Big day for Clausen??

irishandy · Oct 29, 2009

Washington State is ranked 118th in the country in pass defense. I see a big day for Clausen, much like the Hawaii bowl or even better. If Clausen is having a big day I hope Weis leaves him in the game so he can put up even bigger numbers.

phork · Oct 29, 2009

No thanks. Rack up 350 yards and 4 TDs then pullem. Crist needs experience and you don't want to risk Clausen getting hurt.

GoIrish41 · Oct 29, 2009

I will be happy with nothing less that 900 yards passing and 11 TDs.

irishmarine · Oct 29, 2009

I say once we put up 40 points the. We pull him. Get Dane some pt

Junkhead · Oct 29, 2009

irishmarine said:
I say once we put up 40 points the. We pull him. Get Dane some pt

It may be 40-38 by then though.

GoIrish41 · Oct 29, 2009

Good point Junkhead.

Riddickulous · Oct 29, 2009

Golden Tate will have his second career 200 yard game with another 3 TDs.

phork · Oct 30, 2009

ND hasn't thrown up 40 points in 32 games.

irish4ever · Oct 30, 2009

phork said:
No thanks. Rack up 350 yards and 4 TDs then pullem. Crist needs experience and you don't want to risk Clausen getting hurt.

I agree ... let JC rack up 300+ yds and a few TD passes, hopefully the Irish are up 3+ TD's and turn it over to Crist and the running corps!

JefMaj · Oct 30, 2009

Play him 2 Qs and the play Crist 2 Qs. If Clausen os gone in 2010 - we need to move forward.

WhoDeyIrish · Oct 30, 2009

JefMaj said:
Play him 2 Qs and the play Crist 2 Qs. If Clausen os gone in 2010 - we need to move forward.

We need to make sure that we have the game put away before we put Crist in, in my opinion.

Irish.Ca · Oct 30, 2009

JefMaj said:
Play him 2 Qs and the play Crist 2 Qs. If Clausen os gone in 2010 - we need to move forward.

Jeff is right but doesn't go far enough. Hope to rest Golden & Kyle before the 4th and let Ragone, Shaq if he can go, Walker and Goodman some more touches. I'd love to see Theo get a chance to run the ball too, if Allen is a no go. He might get his opportunity to put on a show.

Go Irish

tankjeep · Oct 30, 2009

WhoDeyIrish said:
We need to make sure that we have the game put away before we put Crist in, in my opinion.

why? crist has been in tight games before and played well. i like what he brings to the table. scrambling ability mixed with a rocket arm. granted he needs to work on his accuracy, but still he brings a different look.

now i'm not saying put him early, but varied it up so he can get some reps.

Irish.Ca · Oct 30, 2009

One set I would love to see us run would be a wildcat formation with double TE's and no FB. Allen, Golden or Goodman takes the snap, can run left or right with a TE blocking or running routes on both sides, could use flea flicker, screen pass. Lots of options.

kmoose · Oct 30, 2009

Irish.Ca said:
One set I would love to see us run would be a wildcat formation with double TE's and no FB. Allen, Golden or Goodman takes the snap, can run left or right with a TE blocking or running routes on both sides, could use flea flicker, screen pass. Lots of options.

How are you going to run a flea flicker, with one back, in a wildcat?

devolg · Oct 30, 2009

Let Jimmy put up his numbers. ND needs a Heisman. Been far to long.

IrishGolden09 · Oct 30, 2009

kmoose said:
How are you going to run a flea flicker, with one back, in a wildcat?

I think there was a wildcat formation where Clausen line up at WR in the BC game, maybe somehow get him the ball. Not sure if that's what the previous poster meant or not.

I tend to align with the train of thought that if we have a big lead, to get Crist as much experience as possible, regardless of Jimmy's numbers. I'd love to see Jimmy torch them, but I think after the 2007 season that it is imperative to have a prepared back-up. It would also give Clausen some time to rest his toe, no need to risk further injury to the toe especially with a tough Pitt pass rush coming in 2 weeks.

Merlin · Oct 30, 2009

We know Jimmy will do his best, but I'm more concerned with what WS's freshmen QB, Jeff Tuel will do, Tuel threw for a career best of 354 yards and two touchdowns in Saturday's loss to Cal.

Where does our pass defense rank?

Don't get me wrong, I'm hoping we can score a bunch, I'm sure we can, but I didn't expect Faucier to do so well for Michigan at the start of the season, and look what he did.

Go Irish!!!

WhoDeyIrish · Oct 30, 2009

Our pass defense is ranked 117th in the nation...which is pathetic.

Merlin · Oct 30, 2009

WhoDeyIrish said:
Our pass defense is ranked 117th in the nation...which is pathetic.

So we're one place higher then Washington State, and some on here expect Jimmy to get pulled at some point!?! :krazy:

phork · Oct 30, 2009

I think their offense is also near the bottom of the pile as well. ND really needs to beat them badly, another close one here would be very very bad.

Sam Crow · Oct 30, 2009

i say we keep clausen in so his heisman rankings can go up.

Riddickulous · Oct 30, 2009

WhoDeyIrish said:
Our pass defense is ranked 117th in the nation...which is pathetic.

WSU is 118th, which makes it even more pathetic.

Sam Crow · Oct 30, 2009

yeah our d-fence isnt very strong. i bet if we got better d we would be unstoppable

BeatSC · Oct 30, 2009

I don't care about the stats are as long as we have this game in the bag by half-time. I'm tired of the pacing and stress when we have the obvious talent edge. That Syracuse game last year was the low point of anything I can remember. We need to erase that and make sure these games are total dominance. There will be nowehre to hide if we don't beat the Cougars like a drum.

TDHeysus · Oct 30, 2009

phork said:
Rack up 350 yards and 4 TDs then pullem....

I agree with this...if he has those numbers, there isnt much to gain by keeping him in the game (unless of course its a close game, but ND is never is any close games...)

but to suggest that Crist will be getting some PT, I think is getting ahead of ourselves. lets get the win first.

NDOM · Oct 30, 2009

I think Clausen will do okay. I say we run more. Clausen will finish 18-30 298 yards 3 tds and 1 pick. And I also think Washington State is going to hang with us. Final Notre Dame 34 Washington State 28

irishfan · Oct 30, 2009

NDOM said:
I think Clausen will do okay. I say we run more. Clausen will finish 18-30 298 yards 3 tds and 1 pick. And I also think Washington State is going to hang with us. Final Notre Dame 34 Washington State 28

so whats that put them at now with your predictions? 1-7?

WhoDeyIrish · Oct 30, 2009

I know Notre Dame really generally doesn't embarrass teams, for various reasons, but I would love to see us just really blast Wazzou. I mean I want us to really beat them and beat them badly. I would love to see us hang 60 on these guys. For real I think we need a big blowout win to prove that we can beat up on the patsy's of the world, just like every other big school can.

NoJusticeNoPeace · Oct 30, 2009

Run it up on the Cougars. Throw for at least 5 TD passes.

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