Comments on: Cooley Controls the Boards as ND Upsets #1 Syracuse

By: Mike

Mike — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 22:03:39 +0000

In reply to flirish. ND beat #2 BC @ JACC in 2005

By: El Kabong

El Kabong — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 16:17:43 +0000

No reason to bring football or hockey into it. Each sport stands or falls on its own merits or lack thereof.

By: David

David — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 16:01:42 +0000

What a surprise! A great win by the basketball team brings out the BK haters. Can’t you just enjoy a great hoops win. Hey the hockey team lost to Michigan and is underachieving this year. Both Jackson and Kelly should be fired immediately. The best part is, there are almost as many Brey haters, but they’re not sure how to spin this to make it a negative.

By: sully

sully — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 15:31:52 +0000

In reply to flirish. We beat #5 Alabama in basketball at ND a few years ago.

By: Bill '80

Bill '80 — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 05:59:01 +0000

After we looked so “unathletic” against Missouri early in the season, it is amazing the distance the team has traveled to a victory against a very talented and athletic Syracuse squad. Still a tough road ahead for this season, but its looking up for next year.

With respect to football, in each of our losses this year, if we had the level of quarterback play of our opponent… Daniels, Robinson, Barkley, Luck or Manuel… we would have won each of those games. That said, if we score to even up the USC game at 17-17 we probably go on to win the game with the momentum of a home crowd against us. Even in the Stanford game, we had a chance to seize momentum, but Rees ran out of gas short of the end zone. We have been competitive, but lack a playmaker at QB to put us over the top. If we had a QB the caliber of Barkley, Luck or Robinson on the Irish, we would have won the National Championship this year. The key is QB play.The other pieces are pretty much in place. Maybe Keil, Golson or Hendrix could or should be the answer.

By: Matt

Matt — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 02:57:49 +0000

When comparing bk to brey remember people were calling for him to be fired in the last few years. Also it is only in the last 3 years that brey has found his identity at nd; with the burn offense. Just saying not a fair comparison at this poInt. brey has had more time.

By: Kalc

Kalc — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 21:53:39 +0000

Irish Cooley burn …

… an incredible oxymoron realized. Who knew?

Very impressive Fight

By: leftcoastirish

leftcoastirish — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 21:51:33 +0000

umm, make that 12-8 and 4-3.

By: Jonathan

Jonathan — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 21:45:46 +0000

In reply to flirish. i disagree. when the irish beat #2 pitt last year AT pitt that was a very signifcant win. that was the second best win of brey's career, last nights was his best game ever for the irish have some faith for next season to.

By: flirish

flirish — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 16:41:28 +0000

Finally, after over a decade–a significant win on NDs campus in mens basketball or football. this is a great win and great for the ND community. It has been long over due. Kelly has yet to even come close to competing against a top team. I hope we are not years away from an event like this in football but based on the horrible coaching job this season I am afraid we may be.