Official Weather Thread

Rich Starkey · Dec 5, 2020

Good Morning Everyone

Not much to talk about this morning regarding the opponent for this afternoon's game. When I think of Syracuse football in my lifetime, I think of Donovan McNabb who seemed to play there for about 8 or 9 years. After graduating I heard he went on to star in some Chunky Soup commercials, so good for him. Not a lot going on at Syracuse in terms of football, and I have to say I'm a little disappointed in the transformation of Otto the mascot.

I liked this guy a lot better

That's all I got for Syracuse.

Let's move onto the game. Big stuff happening today on the Notre Dame side. First of all it's Senior Day, and secondly it's a chance to have another undefeated regular season. The Irish control their own destiny, and are a popular pick to end up in the college football playoffs, but first you gotta get there. Step #1 is destroying an undermanned Syracuse team. Sure they've put up a good fight against some decent teams, but this is a game that ND needs to win big then take a week off and head into step #2 the ACCCG against Clemson. I've read a lot of comments on the board this week that ND only needs to keep it close against Clemson and they'll be in the playoffs. Well, I've got 2 words for those folks.......

After we take care of step #2 and beating Clemson, and end up as the 2 seed, then it's on to play 3 seed Ohio State. I've seen the Buckeyes play this year, and they are average in some areas, at least compared to previous years. This all sets up the last game of the year against Alabama, and we'll talk about that as we get closer.

YOUR GAMEDAY FORECAST

Not too bad for the first week of December. Expect the temperature at kick-off to be 39 degrees with winds out of the NNW at 7mph and mostly cloudy skies. There is a 30% chance of precipitation, but mainly in the form of a little drizzle or snow flurries. By the 4th quarter expect conditions to be the same with the temperature at 37 degrees.

How I see the game playing out. Don't expect mass substitutions early - the players still need to play, and they'll have a week off after today. I do expect a heavy rotation at certain spots, and hopefully Kyren rips off a 71 yarder early in the game to get him to 1,000 and then he can take most of the afternoon off. I would expect by the start of the 4th quarter we'll the mass substitutions start, and yes, Clark will be in the game and he'll even throw a few passes. The goal is to get the game in the bag early, get your starters the work they need, and then play some deserving guys and maybe a senior or 2.

Good Luck Everyone

GO IRISH!

KevinPS · Dec 5, 2020