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[Shakin' Down the Thunder]

So many to go around.

Jagsuh and Baker for coming in as backups that didn't play all year
Schrauth for getting that fumble recovery
Angeli for that drive
Love for his inability to be denied
Gray for the pick
Greathouse for huge catches
Gray for that pick again... lol.
Jeter for his clutch kicks

Who am I missing???

 

[IrishMike409]

So many to go around.

Jagsuh and Baker for coming in as backups that didn't play all year
Schrauth for getting that fumble recovery
Angeli for that drive
Love for his inability to be denied
Gray for the pick
Greathouse for huge catches
Gray for that pick again... lol.
Jeter for his clutch kicks

Who am I missing???

Williams on that first drive in the 3rd quarter. He set the tone. Big plays.

 

[BorisZanchez]

Luke Talich with the special teams hit of the year.

 

[McCallen ND NYC]

So many to go around.

Jagsuh and Baker for coming in as backups that didn't play all year
Schrauth for getting that fumble recovery
Angeli for that drive
Love for his inability to be denied
Gray for the pick
Greathouse for huge catches
Gray for that pick again... lol.
Jeter for his clutch kicks

Who am I missing???

Marcus Freeeman. He turned around the team at halftime. ND was getting dominated in the first half but he got the team to do a 180 in the second half. He even got his coordinators to coach better too..

 

[Shakin' Down the Thunder]

Luke Talich with the special teams hit of the year.

Oh yeah!! Helluva hit! Gave him the Wyoming special!

 

[jdk222]

A. Williams was great! Made plays in passing game, had a nice run and was probably our best pass protector.

 

[jdk222]

And our corners were also really good tonight. No catches by PSU WR’s, multiple PBU’s, contributed to Allar’s rough night big time.

 

[graceh90]

Um, Riley Leonard ? Absolute warrior

 

[Irish_Mutt]

Is Collins injured now? Didn't see him get a target all night

 

[crxohio]

Greathouse deserves co-mvp. Atleast. Lol. Just being greedy lol.

 

[Shakin' Down the Thunder]

Is Collins injured now? Didn't see him get a target all night

I think it's a rule that every player has to be injured now.

 

[savvyandsassier]

Um, Riley Leonard ? Absolute warrior

I know, and people were saying let's take him out. Classic.

 

[Shakin' Down the Thunder]

Um, Riley Leonard ? Absolute warrior

No. Did he help Irish win? Yeah. But 2 picks put the Irish in very difficult situations and PSU got 10 points off of them.

 

[savvyandsassier]

This is a tough one. So many players stepped up. I'll give it to Mitch Jeter.

 

[Golson5]

No. Did he help Irish win? Yeah. But 2 picks put the Irish in very difficult situations and PSU got 10 points off of them.

Um, yes

 

[Shakin' Down the Thunder]

Um, yes

Okay Mrs. Leonard.

 

[Golson5]

Okay Mrs. Leonard.

Still a hater ☘️☘️☘️

 

[Shakin' Down the Thunder]

Still a hater ☘️☘️☘️

When did I hate on Leonard???

 

[christophero]

Freeman.
This team did everything to give this game away but he held the course. The 2 running backs were studs. Leonard is like Rocky; he keeps getting beat up but keeps coming. The D bended but did not break.

 

[Golson5]

When did I hate on Leonard???

That idiotic stupid comment was enough. Just such a stupid ignorant comment

🤣🤣☘️☘️☘️

 

[Shakin' Down the Thunder]

That idiotic stupid comment was enough. Just such a stupid ignorant comment

🤣🤣☘️☘️☘️

What comment? What did I say that was hateful of Leonard???

 

[Hofman19]

I have to go with Greathouse...

Statistically; this was the best performance of his career....

Set single-game highs in both receptions and receiving yardage!

 

[christophero]

Leonard gets a lot of crap (and deservedly so for those 2 INT's) but that drive when we were down 7 late was a thing of beauty. Get stopped there and we go home.

 

[Golson5]

Leonard gets a lot of crap (and deservedly so for those 2 INT's) but that drive when we were down 7 late was a thing of beauty.

Did anyone see what Allar did? These defenses are damn good. Their pass rush was ferocious. We struggled to block them.

All heart and guts from RL. 250 plus yards 2 tds made big plays in the 4th.

 

[FightingIrish44]

I’m not and wasn’t mad at the first pick. I just accepted it. The second pick was more on Leonard but that DE also made a nice catch on his fingertips.

I’m not sure what the coaches would say about the first pick though.

 

[christophero]

RL's 3rd down and 1 run late...I mean that swings the game. Instead of us punting we keep on driving. You could see the Penn State QB wincing on the sidelines..he knew that was huge.
But that late interception sealed it. They had less time so PSU had to get aggressive.
Herbie with a great call "you can never throw a leaner over the middle."
Maybe the PSU OC being more aggressive than Franklin? PSU fans claim Franklin is too conservative; but when you get too aggressive this can happen.

 

[nd4life211]

It’s gotta be Greathouse. Watching his high school tape, I thought he was a tad slow but a marvellous route runner. I still don’t think he’s a burner, but he’s plenty fast and before the game, I figured he would get lots of one on one chances with attention focused on Faison and our backs.

Their defence did not respect our receiving core and it made them pay. Greathouse looks like a guy who could go for 100 a game if we had Angeli starting. I still don’t think he’s a Jeremiah Smith, but I would pray for any nickel thinking they can cover him out of the slot. Between our two tight ends and Fasion, Greathouse, we are developing some legit threats at receiver. It would be nice for one wideout to show out in the title… Colzie, Thomas, Harrison…

Also shoutout to Christian Gray. Dude was lockdown all year outside of the USC, IU and UGA game. Dude also never put his head down, keeps battling and always makes a play when we need it. Kids a damn good cornerback.

 

[FightingIrish44]

It’s gotta be Greathouse. Watching his high school tape, I thought he was a tad slow but a marvellous route runner. I still don’t think he’s a burner, but he’s plenty fast and before the game, I figured he would get lots of one on one chances with attention focused on Faison and our backs.

Their defence did not respect our receiving core and it made them pay. Greathouse looks like a guy who could go for 100 a game if we had Angeli starting. I still don’t think he’s a Jeremiah Smith, but I would pray for any nickel thinking they can cover him out of the slot. Between our two tight ends and Fasion, Greathouse, we are developing some legit threats at receiver. It would be nice for one wideout to show out in the title… Colzie, Thomas, Harrison…

Also shoutout to Christian Gray. Dude was lockdown all year outside of the USC, IU and UGA game. Dude also never put his head down, keeps battling and always makes a play when we need it. Kids a damn good cornerback.

Greathouse beat the piss out of that corner on his TD catch as well. The corner didn’t just fall down.

 

[Kelso86]

No. Did he help Irish win? Yeah. But 2 picks put the Irish in very difficult situations and PSU got 10 points off of them.

RL plays with Coach Freeman's mentality -- forget the last play and focus on this play -- yea, he had 2 picks, but he kept battling and fighting -- this whole team does that -

 

[deadirishpoet]

I think it's a rule that every player has to be injured now.

That literally made me laugh out loud....thank you

 

[IrishMike409]

Did anyone see what Allar did? These defenses are damn good. Their pass rush was ferocious. We struggled to block them.

All heart and guts from RL. 250 plus yards 2 tds made big plays in the 4th.

I genuinely think that if it's close late.....Leonard can will us to victory in the 4th.

He, the OL, and run game take over late.

 

[savvyandsassier]

Greathouse beat the piss out of that corner on his TD catch as well. The corner didn’t just fall down.

I think he mainly just fell down. It was a pretty standard little move to put on a DB. But you know what? TD either way. Let's not get carried away now, we got one more game, let's pump the breaks a little bit on the mythologizing. After we beat tOSU, then we can go nuts with all that stuff.

 

[FightingIrish44]

I think he mainly just fell down. It was a pretty standard little move to put on a DB. But you know what? TD either way. Let's not get carried away now, we got one more game, let's pump the breaks a little bit on the mythologizing. After we beat tOSU, then we can go nuts with all that stuff.

I had just watched the play multiple times before posting that. Perhaps the move was nothing spectacular, but it’s still true that the corner was beaten badly. He didn’t just fall down.

 

[echowaker]

So many to go around.

Jagsuh and Baker for coming in as backups that didn't play all year
Schrauth for getting that fumble recovery
Angeli for that drive
Love for his inability to be denied
Gray for the pick
Greathouse for huge catches
Gray for that pick again... lol.
Jeter for his clutch kicks

Who am I missing???

Schrauth may have saved the game.

 

[savvyandsassier]

I had just watched the play multiple times before posting that. Perhaps the move was nothing spectacular, but it’s still true that the corner was beaten badly. He didn’t just fall down.

Yeah he did. He just fell down. I mean it was a good little juke, but like 49 times out of 50 maybe?, that doesn't happen. In any case, we sure needed to make a play and we got one.

 

[nd4life211]

Schrauth may have saved the game.

Underrated take. If PSU recovers that and scores to go up 13 or 17, I’m not sure how this team gets back in the game.

 

[savvyandsassier]

Underrated take. If PSU recovers that and scores to go up 13 or 17, I’m not sure how this team gets back in the game.

That's a good point, because when it happened you expected PSU to come up with it. And they didn't, and it was huge for us.

 

[TDIrish27]

Schrauth may have saved the game.

No doubt

That and Allar missing the RB on the little swing pass down on the goal line where we don't have anyone within 5 yards of him.

PSU had to settle for 3

 

[banmate6]

If it is a player, interestingly I have to go with Riley Leonard. A Tale of 2 QBs: the worst of times in the 1st half, the good enough times in the 2nd half.

RL made some bad plays all game. But he also in the context of a slugfest, with mistakes by both ND and PSU, made the most clutch plays when it counted. Yeah he threw 2 INTs. But he also made passes and ran when it counted.

Both defenses made both offenses struggle. But ND ground it out. Led by a RL who came in from being almost knocked out, doing it a bit more than his equally gritty teammates.

Which brings me to my main point...I'd give the game ball to Marcus Freeman. ND would have folded and lost this game in the past. He said something at halftime to inspire the kind of fight and grit displayed by all the players, especially an erratic but game effective RL.

PS: not to pile on, but I have issues with Denbrock.

 

[banmate6]

Underrated take. If PSU recovers that and scores to go up 13 or 17, I’m not sure how this team gets back in the game.

True. The game is made up in moments. But it goes both ways...what if the refs didn't call PI on that interception? Or if they called a blatant holding on PSU to keep a drive going?