Comments on: Desert Meltdown Dooms Irish

By: Aaron

Aaron — Thu, 13 Nov 2014 20:36:20 +0000

In reply to Scott.

Oh please Scott…enlightened me what your thinking is? I know 3 turnovers which were going to be 21 pts. for us went for ASU. Can’t win games giving away that amount of pts. You re right….thinking isn’t one of my strong suits….certainly must be yours! Moron!

By: Scott

Scott — Thu, 13 Nov 2014 14:58:54 +0000

In reply to bobc. Last time I checked, this is a NOTRE DAME site. Who the hell cares about ASU? They were gifted the game.... FIVE TIMES.

By: flirish

flirish — Thu, 13 Nov 2014 04:01:36 +0000

I think Golson has real turnover issues but to say he panics under pressure is absurd he has converted some major 4th downs like the one that won the stanford game and late in Q4 at fsu. Lets be honest, it is tough with below par pass blocking and no running game. Of course they pressure him, he is >70% of offense. This does not excuse the turnovers but it explains them. If we could run–which we can’t and don’t and if the line did a better job he would not “panic” as many suggest. I think he does pretty well overall and if better than anything we have seen on our team in awhile.
it would also help if our starting field position was consistently better but that would mean we had good special teams. that is another major problem in the Kelly era. Special teams never help us.

By: bobc

bobc — Wed, 12 Nov 2014 19:37:43 +0000

Comments seem to be focused on only ND failures… How about some love for how inspired ASU played.
ASU seemed to have more speed and better faster skilled players, better coaching – at least in this game.
World has not ended… move on and give some credit to ASU.

PS: USC led ASU with one second to go…miracle play by future #1 draft pic receiver Strong saved the day for ASU.
USC will not be cake in LA even with 48 players.

By: Scott

Scott — Wed, 12 Nov 2014 16:18:54 +0000

In reply to Kevin McNamara.

‘Why, for example, would we not consider a power “I”’

You’re joking, right? Who would be the FB in the power “I”?

By: Scott

Scott — Wed, 12 Nov 2014 16:17:19 +0000

In reply to bocceman2. Yes, I did see this... what would have been 3rd down, ended up being a HUGE gain for ASU.

By: Scott

Scott — Wed, 12 Nov 2014 16:16:38 +0000

In reply to Lars. You do realize that many of the defensive starters are either suspended or were injurred as the season progressed, right? This at least explains the defensive issues of the moment. However, I am with you on Golson. As much as I am a fan of his, I am becoming a huge critic WRT turnovers.

By: Lars

Lars — Wed, 12 Nov 2014 01:24:43 +0000

Dramatic reactions on this blog, as usual. Yes, the playoff/national championship hopes are gone, as are any chances of Golson holding the Heisman. For me, that’s the worst loss of the season always–never easy to say goodbye to being the best. I was definitely depressed.

Even though we outperformed Florida State, this year’s team never impressed me as one of the best, or a top 5 squad. Reviewing our season resume–crushed a terrible Michigan team, signature win against a now 3 loss Stanford squad, barely beating North Carolina. FSU the weakest of the top teams, Navy leading in the 4th quarter. Not to mention this trend of turnovers and a defense giving up 43, 27, 39 ,31 in the last month–not the championship 2nd in scoring defense of 2012 that played Alabama.

We’re not that good this year. Top 20 might be pushing it. Wouldn’t be surprised to lose 1 of the remaining 3. Worried we might lose more.

Don’t get me wrong. We exceeded my expectations. 7-2 is good, and 10-2 would be still exceed expectations for this year. 10-2 would be 83% winning percentage. As the winningest program in college football history (73.4%), my bar would be to average that 10-2 or 9-3, with competing for a 12-0 in a good year. I think we are doing all of this. In my book, Kelly stays.

No, we are not a dynasty. I want to ND to be great again, too. This ain’t the year. I can now stop leaving my calendar open for NY day playoff and Jan 12 national championship game.

The self proclaimed WIllie Beamer (Golson) continues to need what I thought a year off would have given him–humility. No other way I can understand a QB posting the ball on the ground to prevent himself from falling down. More turnovers as the season goes on is the wrong direction, just as a defense giving up more points later in the season makes me wonder what we are doing worse.

By: Hoss

Hoss — Tue, 11 Nov 2014 23:14:36 +0000

In reply to ND Chicago. Chicago, If ND wants to play fast like Oregon then someone better give them about 27 timeouts a half. They have trouble getting the plays in and the play going using all of the play-clock time. Could you imagine them trying to go any faster.

By: bocceman2

bocceman2 — Tue, 11 Nov 2014 20:14:52 +0000

In reply to Dirty. I guess noone saw the Max Redfield whiff on a tackle that turned into a 40 yard gain in the 4th qtr. That effectively ended the rally.