Sept 22 | Wake Forest

[loomis41973]

Fans don't have enough time to get their load on.

Can't drink all day unless you start in the morning.

 

[Irish YJ]

Fans don't have enough time to get their load on.

Isn't that a good thing when you are the road team... less fan drunktimism

 

[ACamp1900]

Really hate these 12pm est games, hard for the team to get pumped for the game too

Quiet you....


These early starts are boss hog...

 

[Irish YJ]

Wake Stats

Wake Stats

Wake Stats (ND in par)

Total Offense - 16th (85)
Passing - 33rd (80)
Rushing - 13th (74)

Total Defense - 107 (68)
Passing - 119 (96)
Rushing - 70 (35)

 

[loomis41973]

I like a good mix of starting times.
Home games are mostly a lost day since I attend most.

For away game I like an early or late start so I can get shit done.

 

[Circa]

If we win this one and it turns out the same as the last 3? Will you crybabies start watching other games and see we are about the same.... Alabama without an SEC officiating crew and an Ole Miss team that plays until the end of the game.. Completely different BS!

Officiating and not being a full participant in Conference play helps nobody from the ACC! Why would we get any help?

 

[BGIF]

Fans don't have enough time to get their load on.

Can't drink all day unless you start in the morning.

LSU fans have their first puke by 8 am.

Isn't that a good thing when you are the road team... less fan drunktimism

When ND played in Baton Rouge in '97 there was a 5 pm TV kickoff. LSU fans were pissed as they would not have time to get their second drunk on.

ND ran them out of the stadium literally. Most of the crowd left by halftime. By the 4th Q, ND fans outnumbered the LSU fans which were mostly the LSU band. In the second half the small contingent of Irish fans drown out the home crowd in "Death Valley". It became Silent Valley.

Five minutes after the game ended LSU turned out the stadium lights while the ND team and fans were singing the alma mater. No class.

Best ND game I've attended.

 

[Irish YJ]

LSU fans have their first puke by 8 am.

When ND played in Baton Rouge in '97 there was a 5 pm TV kickoff. LSU fans were pissed as they would not have time to get their second drunk on.

ND ran them out of the stadium literally. Most of the crowd left by halftime. By the 4th Q, ND fans outnumbered the LSU fans which were mostly the LSU band. In the second half the small contingent of Irish fans drown out the home crowd in "Death Valley". It became Silent Valley.

Five minutes after the game ended LSU turned out the stadium lights while the ND team and fans were singing the alma mater. No class.

Best ND game I've attended.

97 was a weird ass year. Bad start, good finish (reg season)... I remember that game well. It was the month I moved from Indy to ATL... IIRC, after we beat LSU that game, we played them again in LA in a bowl and got punked.

 

[Crazy Balki]

This will be the best chance for the offense to get into sync.

To put it bluntly, Wake's defense is flat out horrible.

If ND is struggling to get points against them, then we've got real problems.

Wake's offense has been pretty good, but I think their rankings are more a product of the teams they've played. So far, BC looks like the best defense they've played so far, and I'm skeptical that they're anything better than mediocre.

ND needs to stop farting around offensively and put this game away early like they should.

 

[Irish YJ]

Wake Stats (ND in par)

Total Offense - 16th (85)
Passing - 33rd (80)
Rushing - 13th (74)

Total Defense - 107 (68)
Passing - 119 (96)
Rushing - 70 (35)

This will be the best chance for the offense to get into sync.

To put it bluntly, Wake's defense is flat out horrible.

If ND is struggling to get points against them, then we've got real problems.

Wake's offense has been pretty good, but I think their rankings are more a product of the teams they've played. So far, BC looks like the best defense they've played so far, and I'm skeptical that they're anything better than mediocre.

ND needs to stop farting around offensively and put this game away early like they should.

Not good, but not horrible against the run... horrible against the pass, which we are not good at. Maybe BW has a good game...

 

[Crazy Balki]

Not good, but not horrible against the run... horrible against the pass, which we are not good at. Maybe BW has a good game...

I'm not convinced.

BC ran over them all game. Dillon had nearly 200 yards rushing on them. They actually ran better against Wake, than they did against UMass.

Vandy's defense is pretty good, particularly against the run, and ND ran it well against them. If Wimbush can continue to improve and the playcalling doesn't take a sh*t after the first drive, ND should run away with this easily.

 

[CHIDomer9]

If we win this one and it turns out the same as the last 3? Will you crybabies start watching other games and see we are about the same.... Alabama without an SEC officiating crew and an Ole Miss team that plays until the end of the game.. Completely different BS!

Officiating and not being a full participant in Conference play helps nobody from the ACC! Why would we get any help?

If you are watching other college football games and thinking Notre Dame is "about the same" as the other teams in the top 10, you're doing this wrong.

 

[Wingman Ray]

If you are watching other college football games and thinking Notre Dame is "about the same" as the other teams in the top 10, you're doing this wrong.

Have to agree with ChiDomer on this.

Ive tried to rationalize NDs lack of second half killer instinct in an attempt to develop 2nd string players or maybe BK just not wanting to run up the score. Wishful thinking maybe. ND clearly controls the 1st half of all three games and then lets way off off the gas and it turns into a close game. I can understand a let down game here or there but all three?

I dont know what it is. But I know this will not work against Stanford nor VT. USC could be way more improved come that point in the year. Lord knows that they have the athletes to do it.

 

[BabyIrish]

If you are watching other college football games and thinking Notre Dame is "about the same" as the other teams in the top 10, you're doing this wrong.

I agree that we are not on the same tier as the top 6 but there's nothing that the other teams have done that makes me think we couldn't beat them. Again, we have only played three games. Let's see if we can continue to improve our play on the field.

 

[Some Irish Bloke]

Wake Stats (ND in par)

Total Offense - 16th (85)
Passing - 33rd (80)
Rushing - 13th (74)

Total Defense - 107 (68)
Passing - 119 (96)
Rushing - 70 (35)

This is pretty misleading IMO. 31st in PPG, and that is against a lot higher quality of competition than a lot of teams can say through 3 games IMO. Stats are relative; you can chew them up and spit them out however you want to, but ND's defense passes the eye test so far this year.

 

[tadman95]

Wake Forest is still sending out emails that tickets are available. That's crazy since it's a 31,500 seat stadium.

 

[Crazy Balki]

If you are watching other college football games and thinking Notre Dame is "about the same" as the other teams in the top 10, you're doing this wrong.

5. Oklahoma (beat 1-2 Iowa State 37-27; Their other 2 wins are against Florida Atlantic and 0-3 UCLA who got absolutely curbstomped by Fresno State at home.)

7. Stanford (struggled with San Diego State for most of the game; Beat a really bad USC by 14, who just go embarrassed by a bad Texas squad; then beat UC Davis by 20.)

9 and 10 have a loss, and Washington didn't exactly blow Utah out of the water, and this isn't a good Utah team either.

ND hasn't looked overly impressive, but other than Auburn, ND has the best win of those 4 teams and is undefeated unlike UW and Auburn.

I think Alabama is the clear top team, Georgia and Clemson are the next tier and Ohio State is behind them. Not convinced OU is that good, because the teams they've beaten are just awful.

 

[RDU Irish]

Wake Forest is still sending out emails that tickets are available. That's crazy since it's a 31,500 seat stadium.

Cheaper better seats available on stubhub/tickpick - mostly instant download too. I'm waiting a few days expecting prices to drop further.

 

[irishff1014]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">BK says that Cole Kmet has told him he'll be ready for Stanford. "I'll take Cole at his word" Kelly jokes. Kmet clearly out this week at Wake Forest.</p>— Tim O'Malley (@timomalleyND)


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[irishff1014]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">BK: TE Cole Kmet (ankle) tells me he'll be ready for Stanford. Doubtful for this weekend. <br><br>No concerns about OL Robert Hainsey from injury standpoint.</p>— Irish Sports Daily (@ISDUpdate) <a href="https://twitter.com/ISDUpdate/status/1042082947740909572?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 18, 2018</a></blockquote>
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[irishff1014]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">BK on Dexter Williams: He's been working hard at the things he needs to get better at; classroom attendance, weight room, being good teammate. He's been great. He's making good progress.</p>— Irish Sports Daily (@ISDUpdate) <a href="https://twitter.com/ISDUpdate/status/1042083143627546626?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 18, 2018</a></blockquote>
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[irishff1014]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">BK on best tactic to defeat tempo: Force them to punt.</p>— Irish Sports Daily (@ISDUpdate) <a href="https://twitter.com/ISDUpdate/status/1042083255737090048?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 18, 2018</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">BK: Playing fast forces offense to keep things relatively simple. There can't be a lot of checking.</p>— Irish Sports Daily (@ISDUpdate) <a href="https://twitter.com/ISDUpdate/status/1042083417104560130?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 18, 2018</a></blockquote>
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[irishff1014]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">BK on defensive depth: We don't have any concerns about playing additional players on the back end. This will be a week where you see more of those guys having to play.</p>— Irish Sports Daily (@ISDUpdate) <a href="https://twitter.com/ISDUpdate/status/1042083776946491394?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 18, 2018</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">BK: Former WF assistant Clark Lea could be helpful here & there, but this is first game this year where we have a batch of film on opponent.</p>— Irish Sports Daily (@ISDUpdate) <a href="https://twitter.com/ISDUpdate/status/1042084396822683649?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 18, 2018</a></blockquote>
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[irishff1014]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Brian Kelly: "This is the first team this year that we have film on.”<br><br>Notes Wake Forest the first opponent Notre Dame will face that’s actually played a game against a legit team beforehand.</p>— Pete Sampson (@PeteSampson_) <a href="https://twitter.com/PeteSampson_/status/1042084429966049282?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 18, 2018</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Kelly on WR Miles Boykin: "He didn't play a lot of football last year. We've heaped a lot on him this year. We need him to continue to grow each week."</p>— BlueandGold.com (@BGInews) <a href="https://twitter.com/BGInews/status/1042085514311094272?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 18, 2018</a></blockquote>
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[irishff1014]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Kelly: "I think we've put so much on Miles last year. ... He didn't play a lot of football last year and I think the amount of scrutiny has put him in a position where he feels like he needs to be perfect and that's not what we're after with him....I've got a lot of confidence."</p>— Elizabeth Greason (@EMGreason1) <a href="https://twitter.com/EMGreason1/status/1042085669982613504?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 18, 2018</a></blockquote>
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[irishff1014]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Kelly on Mustipher's captaincy: "You have to be a real guy. You have to be a guy who cares about his teammates. The laundry list of things that hit Sam, hit the players here. I'm not saying he'd be a captain everywhere, but he's the perfect captain here."</p>— Elizabeth Greason (@EMGreason1) <a href="https://twitter.com/EMGreason1/status/1042085957493837825?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 18, 2018</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Why is C-Sam Mustipher worthy of captain of <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/NotreDame?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#NotreDame</a>? “You have to be a real guy,” Brian Kelly said. “You have to be respected by your peers through your work ethic, represent the team off the field, and think about others."</p>— Irish Illustrated (@timprister) <a href="https://twitter.com/timprister/status/1042086346716790784?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 18, 2018</a></blockquote>
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[irishff1014]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Kelly on the offense: "We haven't attacked at all times and we haven't been proficient at scoring touchdowns."</p>— Elizabeth Greason (@EMGreason1) <a href="https://twitter.com/EMGreason1/status/1042086186569945088?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 18, 2018</a></blockquote>
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[irishff1014]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">BK on offense: We want to run offense that is balanced, attacks the defense and scores TDs.<br><br>We've been fairly balanced, we haven't attacked the defense at all times and we have to score TDs. We have work to do.</p>— Irish Sports Daily (@ISDUpdate) <a href="https://twitter.com/ISDUpdate/status/1042086363712172034?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 18, 2018</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Kelly on a road game: "There's little things you do in practice in terms of crowd noise and little things to prepare for travel, but those things don't decide the game."</p>— Elizabeth Greason (@EMGreason1) <a href="https://twitter.com/EMGreason1/status/1042086418225541122?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 18, 2018</a></blockquote>
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[irishff1014]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Kelly confirms that all players and their families are safe after Hurricane Florence.</p>— Elizabeth Greason (@EMGreason1) <a href="https://twitter.com/EMGreason1/status/1042086562157219840?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 18, 2018</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Kelly said he doesn't anticipate any travel issues with the hurricane</p>— BlueandGold.com (@BGInews) <a href="https://twitter.com/BGInews/status/1042086883386445825?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 18, 2018</a></blockquote>
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[irishff1014]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Kelly on Brandon Wimbush's tempo: "I would like to say that it should be something that we're really good at because we do it so much, but we didn't recognize some fronts. ... That's inexcusable. I would say tempo has been good for us. We have to be able to react."</p>— Elizabeth Greason (@EMGreason1) <a href="https://twitter.com/EMGreason1/status/1042087155647094784?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 18, 2018</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">BK on whether Wimbush is more comfortable with tempo: I would like to say it's something we should be really good at because we do it so much, but it's something we have to get better at.</p>— Irish Sports Daily (@ISDUpdate) <a href="https://twitter.com/ISDUpdate/status/1042087239130521605?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 18, 2018</a></blockquote>
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