Comments on: Irish Battle Distractions and Tar Heels

By: Aaron

Aaron — Sat, 11 Oct 2014 14:14:20 +0000

Another game in which the IRISH can FIX and WORK ON mistakes that we have had all season. Another good OPPORTUNTIY to get some younger players VALUABLE experience like Malik because you never know…case in point…the secondary and those injuries and being kicked out of the game like we saw in the Purdue game or Golson taking hits when he shouldn’t be.

By: GOND88

GOND88 — Fri, 10 Oct 2014 23:06:20 +0000

I think ND will win and while I wholeheartedly agree that, under B. Kelly, they have learned how to win when they aren’t firing on all cylinders, they still tend to play down to their level of competition at times. I expect ND will win, but probably not by nearly as much as they should.

NC will be jacked to play ND and I believe ND could start slow given the emotional toll from last week.

By: NDBonecrusher

NDBonecrusher — Fri, 10 Oct 2014 22:43:51 +0000

Oh boy. ND has every reason to dominate this game and put it away early so we see plenty of Zaire in the 4th quarter. They ought to be able to control the line, run, and have a great aerial attack. Ought to. I share the previous poster’s concerns and in the words of Han Solo “I have a bad feeling about this”. I think 31-24. I sure hope I’m wrong and it’s closer to 42-10. The latter score is totally possible, but…

By: irishhawk50

irishhawk50 — Fri, 10 Oct 2014 17:43:11 +0000

I expect Kelly to have the Irish ready for this game. Not to look ahead to Florida State, but I expect a lot of work for the running game and the offensive line to work out some more of the kinks. I also expect a better performance from Golson. ND by 21.

By: Kev

Kev — Fri, 10 Oct 2014 17:20:52 +0000

I think that with the momentum and confidence gained with beating Stanford when the outcome looked very bleak bodes well for ND’s confidence for this game. They know they have to play flawless to win vs Florida State so I think that they use N Carolina as a practice game to get perfect. I think it will be 48-17. Irish roll even with distractions.

By: Ben

Ben — Fri, 10 Oct 2014 13:38:04 +0000

edit: “I would *call* Switzer…”

By: Ben

Ben — Fri, 10 Oct 2014 13:37:37 +0000

Good write-up! One small nit — I would Switzer more than just a “capable” return man. He might be their most dangerous weapon, although our coverage units have performed pretty well this year.

By: pc

pc — Fri, 10 Oct 2014 13:13:45 +0000

While I was very confident going into the Stanford game, which I said scared me a little, and I still feel they could’ve and should’ve won that game more comfortably; this game scares me to death because the law of averages is bound to break the Tar Heels way at some point and they are far to talented to keep playing as bad as they have. ND has to avoid the proverbial let down game with FSU on their minds. John I do agree that this ND squad finds ways to win when they aren’t playing their best. That being said I have a scary, scary feeling. ND 33-31 on a last minute Brindza FG.

By: MGerth10

MGerth10 — Fri, 10 Oct 2014 13:11:02 +0000

I will be disappointed if they only score 31 against this defense.