Jan 20 | National Championship

[Dale]

I keep thinking about how inaccurate Will Howard was against Texas. Their receivers might be elite but their QB isn't. Howard isn't winning this game if he throws the way he did against Texas on our elite secondary, they will eat him alive.

Basically this

 

[thekid33]

I keep thinking about how inaccurate Will Howard was against Texas. Their receivers might be elite but their QB isn't. Howard isn't winning this game if he throws the way he did against Texas on our elite secondary, they will eat him alive.

He made some bad throws when they played Penn State.

 

[Dale]

ND has to make him make competitive throws, doesn’t need to be blanket coverage, his inaccuracy will do the rest

 

[NDFAN2008]

Howard made about 3-4 throws against Texas that shoulda been picked. One was tipped, he did have one INT. I think the thing we need to watch is them running drop screens to Henderson

 

[ab2cmiller]

Against Tennessee and Oregon, Howard was dropping dimes. It all depends on which Howard shows up.

 

[Veritate Duce Progredi]

There are so many combinations of things that can sway a game that it's impossible to reduce the game to any subset of variables. ie - prior to the Penn State game we all believed we needed to win the turnover battle, outrush them and never go down by double digits.

Having said that, the turnovers in this one seem extra premium. And I wonder if our WRs/TEs/RBs can find the soft spots in zone and sit down rather than running into big hits/collisions. The breakdowns I've seen of tOSU show a team that plays almost entirely zone with occasional man mixed in.

 

[dublinirish]

aha this is brilliant

 

[ab2cmiller]

aha this is brilliant

“Born on third and he thinks he hit a triple”

That’s gold Jerry, gold.

 

[greyhammer90]

“Born on third and he thinks he hit a triple”

That’s gold Jerry, gold.

That's just a Harbaugh line. I do like the Epstein angle though. Hadn't heard that before.

 

[dublinirish]

also wtf is Lou Holtz this week? He should be on a media tour all week talking shit about Ryan Day trying to get under his skin.

 

[thekid33]

I do like the Epstein angle though. Hadn't heard that before.

I follow No Laying Up (golf media conglomerate) and most of those guys are either from Ohio or have family ties to Ohio but none of them like Ohio St. In the few times that they end up discussing college football they almost bat 1.000 for mentioning the Wexner/Epstein stuff.

 

[NDpendent]

also wtf is Lou Holtz this week? He should be on a media tour all week talking shit about Ryan Day trying to get under his skin.

I hope Holtz talks a ton of shit but only after we win. Don't give them locker room material

 

[IrishSteelhead]

Likeable Irish? Don’t let Ohio State football alum Marcus Freeman distract you from Notre Dame’s true identity — Jimmy Watkins

The Irish may be underdogs, but that doesn't make them likeable, especially when everything about their history suggests the opposite.

www.cleveland.com

He used the born on third base line unironically, knowing full well that line was used to describe Ryan Day by Jim Harbaugh.


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[IrishWayDomer]

ND by infinity

 

[KPENN]

Will he just shut the fuck up

 

[IrishWayDomer]

Will he just shut the fuck up

Lou doesn't flinch. He's not worried about bulletin boards, he's worried about the OSU medical staff having enough room for the hurting Golden will put on them.

 

[Jiggafini19Deux]

Against Tennessee and Oregon, Howard was dropping dimes. It all depends on which Howard shows up.

Notre Dame's pass defense is better than both of these. Better than most, but certainly better than these.

 

[InKellyWeTrust]

Getting in Ryan Days head is how you beat Ohio St. The template is there, just see Michigan.

 

[ab2cmiller]

Getting in Ryan Days head is how you beat Ohio St. The template is there, just see Michigan.

That's why we use our secret weapon Lou Holtz.

 

[notredomer23]

That's why we use our secret weapon Lou Holtz.

 

[KMac151993]

If we win the turnover margin by +2 we win by 10+.

 

[NDFAN2008]

Against Tennessee and Oregon, Howard was dropping dimes. It all depends on which Howard shows up.

Oregons defense wasn’t good and Tenn was down 21-10 at half so it’s not like Ohio State was blowing them out

 

[317Irish]

If we win the turnover margin by +2 we win by 10+.

Well then my blood pressure hopes we win the turnover margin by +8 so that we can win by 40+

 

[rtrn2glory]

Any chance we can just be up 10 with 3 minutes left and have a game clinching pick 6 by X to send me into a different dimension

 

[irish4ever]

If we win the turnover margin by +2 we win by 10+.

I'll take the win the turnover margin by +1 and win by 1. Just fuckin' win!

 

[Irish#1]

When MF and Day are having their pregame chat on the field, Lou needs to walk up and ask Day how he’s doing, wink at him and walk away.

 

[NDpendent]

Since we are discussing dream scenarios how about starting the game with a Luke Talich forced fumble on the kickoff within their 10 which lead to a J.Lo TD.

 

[Sea Turtle]

The stakes are bigger. If we win, i told my son I'm getting a Notre Dame tat.

No cap.

 

[Giddyup]

Where?

 

[thekid33]

The stakes are bigger. If we win, i told my son I'm getting a Notre Dame tat.

No cap.

I'm in