Notre Dame @ Stanford 1pm PT Official Game Discussion Thread

[NotreDame du Lac]

Promote Polian!

He’s a wiener but I agree. At least he gives a damn.

 

[tkirish]

Hamilton will pick one before the game is over

 

[ftnfan62]

Need a sack bad....

 

[NotreDomer1]

Kareem goes down once a game.

 

[rgc7]

Hopefully we can stop Stanford in this last minute and go into the locker with the lead ! That blocked kick was hugh ! It really changed the momentum. One more stop !

 

[IrishInOntario]

Kareem goes down once a game.

He has a shoulder that needs surgery. He's been playing through it all year for his team and for his own draft position.

 

[ftnfan62]

That was big. No TO changes your game plan.

 

[tkirish]

Finally the defense playing with some anger

 

[NotreDomer1]

Not held. Within 3 yards of the LOS

 

[Irishtennis]

Now these announcers are referees too......multi talented !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[tadunbar]

Brando has been ragging on ND all year. Can’t wait to hear him call the rest of the game as we pull away. Let’s go boys.

 

[Shakin' Down the Thunder]

1. Play calling sucks.
2. Book is bad.
3. Bilal is slow.
4. Our Oline is aweful.
5. Team has no energy.
Does that sum it up?

And yet ND leads at the half. Don't quit your day job.

 

[tkirish]

Is it me or do these talking heads seem disappointed Stanford is losing ? It’s sickening

 

[Get Nasty]

Look how friggen long Foskey is. Can't wait to see him play over the next couple years. Tons of upside.

This ... stud

 

[NotreDomer1]

Now these announcers are referees too......multi talented !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I’ve been bagging on Lea all game, but that was 100% good coaching for the LBer to do what he did.

 

[Get Nasty]

1. Play calling sucks.
2. Book is bad.
3. Bilal is slow.
4. Our Oline is aweful.
5. Team has no energy.
Does that sum it up?

White brutal.... pride is blind to the football

 

[NotreDomer1]

Q2 - ND coaching staff (Polian)

 

[IrishInOntario]

And yet ND leads at the half. Don't quit your day job.

Lol playcalling is always terrible in the minds of the people on this board. No mentioned of the fact that there are receivers running wide open everywhere on the field, Ian Book throwing 3 touchdowns in the first half, and Tony Jones having quality rushing opportunities despite a horrible offensive line.

Fire Chip. He's horrible... lol ridiculous.

 

[Get Nasty]

He has a shoulder that needs surgery. He's been playing through it all year for his team and for his own draft position.

Some run off when sore he goes
Down... I hate it but it is what it is.... this has been going on for 3 years

 

[Bogie8870]

Anyone catch the endzone mic pick up an ND player f-bomb after their last TD ? glorious...

 

[rgc7]

We have to score when we get the second half kickoff ! I am looking for a big adjustment by our D as well
To slow down Stanford’s passing game!

 

[NotreDomer1]

Lol playcalling is always terrible in the minds of the people on this board. No mentioned of the fact that there are receivers running wide open everywhere on the field, Ian Book throwing 3 touchdowns in the first half, and Tony Jones having quality rushing opportunities despite a horrible offensive line.

Fire Chip. He's horrible... lol ridiculous.

I’m not a Long fan, but the screen pass design on the opening TD was very good.

 

[Toby Smart]

Anyone catch the endzone mic pick up an ND player f-bomb after their last TD ? glorious...

I know who it was but I'm not saying who it is. I don't want to get him in hot water with his Mom.

 

[NotreDomer1]

I know who it was but I'm not saying who it is. I don't want to get him in hot water with his Mom.

it was Jack Swarbick, wasn’t it?

 

[NotreDomer1]

Tony Jones needs to learn to run like Robert Hughes did. Downhill!

 

[SIhoosier26]

Lol playcalling is always terrible in the minds of the people on this board. No mentioned of the fact that there are receivers running wide open everywhere on the field, Ian Book throwing 3 touchdowns in the first half, and Tony Jones having quality rushing opportunities despite a horrible offensive line.

Fire Chip. He's horrible... lol ridiculous.

“Against 4 win Stanford”. Against any defense that isn’t high school level he’s been horrible.

 

[Shakin' Down the Thunder]

Lol playcalling is always terrible in the minds of the people on this board. No mentioned of the fact that there are receivers running wide open everywhere on the field, Ian Book throwing 3 touchdowns in the first half, and Tony Jones having quality rushing opportunities despite a horrible offensive line.

Fire Chip. He's horrible... lol ridiculous.

Some people just don't understand football.

 

[notredamerises23]

All we hear is that “Finke only fair catches,” “the special teams never make a play like they did under Lou,” “where are the attentions to details?” etc. Now, they just made a play in a game we were being co pletely outplayed in, turned the momentum and even if the team wins, it will be criticized.

We deserved a blowout win over VT, but a fluke play turned the game into a dogfight even though we doubled the Hokies up in yards and first downs. Now, the luck went the other way. Win this, get 10 wins, winnthe bowl game, gear up for next season.

Go, Irish!

 

[IrishInOntario]

“Against 4 win Stanford”. Against any defense that isn’t high school level he’s been horrible.

Not true. If you want to link the Georgia game I'll show you wide open receivers all over the field. He schemed that game really well. Same thing as Virginia Tech earlier this year. Excellent scheme, terrible execution.

 

[notredamerises23]

Lol playcalling is always terrible in the minds of the people on this board. No mentioned of the fact that there are receivers running wide open everywhere on the field, Ian Book throwing 3 touchdowns in the first half, and Tony Jones having quality rushing opportunities despite a horrible offensive line.

Fire Chip. He's horrible... lol ridiculous.

Yup. It’s akin to a basketball game in which a team generates wide open threes, but doesn’t make them. The separation was there all game, but Book missed them.

Also, this slop they’re playing on is a far cry from the perfect synthetic fields most teams play on now, and it has somewhat neutralized our athletic/speed/talent advantage.

 

[NotreDomer1]

The pen clicking commercial by the Wrestling federation is absolutely GREAT

 

[IrishHerb]

Looks like that blocked punt was what we needed. Hope 2nd half is better.

 

[chaseball]

Book 9/15 3 TD 170 YARDS

Has a chance to do some real damage in the 2nd half too against this pathetic defense.

 

[BGI User 1596]

Love Tony Jones on those stretch plays!

 

[NotreDomer1]

Hopefully, Jones put on better cleats

 

[BGI-CANADA]

When you don't put bad teams away what does it say about the quality of your own football team/program?

There's no such thing as "playing down to the level of competition" you are either good enough to beat your opponent or you are not. You are either good enough to dominate your opponent or you are not.

This cliche that ND fans/media loves to use needs to cease to exist. It makes no sense whatsoever and it falsely suggests that ND is better than their performance when they are hanging tight with another mediocre/poor P5 opponent.

Respectfully disagree.

You may not like the term or believe in it...so be it! I really don;t think ND fans will stop using this term.

And although Kelly has been the Poster Boy for doing so over much of his 10 seasons at ND......Charlie Weis may have been the ultimate.

Remember 2008 - on ND SENIOR DAY? Syracuse had already fired HC Greg Robinson (he continued on as a Lame Duck Coach to finish out the season). Syracuse ended up w/ a 3-9 season record but 1 of those wins was against Charlie's unprepared ND squad. As bad as Weis' 7-6 team was - they were much better than Syracuse (but not on that day....ND played down to [or below] the level of the Orangemen) on Senior Day no less.

 

[Yooper Irishfan]

I sure wish the “light bulb” would go off for Jafar. He’s much more of a threat than Jones.

 

[NotreDomer1]

Terrible design there

 

[BGI User 1596]

I sure wish the “light bulb” would go off for Jafar. He’s much more of a threat than Jones.

Not sure he has one!

 

[SIhoosier26]

That field is in terrible shape, it’s like a high school field.