Good points Kabong, regarding Cincy.

Sorry, PR guys and Coach Kelly, but Crist is NOT the ONE! He really hasn’t shown much so far, but against Stanford was just a waste of calories. Montana would have had the yardage on 2nd down, let alone 3rd & 4th. I don’t know what Nate was doing with his passing a week ago. But, his dad was in the stands and I’m sure whatever has been corrected. He was a standup QB in the B/G game. Kelly should be starting him.

Defense is running flat-footed – still! After how bad that was last year, I thought Kelly’s D coaches would have put a stop to that??? Think “Cats”, lads. Cheetahs and Leopards are fast because they run on the balls and toes of their paws, not on their heels.

The vaunted Kelly offense became truly 1-Dimensional against Stanford.

Fine. You heard they decided to leave a long time ago.

But, Charlie would’ve known that he’d be in a tenuous spot without them. You’d have to presume Charlie would have made a serious attempt at retaining them for one final year.

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Yes, Weis is probably worse than Kelly in a number of ways (offensively, so far, Weis looks a lot better)– and he should be worse. With absolutely no experience at being a college head coach prior to 2005. Compared to Kelly’s 19 years of experience.

Weis was in a deep hole the day he accepted the job.

It is absolutely correct, and I have it from the horse’s mouthes, so to speak.

BK will be alot worse the Charlie. Charlie was the one who told Jimmy and Tate to leave, I think your worng saying they dicided before last season. That is not correct.

Clausen and Tate’s departure for the NFL was decided upon before last season. So no, they would not still be here. While BK’s tenure has left something to be desired so far, to wish for a return to Weis is nonsensical. He was worse.

No, I am not kidding. Jimmy and Tate would still be here. Right now I would take Charlie over BK any day. To say BK does not have talent is nuts he will never have this talent again.

Ray said, “literally laughed out loud when you said we’d have more success against Stanford with Weis. Really?”
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Yes, really. That’s going by the premise Clausen and Tate would’ve stayed, if Charlie stayed. There’s a good chance they would’ve. Charlie is the reason many of these players even came to ND. They would’ve hung a lot more than 14 points on Stanford.

And, let go of 2007. Get over it.

Ray said, “THAT’S why BK was dinking and dunking. He didn’t want his QB to get killed.”
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I understand that. In general though, over all of the games, the offense looks like a dink and dunk system. Floyd is underutilized. He actually gets hit with the deep ball (like he should) mostly when the team is losing or on the ropes. He’s an afterthought. Yes, I’m sure you’ll talk about his fumbles– so what? Throw him the ball. He’s too talented to be downgraded like this.

Yes, I understand Crist is an inexperienced QB too.

Ray said, “success isn’t a summation of the total stars as determined by Rivals. It’s about landing players who fit a system and can execute.”
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Yes, but this doesn’t mean your top talent should fade into the background either, in favor of creating this “system”.

When there’s game changers on your team, use them to their full potential.

Bishop J, we need you in the stadium. Have you been to an ND football game?

Uh, I think Stanford has has even greater academic restraints than ND, so there’s no excuses.