Big day for Clausen??

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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.
 

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

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

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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!
 

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

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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
 

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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.
 

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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.
 

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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?
 

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

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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.
 

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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!!!
 

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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.
 

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

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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.
 

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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.
 

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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
 

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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?
 

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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.
 
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