If I'm a 19-20 year old student-athlete playing at ND, then hell yes I'm looking forward to a bowl!!!! I don't care what it's called or what the sponsors are. I'm in a new situation and get to travel, practice with my buddies for another month, get a chance to take aggression out on some B12, SEC, or Pack 12 team, hopefully catch the eye of some NFL scouts, get a ridiculous gift "basket" from the bowl sponsors, and get to be on TV again.
Do you really even care about a bowl game now?
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Of course it does. Extra practices, a good team coming back next year. Don’t know how much Wimbush can progress, but if he does, you have an elite offense creator who was actually very effective with his legs alone this season.
Of course I want to see my alma mater in a bowl game,
Of course I want to see my alma mater in a bowl game,
Well the mindbending propaganda certainly was successful in altering your expectations and visions.
AP has ND at 15.
It looks like an NY6 bowl is not in the cards. ND really needed that opportunity.
It looks like an NY6 bowl is not in the cards. ND really needed that opportunity.
I can take a loss (Lord knows we’re all used to it by now) but not when our guys don’t seem (I could be wrong all I have to go on is what I saw on tv) to have any passion. I didn’t see any “nasty” out of our oline. I didn’t see any passion from our db’s nor did I see our offensive skill players fight. Adams didn’t (or couldn’t) break any tackles nor did he show any vision. Not one of the Captains said “enough is enough.” And doing it on the sideline isn’t enough. Get mad, damn it.
They’d make our players quit after 12 mins. Our team is done with this season. They gave up 21 points to a team full of non NFL players. Imagine what a team full of NFL players would do to them?
I’m sorry but the Irish players quit last night. Zero push from the oline, our supposed best unit and zero urgency from our Receivers.
I don’t wanna watch a 27-24 “play down to your opponent” bowl game. I won’t be watching and I assume many others feel the same. I don’t blame Kelly, he actually wanted it lastnight.
It’s hard to win on the road. The players knew this because their coach was quoted and they read it.
They probably thought about that late in the game at the 1st sign of adversity.
They probably thought about that late in the game at the 1st sign of adversity.
This projection has ND playing Iowa State in the Dec. 28th Camping Bowl.
https://www.si.com/college-football/2017/11/26/bowl-projections-playoff-rankings-schedule-matchups
https://www.si.com/college-football/2017/11/26/bowl-projections-playoff-rankings-schedule-matchups
A big bowl win over Purdue would truly propell ND’s football program and be a boost to recruiting,
And a loss would just be “it was just meaningless”.
This may actually have been the plan.
And a loss would just be “it was just meaningless”.
This may actually have been the plan.
It gets I believe another 15 practices in so maybe Wimbush can begin to throw the ball more consistently.
2pm pacific time on a Thurs that is not a holiday. I bet Judge Judy gets higher ratings. At least no one will see ND lose. Hopefully wont hurt already damaged recruiting. At least players get goody basket from Camping World. LOL.
unless you make the playoff no bowls are major in my eyes. the opponent is much more important than the date or location of the game to me.
“to me”, That may be acceptable in any given year, but in 8 years? Recruits are aware of the success of teams. They know the prestigious bowls. Aside from conference considerations, when the season starts teams target the playoffs, then the NY6 and then the lesser assigned bowl slots. Recruits know the pecking order, and they want the big stage.
again what bowl is considered prestigious now that the playoff is in place ? is any team shooting for a non playoff bowl game ? i believe the playoff has rendered the rest of them pretty meaningless and thats fine. an extra game is good for any program but they don't carry the weight they used to. no way they can now.
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