Comments on: Irish Get Defensive in Rout

By: jeff

jeff — Wed, 21 Sep 2011 19:23:00 +0000

In reply to Hoss. Why have anyone back there to begin with? Let the punt bounce around awhile and eat away some precious seconds. So what if they down it inside the 10. Run three running plays, make them eat their timeouts and punt the ball with a 15-point lead. Blanton's interception covered up what could have been a huge gaffe by the coaching staff.

By: jeff

jeff — Wed, 21 Sep 2011 19:19:08 +0000

In reply to Jb13. Thank you.

By: Dan

Dan — Wed, 21 Sep 2011 17:46:37 +0000

I will take Tommy’s brains over Quinn’s athleticism any day. Although I liked Brady, where is he now? Once Tommy matures some more then we can call him Tom. Before the MSU game I thought that the weakest position was our secondary. Now I can see that it is our special teams. We are just a few cylinders short of our V8, but we should be firing on all cylinders coming out of the Air Force game. If we are not then it might be a disappointing season to most. Still holding my preseason prediction of 9-3 with the possibility of a 4th loss due to bad bounce.

For the nay sayers… do not compromise the integrity of UND by lower standards. There are plenty of SMART football players out there. No matter good season or bad, I like to think I can take pride that UND is teaching these kids rather than letting them coast through. That is what college is for.

Old Notre Dame will win over all

By: ND_Irish_24

ND_Irish_24 — Tue, 20 Sep 2011 15:42:27 +0000

In reply to mpsND’72.

Ummmm… mpsND’72 what the crap are you talking about? If you take away all of the fumbles and turnovers the Irish made those two loses turn into something very different.. what for it a W!!! And one more thing don’t post something unrelated to Irish football on an Irish football Website. GO IRISH!!!!!! One more thing stop bashing Gary Gray I’m guessing you guys don’t remember if it weren’t for him, Blanton, and Harrison Smith last year against USC we wouldn’t have won!!! Let the kid play without bashing him!! Once again GO IRISH!!!!!!

By: Fitz

Fitz — Tue, 20 Sep 2011 14:18:40 +0000

Awesome win. I’m proud of these guys the way they bounced back. I agree with what one of you said though. I think Atkinson needs to be our return guy on punts. At least give him a shot. Goodman is slow and looks out of his element. The only reason he was back there catching em is because he was supposed to be sure handed but after this last debacle so much for that. Imagine how much more explosive our offense could be if we got some good field position for once. Glad to see Turk actually improved on his kicks. He even pinned them at the 1 yards line once. Those rugby style kicks seem to help him. I hope we keep this momentum and find a way to dominate Pitt. Go irish!

By: Aaron

Aaron — Tue, 20 Sep 2011 01:14:50 +0000

GOOD WIN!

By: BUDDY WHITTAKER

BUDDY WHITTAKER — Mon, 19 Sep 2011 22:03:55 +0000

In reply to irishhawk50. Yes and and couple of bounces the other way against USF and UM and the Irish could have won those games. We won, not go and beat Pitt.

By: Colin

Colin — Mon, 19 Sep 2011 19:33:12 +0000

In reply to Lee. Kelly had Grey lead the team after the game in singing the fight song. The kid came back after a nightmarish game and showed real heart.

By: george

george — Mon, 19 Sep 2011 15:19:22 +0000

Kelly needs to find a new punter. How can ND not recruit someone who can kick with authority and consistently? It may seem minor, but the difference in field position with and without a good punter can sometimes make the difference in a close game. Also, why do the Irish never run a screen pass play? While such a play may be difficult when the offense is in the spread position, many times Rees is under center. Finally, why does Kelly never have Rees pitch the ball to a running back on either a reverse or sweep play? I have never seen it done in two years.

By: Lee

Lee — Mon, 19 Sep 2011 14:25:22 +0000

I have to reiterate a point made by some posters above. How many big receptions did Gray give up this game? You realize he was covering their best receiver, who is quite talented, right? And the guy throwing the ball probably has a shot to make an NFL roster in the future, right? He played quite well in run support and had 10 tackles. As far as I could tell (i was in the stands pretty far from the play), the one longer play he gave up to Cunningham on ND’s sideline, he turned his head (maybe a split second late) and raked the WR’s arms. It was just a very good throw and catch. Something you would absolutely expect Cousins and Cunningham to do a couple times a game. Gray played horrifically against Michigan, that’s a fact, but he did not play terribly at MSU. Let’s stop looking for every possible negative with this young man. He is not Darrelle Revis. Temper your expectations a bit.