Comments on: Bumbling Irish Outlast Eagles

By: NDBonecrusher

NDBonecrusher — Thu, 26 Nov 2015 14:07:03 +0000

Feeling very excited right now, and not just because I’m at home on a Thursday morning.
A zillion injuries, inexplicaple transfers, Frosh QB and RBs, going out to Cali to play a real good Stanford team, playoff implications…All the ingredients one could ask for a CLASSIC NOTRE DAME MOMENT.
Happy Thanksgiving everybody! To paraphrase our coach: When the lights are brightest and the pressure is high, men have to rise up play with competitive greatness. These Stanford guys are great but not invincible. C’mon IRISH and summon it up and seize the moment! Surge, et vinceret!

By: Aaron

Aaron — Thu, 26 Nov 2015 11:40:21 +0000

In reply to Mike Coffey.

I agree with Mike…..plus if we have beaten Clemson like we should have then there would be no debate we were in now and not looking in from the outside. Number spot is exactly where we belong and it is appropriate for the way we played at BC, vs Wake, Temple, GT, and UVA. Yes we had injuries but we have a much talented team then all those teams combined!!!!

HOPEFULLY and I mean HOPEFULLY that we come and make a statement against Stanford like we did against GT up until the last 5 minutes of the 4th quarter. Do that, and with some help from others we may get in but I don’t think so. Our fate is already decided this season.

By: flirish

flirish — Thu, 26 Nov 2015 00:54:09 +0000

The reason we dropped to 6 is because despite winning we deserved to drop. We played two very poor games against two very bad teams. For all the stuff about BC and their defense-they only have three wins. Late in the year other teams are playing better than we are. In fact our last two Novembers although quite different in the win loss column, have been similar. A let down mentally and physically. I give Kelly credit for winning ten games so far but I also think this is on him as well.

By: Pc

Pc — Thu, 26 Nov 2015 00:15:53 +0000

Mike, if you believe we would be 3rd or 4th if we had beat BC 26-3 instead I have a bridge to sell you. They want power 5 conference Champs in over an independent team who has been thumbing their nose at the system. In the past they didn’t have a clear cut way to screw them but now they have 12 people in a room who answer to no one and there is nobody in that room looking out for ND. Half the people in that room hate their independence. They can literally change the weight of their criteria as they see fit and choose to use style points one week and then use some other arbitrary theory the next. Example how is Ohio St 8th they have beat no one and not even been impressive in doing that. It’s unexplainable except to use different criteria per team.

By: Mike Coffey

Mike Coffey — Wed, 25 Nov 2015 21:36:17 +0000

In reply to PC.

The committee said the performance of the backups for TCU merited consideration. So I suppose the answer is yes.

I believe had ND handled Wake and BC they way they should have, they’d be #3 right now. But they didn’t, so they aren’t.

By: Hoss

Hoss — Wed, 25 Nov 2015 21:02:45 +0000

The BC game was an absolute shit show. The capper for me was when J. Smith dropped an interception thrown right to him. I kept telling the guy I was watching the game with it was going to cost ND at least two-three spots, and he just kept telling me to relax. Hopefully that was a wake-up call, cause if a performance like that doesn’t wake them up Stanford is going to throw them a beating.

By: Hoss

Hoss — Wed, 25 Nov 2015 20:56:24 +0000

In reply to Mike Coffey. I think TCU has lost more starters than ND.

By: PC

PC — Wed, 25 Nov 2015 19:49:49 +0000

Mike, Do you really think Oklahoma deserved to be vaulted from 7 to 3 by beating a team without their star QB, star WR and starting center by 1 pt ???? Was that style points? BTW that same TCU team beat freekin Kansas by 6 points! Yes 0-10 Kansas showing how important Boykin and company are to their team. The fix was in my friend—nothing to do with a few not so great ND performances. Most of those committee members have vested interest in the Power 5 and finally have a chance to stick it to ND and their thumping their nose independence! Period.

By: Aaron

Aaron — Wed, 25 Nov 2015 18:27:38 +0000

In reply to Mike Coffey. Sh!t Mike, we haven’t seen quality football since the Holtz Era! You won’t see it Saturday either!

By: Mike Coffey

Mike Coffey — Wed, 25 Nov 2015 14:32:58 +0000

In reply to Noel. You make defenses look bad by scoring points on them. We didn't