Comments on: Irish Open Against Navy in Dublin

By: terry

terry — Sat, 01 Sep 2012 16:43:18 +0000

These guys are all between 18-21 years old, in absolute peak physical condition.

Right now it’s 12:40 here on the east coast. Say the team boards the plane to take them home 4 hours from now. For the sake of argument let’s say they take off from Dublin at 6. 7+ hours on the plane (sleep on the plane), land in SB say maybe 2 in the morning. Probably in bed asleep by 4.

Ok – 5.

Sleep until say 11. (Hopefully up for Mass around then.)

Which leads me to this question: Why is everyone making such a big deal about the lingering effect of the travel and all that?

By: terry

terry — Sat, 01 Sep 2012 11:24:55 +0000

In reply to Kevin.

Kevin ‘me lad – it’s being played at 9 a.m. HERE. In Ireland t’will be played at 2 p.m.

Might we expect a ‘never mind’ from you?

Actually a simple ‘whoops’ would suffice.

By: irishhawk50

irishhawk50 — Thu, 30 Aug 2012 18:02:17 +0000

I think (and hope) this will be an easy tune-up game for ND. If the inexperience was on the defensive side of the ball and Navy was a passing team I would be more concerned. I think the troubles handling Navy in the past couple years were just a blip on the radar (sonar?) screen.

I don’t like the travel thing more for the lingering effect down the road, but one game at a time. All things considered this should be an interesting year but Saturday I think 38-14 sounds about right. Go Irish.

By: Jimbo

Jimbo — Thu, 30 Aug 2012 18:00:18 +0000

Irish win 38-24. Win #1 of 8.

By: Jamiendfan

Jamiendfan — Thu, 30 Aug 2012 11:38:47 +0000

In reply to topgome. Amen brother!

By: Kevin

Kevin — Thu, 30 Aug 2012 03:33:19 +0000

I think we will win 45 to 14. I think the score of 45 is a nice number to pick. Everett Golson Will manage the game rather nicely and his ability to run the football and create plays will open up our offense greatly. I know ND won 56 to 14 last year and The only reason I’m not predicTING A SCORE of 56 or more points is because it is being played in Ireland at 9am. If it was at normal time I think we would put up even more points. I believe that EG gives us the best chance to win and generate the kind of offense that we need. And EG will be much better at not turning the football over. As far as our defense I believe that we will manhandle them up front and all over the place. Navy will try to test our cornerbacks but our cornerbacks will not be tested this game. I feel that this is because we will get too much penetration up front and Navy will not have time to even throw the ball effectively. So if our cornerbacks are our weak link we will not know it until we face Purdue which passes more than Navy of course. I am very excited about our season to start. I believe that if the coaches manage it right we will surprise lots of ppl with our play and compete hard in every game we play.

By: topgome

topgome — Thu, 30 Aug 2012 02:03:44 +0000

Graduated from ND in 73. I don’t like Navy, I don’t like their hypocritical holier than thou facade, I don’t like their cheap-ass cut blocks which are purposefully designed to break our players ankles and knees, and I hope we beat them by 70 points and never have to throw a pass. And then I pray we drop them from our schedule forever.

By: JL

JL — Wed, 29 Aug 2012 20:04:03 +0000

That last key question sums it up for me. Even with a 9 a.m. start for me, I can be lulled back into slumber by a chorus line offense (one, two, three, kick) and less than stellar execution. I pray that the only turnovers I see on Saturday are either on the dining room table or committed by the Middies. I do not recall how GA3 performed last year on blitz pick up or how Riddick handled it 2 years ago. That was a good observation above. Given time in the pocket, I think we may be pleasantly surprised by folks like Brown, Daniels, and Ferguson. And given the state of the Navy kicking game, GA3 and Neal could set the table nicely on special teams.

By: BAM

BAM — Wed, 29 Aug 2012 16:32:42 +0000

The game being playing on international soil is an interesting twist. It might be a stretch, but I wonder if Navy’s military training will somehow have them better equipped to handle the extended travel and possible distractions. Last time ND played overseas, there were allegedly some logistic hassles that may have taken away from their focus.

By: Kinsey

Kinsey — Wed, 29 Aug 2012 13:53:31 +0000

As long as everyone arounds Golson takes care of their responsibilities, this will be a very easy settling in process. Theres no doubt about it, Navy is undersized and inexperienced in the box on both sides of the ball and with Diaco potentially “figuring out” the triple optiont that is Navy, I see no reason this doesnt get ugly, early. Although as all of us Irish fans have seen on several occasions (I.E. USF , Mich) the irish tend to allow far inferrior opponents to stay in ballgames longer than they should.

Irish – 42 Navy 13