Officially Official ND @ Texas A&M Game Thread

[Patrirish]

penalties are killing them

 

[savvyandsassier]

Weigman really sucks.

 

[BGI User 756]

Swiss cheese defense does it again

How about that IndyIrish24? You and Chass have your mouths full?

 

[ZibbyQuinn]

imagine notre dame vs teams that are supposed to be really good in the SEC? lol

probably be down about 2 scores about right now

Hows That carrot NARP

 

[KYExtemper]

And MORE flags on the line tonight.

 

[futuredomer]

Offense is a joke!

 

[IndyIrish24]

Vanilla vanilla vanilla

 

[raulduke_007]

Id like to see Denbrock take a break on the screen game. Yeesh

 

[KYExtemper]

We're not even going to try to move into FG range?!?!?

 

[BGI User 756]

So..

Some poor encroachments, some poor OL play. Better than the alternative

 

[Fightingirish595]

How do you get a in interception at midfield and run those two plays. That approach ain’t beating Georgia I promise you that

 

[GDFan]

Play calling is a dumpster fire.

Leonard? 🤨

Offense is a joke!

Agreed. I think we have more penalty yards than yards on offense. Leonard doesn’t look good at all

 

[BGI User 756]

Id like to see Denbrock take a break on the screen game. Yeesh

Fake it and go deep off of it

 

[KYExtemper]

Well, defense got a few nice turnovers to blunt any momentum for A&M.

But our offense is not doing too well.

 

[savvyandsassier]

This game is totally going according to prognostication. The pundits had it right.

 

[ftnfan62]

Ok. The D has tuned up and playing as advertised. The OL is playing as advertised. What do we think about Riley? Hasn’t really been impressive but hasn’t caused us issues

 

[IndyIrish24]

Offense is trash. Give me Angelli. Give me a new OC

 

[Shakin' Down the Thunder]

That holding call on Knapp was bad.

 

[ftnfan62]

Id like to see Denbrock take a break on the screen game. Yeesh

Yea. I feel like Rees is back. Maybe he is setting something up

 

[Fifthhorseman25]

I think they called holding on ND as they were walking off the field at the half. LOL!!!!!!

 

[ftnfan62]

That holding call on Knapp was bad.

I really didn’t see much. SEC is usually more “pro”. They have been kinda PACish

 

[Fifthhorseman25]

We did have a running game going there for a bit. Then the penalties kicked in.

Hopefully Denbrock has something that will work in the second half.

 

[christophero]

D is doing its job but we need touchdowns not FGs to win this.

 

[BGI User 756]

Offense is trash. Give me Angelli. Give me a new OC

No no. You said defense was Swiss cheese

Butch

 

[Shakin' Down the Thunder]

Halftime adjustments:

#1 NO. MORE. PENALTIES.

OFFENSE:
Establish some kind of consistency. Get your best players the ball: Evans, Love, Greathouse, and Collins.
Do both Riley and the OL a favor and have him run some RPO and roll him out a few times. He's not a pocket passer.

DEFENSE:
-Keep doing what you're doing. But Golden needs to have some run blitzes ready.

SPECIAL TEAMS:
Just don't make any mistakes.

 

[Harpo Marxist]

Right now...we have a quarterback and ten Kelly Temps No offense. I don't know how this can be fixed....but no north and south offense is disturbing.

 

[FightingIrish44]

Coverage looks good for ND. Run defense not so much. Pass D in general seems good. I’m slightly concerned about the propensity to blitz on defense. Offense doesn’t look crisp. Quite a bit of miscommunication.

Only 6 points given up on D so it’s hard to mad at them. I hope Faison is okay.

 

[FightingIrish44]

Id like to see Denbrock take a break on the screen game. Yeesh

Two successful WR screens though. It’s a nice way to slow down a better DL against a weaker OL.

 

[BGI User 756]

Plus Chass can’t post since raulduke shut him up …that’s good

Indy trying to pick up the slack

 

[ftnfan62]

Any news on Faison?

 

[BGI User 756]

I’ll take tied with getting 2nd half KO

Let’s see how Denbrock adjusts

 

[Telx1]

Great coaches make great adjustments at halftime. Let’s see what Denbrok comes up with. OL mistakes were somewhat predictable, but Leonard and receivers seem to be really out of sync.

 

[Harpo Marxist]

I want last years O line starters to get some snaps in the second half. This offense has to move the ball north. I am done with the left or right slants....TAMU is licking their chops on that bullshit.

 

[BigSDI]

Vanilla City..... I mean, can Leonard throw a pass more than 5 yards? Game Plan is lackluster at best.

Hoping for adjustments

 

[Harpo Marxist]

Great coaches make great adjustments at halftime. Let’s see what Denbrok comes up with. OL mistakes were somewhat predictable, but Leonard and receivers seem to be really out of sync.

Leonard isn't the problem. It s the Kent State O line we have.

 

[4-4-3]

im having a hard time telling the difference between coan, hartman, pyne, book, and leonard

I think Book would have the most effective style for this game. His tricky, darting runs would slow down A&M's pressure.

Leonard is basically a rollout or QB draw runner.

 

[GH56IRISH]

D looks good.
O needs to keep doing what’s working. Inside runs on passing downs. Scrap the WR screens on 1st down. Roll Leo out and give the pass run option. And for the love of beer can we throw a deep ball.

 

[Harpo Marxist]

I think Book would have the most effective style for this game. His tricky, darting runs would slow down A&M's pressure.

Leonard is basically a rollout or QB draw runner.

You are totally overlooking the difference between the O line Book had and this bunch. Dude....wake up.

 

[ftnfan62]

Alright IRISH. Let’s go score

 

[TDIrish27]

Halftime adjustments:

#1 NO. MORE. PENALTIES.

OFFENSE:
Establish some kind of consistency. Get your best players the ball: Evans, Love, Greathouse, and Collins.
Do both Riley and the OL a favor and have him run some RPO and roll him out a few times. He's not a pocket passer.

DEFENSE:
-Keep doing what you're doing. But Golden needs to have some run blitzes ready.

SPECIAL TEAMS:
Just don't make any mistakes.

Tell our QB that he has to step up in the pocket vs Edge pressure sometimes.