Dec 28 | Camping World Bowl | Iowa State

[Circa]

Does Claypool have another year of eligibility?

 

[loomis41973]

Well done men.

 

[Henges24]

Great win in convincing fashion. Can’t ask for much more than that to end the year.

Now onto annual offseason drama!

 

[BGIF]

11-2

Suck it season long naysayers.

 

[Crazy Balki]

Yeah, really lacking focus today it seems...

 

[IrishLax]

Complete performance. I think I was basically wrong about every single game this year.

Feels good to be 11-2!

 

[Henges24]

Does Claypool have another year of eligibility?

He’s done

 

[irishtrooper]

Defense was amazing against a pretty efficient offense. Made plays and covered well. Book had a good day. Claypool will be missed. Not only on offense, but his punt coverage is outstanding

 

[POTUS2017]

NICE JOB IRISH!!! 11-2!!! TOMMY 4 OC!!!!

 

[BabyIrish]

I called this from the beginning. This exactly who I wanted for our bowl game. Anyone wanna give me vbucks lol

 

[irishtrooper]

NICE JOB IRISH!!! 11-2!!! TOMMY 4 OC!!!!

Not totally sold on Tommy yet. Pretty sketchy start to the day. It got better, but not sure it was a slam dunk great day for the OC

 

[BGIF]

Does Claypool have another year of eligibility?

No, he's played in 12 or more games each of his 4 years.

 

[BGIF]

Not totally sold on Tommy yet. Pretty sketchy start to the day. It got better, but not sure it was a slam dunk great day for the OC

I think that's fair.

The offense looked better IMO because the OLine blocked better as the game went along.

The Jones record setting run was set up with a blocking clinic including 3 stellar blocks from receivers.

 

[pumpdog20]

Complete performance. I think I was basically wrong about every single game this year.

Feels good to be 11-2!

This team was extremely hard to get a read on. 11-2 and and very impressive after the VT game. I loved this team's resolve. BK has it on the right track.

 

[Dizzyphil]

Not totally sold on Tommy yet. Pretty sketchy start to the day. It got better, but not sure it was a slam dunk great day for the OC

I think that's fair.

The offense looked better IMO because the OLine blocked better as the game went along.

The Jones record setting run was set up with a blocking clinic including 3 stellar blocks from receivers.

established the run game fairly well for the 2nd and 3rd quarter passing game...



Rees/OC - grade A-

 

[ND88]

Not totally sold on Tommy yet. Pretty sketchy start to the day. It got better, but not sure it was a slam dunk great day for the OC

The big question: do we have time for him to improve? He will, but should we take the risk?

 

[BGIF]

Classy move by Claypool.

Accepting the MVP Bowl award and paying tribute to the defense, the starters, AND the scout team that prepares the offense for each game.

 

[loomis41973]

Let's get a real and proven OC. TR is not the answer quite yet.

 

[Whiskeyjack]

SP+ projected a 3 point win, and FEI a 6 point win. We won by 24. The next largest MOV in an ISU loss this year was only 10 against Kansas State. This is the same Cyclones team that lost by a mere 4 points combined to Iowa, Baylor and Oklahoma.

Pretty sure the advanced metrics will classify that as an "elite" performance, regardless of how little credit the voters give us. Aside from one bad day in the Big House during a torrential downpour, we have been a top-10 team all year, and we deserve to be ranked that way in the final poll.

 

[Circa]

Let's get a real and proven OC. TR is not the answer quite yet.

Clark Lea wasn't a proven coordinator when he took over. I'm in Rees's camp. Unless we go after Charlie Weis jr....

 

[Irishize]

Wheeeeeeeeewwwwww

So happy for the win. I bought into all the media hype & the media reports of an uninspired week of practice. I was wrong.

Now I don’t have to hear shit from my buddy from now to infinitum about his Clones beating my Irish.

 

[pumpdog20]

I've loved the character of the last three ND teams. We owe McGlicnhy and Nelson to get BK to see the error of his ways, BK to for taking the right action, and this senior class, everything when we win it in 2022.

 

[Irishize]

Surely 11 wins gets ND into the top 10 right? Has an 11-win P5 team ever been outside the top 10?

I’m assuming it will take care of itself w/ a fair amount of teams ahead of ND losing. PSU was #10 and they won so they’ll likely move up.

 

[stlnd01]

Surely 11 wins gets ND into the top 10 right? Has an 11-win P5 team ever been outside the top 10?

I’m assuming it will take care of itself w/ a fair amount of teams ahead of ND losing. PSU was #10 and they won so they’ll likely move up.

It should. Whether it does or not probably depends on whether teams in front of us that lose lose close or lose ugly. I’d bet not quite enough of them lose ugly and we wind up 11 or 12.

 

[BeauBenken]

SP+ projected a 3 point win, and FEI a 6 point win. We won by 24. The next largest MOV in an ISU loss this year was only 10 against Kansas State. This is the same Cyclones team that lost by a mere 4 points combined to Iowa, Baylor and Oklahoma.

Pretty sure the advanced metrics will classify that as an "elite" performance, regardless of how little credit the voters give us. Aside from one bad day in the Big House during a torrential downpour, we have been a top-10 team all year, and we deserve to be ranked that way in the final poll.

I was thinking that before the game. Don't think we should be outside the top ten but don't be surprised if it happens somehow. A lot of disrespect for this team.

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[PapaIrish37]

Do like that Penn State was on ESPN in a NY6 game while the Irish were on ABC in the Camping World Bowl. Which team carries more weight with viewers? Great all around performance. Love the obvious relationship and respect that exists between Claypool (and all the players when you see them in this setting) and Father Jenkins. ND is a big enough place to be great and still a small enough place to be family in a substantive way.

 

[yankeehater]

SP+ projected a 3 point win, and FEI a 6 point win. We won by 24. The next largest MOV in an ISU loss this year was only 10 against Kansas State. This is the same Cyclones team that lost by a mere 4 points combined to Iowa, Baylor and Oklahoma.

Pretty sure the advanced metrics will classify that as an "elite" performance, regardless of how little credit the voters give us. Aside from one bad day in the Big House during a torrential downpour, we have been a top-10 team all year, and we deserve to be ranked that way in the final poll.

Not to take away from ND's performance, but I would liken ISU to a good Mountain West team at best. The Big 12 is always overrated so I think ISU was given too much credit for their close loses in conference.

 

[yankeehater]

Surely 11 wins gets ND into the top 10 right? Has an 11-win P5 team ever been outside the top 10?

I’m assuming it will take care of itself w/ a fair amount of teams ahead of ND losing. PSU was #10 and they won so they’ll likely move up.

I was thinking the same so I just checked out the rankings. I am not sure there will enough loses by teams ahead of ND to move into the top 10. Personally, I feel this team is definitely a top 10 team! Take away the Michigan game and everyone would be on the bandwagon and this team would have been top 5.

 

[irishff1014]

Clark Lea wasn't a proven coordinator when he took over. I'm in Rees's camp. Unless we go after Charlie Weis jr....

Other then the running game I didn’t see really anything that stood out from Tommy. The only good thing if he names Tommy the OC is that he always has people to lean on. He has BK, Quinn, and Taylor that can help him in many ways.

 

[Greenore]

Great game lads!!

Cheers and Go Irish!!