Week Three Prediction Poll (Vanderbilt @ ND)

[gkIrish]

Spread is ND -14.5

Votes are public.

 

[IrishLion]

ND 38
Vandy 17

Notre Dame covers with relative ease, after BK and Long learned what they needed to from Ball State, and when BK refuels the hate fire in the bellies of the squad after reminding them about Mason's "we aren't worried about playing in South Bend... we play in the SEC" comment.

They dial up a good gameplan for Wimbush to use his legs with simple reads and effectively moving him around for different throws.

Book takes over midway through the 3rd quarter, and the freshmen get on the field for the defense early, giving up a late score that makes it look respectable for Vandy.

 

[Luckylucci]

31-17. ND wins. Vandy scores a garbage time TD to make it a 14 pt. win and ND doesn't cover.

 

[condoms SUCk]

I think ND will play a littler better then they did last week, but it is not going to be a blowout.
It will be another "meh" game and ND will win, but lose ground in the irrelevant polls.

 

[zelezo vlk]

Kelly will have the team much more prepared this week for Mason, mainly due to the comments. I can't see Tranquill et al. letting that slide. Still won't be too much of a blowout, but they'll let Wimbush run. Irish by 2 scores

 

[snoopdog]

After last week....predicting this game has become an exercise in futility.

 

[irish4ever]

After last week....predicting this game has become an exercise in futility.

Tell me about it. Irish can't score over 24 pts., so I'll go 24-15!

 

[snoopdog]

Tell me about it. Irish can't score over 24 pts., so I'll go 24-15!

for who?

 

[Greenore]

for who?

Not. Even. Funny.

Cheers and Go Irish!!

 

[Luckylucci]

Ha, is there anyway to change your vote? I had a real brain fart and hit Vandy 14+. Wanted ND 9-14.

 

[Greenore]

Kelly will have the team much more prepared this week for Mason, mainly due to the comments. I can't see Tranquill et al. letting that slide. Still won't be too much of a blowout, but they'll let Wimbush run. Irish by 2 scores

I am confident the Irish win and largely control the game but I am less confident that BW runs too much. A couple bigger games to come in WF and Stanford. Not sure that BK wants to expose BW to potential injury.

I think we see Book for at least a quarter... regardless of BW's success or lack thereof... and I am very hopeful it's the former. My very uninformed opinion.

Do the Irish beat the spread? Once bitten and twice shy... but...

Cheers and Go Irish!!

 

[Some Irish Bloke]

Ha, is there anyway to change your vote? I had a real brain fart and hit Vandy 14+. Wanted ND 9-14.

I was gonna say, i took a peek at the 1 vote for 14+ Vandy, then I scrolled and saw your post and thought you either did that by mistake, or you have a bipolar condition and left the meds on your counter at home lol

 

[zelezo vlk]

I am confident the Irish win and largely control the game but I am less confident that BW runs too much. A couple bigger games to come in WF and Stanford. Not sure that BK wants to expose BW to potential injury.

I think we see Book for at least a quarter... regardless of BW's success or lack thereof... and I am very hopeful it's the former. My very uninformed opinion.

Do the Irish beat the spread? Once bitten and twice shy... but...

Cheers and Go Irish!!

I don't think they'll run Wimbush too much, but I think we'll see more than vs BSU

 

[Some Irish Bloke]

I think it's safe to say that we've seen two extremes of this 2018 ND football team. We saw a team that played hard and with emotion on 9/1, and a team that was going through the motions and checked out mentally with 13:30 to go in the first quarter on 9/8. It didn't look like they were even having fun on Saturday, the complete opposite body language from what we saw vs. scUM

I have serious questions about our OL, but if BK and Quinn can straighten that out and the Ball State performance (if you can call it that) is an outlier, then we will be just fine, and the offense will get rolling.

I'm still an eternal optimist; it juts got slightly chipped away last Saturday.

ND 31, Vandy 17

 

[Greenore]

I don't think they'll run Wimbush too much, but I think we'll see more than vs BSU

Agree, but what the hell do I know?

Cheers and Go Irish!!

 

[T Town Tommy]

I think it's safe to say that we've seen two extremes of this 2018 ND football team. We saw a team that played hard and with emotion on 9/1, and a team that was going through the motions and checked out mentally with 13:30 to go in the first quarter on 9/8. It didn't look like they were even having fun on Saturday, the complete opposite body language from what we saw vs. scUM

I have serious questions about our OL, but if BK and Quinn can straighten that out and the Ball State performance (if you can call it that) is an outlier, then we will be just fine, and the offense will get rolling.

I'm still an eternal optimist; it juts got slightly chipped away last Saturday.

ND 31, Vandy 17

So where is the leadership to prevent this from happening? It's just as much on the players as it is the coaching staff. They should be up for every game and play like they are 10 points down every snap. Not in a panic mode because of one game against a lesser opponent but preperation and execution like that will cause you to lose games to better opponents than Ball St moving forward.

For the record, I think the Irish bounce back and win by two scores against a Vandy squad that is better than given credit for.

 

[anarin]

Going out on a limb and saying that they tailor the game plan to the athletes they have, instead of trying this whole pocket passing, run up the middle every down vanilla thing last week. We will also have a book sighting in a non hand off at the goal line role.

Final score will be 38-17

 

[gkIrish]

Ha, is there anyway to change your vote? I had a real brain fart and hit Vandy 14+. Wanted ND 9-14.

I was able to get rid of the 14+ vote but not sure if you can vote again.

 

[Luckylucci]

No I can't but at least that's not up there, lol. Thanks GK.

 

[stlnd01]

28-14, good guys.
The offense gets back to a game plan that lets Wimbush do what he’s good at and the offensive line, while still far from perfect, takes a step forward. The defense continues to lock things down.

 

[koonja]

Given that Hainsey has played back to back poor games and is possible injured, what's the best argument for not letting Aaron Banks or Josh Lugg get a chance to play?

Both were highly rated, are no longer rookies, and had good reviews in camp. Hainsey is getting beat like a drum anyway, why not let him rest while giving another talented player a chance to play? Isn't this the point of recruiting quality depth?

This has a very-BK "Joe Schmidt must take every snap if it's the last thing I do" type of feel to it.

 

[Greenore]

So where is the leadership to prevent this from happening? It's just as much on the players as it is the coaching staff. They should be up for every game and play like they are 10 points down every snap. Not in a panic mode because of one game against a lesser opponent but preperation and execution like that will cause you to lose games to better opponents than Ball St moving forward.

For the record, I think the Irish bounce back and win by two scores against a Vandy squad that is better than given credit for.

Fair question. I'm not close, so I don't know. I think there is defined leadership on our D but it seems to be less defined on O. Last year we had Q and Big Mike. They were the anchors and led by example. This year, I'm not sure. I would hope BW, Boykin and/or Claypool would step up and maybe they have. I have to wonder if maybe the influence of Dex is missing?

It's often difficult to evaluate from the outside.

Cheers and Go Irish!!

 

[Luckylucci]

Given that Hainsey has played back to back poor games and is possible injured, what's the best argument for not letting Aaron Banks or Josh Lugg get a chance to play?

Both were highly rated, are no longer rookies, and had good reviews in camp. Hainsey is getting beat like a drum anyway, why not let him rest while giving another talented player a chance to play? Isn't this the point of recruiting quality depth?

This has a very-BK "Joe Schmidt must take every snap if it's the last thing I do" type of feel to it.

At this point and after his play on Saturday, it needs to be addressed. I'd love to know what the reason is for this as well? Or, who's decision this has been?

It's very similar to the Joe Schmidt situation in that I'd be extremely surprised if we don't have someone who can play RT better than Hainsey, at this time.

 

[Ndaccountant]

My heart says bounce back, something like 31-14. My mind says 20-14. Until proven otherwise, sell the offense and buy the defense. Take the under.

 

[IrishLax]

The good news? ND is gonna play with better energy/emotion/focus than against Ball State. The bad news? I'm not convinced Vandy is a walk over... their defense seems legit, and their offense might be better than expected.

I think the game is close throughout with ND eventually winning by multiple scores.

 

[Greenore]

My heart says bounce back, something like 31-14. My mind says 20-14. Until proven otherwise, sell the offense and buy the defense. Take the under.

Re-watching the game right now. The D is great... some bad breaks but a lot of Blue in the backfield every single play. That's not good, it's great. The O-line. IMO, is not as concerning as many of us had made it out to be. My only criticism is that they need to finish... until the whistle.

I respect BW. Great person, great athlete. Early concern, and my observations only, he's taking too much time and mainly looking for Boykin. Boykin is reliable but I hope BW opens his field of view. From my limited perspective, there seems to be a lot of "short yardage" slants available. Boykin is a big play guy but we can't do that all the time.

As a hard drinker of the kool-aid, we have a crap load of relatively unexploited potential in our tight ends, Claypool, Finke and the backfield.

I called CBK to tell him the great news but he wouldn't accept my call. LOL.

Cheers and Go Irish!!

 

[Some Irish Bloke]

So where is the leadership to prevent this from happening? It's just as much on the players as it is the coaching staff. They should be up for every game and play like they are 10 points down every snap. Not in a panic mode because of one game against a lesser opponent but preperation and execution like that will cause you to lose games to better opponents than Ball St moving forward.

For the record, I think the Irish bounce back and win by two scores against a Vandy squad that is better than given credit for.

I hope it comes from BW and Sam Mustipher, who has played on some stout offensive lines and should know how to get that unit going. At least I hope so because I'm pretty down on the beginning of the Jeff Quinn era after last week. I'll try to keep an open mind but I don't like seeing a Ball State front 7 push around these studs ND has recruited over the years.

 

[irishff1014]

O-line struggles again. But BW has free reign of his ability. His speed causes issue and helps the running game out. BW still struggles with the passing game. ND wins 27-16. With the defense coming up big again and even gets a TD this weak.

 

[loomis41973]

ND covers this one.

39-16

 

[Valpodoc85]

Dunno feels like this will be closer than it should be. Big question is how long will BK wait to put Book in? I'm just betting Vandy will see some points on ST play. At home so we should win.