Nov 18 | Navy

[Irishize]

So injure all our lines in the 1st game???? According to some here......no thanks

U mean like in 2012 in Dublin?

 

[Irishize]

Is actually drop Stanford and schedule Navy as our season ender somewhere warm for the odd-years with USC. In the other years, I would play them in the middle of the season right before the bye week.

I like the opener b/c it gives ND plenty of time to prepare, almost like a bowl game. That’s why Navy is below .500 in bowl games IMO.....too much prep for the opponent.

 

[BGIF]

I like the opener b/c it gives ND plenty of time to prepare, almost like a bowl game. That’s why Navy is below .500 in bowl games IMO.....too much prep for the opponent.

Navy is 10-11-1 All-Time in Bowl games. Yes below .500 ... by one game ... last year's.

Navy is 6-7 (one game under .500) in the their Option Era (since Paul Johnson arrived)


ND is 17-18 also one game below .500

 

[Luckylucci]

Keep moving those goal posts.................. a play call from a month ago has nothing to do with today against a totally different opponent in a totally different scenario... anyway, I know you know your stuff, sorry if I came off as otherwise, I may have, as I was super-mad today, but you admit it's bad personnel in a key spot... my whole point is you don't depend on that in a key spot... that's it. Lean on your best/ most dependable, especially against a 'lesser oppoenent'.

I realize this makes you feel better about your decision. Still a great play call when you have a wide open TE for an easy 5 yd catch. Too bad it wasn’t more difficult to ease your concerns.

 

[ndcoltsfan2010]

After re-thinking things, at least we won and are 9-2. So much better than last year!!!!! We could have played better. Brandon could have played better, but we got a win against a good Navy team who always plays us tough! I have nothing but love and respect for them!!!! I love their passion and how they play. A lot of huge hits yesterday. Hated the hit on EQ!!!! That could have been huge and tragic. So glad to see he got up and was walking.

 

[BobbyMac]

Is actually drop Stanford and schedule Navy as our season ender somewhere warm for the odd-years with USC. In the other years, I would play them in the middle of the season right before the bye week.

Finally I have an ally.

It's a manufactured rivalry founded in '88 based on ND's past reliance on California recruiting. With ND's affiliation with the ACC, their recruiting attention has rightly shifted more heavily to Florida, Georgia and the Mid-Atlantic states. SoCal is still in play, that's where 85% of the Cali players are and that's where SC is. That will never change.
Roll with Northwestern. They've played Northwestern 20 more times than Stanford, get the same "educational equal" game that ND cherishes, they get another feature game in a recruiting region much more important than NorCal and any loss in SOS would be negligible. ND has one too many potential Top 25 type teams on it's schedule already... maybe two depending on what the ACC deals them on any given year.

Personally, I'd schedule Purdue yearly regardless of all else. That was ND's most played rival until Navy passed them after the Boilers fell off the schedule. You talk to any ND fan my age or older (insert joke here) and Purdue and Sparty were tied at #2 behind SC on the rivalry list. But ND has played Purdue 10 more times.

The ACC affiliation is a good thing overall and getting to play emotional rivals, Miami and FSU 3 times every decade is a winner for me. But it cost ND a lot. Losing Purdue, MSU, UM and Pitt as yearly opponents sucks.

If I was the AD, 2024 couldn't get here quick enough. The Tree would get the same envelope the Weasels received and the only place they'd ever see us again would be a bowl.

 

[ThePiombino]

Finally I have an ally.

It's a manufactured rivalry founded in '88 based on ND's past reliance on California recruiting. With ND's affiliation with the ACC, their recruiting attention has rightly shifted more heavily to Florida, Georgia and the Mid-Atlantic states. SoCal is still in play, that's where 85% of the Cali players are and that's where SC is. That will never change.
Roll with Northwestern. They've played Northwestern 20 more times than Stanford, get the same "educational equal" game that ND cherishes, they get another feature game in a recruiting region much more important than NorCal and any loss in SOS would be negligible. ND has one too many potential Top 25 type teams on it's schedule already... maybe two depending on what the ACC deals them on any given year.

Personally, I'd schedule Purdue yearly regardless of all else. That was ND's most played rival until Navy passed them after the Boilers fell off the schedule. You talk to any ND fan my age or older (insert joke here) and Purdue and Sparty were tied at #2 behind SC on the rivalry list. But ND has played Purdue 10 more times.

The ACC affiliation is a good thing overall and getting to play emotional rivals, Miami and FSU 3 times every decade is a winner for me. But it cost ND a lot. Losing Purdue, MSU, UM and Pitt as yearly opponents sucks.

If I was the AD, 2024 couldn't get here quick enough. The Tree would get the same envelope the Weasels received and the only place they'd ever see us again would be a bowl.

I'd be down with that. We gain nothing from the Stanford game. We can only lose.

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[BobbyMac]

I like the opener b/c it gives ND plenty of time to prepare, almost like a bowl game. That’s why Navy is below .500 in bowl games IMO.....too much prep for the opponent.

ND has a bad bowl record because since 2000 they most times get matched up with a team a level up on them because they travel well and it makes the other team travel better.

 

[BobbyMac]

I'd be down with that. We gain nothing from the Stanford game. We can only lose.

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AH-HAH!

Having just one ally = two wackos at the water cooler but 3 makes it... a movement!

 

[SonofOahu]

AH-HAH!

Having just one ally = two wackos at the water cooler but 3 makes it... a movement!

I like playing Stanford. Also, ND has a gigantic SF Alumni Club. You'd have a lot of dissapointed, and wealthy, Alumni.

 

[Irishize]

Navy is 10-11-1 All-Time in Bowl games. Yes below .500 ... by one game ... last year's.

Navy is 6-7 (one game under .500) in the their Option Era (since Paul Johnson arrived)


ND is 17-18 also one game below .500

Yes, I have Wikipedia, too. What did I post that was incorrect?

When did Navy abstain from playing in bowl games for 40 years like Notre Dame did?

 

[ThePiombino]

I like playing Stanford. Also, ND has a gigantic SF Alumni Club. You'd have a lot of dissapointed, and wealthy, Alumni.

We can ship play an off-site game in CA in odd years, just not against the Tree.

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