Miami Postgame Thread

[RDU Irish]

I mean do you see who it has as DC as well??

Sanford was the OC. Denbrock was notably NOT the OC which led to departure for UC because he wanted to be one

Noted - He can still lick a bag of dog turds.

From ND's own archives Football

Mike Denbrock

John and Bobbie Arlotta Family Offensive Coordinator/Tight Ends Coach

I think he deserves to own more stench after Sunday night so I admit to an inordinate amount of confirmation bias.

 

[calvegas04]

Spent yesterday doing activities with my boys. Started reading back on all the things I missed. I would like my time back, please.

Too bad, you already spent that time with your boys.

 

[Huntr]

I mean do you see who it has as DC as well??

Sanford was the OC. Denbrock was notably NOT the OC which led to departure for UC because he wanted to be one

And Denson was the RB coach, and Booker coached TEs and then I laughed at people thinking AI is good

 

[Dale]

Noted - He can still lick a bag of dog turds.

From ND's own archives Football

Mike Denbrock

John and Bobbie Arlotta Family Offensive Coordinator/Tight Ends Coach

I think he deserves to own more stench after Sunday night so I admit to an inordinate amount of confirmation bias.

Brother he’s the OC and TEs coach right now you literally just pulled his current job description.

He coached WRs his first stop. Sanford was the OC. Denbrock and BK soured or rumored to sour which is why he left to become OC at UC. I don’t need AI to tell me this.

Your search engine privileges might be revoked lol

 

[RDU Irish]

Brother he’s the OC and TEs coach right now you literally just pulled his current job description.

He coached WRs his first stop. Sanford was the OC. Denbrock and BK soured or rumored to sour which is why he left to become OC at UC. I don’t need AI to tell me this.

Your search engine privileges might be revoked lol

Mike Denbrock
From his bio:

• 2012-13 Notre Dame Outside Wide Receivers/Passing Game Coordinator
• 2014 Notre Dame Offensive Coordinator/Wide Receivers
• 2015-16 Notre Dame Associate Head Coach/Wide Receivers
• 2017-21 Cincinnati Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks

I linked 2016-17 season roster above - it is how he is listed in there so honest mistake on the ND archives clerical error that must be the source of AI's error.

You can't look at his bio and hold him harmless for that NC State debacle though.

You are convincing me that Freeman deserves some blame for letting his OC avoid non-QB runs so aggressively.

 

[NDWarrior]

Some key OL changes Ryan Roberts recommends once Jagusah is back - When is he targeted to come back?
Notre Dame football has one move that they need to make in order to fix two crucial problems for the Fighting Irish

 

[NDWarrior]

I liked Jalen Stroman's play on Sunday night. I just remember him being in on a lot of tackles, always around the ball.
And he plays with a tough physicality... Nice addition to the team.

 

[SoIll]

Some key OL changes Ryan Roberts recommends once Jagusah is back - When is he targeted to come back?
Notre Dame football has one move that they need to make in order to fix two crucial problems for the Fighting Irish

October

 

[SportsingHard]

Some key OL changes Ryan Roberts recommends once Jagusah is back - When is he targeted to come back?
Notre Dame football has one move that they need to make in order to fix two crucial problems for the Fighting Irish

One one hand, I have zero interest in Ryan's opinions. On the other, a stopped clock is right twice a day, and I agree we should and most likely will see Jagusah at LT and Knapp at RG later this year.

 

[SportsingHard]

Upon reflection,
this is my fault. I have to watch Rudy before each season. I run each morning and dedicate those miles to beating the opposing team. During the run, I listen to Irish Illustrated and then Irish Breakdown in order to learn something about the other team and news. I make my kids pancakes. I have to get a family picture with the shirt each year before the first game. All done in the appropriate order before the game.
However, due to the game being on a Sunday, I went to church before the game. I spent too much time praying they would win. Mistake made. Will not happen again. None of that Saturday church for me. Sunday morning all the way. This time with clear headspace. Rant over

The average IB pod is 5 minutes of material repeated for 7 hours. Your endurance is phenomenal.

 

[Jiggafini19Deux]

This is the best I have felt as a fan after a loss in the opener. I attribute that the Freeman and the culture he's building within the program.

ND not having won down there since 1977 also puts some perspective into this, albeit a small sample size. Disappointing, but they were not playing some dishrag team at home to open the season.

Home opener isn't any easier. Get to 1-1 and move forward.

 

[SportsingHard]

This is the best I have felt as a fan after a loss in the opener. I attribute that the Freeman and the culture he's building within the program.

ND not having won down there since 1977 also puts some perspective into this, albeit a small sample size. Disappointing, but they were not playing some dishrag team at home to open the season.

Home opener isn't any easier. Get to 1-1 and move forward.

I feel similarly. Losing by 3 on the road without our best OL after going -2 in turnover margin against an elite team making extraordinary plays while we played a QB who had never thrown a pass? That's just not something to lose sleep over in my book.

Do I have concerns about OL/DT/DC? Sure, but all of that notwithstanding, we damn near came away with an impressive win.

 

[BeatSC]

So with this logic then ND isn't good enough to be a title contender if they would get housed by the #1 anyway. Not sure where anyone is talking about moral victories.

Nothing I’ve seen so far in college football scares me. I don’t see one juggernaut out there. Penn state will play Oregon for Big 10 championship and Miami will play Clemson. Utah will play someone for Big 12. Can’t imagine starting Coogan Pendleton and Rocco would have been worse than what we witnessed.

 

[irishjim]

Brother he’s the OC and TEs coach right now you literally just pulled his current job description.

He coached WRs his first stop. Sanford was the OC. Denbrock and BK soured or rumored to sour which is why he left to become OC at UC. I don’t need AI to tell me this.

Your search engine privileges might be revoked lol

I've always wondered what happened between BK and Denbrock. BK hired him back at LSU so it must've been something forgivable.

 

[GATTACA!]

One of the first 10 offensive plays was a run. You don't get to pretend you have training wheels on your new QB and do that. In the rain. And call designed QB runs half a dozen times on top of his scrambles. Minchey better stay loose. RS Frosh is BS - he is a college sophomore with nearly two full years on campus playing with and against CFP runner-up talent every day. Whole lot of WTF on offensive that I can't even pin on the players outside of Carr's terrible decision to pass in an obvious run RPO. INT was fluky but that ball should have never been in the air. Apparently the default setting on a gunslinger is to sling it - even when a Heisman trophy hopeful is standing right next to you.

Dumbrick needs to go at year end. Guess who was OC in 2016 when we threw the ball in a FVCKING HURRICANE all day at NC State? Second thought - send him home now and don't look back. Bonus points if Marcus kicks him in the ass as he leaves the Gug.

Love needs to strap his helmet on - its rolling on the ground like 15% of his touches. Hard to carry the ball from the sideline.

We had a number of runs that slipped or tripped over our own feet, including the very first one. Love also had a great run called back on a hold (IMO inconsequential). When we got back to run game we scored points. 4.9ypc for RBs likes to be picked apart saying Price's 30 yard runs skews it but there were plenty of trips and call backs that support the solid numbers - volume was the problem and I don't doubt 10 more carries would have generated at least 50 yards while setting a more physical tone to our benefit.

SMH on our heavy set. Just put a 6th or 7th OL in if we are going to have our WR act as TEs on the goal line (major whiff by Malachi and he is the biggest one of the bunch). Never in my life did I think ND would/could be so short of capable TE bodies. Eli - hands of stone is a problem that likely has no solution.

In real time - felt like we deserved to lose by three scores. On rewatch - we really should have won despite ourselves. Circus catch TD and freak INT on 2nd and 2 with clear run read allowing a 3&out FG in Q4..... after being bullied up front on both sides of the ball all day.

I’m glad you slept on it so you weren’t overdramatic….

 

[pumpdog20]

I want to feel good even after this loss, and for now I do.

I also feel like the OL might suck, and Miami won't be as good as we hoped. This loss will probably be a prettier looking (by name only) NIU loss by the end of the year.

We might lose multiple RBs and RB recruits if Snyder doesn't give more playing time. Shut down the Love for Heisman stuff and go back to a healthy rotation like in years past.

Carr seems to be the real deal. Gonna have to live with the "gunslinger" stuff because there's gonna be a lot more of it I imagine. But there ill be a lot more good than bad.

 

[RDU Irish]

I’m glad you slept on it so you weren’t overdramatic….

LOL - two sleeps later and I still want to piss in Denbrock's cheerios.

 

[BeatSC]

I've always wondered what happened between BK and Denbrock. BK hired him back at LSU so it must've been something forgivable.

Something to be said for Kelly not trying very hard to keep him. He had a special QB who made him the big bucks he is undeservedly making now. He will now over compensate for blowing it with Live and Price and try to force them into 30 touches.

 

[mrmcgrail]

Love when the season starts and the posters with the worst takes are just going to town

 

[FDNYIrish1]

Did anyone mention play action yet???

 

[SoIll]

Did anyone mention play action yet???

Can't run play action when you don't/can't run the football....

 

[FDNYIrish1]

Can't run play action when you don't/can't run the football....

I know. Just a joke from the Porker era threads

 

[IrishWayDomer]

I'm midway through 2nd quarter on a rewatch and for every running play I'm watching Guerby, and he's crushing dudes. No idea how he's doing in pass pro because I get distracted on those.

 

[FightingIrishLover7]

I'm midway through 2nd quarter on a rewatch and for every running play I'm watching Guerby, and he's crushing dudes. No idea how he's doing in pass pro because I get distracted on those.

wait until the Carr TD run when Guerby kills a LB

 

[Irish#1]

Bottom line..........This loss wasn't as bad as it seemed when the clock hit zero. The positive is that as bad as the play was for three quarters, our guys nearly pulled it off. MF's talk after the game told me that everything is going to be okay.

 

[BeatSC]

Did anyone mention play action yet???

No shit?!

 

[FDNYIrish1]

No shit?!

Take it easy there Bjorn. 15-love

 

[IrishWayDomer]

wait until the Carr TD run when Guerby kills a LB

Holy cow is Sullivan Absher bad at pass pro. If anyone rewatches pay attention to him on passes.

 

[BeatSC]

Take it easy there Bjorn. 15-love

Good one but I was never a two handed backhand guy. Still the days of wood racquets ruling! Never wore a headband either.

 

[FDNYIrish1]

Good one but I was never a two handed backhand guy. Still the days of wood racquets ruling! Never wore a headband either.

I’m just busting chops bro. You have a unique athletic background and I wanted to type Bjorn