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They also get UT's QB Ja"Quinden Jackson.
OU s backup Tanner Mordecai enters portal- should be a hot prospect

Players. The 3 star, developmental player, is a poor argument anymore. I am sick of that narrative. You want to see how to win? Go out and get talent.

Notre dame
5 olineman that will collect nfl
Paycheck
2 tight ends
2 backs

defense
4 defensive lineman
1 backer
And possibly 2 db

please stop. Also I constantly hear about our wide receivers not getting separation that included 2018 when we had two 2nd round picks at wr. The issue is not talent. Sorry. It Is something else.

Think long about that. This was a major distraction and the defense played their worst game of the season. There is a connection even though very few will ever admit it.

I honestly never expected to hear/say/see "Notre Dame is playing in the Rose Bowl"!!!

Now, let's change that to "Notre Dame Beats Bama in the Rose Bowl"...

WE ARE

Just not a good weekend versus Clemson for the Irish.

Notre Dame head coach Brian Kelly and Alabama head coach Nick Saban met with the media on Sunday afternoon to preview next weekend's Rose Bowl semifinal matchup in the College Football Playoff.

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Notre Dame quarterbacks under Coach Kelly:
2008-2010 Dayne Crist 6'5" 5 Star 6.1 Ranking #2 best Pro Style QB Notre Dame 2008 (Transfer)
2010-2013 Tommy Rees 6'3" 3 Star 5.7 Ranking 31st best at Pro QB Notre Dame 2010
2012-2014 Everett Golson 6'0" 3 Star 5.7 Ranking 13th best Dual threat QB Notre Dame 2011 (Transfer)
2012-2013 Gunner Kiel 6'4" 5 Star 6.1 Ranking #1 best Pro Style QB Notre Dame 2012 (Transfer)
2013-2016 Mark Zaire 6'O" 4 Star 5.9 Ranking 3rd best Dual threat QB Notre Dame 2013 (Transfer)
2014-2016 Deshone Kizer 6'4" 4 Star 5.8 Ranking 9th best Dual threat QB Notre Dame 2014 (Drafted NFL)
2015-2019 Brandon Wimbush 6'2" 4 Star 6.0 Ranking 6th best Dual threat QB Notre Dame 2015 (Transfer)
2016-2020 Ian Book 6'0" 3 Star 5.7 Ranking 15th best Pro Style QB Notre Dame 2016
2017-2019 Phil Jurkovec 6'5" 4 Star 5.9 Ranking 5th best Dual Threat QB Notre Dame 2017 (Transfer)
2019-2020 Brendon Clark 6'2" 3 Star 5.7 Ranking 20th best Pro Style QB Notre Dame 2019
2020-2020 Derew Pyne 6'0" 4 Star 5.9 Ranking 7th best Pro Style QB Notre Dame 2020

Clemson starting quarterbacks under Coach Dabo:
2009-2013 Tajh Boyd 6'0" 4 Star 6.0 Ranking 4th best Pro Style QB Clemson 2009 (Drafted NFL)
2014-2016 Deshaun Watson 6'3" 5 Star 6.1 Ranking 1st best Dual Threat QB Clemson 2014 (NCAA Champion and NFL First Round pick)
2015-2018 Kelly Bryant 6'4" 4 Star 5.8 Ranking 11th best Dual Threat QB Clemson 2015 (NCAA Championship Game Runner-up and Transfer)
2018-2020 Trevor Lawrence 6'5" 5 Star 6.1 Ranking 1st best Pro Style QB Clemson 2018 ( NCAA Champion and future #1 NFL Pick)
2020-2020 DJ Uiagalelei 6'4" 5 Star 6.1 Ranking 1st best Pro Style QB Clemson 2020

Not that Notre Dame needed it. But, it surely didn't hurt. Respect Dabo for his his comments regarding if Notre Dame belongs in the CFP.

Read that he said a mediocre SEC team would win easily in the other conferences. What say you?
My thing is the SEC is tough but STFU you had your chance against Bama.

Vanderbilt is gonna be 0-12 this year., Notre Dame is on a track to actually win a national championship first time in 32 years.
Recruiting signing date is in 2 days. There is NO way that any Lea announcement can enhance the terrible football situation at Vanderbilt.
Couldn't everyone just have waited until Notre Dame plays on Saturday???
And does this mean Lea won't be around with Notre Dame when ND makes it into the final four?
This situation is going to have a big effect on this football team. Don't kid yourself here.

Against spurty.....starts at 5 est 3 mst.

Was gonna rotate the tires and change oil on some stuff, but it's the last game if the year.

Inching towards Jesus Birthday when the US and Russia kick off the WJC's.

Has anyone seen any info on the limited number of tickets that might be available? If this has been posted, my apologies. We live in Fort Worth, so we plan on attending. Cheers

Here’s my theory and grant you I may be delusional. The Irish planned a very vanilla offensive game plan internationally. Odds are we were splitting with Clemson regardless and odds were we were making the playoffs regardless. So what is the incentive do we have for laying it all out and winning this game. We didn’t run any screen passes, abandoned the run early, very little misdirection. Call me crazy but I guarantee a better showing against Bama.

NCAA College Football FBS current team Stats | NCAA.com

Scoring touchdowns in the red zone has been a problem for ND this season. I have linked the up to date stats on scoring in the red zone. I have listed below the 4-playoff teams plus some others of interest to see if the ND scoring touchdowns in the red zone is in fact a problem in 2020:

Notre Dame: 59% touchdown percentage in the red zone

Alabama: 77% touchdown percentage in the red zone

Clemson: 70% touchdown percentage in the red zone

Ohio State: 62% touchdown percentage in the red zone

Texas A&M: 66% touchdown percentage in the red zone

Florida: 72% touchdown percentage in the red zone

Oklahoma: 68% touchdown percentage in the red zone

Michigan: 77% touchdown percentage in the red zone

So it was not my imagination. This has been a problem and has to be addressed someway before the Irish play Alabama. ND simply can not leave points on the field against the Tide.

Notre Dame could move past Florida if it lands Ceyair Wright.

give the pre-gane speech. ND does not have the talent to take a professional approach to this game. And Kelly is not the inspirational type. Let some former player like Bettis, or Zorich address the team. Tell the team that ND has a reputation for being soft and has played like pansies in every big gane the last 27 years. Tonight will be different. It’s time to play like ur in a street fight for ur life. No matter how hurt or pain, you better get up and fight back bc your life is at stake.

the guy was electric prior to injury and a helluva compliment to Smith

ND has a chance to do something that is extremely rare: Beat a No 1 ranked team twice in one season.
Go Irish!

After the 2012 game when the Alabama players said they knew what ND was going to do just by the way they lined up, they will have studied ND to a T this time around also. So when the Book scrambling isn't working this time either, I am praying ND has a few alternatives in play calling to hopefully throw Bama off a little, such as screen passes and slant passes and more RPO.
They cannot expect Book to run around and wait 7 or 8 seconds to find an open receiver this next game either.
If the Rees offense can have a couple of quick 2 to 3 second release passes, Bama will be dumb founded, at least for a few plays.

We have BK for 10 minutes now. Will post a few highlights.