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This is the nasty defense we all dreamed about

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These domers have taken to the new system like bees to honey . No one stands out with the exception of Cooney but no one is not holding there own - great team coordination and a great new defensive coordinator amazing!!!
 
Wait till the Sophomores become Juniors. Our DL should be pretty ridiculous going forward.
 
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This is the year. We will lose the OL and that will drastically change the team. We will probably lose Elko, that will be a massive drop off. This is the year! We have to get to the playoffs!
 
Agreed - I’ve said all along that we were heading towards a great 2018, but the team has responded amazingly to everything. If the Secondary can continue to progress, wow....
 
This is the year. We will lose the OL and that will drastically change the team. We will probably lose Elko, that will be a massive drop off. This is the year! We have to get to the playoffs!
Perhaps you should temper your thoughts? Elko will suddenly leave after a yr, on a 3 yr deal? And the reasoning we will be left off the committee's ranking is laughable. No we did not outplay Georgia in that game! We did have "plenty" of opportunity to win. We did not. Enjoy the win! Definitely enjoy watching the best ND team you have seen over 20 years!
 
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seriously, what the hell was Vangorder doing in his time at ND? we couldnt stop anyone after the Michigan game in 2014.
 
seriously, what the hell was Vangorder doing in his time at ND? we couldnt stop anyone after the Michigan game in 2014.
Running a defense that needs 60 hours a week to make work, but doing it with 20 hours a week college kids.
 
I love the guts and feistiness of this defense though I do get faint-hearted on every defensive play! I call it my BVG hangover. Hopefully, it will be gone by season's end.:D

Go Irish! Beat Wake Forest!!
 
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This is the year. We will lose the OL and that will drastically change the team. We will probably lose Elko, that will be a massive drop off. This is the year! We have to get to the playoffs!
Excuse me negative Nelly, you said we have NO shot at the playoffs. So basically, according to you, we are done and there's not even a reason to play the rest of this season, or next.
 
seriously, what the hell was Vangorder doing in his time at ND? we couldnt stop anyone after the Michigan game in 2014.
Remember after ND fired BVG how the defense immediately improved and this year working with a good system ND has one of the best in the country .
It’s just amazing how bad BVG was and he didn’t recruit either
He got a nice son but that is about all he has
 
As Lou Somogyi said in his Elston article today:

"for the No. 5-ranked Irish, who are 10th in scoring defense (16.1 points per game), 16th against the run (116.6)— after not finishing in the top 70 the past three years — 11th in turnovers gained (17) and 15th in the red-zone, highlighted by stops inside the 10-yard line on third-and-one and fourth-and-one the past two weeks versus USC and NC State that dramatically shifted momentum."

Plus they should be better next year if everyone with eligibility returns.
 
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