I'm so sick of people anointing teams as invincible before the season is even over.
I listened to the same nonsense in 1993 when the talking heads said ND better hope for snow and grow their grass long if they wanted to stay with Charlie Ward's Seminoles in a mid November game in South Bend. Of course ND kicked their butt before Lou Holtz predictably shut down the offense and went to his famous/stupid three man prevent defense that let them back into the game.
ND is loaded too with play-makers all over the field. One thing Kelly is very good at is recruiting where he identifies and gets 3 to 4 star players with upside, brains and a willingness to work. However he's often short on common sense when playing Joe Schmidt over Nyles Morgan, Greer Martini over Te'von Coney, Freddie Canteen over Miles Boykin, etc, etc., etc. Further hiring Boob Diaco and Brian VanGoofy to run your defense was very dumb and essentially guaranteed several losses against teams with equal talent and better coaching.
Football is a QB's game and if we can disrupt Alabama's passing game and cause a turnover or two then it's anyone's game. Further the longer Alabama or Clemson start to press when the talking heads told them they should be up by 28 at halftime the more likely they will make further mistakes. Granted we can't lose any studs between now and then so if Tillery, Okwara, Kareem, Dexter go down then it will be harder but still not impossible.
We need to prep Jordan Genmark-Heath as a starter now in place of Asmar Bilal. We can't rely on Coney being the only linebacker making plays. Tranquil is our emotional leader but even when he's healthy I never see him making many plays either. It's almost as if Coney is our only linebacker. Leave Tranquil in but JG-H stuck his head in a couple piles last night and made himself visible and that alone should get him starting in front of Bilal who has not played well ever.
Further we need to shore up our safety position and overall pass coverage. Jalen Elliot visibly grabbing a receiver in the end-zone in front of an official was beyond stupid and has become common place too often. Make a play on the ball and stop bailing out teams on 3rd and long with stupid pass interference penalties.
Getting Aaron Banks in the starting lineup now was very smart and we need to make more adjustments at other positions now as well as it will give us a stronger and more effective team down the stretch.
ND can win the National Title! We can move the ball on anyone in the country and if we clean up some things on defense and stay healthy this could be a very magical year! Go Irish!
I listened to the same nonsense in 1993 when the talking heads said ND better hope for snow and grow their grass long if they wanted to stay with Charlie Ward's Seminoles in a mid November game in South Bend. Of course ND kicked their butt before Lou Holtz predictably shut down the offense and went to his famous/stupid three man prevent defense that let them back into the game.
ND is loaded too with play-makers all over the field. One thing Kelly is very good at is recruiting where he identifies and gets 3 to 4 star players with upside, brains and a willingness to work. However he's often short on common sense when playing Joe Schmidt over Nyles Morgan, Greer Martini over Te'von Coney, Freddie Canteen over Miles Boykin, etc, etc., etc. Further hiring Boob Diaco and Brian VanGoofy to run your defense was very dumb and essentially guaranteed several losses against teams with equal talent and better coaching.
Football is a QB's game and if we can disrupt Alabama's passing game and cause a turnover or two then it's anyone's game. Further the longer Alabama or Clemson start to press when the talking heads told them they should be up by 28 at halftime the more likely they will make further mistakes. Granted we can't lose any studs between now and then so if Tillery, Okwara, Kareem, Dexter go down then it will be harder but still not impossible.
We need to prep Jordan Genmark-Heath as a starter now in place of Asmar Bilal. We can't rely on Coney being the only linebacker making plays. Tranquil is our emotional leader but even when he's healthy I never see him making many plays either. It's almost as if Coney is our only linebacker. Leave Tranquil in but JG-H stuck his head in a couple piles last night and made himself visible and that alone should get him starting in front of Bilal who has not played well ever.
Further we need to shore up our safety position and overall pass coverage. Jalen Elliot visibly grabbing a receiver in the end-zone in front of an official was beyond stupid and has become common place too often. Make a play on the ball and stop bailing out teams on 3rd and long with stupid pass interference penalties.
Getting Aaron Banks in the starting lineup now was very smart and we need to make more adjustments at other positions now as well as it will give us a stronger and more effective team down the stretch.
ND can win the National Title! We can move the ball on anyone in the country and if we clean up some things on defense and stay healthy this could be a very magical year! Go Irish!
