Irish9

Echo 88 , I agree with your second post in this thread 100%. Thank you so I didn't have to type it!!!

I do not recall the screen being much or at all. Thought screens would work against them. Overall we just got manhandled which creates bad throws even when somebody is open. It sucked all the way around.

I agree with goirish83

It's been 30 years. Quit blaming coaching. The playing field in college football is not fair. Irish are up against it. They can not win under the circumstances. The best coach in the world cant change the other teams athletes being superior

I'm more nervous that we get killed. I do not think the will stop them nor score enough to overcome it. I just hope we do not get smacked around like the Bama game and look like we don't belong.

Book will not be able to sit in the pocket and our receivers will not break away from the dbs. Everything will need to be quick hit and if we can't run its going to be a major problem. We can't win being one dimensional.

Yeah. Either way I think Irish get Georgia though. No way they leap Clemson

Bama loses today. I think Bama goes to 4 and will play Clemson. I think Georgia will be 3 and we play them Thoughts?

I was watching them discuss Alabama and Clemson last night. Basically it will be a huge problem as nobody can run against the Bama front 7 and they are interested to see what Georgia can do against them because they run well. Irish will not run against either of those teams and third and long will happen often. I too feel like that is where ND has their problem and will be exposed as one dimensional against those two teams. I am not concerned about OSU or Oklahoma front 7 but those long runs Dexter hits late in games probably will not occur against Bama or Clemson. Other than the long burst Dexter gets we do not do well on the ground especially short yardage. I think a dose of Wimbush will happen in the playoff to open the run game.

Yeah. Book was bad worst game. Overthrew wide open receivers and was awful with placement on out routes. That will not cut it against Bama. He looked bad tonight. Overall the team looked bad. We are fortunate to move move on but may be a 4 seed now as 5hey already threw it out there at game end. Gotta be better than that

I'm sure I will get ripped because we won big but the run game is an issue and needs quick fix. If we had a solid run game I think Irish are possible champs

Defensively we looked amazing but I worry if we have no run game it will be our downfall. I think one dimensional which is what the Irish were yesterday is not going to beat Bama or anybody else in the top 4. If the Irish can run it will open a lot in the passing game and make them hard to beat. That was pretty bad yesterday in the red zone and that game should have been 50 plus points. Way to many false starts which I think Kelly mentioned. Very happy with final result , just an observation moving forward the run game needs to be better or it will be a problem against better teams. Broke a few again in fourth quarter but up until that the run game was invisible and I hope they figure something out soon especially short yardage.

If he does not play that will be big against Syracuse. I feel like they will put up at least 24 to 30 points. Irish will need to put up 35 to 40 to win this game Imo. Hope i'm wrong.

Saw he limped pretty bad at end of game. I have not seen anything but he is pretty hobbled right now. It is going to be tough on him the next couple of weeks and needs the long break before the bowl game. I am wondering if he is a go this week and if so he can he make it through the game because he will be needed against Cuse.

Cuse is also in top 5 in country in takeaways which is why they win. They capitalize on the turnovers and turn them into points. They really go after the ball.