finally begun to show cracks the week prior against Wake Forest. It carried over to Miami and they took full advantage of that toxic atmosphere and had them shook from the jump. Same happened a few weeks later against Stanford. ND's defense had been steadfast all year and suddenly, November rolls around and they're slipping.

Miami fans were the same at soldier Field in 2012. They were embarrassing.

 

[T-Boone]

I can't say I agree.

You pretty much said it yourself. A&M fans are welcoming and accommodating. They'll be loud and electric. It'll be a very tough environment for sure.

Miami was...as you mentioned. It was toxic and violent. Miami fans had finally tasted success for the first time in 15 years, and they were out in droves. And you best believe A LOT of those f*ckers were drunk as a skunk, and they weren't just loud and electric, they were shouting profanities, threatening violence, acting like complete assholes, throwing drinks on ND fans. It was a complete mess. By many accounts from ND fans in attendance, it was one of the loudest and most toxic environments they have ever experienced in sports.

Miami is a fairweather fanbase. They rarely show up because the team has been average for years. But when they've been good, that place is a hornets nest.

Not to mention, it was November. It wasn't just the environment being a toxic waste dump, but the book had essentially been written on how to stop ND's offense. Attack the line, crash hard, force Wimbush to beat you with his arm. He folded like he did against Georgia.

Meanwhile, the defense had finally begun to show cracks the week prior against Wake Forest. It carried over to Miami and they took full advantage of that toxic atmosphere and had them shook from the jump. Same happened a few weeks later against Stanford. ND's defense had been steadfast all year and suddenly, November rolls around and they're slipping.

My recollection of the game is the heat really played a big part and we were totally fatiguing on D due to the heat and not enough depth on the D line and the offense not working as you set out.
These need to be added to the explanation unless it is in there and I missed it.

 

[forkbeard3777]

I can't say I agree.

You pretty much said it yourself. A&M fans are welcoming and accommodating. They'll be loud and electric. It'll be a very tough environment for sure.

Miami was...as you mentioned. It was toxic and violent. Miami fans had finally tasted success for the first time in 15 years, and they were out in droves. And you best believe A LOT of those f*ckers were drunk as a skunk, and they weren't just loud and electric, they were shouting profanities, threatening violence, acting like complete assholes, throwing drinks on ND fans. It was a complete mess. By many accounts from ND fans in attendance, it was one of the loudest and most toxic environments they have ever experienced in sports.

Miami is a fairweather fanbase. They rarely show up because the team has been average for years. But when they've been good, that place is a hornets nest.

Not to mention, it was November. It wasn't just the environment being a toxic waste dump, but the book had essentially been written on how to stop ND's offense. Attack the line, crash hard, force Wimbush to beat you with his arm. He folded like he did against Georgia.

Meanwhile, the defense had finally begun to show cracks the week prior against Wake Forest. It carried over to Miami and they took full advantage of that toxic atmosphere and had them shook from the jump. Same happened a few weeks later against Stanford. ND's defense had been steadfast all year and suddenly, November rolls around and they're slipping.

Yeah, sorry. I misconstrued the original post and tried to clarify my comment.

In essence, I meant that from an overall "college football atmosphere and fan experience" (i.e., the tailgating, traditions, marching band, the atmosphere, the campus, etc.) that Miami would be minor league or inferior to Texas A&M. Miami fans are merely bandwagoning douchebags that act vicariously through their team and take on this "gang" persona. They purport to be "adults"; yet, they willfully wear cargo shorts, wife beaters, jerseys, go to tanning beds, listen to rap (imagine, a 50 year old "man" listening to rap) that try and instigate fights with opposing fans. Call it like it is, they're lowbrow, scuzzy trash with a criminal record and, more likely than not, a venereal disease.

Fortunately, I've been to games at both Texas A&M and Notre Dame and, well, both (while very different experiences) have this very unique "aura" around their gamedays that the overwhelming majority of campuses do not have. It's really hard to describe, and something to be experienced. You'll know it and pick up on it if you go (the Aggie Band, Corps of Cadets, Midnight Yell, 12th Man, Yell Leaders, don't walk on the grass, remove your cap inside the student center, "Howdy", their chants, yells, songs, etc.). Miami doesn't have that. That's a team that plays in a NFL stadium that pipes in shitty music (because their band is worthless), with a trashy, douchey, bandwagoning fanbase (in which the overwhelming majority likely do not have their GED, much less a college degree) that want to instigate fights.

 

[mango4]

Yeah, sorry. I misconstrued the original post and tried to clarify my comment.

In essence, I meant that from an overall "college football atmosphere and fan experience" (i.e., the tailgating, traditions, marching band, the atmosphere, the campus, etc.) that Miami would be minor league or inferior to Texas A&M. Miami fans are merely bandwagoning douchebags that act vicariously through their team and take on this "gang" persona. They purport to be "adults"; yet, they willfully wear cargo shorts, wife beaters, jerseys, go to tanning beds, listen to rap (imagine, a 50 year old "man" listening to rap) that try and instigate fights with opposing fans. Call it like it is, they're lowbrow, scuzzy trash with a criminal record and, more likely than not, a venereal disease.

Fortunately, I've been to games at both Texas A&M and Notre Dame and, well, both (while very different experiences) have this very unique "aura" around their gamedays that the overwhelming majority of campuses do not have. It's really hard to describe, and something to be experienced. You'll know it and pick up on it if you go (the Aggie Band, Corps of Cadets, Midnight Yell, 12th Man, Yell Leaders, don't walk on the grass, remove your cap inside the student center, "Howdy", their chants, yells, songs, etc.). Miami doesn't have that. That's a team that plays in a NFL stadium that pipes in shitty music (because their band is worthless), with a trashy, douchey, bandwagoning fanbase (in which the overwhelming majority likely do not have their GED, much less a college degree) that want to instigate fights.

Half the aggy band doesn't even play instruments, they just walk around acting like they play

 

[dublinirish]

UCF transfer


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[Cpnd1]

Texas A&M loses wide receiver Jabre Barber to foot injury

Texas A&M will have to move forward without one of its top players at wide receiver.

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[NDPhilly]

Jacoby Matthews, another class of 2022 borderline 5 star, has entered the portal. He was a projected starter.

Jacoby Mathews, Ponchatoula , Safety

Also plays basketball. Averaged 12.5 points per game and 6.5 rebounds per game as a sophomore on the hardwood. 2020: Went both ways for a Green Wave team...

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[stlnd01]

Yeah, sorry. I misconstrued the original post and tried to clarify my comment.

In essence, I meant that from an overall "college football atmosphere and fan experience" (i.e., the tailgating, traditions, marching band, the atmosphere, the campus, etc.) that Miami would be minor league or inferior to Texas A&M. Miami fans are merely bandwagoning douchebags that act vicariously through their team and take on this "gang" persona. They purport to be "adults"; yet, they willfully wear cargo shorts, wife beaters, jerseys, go to tanning beds, listen to rap (imagine, a 50 year old "man" listening to rap) that try and instigate fights with opposing fans. Call it like it is, they're lowbrow, scuzzy trash with a criminal record and, more likely than not, a venereal disease.

I realize he's not around as much anymore but this made me chuckle. Apparently Forkbeard has not spent a lot of time around Notre Dame in warm weather.

 

[forkbeard3777]

I realize he's not around as much anymore but this made me chuckle. Apparently Forkbeard has not spent a lot of time around Notre Dame in warm weather.

I'm still around, brother. Obviously, kind of a slower time (football wise), but I'm still reading topics and checking in on ND's practices here and there. I'll be definitely more engaged when fall camp approaches. ND should have a great team this year.