Comments on: Irish Seek to Avoid BYU Trap

By: Ellen

Ellen — Sun, 21 Oct 2012 23:39:36 +0000

What about Hendricks as a reliever for EG?

By: chaz

chaz — Sun, 21 Oct 2012 05:41:22 +0000

Bottom line..

BK and Tommy are a recipe for doom. The two can not hold candles for their efforts towards a defense that has bailed them out time after time. I can not understand how BK has won the Defense over and left his offense to a shambles. EG for good or bad is the way. Hendrix will sit on the bench forever? Tommy is a proven “not work in the process”

No loss in the record is nice..but I say again…does this ND team need another demoralzing loss in a bowl game? Insert Tommy in the BCS and we will have another prime-time big bowl loss for the media to pile on again..and the relevant “ND is not relevant” term will continue. Wake up BK…this year three.

By: john

john — Sat, 20 Oct 2012 20:42:19 +0000

Fitz : to answer your question……neither.

its the sh*tty one.

By: mdw

mdw — Sat, 20 Oct 2012 20:04:24 +0000

oh no, dont start ur closer. kelly hearts reese. hope we can pull this one off.

By: chaz

chaz — Sat, 20 Oct 2012 05:51:48 +0000

In reply to JJ.

JJ
It would be great to think we have enough offensive power to hide things from the likes of OU. Golsen is a tremendous work in process…look at the games with Navy and MSU and all Irish fans would agree he is the “man”.

Problem is he has shown the weakness of a very young QB starting at ND. I would love to see him running and passing and causing fits for the opposing defense in multiple sets but the reality is BK is obviously not sure yet of his ability.

Totally agree that the offense is very vanilla at this point. Tommy is fine to manage a game when we are up to a certain extent but he is a huge target and liability when we play a fast and ready defense. If you are right and BK has held back with “all he has” offensively to get to the big dogs…OU and USC then It would be a tremendous coaching effort. I do not think that is the case.

I think BK is not the offensive guru we all hoped for as yet but that being said he has taken hold of this team and given the defense to Diaco who has whipped up the best D in the past 10 years. BK needs to do the same on O.

By: Fitz

Fitz — Sat, 20 Oct 2012 03:08:28 +0000

I’m curious to know which ND offense shows up. The confident bunch who swamped Miami, or the hesitant, mistake prone team of last week. EG’s health could have a lot to do with it. I hope Rees is ready to go. Having said that 6-0 doesn’t lie. I think we find a way to win and win pretty comfortably this week. Trying not to, as a fan, look ahead to next week, just like we’re telling the players not to do.

ND 28 BYU 13

Go Irish!

By: irishhawk50

irishhawk50 — Fri, 19 Oct 2012 20:55:57 +0000

I agree with those who think Rees should get a lot of reps here in the BYU game. I think ND will need him against OKlahoma and BYU is a good defense to see if Rees has progressed and can deal with the 8 in the box that troubled the team last year. Having been a lifelong Irish fan I am not ready to say this game will be a walk in the park, but its time for the offense to start to step up. Go Irish!

By: Jimbo

Jimbo — Fri, 19 Oct 2012 19:12:40 +0000

I expect this game to be closer and more competitive than it should be. Irish offense is way too up and down and think it will cost them eventually this year but not tomorrow. Irish win 24-14 in a competitive game that probably should not be.

By: JJ

JJ — Fri, 19 Oct 2012 18:37:48 +0000

Kelly got some heat this week for talking about his “expectations” for Golson to be back at practice, i think he’s talking about a game time decision and monitoring him for 48 hours to get some people to back up that he’s rushing a concussion.

Also does anyone think that BK is being overly vanilla with the O because he doesn’t want OU to have film on everything he wants EG to do? I think it’s the progression of a young QB but also for most of the season when has Kelly had to run reverses or do anything crazy, OU doesn’t lose at home under Stoops so if you’re gonna walk in their house why give them everything we’re capable of, maybe Kelly saw this amazing start when the rest of us didn’t and is just managing victories and then throwing the kitchen sink at OU in Norman?

By: wth dan

wth dan — Fri, 19 Oct 2012 18:09:55 +0000

The answer to your last question is not till Thanksgiving …it will just turn to snow. This is going to be the first game since Navy that I will be able to enjoy copious amounts of adult beverages and not be nervous about the game (Purdue should have been the same). I just hope the team doesnt have the same mentality that I do. My prediction is a slow first quarter for NDs offense followed by a good 2nd quarter. The second half has consistently been our better half. That is when ND pulls away.
34- 13 sorry defense I think they will get a late TD when we rest players.