Comments on: Irish Romp as Expected

By: Farsdahl

Farsdahl — Tue, 08 Oct 2019 13:36:55 +0000

In reply to topgome. I saw a couple reasons here. First, Ian needed some time to get his feet under him, literally; more reps meant more confidence-building for teams with better pass rushes, like USC and Michigan. Second, Coach Kelly wanted to give Ian a shot at equaling Brady Quinn's single-game record for TD passes. (Fact-check me here, but I think Coach Kelly said as much Sunday.) After that possession, there was no legitimate point to keeping him in.

By: Farsdahl

Farsdahl — Tue, 08 Oct 2019 13:32:15 +0000

In reply to Cash. Fair, but I'd rather ND be the ones who crushes their dreams. They destroy their own strength of schedule, then we wreck the whole league with one soul-crushing beat down. I'd even pull for them to beat the Buckeyes, if that means clearing out a playoff contender.

By: chrisnd93

chrisnd93 — Mon, 07 Oct 2019 16:49:14 +0000

I was at the game. The stands were not as empty as you might think – despite the lack of challenge from the opponent (and I have been watching BGSU games for the past three years and there were no surprises whatsoever), there are still enough Irish fans that want to go to games and see their team. Even if they score 52 points easier than a beefed-up Madden ’18 team on your Xbox.

Was it full? Nope – a couple of empty seats just to my left for the entire game (although those seats were not available for sale on the website, so someone wasted good money). Was it a fun game? Well, not if you were looking for a competitive contest. Was it a great time? Hell yes, especially for someone that only goes back every couple of years.

My only issue? Too many damn new buildings on campus that I barely recognize anything outside of the general parameters of North Quad and South Quad. Roads are gone, the library loop is really wacky, there are more buildings behind the Alumni/Dillon/SDH/Fisher/Pangborn strip that I don’t recognize (I guess they are dorms), and the bookstore is essentially “off campus” at this point. Call me a curmudgeon, but I guess that’s “progress” after being gone for 26 years. (And I had the same gripe in 2013 when I went back then, too!).

Here’s hoping the “practice” that they got on Saturday was enough to help them fine tune some things for next weeks contest against the Trojans. At least the Falcon band played some variety throughout the game.

By: John Vannie

John Vannie — Sun, 06 Oct 2019 16:42:58 +0000

In reply to Real Irish Fan. Okay, "Real Irish Fan". Tell your cousin Jack I said hello.

By: Real Irish Fan

Real Irish Fan — Sun, 06 Oct 2019 16:18:54 +0000

“the few faces that I did make out looked like relatives of Jack Swarbrick” – you haters will always hate, never find any positives. You should be a Michigan fan, stop pretending to be an Irish fan.

By: Rob Morris

Rob Morris — Sun, 06 Oct 2019 15:20:14 +0000

In reply to Cash. Hahaha love it.

By: topgome

topgome — Sun, 06 Oct 2019 13:15:45 +0000

I’ve always wondered what is Kelly’s rationale for determining when to remove Book and insert PJ. Book should have been done at halftime and PJ should have gotten to play with the starters for the third quarter.

By: Cash

Cash — Sun, 06 Oct 2019 07:27:55 +0000

In reply to Farsdahl. Never ever be glad that Michigan won anything.

By: John Vannie

John Vannie — Sun, 06 Oct 2019 05:11:23 +0000

In reply to Daniel Hollingsworth. Davis scored the next-to-last Irish TD on a pass play from Jurkovec. Flemister scored the final touchdown on a run when Clark was in the game at QB.

By: Daniel Hollingsworth

Daniel Hollingsworth — Sun, 06 Oct 2019 01:00:11 +0000

Very good dress rehearsal for USC. BTW, I thought Avery Davis scored the final TD.