BC Postgame

[Bluto]

This ND team has the worst place kicking I’ve ever seen on the college level.

 

[Me2SouthBend]

Did this weekend fuck us?

Yes

 

[rtrn2glory]

no. UGA just beat a 3-4 UF team by 4

Yeah but ESPNs hard on for Georgia could dig a trench

 

[Bane]

More concerned with the defense and allowing a 12 minute drive than anything offensively.

I get it, but a bad drive is going to happen and it's important to remember that we overcame the absolute worst call by an ACC crew this year (and that is a high, high bar) and still held them to only 3 on that drive.

 

[T-Boone]

I categorically disagree. Too many teams play each other that are competing for spots. Take care of business and things will work themselves out

Too few of the key results we need are going NDs way. That has been a trend for 3 or 4 weeks. It doesn't have the same vibe as last year with all the right upsets happening then. Vandy loss was good but Texas now has a better claim then ND if they win out. From here I give it 55/45 chance a 10-2 ND gets in.

 

[InKellyWeTrust]

Isnt it mainly that we have our 2 best OL fellows out injured and the replacements are brand new?

I don't think so. Its BC. We came out and threw the ball 4 straight times, instead of setting the tone and pushing them off the los and pounding the run. Questionable 3rd down anf 4th down calls is a trend. He gets too cute.

 

[rtrn2glory]

No, I watched the entire game lol. Did that pass your eye test?

Exactly and the score is the first thing they'll look at..25-10 gets their attention.

45-10....oh they won they were supposed to so moving on

 

[MacIrish75]

I get it, but a bad drive is going to happen and it's important to remember that we overcame the absolute worst call by an ACC crew this year (and that is a high, high bar) and still held them to only 3 on that drive.

Honestly I thought BC schemed and called a pretty good drive. We helped them a bit, but their QB didn’t try and do too much and took what he was given.

 

[IrishinSyria]

Did this weekend fuck us?

Unequivocally no.

We may or may not make the playoffs but it will have nothing to do with this weekend and everything to do with (a) us winning out and (b) everything happening that’s out of our control. Beating BC by two vs five scores won’t be a top 100 factor.

 

[Bane]

This ND team has the worst place kicking I’ve ever seen on the college level.

Far more than any inconsistency on offense and the occasional bad drive by the defense, this is the most frustrating part of the team for me because it's the easiest.

 

[Dale]

Offense is in an interesting spot in that Boise, NC State and BC have all loaded the box and played man coverage. It has led to Carr almost exclusively throwing deep it feels like. There have been some frustrating 1st and 10s where it’s like do you really need to throw deep and have it be incomplete right now. The payoff is 40 yard post routes being wide open enough times a game to payoff multiple touchdowns.

Need more short pass solutions to this type of defense. Pitt will be better at it than the above three.

 

[Floribama50]

If someone asked would you be disappointed if the defense gave up 10 points, I’d say yes. If someone asked would you be disappointed if the offense scored 25 points, I wouldn’t think you were serious.

 

[GowerND11]

No, I watched the entire game lol. Did that pass your eye test?

I watched the whole game too. That’s why I understand the nuance of the game and that ND was never really in trouble.

 

[rtrn2glory]

I guess we need to just put you on the committee then because unfortunately I don't see them finding that performance against 1-7 team to be acceptable of a team that is supposed to be one of the 12 best teams in the country

 

[Irishnuke]

Kicking, JD's fumbles, 12 minute drive by BC, bad penalties and one BS penalty. Clean that up and we would have won very comfortably.

 

[MacIrish75]

I watched the whole game too. That’s why I understand the nuance of the game and that ND was never really in trouble.

I guess we’ll see. I just tend to feel like as a two loss team, we’ve got to win PLUS look good doing so.

I don’t think anybody here (and you know this) doesn’t want us to make the playoffs. There’s just concern that we may be leaving too much up to a committee of humans whose interests don’t reflect our own.

 

[Blazers46]

Several of y’all need to go change your sheets.

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I’m 41, if I pee’d that much I’d take it.

 

[FDNYIrish1]

I get it, but a bad drive is going to happen and it's important to remember that we overcame the absolute worst call by an ACC crew this year (and that is a high, high bar) and still held them to only 3 on that drive.

Agreed. It was a frustrating day as it seemed our front was just about to make a big play and were so close to changing the momentum. Still hard to be disappointed completely, the guys played hard as always. I didn’t get to see the first quarter, I’ll have to find it later.

 

[Blazers46]

Offense is in an interesting spot in that Boise, NC State and BC have all loaded the box and played man coverage. It has led to Carr almost exclusively throwing deep it feels like. There have been some frustrating 1st and 10s where it’s like do you really need to throw deep and have it be incomplete right now. The payoff is 40 yard post routes being wide open enough times a game to payoff multiple touchdowns.

Need more short pass solutions to this type of defense. Pitt will be better at it than the above three.

Wasn’t that the rumored on him in spring/fall practice? Too many shots down the field?

 

[Bane]

I guess we’ll see. I just tend to feel like as a two loss team, we’ve got to win PLUS look good doing so.

I don’t think anybody here (and you know this) doesn’t want us to make the playoffs. There’s just concern that we may be leaving too much up to a committee of humans whose interests don’t reflect our own.

I mean to be fair this is the worst we've looked all season probably. Maybe the first half of the Purdue game or the first half of Boise, but this is the first time we didn't rally to cover with a dominant second half. Bama just got all they could handle and then some from SCAR last week, everyone has a bad game. I get we have 2 losses but there's still a lot of season left and teams will drop games. I don't think this week would be the reason we don't get in or whatever.

 

[NDPhilly]

I just think you can’t discount the fact that BC’s QB played at a very high level for 3/4 of the game. Our game plan on D was to keep everything in front of us and force him to be accurate. He uncharacteristically was, until we decided to turn up the heat late.

 

[Huntr]

Brice with a good point on the post-game, where the hell is Williams?

 

[rtrn2glory]

Pitt will be foaming at the mouth to play us in a few weeks

 

[InKellyWeTrust]

I mean to be fair this is the worst we've looked all season probably. Maybe the first half of the Purdue game or the first half of Boise, but this is the first time we didn't rally to cover with a dominant second half. Bama just got all they could handle and then some from SCAR last week, everyone has a bad game. I get we have 2 losses but there's still a lot of season left and teams will drop games. I don't think this week would be the reason we don't get in or whatever.

Form, eye test, whatever matters. And when you don't look the part AND the resume (SOR, wins against ranked teams, etc) is questionable, there isn't much else to turn to.

 

[TNUtoNotreDame]

Pitt will be foaming at the mouth to play us in a few weeks

The game is incredibly scary now and I would not be surprised if we lose by two touchdowns. Narduzzi at minimum will have the boys ready and excited we cannot let them hang around like we did tonight.

 

[AKRowdy]

I can’t believe you guys are all afraid of fucking Pitt. It’s not OSU or Miami or A&M. Come on now. Narduzzi is a chump.

 

[IrishLax]

1. They make way too many losing plays, do too many "little things" wrong. They are winning because they are a very, very talented team that can overcome all of that.

2. I was not happy with the O. You get 450+ yards you have to turn that into more than 25 points. They "should have" scored 31... that's not good enough against a team like BC. See Point 1, they self-destruct too much.

3. The kicking game is beyond a joke. The idea of getting a proven kicker in the portal is great, but if you are *never* getting kids out of high school that can get the job done then you are one injury away from catastrophe and that's what we saw part of last year + most this year. The fact that they got a "top 5" kicker that can't make chip shot field goals or extra points is the biggest "what the fuck?" ever. Did Biagi even have him come kick for him? If not, why? We would literally have been better off having an open kicking session for any interested high school senior and they would've found someone better.

 

[MacIrish75]

1. They make way too many losing plays, do too many "little things" wrong. They are winning because they are a very, very talented team that can overcome all of that.

2. I was not happy with the O. You get 450+ yards you have to turn that into more than 25 points. They "should have" scored 31... that's not good enough against a team like BC. See Point 1, they self-destruct too much. Running backs going for less than 2 yards a carry, how are you

3. The kicking game is beyond a joke. The idea of getting a proven kicker in the portal is great, but if you are *never* getting kids out of high school that can get the job done then you are one injury away from catastrophe and that's what we saw part of last year + most this year. The fact that they got a "top 5" kicker that can't make chip shot field goals or extra points is the biggest "what the fuck?" ever. Did Biagi even have him come kick for him? If not, why? We would literally have been better off having an open kicking session for any interested high school senior and they would've found someone better.

We shouldn’t recruit kickers and take two xfers a year at kicker.

The thing about kicking is level and division don’t really matter. Kicking a PAT or 50 harder in FCS or D2 is literally the same as D1. It’s different than other positions—even punter.

 

[T-Boone]

Brice with a good point on the post-game, where the hell is Williams?

He plays for the LA Rams now.

 

[ColinKSU]

This offense sure feels like “Hope Love or Price breaks one and only chuck it deep if you have to throw.”

Seems weird when your QB isn’t a consistent deep ball thrower.