Guest buffaloirish Posted September 7, 2008 Share Posted September 7, 2008 I am not the biggest aldridge fan but i would like to know why he didnt see the field. Does anyone have know if he was injured or something? if not i think that he should have definitey seen some reps with the way that we were runnig the ball Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest SirJohn Posted September 7, 2008 Share Posted September 7, 2008 Welcome to the domain buffalo. I am not sure. I was wondering myself why we were not running to the right more. That's 1/3rd of our running options. But what was called was called and perhaps I know nothing about injuries or practice tapes. The thing is if I am seeing it in an arm chair shure as blazes a coach in the skybox sees it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NDJoe06 Posted September 7, 2008 Share Posted September 7, 2008 CW said in the post game presser that he wanted to get JA some reps but that the two backs they use in the hurry-up O are AA and Hughes. I don;t know what to believe, but that was the explanation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donjuan Posted September 8, 2008 Share Posted September 8, 2008 Welcome Buffaloirish! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tdnd81 Posted September 8, 2008 Share Posted September 8, 2008 Welcome Buff... I was wondering that myself? hugh, and AA both fumbled, why not give JA some looks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
irishndfan2 Posted September 8, 2008 Share Posted September 8, 2008 (edited) hey at least charlie played Luke Schmidt im glad he got in the game, and actually shwapp did alright... Edited September 8, 2008 by irishziggy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
domeanddomer Posted September 8, 2008 Share Posted September 8, 2008 Well, Hughes didn't look 100% after that nasty play by the goal line where he twisted his ankle. He wasn't cutting well off his right foot and yet we still didn't get JA in there. That was what was suprising to me. I thought for sure there was more too it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IrishGuy Posted September 8, 2008 Share Posted September 8, 2008 Welcome Buff... I was wondering that myself? hugh, and AA both fumbled, why not give JA some looks. And both RH and AA were hurt during the game......and no JA. I am really starting to wonder what is going on there Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpeedsterX Posted September 8, 2008 Share Posted September 8, 2008 Well, Hughes didn't look 100% after that nasty play by the goal line where he twisted his ankle. He wasn't cutting well off his right foot and yet we still didn't get JA in there. That was what was suprising to me. I thought for sure there was more too it. +1 I was scratching my head on that one as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junkhead Posted September 8, 2008 Share Posted September 8, 2008 After Hughes and Allen were both rocked and each fumbled, I looked for JA to get some reps. Hughes looked sluggish and tentative after his ankle injury. I'm not sure what's going on with Aldridge, but I expected to see more out of him being a 5 star and all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IrishGuy Posted September 8, 2008 Share Posted September 8, 2008 I just can't swallow him being 3rd on the depth chart.....well "technically" 3rd third. Since CW did not play a 3rd back, Jonas might be 3rd for all I know. I am starting to think JA's knee injury might have been a career ender. At least, the knee may be what has kept him from showing his 5 star ability, and is what is causing his plummet to the bottom of the depth chart. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest irishrick Posted September 8, 2008 Share Posted September 8, 2008 very good point about JA, lets make sure that Charlie mention this in his presser. is he practicing with the team ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
irishndfan2 Posted September 8, 2008 Share Posted September 8, 2008 kinda off topic, but does anyone else get really annoyed that on 3rd and 1 we try to run it up the gut everytime? perfect example in 3rd quarter i believe everyone knew the ball was going to hughes up the middle, and then sdsu stuffs him for three yard loss.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest brady112106 Posted September 8, 2008 Share Posted September 8, 2008 Aldridge is 34 right? He's in this 9/4 practice video within the first couple of seconds going through warm ups. http://notredame.rivals.com/video.asp?section=football&pkey=&vidtype=publisher&vidid=5908 The question still is why didn't he play? I hope it's because Weis has something up his sleeve for this week's game. Personally, I thought the offense was boring through the first 3 quarters. Obviously the Irish would've had more points on the board had there not been the stupid mistakes. They turned it on when they needed. It's a damn good thing for the strip on the goal line. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reneg Posted September 8, 2008 Share Posted September 8, 2008 kinda off topic, but does anyone else get really annoyed that on 3rd and 1 we try to run it up the gut everytime? perfect example in 3rd quarter i believe everyone knew the ball was going to hughes up the middle, and then sdsu stuffs him for three yard loss.... I get annoyed when it's 3rd and one and we run it up the middle with a single back formation. We need to use the I formation more on short yardage and goal line plays. I don't mind sticking with the run on 3rd and short as long as you're winning the battle upfront. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IrishGuy Posted September 8, 2008 Share Posted September 8, 2008 kinda off topic, but does anyone else get really annoyed that on 3rd and 1 we try to run it up the gut everytime? perfect example in 3rd quarter i believe everyone knew the ball was going to hughes up the middle, and then sdsu stuffs him for three yard loss.... I get annoyed when we have a FB that can bench press a damn car, but he isn't used on the up the gut plays. If we aren't going to use them....why recruit them? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IrishCalves Posted September 8, 2008 Share Posted September 8, 2008 Aldridge frankly isn't that good. Maybe its the knee injuries. Might also be that he was simply overrated coming out of HS. He never ran with authority last year, and had one memorable run vs. Michigan State, where he was caught from behind. Other than that, can't say I was impressed. This isn't too big of a shock to me. Just remember how during the spring game, Hughes got the ball a lot, Allen 2nd, then Aldridge got by far the least amount of touches with like six token carries. I think this is simply James being beaten out by other guys, because the injuries gave us PLENTY of opportunity to get him in there. Not buying this flow of the game business. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NDJoe06 Posted September 8, 2008 Share Posted September 8, 2008 I dont know about "over rated." but for power running he is big and strong, and if hughes is our guy for power back then why not put in JA and not risk any real injury to hughes??? JA is better than the cal poly rb. so give him a try. I tend to believe that CW was telling the truth about hughes/AA and the hurry-up O, because after both AA and hughes gave us scares it would only make sense to not risk it unless you had to...and the game was in question w/ the only thing working was the hurry-up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IrishCalves Posted September 8, 2008 Share Posted September 8, 2008 More thoughts (can't sleep). For all the descriptions about James could be, what his recruiting hype entailed, about the 5 star rating that means nothing as soon as they start playing real live CFB, all that has boiled down to in 2+ years in South Bend is 3.4. Thats his YPC from both freshman and sophomore seasons. I do agree that he should have at least seen the field for a few carries. Don't want to abuse Hughes' ankle after getting tweeked like that. But its obvious that the staff isn't as high on him as Allen/Hughes. With how badly things were going, it wasn't like the staff had the luxury of hiding their playmakers. Bottom line, you can make all the excuses you want for why a guy doesn't get in, but play makers find a way to get on the field, and when they do they make the most of it. Heck, even late in the game when we had a one point lead and tried to kill the clock, no Aldridge. Allen and Hughes get hurt? Aldridge sits. Kamara gets hurt? Tate gets in there, and takes over the game in the 2nd half. Just sayin'. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcdougal93 Posted September 8, 2008 Share Posted September 8, 2008 Okay this is really bugging me now. Why is it that when we recruit 5 star guys they don't turn out to be that good? Aldridge according to some, and Sam Young has not lived up to his 5 star status either. The exception here is Jimmy because he showed me a lot this past game. IMO, I'm not convinced that JA is not that good. I know he's had injuries but if you start giving him the ball, he just may start getting some good runs. Teams like SC bring in true freshman that play right away and contribute. Mcknight, Ronald Johnson, Taylor Mays, and their center O'dowd come to mind. I know they have a lot of depth but it also has to do with their COACHING. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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