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I'll try to be careful. Hopefully me cheering at home with absolutely no impact on the game won't change the results by much.
Never really understood these posts. Literally every fan on here could say that ND will win by 5000 points. And it has no ramifications.
Never really understood these posts. Literally every fan on here could say that ND will win by 5000 points. And it has no ramifications.
Colorado absolutely housed UMass a couple of weeks ago. If this is a game in the fourth quarter then say good bye to any playoff chances. Take care of business. No excuses.
Absolutely not true. If this is a close game, but ND still goes 12-0, ND is in the playoffs. With every post, you show what an imbecile you are.
Colorado did beat them soundly, but Temple, who pretty much dominated Penn State a couple weeks ago, needed a last second FG to beat UMass on Saturday. So I think we will need to game plan and play reasonably well to be successful.
Umass has struggled MIGHTILY running the ball and with basically every possible aspect of defense
They've shown that they can pass reasonably well, especially when they're able to protect the QB (better against Temple than Colorado)
If Notre Dame is any good at all at running the ball, passing the ball, protecting the QB, stopping the run, or getting into the backfield defensively.......then they should dominate all of those areas.
Dominating UMass in any of those areas won't really tell us anything, given how inept UMass is at them
The one area where we could "learn something good about ND" in the UMass game is if we see major improvement with how our secondary plays in coverage
UMass has a good WR and a capable QB
In Notre Dame is able to use coverage to shutdown that aspect of UMass (create "coverage sacks") etc....that will be an encouraging sign for the defense
They've shown that they can pass reasonably well, especially when they're able to protect the QB (better against Temple than Colorado)
If Notre Dame is any good at all at running the ball, passing the ball, protecting the QB, stopping the run, or getting into the backfield defensively.......then they should dominate all of those areas.
Dominating UMass in any of those areas won't really tell us anything, given how inept UMass is at them
The one area where we could "learn something good about ND" in the UMass game is if we see major improvement with how our secondary plays in coverage
UMass has a good WR and a capable QB
In Notre Dame is able to use coverage to shutdown that aspect of UMass (create "coverage sacks") etc....that will be an encouraging sign for the defense
But what if I'm wearing my lucky shirt, while standing in the same spot in the Den that I was standing when Quinn connected with the Shark for the late TD against UCLA? Surely that would help US? I mean WE! Never mind.
Exactly. I understand we are all fans and feel a connection to the team. But to say that we need to be careful. Every one of us could stop breathing tomorrow. It would have zero impact on the team come Saturday.
We are horrible after playing triple option teams. Especially against the spread (vegas spread that is).
I think Temple beating Penn State is the same as Northwestern beating Stanford. Those were early games and lots of weird stuff can happen.
I would not be surprised if ND has a letdown this week and it ends up closer than any of us would like, although I'd like to see nothing short of a blitzkrieg in the first half so the second half can be an audition for lots of backups on both sides of the ball.
Again people stereotyping these schools based on previous rep.
When will they learn in 2015 there are no play terrible games and still breeze past.
Believe this or not but umass has some players who could indeed start on any of the top 25 teams at some spots.
ND needs to bring the A game each and every week. If they do that things will be fine no matter the opponent. That is all you can do. Be prepared the best you can and play as hard as you can. Don't play down to the competition....which is hard to keep from falling into that....but play one way. Fast, hard no matter who the opponent.
When will they learn in 2015 there are no play terrible games and still breeze past.
Believe this or not but umass has some players who could indeed start on any of the top 25 teams at some spots.
ND needs to bring the A game each and every week. If they do that things will be fine no matter the opponent. That is all you can do. Be prepared the best you can and play as hard as you can. Don't play down to the competition....which is hard to keep from falling into that....but play one way. Fast, hard no matter who the opponent.
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Here is how UMass is going to go
UMass offense
throw
throw
screen
punt
for every 2.5 throws they will rush once. In two games they have about 200 yards rushing vs about 500+ in passing. (They only have 2 games played not 3). Against Temple they threw about 50 times. And rushed 37 (including QB scrambles)
As long as ND keeps focus they should be able to play Wimbush come the 4th quarter. That is the goal. Kelly wants Wimbush on the field. And he is going to do what it takes for that to happen.
UMass offense
throw
throw
screen
punt
for every 2.5 throws they will rush once. In two games they have about 200 yards rushing vs about 500+ in passing. (They only have 2 games played not 3). Against Temple they threw about 50 times. And rushed 37 (including QB scrambles)
As long as ND keeps focus they should be able to play Wimbush come the 4th quarter. That is the goal. Kelly wants Wimbush on the field. And he is going to do what it takes for that to happen.
Meh, this is a pretty serious overreaction
Based only on recent past (performance of these players, not "rep") UMass has basically no hope of holding their own on the LOS against ND (either side), no hope of establishing a run game, nor any hope of stopping the run
Basically, the only player on the entire UMass team with any shot of starting at ND would be their #1 WR Sharpe, though even that's not a guarantee
In his weekly presser Coach K said he respects the UMass team, especially their head coach. That's enough for me to think he's looking at this as a classic trap game. I'm sure he wants the team to get a comfortable lead to allow Wimbush, and other backup players, some valuable playing time. Every starter is an injury away from someone take his place.
Just wanted to let you know I just finished running a couple miles this morning. I think I am going to do a couple of rope drills and maybe bang a hammer against an old tire in prep to help the team do better against UMass. Hope it's enough though.
We've seen three games so far. Two dominate games with a scare in the middle. No telling what we'll see this weekend. However, I'm hoping for a first half blowout to get backups quality reps. The way the season is going, they'll need those guys.
UMASS will give up yards and points; lottsa them.
So it comes down to defense to complete the blowout early.
24-0 at half would get the second half of KizWim in the game.
So it comes down to defense to complete the blowout early.
24-0 at half would get the second half of KizWim in the game.
SECONDARY PLAY: The Irish secondary struggled with assignments against Virginia two weeks ago, giving up three passes of 30 yards or more and a total of 289 passing yards.
“I’m not ready to say that we’ve corrected everything. We’re going to have to go out and play,” Kelly said. “We’ll see. I have confidence that they’re going to play much better than they did against Virginia.”
“I’m not ready to say that we’ve corrected everything. We’re going to have to go out and play,” Kelly said. “We’ll see. I have confidence that they’re going to play much better than they did against Virginia.”
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