Officially Official ND @ Texas A&M Game Thread

[raulduke_007]

What a pathetic final drive by A&M. And now we actually get to win by ten. They really do suck.

Or ND's defense is good

 

[christophero]

Great road win. Sometimes you have to win ugly. Leonard is a winner.

 

[TalentedMrRippley]

I mean what is this shit: act injuried and get free time outs? Come on!

Great contribution. All-Star.

 

[BGI User 756]

Anyone else want some Ham and Swiss?

 

[KYExtemper]

Elko looks like his first priority at A&M is to get a QB.

 

[ftnfan62]

sneed played a game too. N

 

[BGI User 756]

Great road win. Sometimes you have to win ugly. Leonard is a winner.

Yes. Big mental strength moment

Love it

 

[Fightingirish595]

A win cures all. Gotta clean up those penalties though. Hopefully that o line comes together. Defense looks great as expected

 

[KYExtemper]

Thanks Vegas for underselling this Irish squad!

 

[christophero]

You have to learn to win when things don't go your way. This was a big step.

 

[sjb75]

I miss Parker

Attaboy.

 

[BGI User 1596]

Elko looks like his first priority at A&M is to get a QB.

That guy was awful!

 

[Patrirish]

good job by the coaching staff

Who was the moron who wanted to pull Leonard?

 

[FightingIrish44]

Biggest win of the Freeman era to this point?

Maybe but that’s recency bias IMO. He beat #4 8-0 Clemson in 2022.

 

[Fifthhorseman25]

Our terrible coaching staff, terrible QB, terrible recruiting..just went into one of the toughest places to play and got a W.

Was it pretty, nope, but a win is a win. Team will grow from here.

 

[ZibbyQuinn]

It wasn't really a point worth responding to imo. But since you insist:

How ranked teams have fared going into college station in the past doesn't tell us anything about 2024 texas a&m and 2024 notre dame.



It's called recruiting.

Elite teams recruit TONS of talent all on the same 85 man roster which allows every facet of their program to be great all at once and to ascend to the very top of the sport.

ND recruits 10ish ranked classes that might be really good in some areas but then have major holes in others which is why we haven't had a complete/national championship caliber team in decades

Damn your recruiting rankings, that poor carrot

 

[ftnfan62]

Well. The line wasn’t pretty but they held up better than I thought against an NFL line.

Great win. Love it. Where is chase!!!

 

[Fifthhorseman25]

good job by the coaching staff

Who was the moron who wanted to pull Leonard?

Probably the same moron who wanted to fire the entire coaching staff.

 

[ZibbyQuinn]

my problem with this game (despite the 7 point lead) is that these two teams look pretty equal ..

i was hoping for ND to demonstrate more separation from a mid top 25 team like Texas A&M

Why? AM recruited better

 

[TalentedMrRippley]

I mean, seriously, why would we schedule this team at this stadium for the first game toughest place to play at against the top 20 team. Look at all the other teams ahead of us. They all scheduled easy games to get their rhythm. I’m not making excuses if you’re a championship you win these games, but it’s risking the whole season

 

[BGI User 756]

Lots to clean up

Lots to be happy about

Big road win against ranked sEC team in the largest SEC stadium that is biggest

200 yards rushing, no sacks allowed

Winning 4th Q 85 yard drive to win it

Swiss cheese defense gave up a whopping 246 yards

 

[BGI User 756]

I mean, seriously, why would we schedule this team at this stadium for the first game toughest place to play at against the top 20 team. Look at all the other teams ahead of us. They all scheduled easy games to get their rhythm. I’m not making excuses if you’re a championship you win these games, but it’s risking the whole season

Yet it just gave us a tier one win

 

[christophero]

I was thinking coming out conservative on O in the first half in that environment was probably the safe play.

 

[savvyandsassier]

Or ND's defense is good

Yeah, I think everyone knows and understands that. It's definitely true. That's the strength of our team, especially our starting corners That was still a piss poor performance by A&M's offense, a big time, big money SEC program. Especially Connor Weigman, who appears to be trash. I would not expect other teams of a similar program strength to be quite that poor.

 

[Patrirish]

it looks like Lee Corso is smarter than all of those other guys !

 

[TalentedMrRippley]

Yet it just gave us a tier one win

No, it will help make us a better football team. Don’t misunderstand me. It’s just a bit of a risk.

 

[futuredomer]

Very good win... D could be really special👍...O🤔

 

[mbd11]

Great win!! Go Irish!!

 

[Patrirish]

Yeah, I think everyone knows and understands that. It's definitely true. That's the strength of our team, especially our starting corners That was still a piss poor performance by A&M's offense, a big time, big money SEC program. Especially Connor Weigman, who appears to be trash. I would not expect other teams of a similar program strength to be quite that poor.

Did you ever think that maybe it was Notre Dame‘s exceptional defense that made TAM’s offense look so bad ?

Give it some thought !

 

[christophero]

it looks like Lee Corso is smarter than all of those other guys !

I think it speaks to the perception of the program by a lot of folks. And why this win was big.

 

[BGI User 756]

And Freeman shows his team he has confidence with those 4th down calls and kicking that last FG

Good stuff

 

[mbd11]

Very good win... D could be really special👍...O🤔

That was one of the top defenses that we faced, too. 23 is pretty good on them IMO. We ran for 193 yds.

 

[futuredomer]

That was one of the top defenses that we faced, too. 23 is pretty good on them IMO. We ran for 193 yds.

I'm not worried about running the ball😉

 

[sjb75]

I mean, seriously, why would we schedule this team at this stadium for the first game toughest place to play at against the top 20 team. Look at all the other teams ahead of us. They all scheduled easy games to get their rhythm. I’m not making excuses if you’re a championship you win these games, but it’s risking the whole season

Georgia played Clemson.

 

[burmafrd1943]

I was thinking coming out conservative on O in the first half in that environment was probably the safe play.

with such an inexperienced O line it was the only way to go

 

[savvyandsassier]

Well. The line wasn’t pretty but they held up better than I thought against an NFL line.

Great win. Love it. Where is chase!!!

Agreed. I think we can say they at least delivered on the final drive. A&M's offense was pretty shitty. Good defense. I don't know if it's anything special, but they obviously have talent. Fortunately our schedule sucks. A perfect time for an OL rebuild year. We can make the playoff in spite of it.

 

[mbd11]

I'm not worried about running the ball😉

I thought our young OL played well. It only gets easier from here for them, since that's probably the best defense we face all year. They held their own tonight.

 

[futuredomer]

I thought our young OL played well. It only gets easier from here, since that's probably the best defense we face all year.

Your really not getting this...Leonard's passing is an issue and it had nothing to do with A&M's D! Yes, they are good and first game in a hostlie environment but, he just isn't a very good passer, period!

 

[HRC08]

Happy Marcus Freeman

 

[christophero]

Congrats to coach Freeman for staying the course and having the confidence we could wear them down.