The Irish head coach went off on a tangent on the eve of the ACC Championship.
https://notredame.rivals.com/news/notre-dame-s-brian-kelly-speaks-out-on-playoff-rose-bowl-situation

... yeah

Short ribs braised in Guinness...

Shout out to the former Irish player, and current Ball State DC for wining the Mac Championship. His defense locked up Patterson and that nasty Buffalo run game.

Stockton is only in year 2 I believe. He’s gonna be a name to follow throughout the years.

Go Irish,
Beat Clemson!

I’ll be casually paying attention from the press box pregame. Tip at 2:30 ET. But I’m wondering if we might see Wertz in the starting lineup or at least a bit of a minutes shakeup with how disappointed Brey sounded Wednesday with the defense and decisions.

Post everything game related in here.

Rooting hard for my second alma mater today. Go Wildcats!

Much has been discussed about they “eye” test. Particularly with OSU. So, with that being said. How do you justify this game? To me they look average against a team with zero offense.

I think that this is the peak of ND football since the NC and one-loss season the following year. The CFP in 2018 followed by a potential ACC Championship and another trip this year.

Enjoy it. I hope that we continue to be in this position year after year but you never know.

Else getting butterflies?

A lot of good vibrations from the board this week. The early signing period was a big success with a couple of very big late additions, and The Irish are getting ready for what will again be the biggest game in all of college football. There was a lot of bad football being played this year, but one thing was pretty constant, and that's ND came out week after week and showed the country why this team is one of the best in the country.

That's @IrishinFLA1 who scored a ticket for the game. He'll be in the end zone, and I know that he was encouraged to create some sort of incident this afternoon. We'll standby and see what happens.

Just like the first game, I have a feeling that ND will come out on top. I know a lot was made of Clemson missing a few starters, but how much of a difference will that really make? DJ threw for 439 yards and 2 TD's while completing 29 of 44 passes. Will Lawrence do that much better? Maybe in the run game on the read option where he is very good, but I would expect the hits to come from the ND defense, and I wonder if Clemson will indeed make their living with that play this afternoon. I'll go along with what Ian Book had to say "Our 11 guys will be there, and that's what matters. I’m excited that all those guys are back, and we can play them, and have all those people be quiet once the game is over and we get this win.”

My keys to the game for Notre Dame on offense: Much like the first game, ND needs to run the ball. We may not get another 65 yard TD run from Kyren, but having success on first downs and getting positive yardage will go a long way. In the first meeting ND was 10-19 on 3rd down and it needs to equal that tonight. Take care of the football, and convert red zone opportunities into TD's, and make them pay when they come on the blitz.

Defensively, just like ND had success in converting 3rd down plays, Clemson was 4 for 15. This was the biggest stat of the game for me, and although ND may not repeat that, it needs to come close. What worries me most on defense is Lawrence running the ball. He's night and day different from DJ in that regard, and our ability to stop the read option and Lawrence tucking the ball and taking off will be the key to our success.

As I'm typing this it's 27 degrees in Charlotte. At kickoff expect the temperature to be 50 degrees with intermittent clouds, winds out of the SSW at 6mph, and no chance of rain. By the 4th quarter the temperature should dip down to 43 degrees with no chance of rain.

I know everyone is excited about the playoffs, but ND needs to win this one first. I want the program to get the respect it deserves, and it will do so by winning, and not just making it close. ND deserves the #2 ranking after this game, and at worst #3. No way in hell should any team not named Clemson jump us.
On a personal note, this game is going to be a little different for me. Little Starkey has a basketball game an hour away, and I'm going to tape the football game and watch it when I get home. Not sure I can do it, but have told several people, some on this board, that I'm going into complete radio silence starting at 4:00, so please no text messages ( @Mizzo37 ).
The regular season was awesome, and I don't want to stop the momentum. Lets get the win today, and get into the playoffs on a high note!

Good Luck Everyone.

GO IRISH!

We look at the 10 biggest flips of the 2021 Early Signing Period.

Up till today i felt very confident that nd is in the cfp regardless of todays outcome. Im not so confident today. I truly feel their resume speaks for itself and they have done enough. But a lot of talk about “ if nd loses by ( x amount) “ then who gets in. I hope im wrong. It would be a very nice feeling to watch the game today and just enjoy it regardless knowing the rewards come tomorrow.

What games are you watching?

Clemson and Florida lose today?

Who would be the #3 and #4 seed?

Cincinnati and Oklahoma? Or does Clemson still get in?

Any one know if network dispute has been resolved. Can’t believe I may miss it. I’m in Austin thanks

If ND wins today, ND will be the third school to have won both the ACC Championship Game and the ACC Men’s Basketball tournament. Wake Forest and Georgia Tech are the only schools that have won both. And Georgia Tech’s football championship was vacated so officially ND would be only the second school to have both trophies.

Last game K. Williams was dominant in pass protection and blitz pickup...
This game the Irish should have two outlets...one to each side..
Clemson will middle blitz to try to take advantage of inexperience at center.
When they do they usually drop one if the defensive ends in coverage.
But they don't drop both d ends...
So one outlet will be wide open.

I see big plays on swing passes and dump offs to our backs and tight end screens to B Wright..
They will always account for Mayer.

34 27 Irish

Is this treated as a bowl game where all of the kids travel for this game or is this just 65 man roster today?

Neat stuff here folks

To watch Big 12 championship game. Hopefully playoff committee moves all games to Texas, Georgia or Florida.

Looking at our deptch chart, Clark and Pyne - we should be concerned. Incoming FR didn’t play his SR year in HS so will be rusty and adds inexperience to the position.

One kid that comes to mind is Anthony Russo Temple QB who entered the transfer portal a few days ago. 3 year starter, Russo is 6’4 240 pro style QB.
Article regarding Russo transfer

Lugg or Zeke?