Was at the game. 20 rows off. Bama were men, had the body types of mature 25 year olds….we were college boys, pimples and all. Their OL outweighed us by 60 lbs per. The physical difference was stark. Their RBs were as bigger than our LBs and close to some of our DL.
I don't know. Lombardi coulda been coaching ND that night and it still likely woulda been ugly.
Or Bill Belichik. This is the only game when we predict scores that I predicted Notre Dame to lose.
sadly that was our best collection of talent in the last 15 years. And even worse, nothing has changed in terms of the talent difference 12 years later.
Body language that day supports the notion. Knew a couple of kids on the team, all were not starters, and they concur. Said it was a whupping
12-1 beats sitting at home.
No. Depth was very thin. Frosh at QB. Golic Jr starting at center.
That team had some studs: Eifert, Teo, Martin, Riddick, Wood, Tuitt, Nix but some glaring holes at WR, secondary, OL and most notably QB.
Body language at what time in the game? A couple of players on the team concurred what? A whooping, or that there were people wide-eyed and scared?
Body language from KO on. Couple players later concurred that Bama was physically intimidating. The game was a whupping.
That business approach also led to a 2012 12-0 regular season. Beats being 9-3 and sitting at home.
Caught up? Not so much other than that I see you’re the type to make weasel comments because someone wanted to ask some questions for clarification.
Again, it works against inferior opponents, but when you come up against top 5, top 10 teams we've seen the results over those years. Not to mention the Miami, Michigan, Stanford games.
Allow Notre Dame to recruit kids where the NFL is a major, the results will be different.
Notre Dame is already trying to appeal to prospects that want to major in NFL.
I remember watching the broadcast live of that game of Bama players coming out of the tunnel and noticing the contrast between ND and Alabama players in terms of sheer body mass difference. I was scared for them.
Nor do I. All of this is overplayed for TV.
Notre Dame can still win with the right coach and the right recruiting effort. ND had a coach for 12 years that shopped down a different aisle. It's refreshing to see a coach shopping down the big boy aisle whether or not he closes them, it's a start.
Watch the video someone posted, you can see the difference in the players attitudes between Alabama and ND. "Turn on a switch" is a saying, no offense, but you clearly never played sports if you hadn't heard of it.
I’ve watched the video. I’m fairly certain that I’ve heard the saying, and I’ve played some sports. I was asking what you mean by turn on a switch. Do you mean get hyped? Emotional?
Or in the case of ND playing any game against the first-tier over the last 20 some years: out-manned/out-gunned/out-horsed
No getting ready for a war, a battle. Football on the football field is not a business transaction. it's a war! Going out there and knocking someone on their ass. Kelly's snoozer pre-game speeches did nothing to get this team ready mentally. How many times did we see a Kelly coached team come out flat and get blown out. These are 18-21 year old kids, they need a coach that's going to get the mentally prepared that can run through a brick wall. It may not work, but at least you give the players that confidence and edge.
X2.
I agree that his speeches and what he would say was dumb. At least the 2021 Cincinnati halftime talk if I recall correctly.
I didn't comment on your post. I did comment on NDNJ.
