NIU Postgame

[T-Boone]

I blame the fucker in front of me who said he was there for the Marshall loss as well in the 1st half.

You were sitting behind Freeman?

 

[Giddyup]

The box and safeties are crashing cuz Riley can’t throw past 10 yds

 

[Polish Leppy 22]

Nobody thought Kelly would ditch ND for LSU or Riley would ditch Oklahoma for USC. Yet here we are.

I'm a Ruhle fan, but he has no reason to leave Nebraska right now. And are you convinced ND is gonna pay him $10m or more to get him? Plus buyout? My gut says no and no.

 

[Edge]

NIU, Ball State, Marshall, Navy, Toledo, I’m missing a few more surely.

Freeman 3 seasons
3 TD lead Ok St lost
Lost to Marshall
Lost to Stanford
Hung on to beat Navy 35-32
Come back to beat Cal 24-17
Scored late to beat Duke
Got smoked at Louisville
Ohio State 10 players
Northern Illinois

Maybe ND isn’t better than this Idk

 

[T-Boone]

Adding: if Freeman doesn't have the media team put together a 10 minute painful reel, of these games, to show his teams every time they play a shit team at home… then he is doing it wrong.

Am I the only one who thinks ND were up for it but just incompetent all around?

 

[Bluto]

Yeah name me 3 guys that would have success here. With the recruiting restrictions and everything else

Matt Rhule, Brian Kelly (already did it), Luke Fickell, Jonathan Smith, Kenny Dillingham.

 

[greyhammer90]

There is a reason why we have to hire assistants like Freeman or up and coming coaches from smaller football programs.

Yes ND, unlike the other blueblood programs, has to hire assistants and up and coming HCs. Not like Texas who hired Bama's OC (who had previously flamed out as a HC), or Oregon who hired UGA's OC, or UGA who hired an alum who was Bama's DC, or Ohio State who promoted their OC.

Edit: Or Oklahoma who hired Clemson's DC, or Tennessee who hired small timey Heupel.

Edit 2: Or Clemson hiring their WRs coach

 

[JurDocDuLac]

Non performing lawyers at less important positions get pulled for playing terrible.

This is true

 

[T-Boone]

Tom Herman, Pete Carroll

 

[T-Boone]

Bama v SF is set up exactly as ND v NI was in 3rd Q.

 

[Bluto]

Bama v SF is set up exactly as ND v NI was in 3rd Q.

Wow. Dude is gonna get himself fired after game 2. Lol

 

[Sea Turtle]

Yes, ND unlike the other blueblood programs, has to hire assistants and up and coming HCs. Not like Texas who hired Bama's OC (who had previously flamed out as a HC), or Oregon who hired UGA's OC, or UGA who hired an alum who was Bama's DC, or Ohio State who promoted their OC.

Or Ohio State who hired Urban Meyer, Michigan hiring Harbaugh, Alabama hiring Saban and then Deboer, USC hiring Riley, Louisville hiring Brohm(my choice at the time)etc.

Yes, other blue bloods have to do this SOMEtimes when their coach leaves/retires. ND has to do this ALL the time and hope they get lucky.

But go ahead and make your stand on Notre Dames great, exciting head coaching hires post Holtz.

 

[stlnd01]

Yes ND, unlike the other blueblood programs, has to hire assistants and up and coming HCs. Not like Texas who hired Bama's OC (who had previously flamed out as a HC), or Oregon who hired UGA's OC, or UGA who hired an alum who was Bama's DC, or Ohio State who promoted their OC.

Edit: Or Oklahoma who hired Clemson's DC, or Tennessee who hired small timey Heupel.

Yep. At this point Freeman's trouble is not a lack of head coaching experience. It's a lack of consistency, particularly in games we should win. Maybe I get it his first year. Kind of mind-boggling at this point.

 

[ThePiombino]

Season is 100% over unless Freeman/Denbrock make the change. It's that simple.

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[luckofirish8]

Am I the only one who thinks ND were up for it but just incompetent all around?

I don't think motivation was a problem, but I do think they suffered a bit "here we go again."

 

[INLaw]

NIL had me sort of on the fence about college football to begin with but this might be the thing that makes me stop caring permanently.

⬆️

 

[Irish2155]

At this point there’s no reason to watch the rest of the season.

Disagree. We have an NFL QB sitting the bench.

 

[stlnd01]

Disagree. We have an NFL QB sitting the bench.

which one tho?

 

[Valpodoc85]

Our time was not up. They were thinking about the girl the night before. When NIU took the game they didn’t fight to get it back

 

[CANONIZEFATHERSORIN]

Bama v SF is set up exactly as ND v NI was in 3rd Q.

Difference is they have the athletes to finish someone off

 

[Gladiator]

12-13 times a year?! Not to win I presume. Maybe you’re including basketball games in that number.

Just to feel apart of something bigger than me. Ex-wives have a way of making you look in the rearview mirror.

Win or lose, It's always better than the alternative.

 

[NDisme]

I wanted Freeman to do well. Thought he would be a great fit. Then he pulls shit like this and once again it's obvious we have the wrong guy.

Davie lost to everyone, Ty lost to everyone, Charlie lost to Syracuse, Uconn and Navy, Kelly lost to Tulsa, Navy, USF. It happens to every coach that coaches here. At this point I don’t see anyone being hired where the story is different

 

[IrishTusker]

Davie lost to everyone, Ty lost to everyone, Charlie lost to Syracuse, Uconn and Navy, Kelly lost to Tulsa, Navy, USF. It happens to every coach that coaches here. At this point I don’t see anyone being hired where the story is different

Right, we haven't had good coaches since the mid-90s.

 

[Bluto]

Difference is they have the athletes to finish someone off

Not yet

 

[BleedingGold]

Does anyone else also question LR’s ability to pass without planting his feet? It seemed anytime he moved out of the pocket his accuracy was mightily horrible.

 

[Irish2155]

which one tho?

Seriously, fuck the dumb shit. Play Carr now.

Nothing to lose.

 

[Irish2155]

Receivers aren’t open either. Guess that’s a two way street

 

[Sea Turtle]

This is our football program:

 

[IRISHDODGER]

Seriously, fuck the dumb shit. Play Carr now.

Nothing to lose.

I’m not saying they should do that but if they did replace RL w/ one of the backups & ND miraculously ran the table, it’d be hard to argue against ND turningit around & fixed what ailed them. Now…realistically that‘s implausible b/c that OL ain’t helping any QB & that defense is not CFP caliber after what they showed today against a bunch of former walk-ons

 

[Terry Jillery]

I’m so messed up from this loss I may just swear.