Pretty much the way I feel. Not too worried about this one, unless it's close at halftime might change my tune.
Maybe 4 or 5 players would start for ND. Only 2 players would be locks. The talent and experience especially experience is not even close on both sides of the ball. Vtech has athletes on both sides but not studs. Nd needs to play tough disciplined focused football and the rest will take care of itself.
You said you “think” Nd is more talented. That’s not even a discussion. Now, yes Nd could turn it over and play sloppy and lose, but it won’t be a talent issue. Nd has depth, talent, experience unlike any year under bk. Really since the early 90s holtz years. It’s college football anything can happen. But I think an ND blowout is as likely as an ND loss. Dline keeps dominating and book plays smart and distributes we will be fine.
No one feels that Nd can just show up and win, but the team has shown a lot of maturity this year to go a long with the Depth and talent. Nd can win running it, throwing it, or dominating on D. First year we could do that in a long time.
Motivation is overatted on game day. It’s if you can be motivated to focus on preparation the 6 days earlier. This game is 8pm nationally televised two ranked teams.
I'm not sure about that. I'm sure lou Holtz pre game/halftime talks made a difference
For the first play after maybe. It’s not a switch you can just turn off and on. You either prepare and are focused or not. Speeches are for the underdogs to give them confidence. I guarantee Kelly had a crazy speech at half time at Miami. That couldn’t fix the 6 days of poor preparation and focus earlier. Motivation helps the fans more than anything. Keeps them loud . Now coaching and motivation are huge after big games like after UM going into ball state.
5, if it’s a stinger he’ll be back worst case after beye week, but he has had a lot of shoulder issues.
