Telx1 said:

Losing a starting QB is huge, and generally much more impactful than losing an interior defensive lineman. Not sure that is the case here simply because of injuries, we are already playing folks that were two and three deep to start the season. Rubio is a damn good replacement, but the issue becomes who replaces Rubio in our rotation? We may find ourselves playing two freshmen, Young and Murkam next to each other at times, and that is one hell of an ask against this Georgia OL.

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3daughters said:

Since Georgia is the higher seed would imagine they are the home team

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Zorich 88 said:

I thought the topic was Mills? I was comparing 1 player loss to 1 player loss.

Losing a starting QB is huge. That is a bigger adjustment than losing Mills.

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Golson5 said:

With Mills out, our offense needs to take some pressure off the D.

Georgia is a monster challenge but they have to step up and take their game to the next level.

It all starts on our OL. They need to give us a chance. Then RL and the wrs need to make some plays. No drops. No turnovers. Faison needs to continue his accent. Collins needs to get his mojo back. Evans needs to play better

Challenge is high but we can still get it done

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Drinking The Green Koolaid said:

Come on now, did you watch the game? Mills' injury had zero to do with the S&C coach. It was just a freak injury. RM's knee hit Snead as RM was spinning around in the process of sacking Rourke. Bad luck. Pure and simple. I don't know what RM's MRI revealed, but it sure looked like he hyperextended the knee. If the injury is a season-ender, I suppose he probably must have torn something. It sucks, but to try and pin the blame for Mills' injury on Landow is simply not a rational take.

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ZibbyQuinn said:

Depth at DT is elite? Entering the season, the 2s were Hinish and Onye, the 502 and 629 ranked players out of high school. We my friend have different definitions of elite. We’ve lost 2 guys on the interior (Mills and Onye).

Hinish and Mukan could have navigated a season against unranked teams, the depth is being challenged when it matters most.

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Drinking The Green Koolaid said:

Come on now, did you watch the game? Mills' injury had zero to do with the S&C coach. It was just a freak injury. RM's knee hit Snead as RM was spinning around in the process of sacking Rourke. Bad luck. Pure and simple. I don't know what RM's MRI revealed, but it sure looked like he hyperextended the knee. If the injury is a season-ender, I suppose he probably must have torn something. It sucks, but to try and pin the blame for Mills' injury on Landow is simply not a rational take.

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Zorich 88 said:

I thought the topic was Mills? I was comparing 1 player loss to 1 player loss.

Losing a starting QB is huge. That is a bigger adjustment than losing Mills.

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Golson5 said:

We've lost

Mills
Traore
Botelho
Onye
Morrison
Mickey
Jagusah
Craig
KVA - Questionable
Spindler - Questionable

Mills is the 4th DL we lost for the year. That's hard to overcome. It's not a Mills v Beck debate. It's a whats more important DL depth or a up and down QB

Also, Georgia will have had 3 weeks to adjust

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BleedingBlueNGold said:

Yes. A Landow lead Denver Broncos lead the NFL in season ending injuries for every season he was there. He comes to ND and we start seeing season ending injuries. Everyone on this board says, "Give the guy a chance" or "There's no correlation here." As far as I see it, Landow is living up to the expectation that preceded him.

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Golson5 said:

Then you can say that about every team in the country. We agree then

Through 13 games it wasn't an issue at all. They've been awesome all year long across the DL

Any team that loses 4 key players at a position it will be a major issue and a concern. Even at OSU or Georgia

We've held up with those injuries that 99% of the country couldn't because the depth is so good.

Depth on the DL has been elite this year

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savvyandsassier said:

You just like those QBs more because they are part of ND's lore, and some of them went on to NFL success. Ian Book is an all-time great ND QB, indubitably. Not just statistically. He led us to two playoff berths, and he was the engine of the offense. And of course, he was associated with BK. As well as the fact that he was lightly recruited, too low rent for ND fans, who value prestige above all else.

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sjb75 said:

Yes, it takes me awhile.

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NIN Irish said:

You're catching up.

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sjb75 said:

Exactly.

Chaseball and his other handles.

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