Carolina Postgame

[DCK_1981]

Thank god I wasn’t able to see this today. I was randomly checking the score and updates on X and we went from being up 14 with the ball inside the 5 to almost tied. Thats probably the worst football played by the Irish since A&M last year. Definitely some positives to take though with Walton having a coming out party. If the defense cleans this up and it was just a weird weather game I feel a lot better where we are. Hopefully this is t like UNC in 2014 when we won but they exposed BvG for the first time

 

[Katzenboyer]

C+ game.

Still won by 11 on the road. Lot to work on, not the type of performance that gets you Ws in January...but it's a win

 

[NDMatt91]

Moore is going to be evaluated

 

[Chino Cherokee]

Freeman talks a lot about 'learning experiences.'

Lots of those today. They should learn a lot, and improve.

I'm OK with that.

 

[IrishBoognish]

Thank god I wasn’t able to see this today. I was randomly checking the score and updates on X and we went from being up 14 with the ball inside the 5 to almost tied. Thats probably the worst football played by the Irish since A&M last year. Definitely some positives to take though with Walton having a coming out party. If the defense cleans this up and it was just a weird weather game I feel a lot better where we are. Hopefully this is t like UNC in 2014 when we won but they exposed BvG for the first time

Nobody exposed anyone

It was poor coaching on the offensive side that put the secondary into prevention mode

The defense looked great when they were a part of complimentary football

 

[NDPhilly]

I thought the defensive scheme was very vanilla, likely thought they would get more consistent pressure, and didn’t expect Edwards to be as accurate as he was when he did have time.

 

[KPENN]

Noon games are the best, can enjoy the rest of the games today

 

[MacIrish75]

Marcus prepared for the rain and brought a hat. That shows growth.

 

[stlnd01]

Moore is going to be evaluated

It was hard to what actually happened to him beyond colliding with a much larger dude. And once he got up, he jogged off moving both arms just fine.

 

[Chino Cherokee]

Noon games are the best, can enjoy the rest of the games today

Who gives a fuck about the rest of the games?

The Irish WON! Nothing else matters.

 

[ACamp1900]

Who gives a fuck about the rest of the games?

The Irish WON! Nothing else matters.

It’s still better bc you can just enjoy the rest of your weekend,… night games are fucking torture

 

[stlnd01]

Weather was terrible, bunch of weird stuff happened and they had a kickoff return touchdown. It was the perfect recipe for an upset and still there was probably only a few minutes of game time where it felt like they might actually lose

What minutes were those?
UNC needed a goal line stop, an almost-unrepeatable 97-yard drive, and then a kick return for a touchdown to make it even briefly close. Then we took back over.
We were always going to win that game. Though it’s one we easily lose in many past years.

 

[Bane]

15 straight wins by double digits ties for #2 with the 2008-09 Florida Gators and two away from the 2001-02 Miami teams.

The running game is gelling and I think the depth chart will be Walton/James/Williams.

Was not pretty and we faced some real adversity for the first time in a long time. Game got within 1 and we responded beautifully. A long, soul crushing drive, a 3 and out, and another long drive, a 4 and out, and another long drive. We shrunk the game and choked the life out of them.

Our WR corps is rounding out with Faison, Greathouse, and Gilbert. If the rushing attack continues its upward trajectory the offense will be deadly.

Onward.

 

[IrishinSyria]

The running game looked good. Other than that? Woof.

Passing: CJ Carr (ND) - 21/29, 234 yards, 4 TD

Woof?

 

[Sea Turtle]

Ugly game.

 

[Blazers46]

Not awful but not great. Statistically dominated the game.

UNC had 3 drives over 74 yards.

But no other drive over 17 yards.

So basically 33 plays for 246 on 3 scoring drives.

17 plays for 31 yards on 6 other drives.

Weird.

 

[Bane]

I thought the defensive scheme was very vanilla, likely thought they would get more consistent pressure, and didn’t expect Edwards to be as accurate as he was when he did have time.

That kid is a gamer, I'll tip my cap to him. His experience and age showed as he wasn't rattled easily.

 

[IrishBoognish]

Noon games are the best, can enjoy the rest of the games today

Fuck that

I had to wake up at 8:30am on my weekend to watch a game

I hate it

Now im drunk at noon and kicking every dog in sight

IM REALLY DRUNK AT NOON!!!

 

[stlnd01]

Not awful but not great. Statistically dominated the game.

3 drivers over 75 yards.

But no other drive over 17 yards.

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Was a weird game that way. We either shut them down cold or they dinked and dunked all the way down the field. Petrino and Ash took turns figuring each other out, basically.

 

[tko]

Rodney Dunham?

 

[NumbersGuy0520]

Another key moment was the 4th and goal Carr rushing TD at the 3 to go up 27-20 midway through the third where we also drew them offsides and used the free play to our advantage.

None of that probably happens without Carr.

 

[Huntr]

 

[KPENN]

 

[arrowryan]

I’m not so sure the defensive performance is on Ash. I thought the secondary just didn’t play well. In particular, I thought Shuler played like shit. In general, I didn’t think the secondary had good eyes.

The scoring plays/drives were thanks to 1.) Shuler being poor in man coverage on the TE, and 2.) The boneheaded penalty on Ausberry.

Not saying Ash is completely blame free. I just don’t think this group of 18-22 year old kids were up to snuff today.

 

[Bane]

I’m not so sure the defensive performance is on Ash. I thought the secondary just didn’t play well. In particular, I thought Shuler played like shit. In general, I didn’t think the secondary had good eyes.

The scoring plays/drives were thanks to 1.) Shuler being poor in man coverage on the TE, and 2.) The boneheaded penalty on Ausberry.

Not saying Ash is completely blame free. I just don’t think this group of 18-22 year old kids were up to snuff today.

Off days will happen. Better to happen in Chapel Hill than Provo in two weeks or against Miami in a month.

 

[RudyVerse]

Anyone got a bead in Leonard Moore?

 

[arrowryan]

One thing I would’ve liked to have seen on defense is more double mug blitz. Send more than what they have protecting and force Edwards to make a split second decision.

 

[thekid33]

You can't win them all unless you win them all.

We may have finally found our RB1 and rediscovered our run game.

But, there's a lot to clean up.

 

[NDFAN2008]

1. Jonaz Walton should be RB1
2. OL played great today and didn’t give up and pressure or a sack
3. Defensive pressure sucked. That ain’t gonna cut it against Miami. Need to do more movement on the DL and get pressure even if it means bringing multiple people into blitz
4. Shuler was rough today
5. Special teams a big F

 

[arrowryan]

If Ausberry doesn’t get the personal foul and Shuler doesn’t fall asleep in man coverage, the score is more likely around 37-13.