Comments on: Irish Skunk Wolverines

By: Jim Kress

Jim Kress — Tue, 09 Sep 2014 22:25:53 +0000

In reply to Mike Coffey. My only point is you take them lightly at your own peril. This is always true in college football.

By: Fitz

Fitz — Tue, 09 Sep 2014 19:13:54 +0000

Is it too since to drop the H word about Golson? The season is early but man, when he is on a roll he is as good as it gets, bar none.

By: ND Chicago

ND Chicago — Tue, 09 Sep 2014 12:12:18 +0000

Michigan and USC are 1(a) and 1(b) in terms of who I hate the most depending on who ND is playing. It was fun to watch the Irish demolish one of the pompous and arrogant teams (and fan bases) in all of college football. It’s been a long time since the Irish have put a beat down like that on a rival.

By: Mike Coffey

Mike Coffey — Tue, 09 Sep 2014 10:50:53 +0000

In reply to Jim Kress. And yet the vast majority of that happened more than 40 years ago. This Purdue program is objectively awful right now.

By: Jim Kress

Jim Kress — Tue, 09 Sep 2014 04:53:41 +0000

In reply to Mike Coffey.

You are much younger than I.

“As insignificant as you think Purdue might be, they didn’t come by their nickname
“The Spoilermakers” for nothing. What team ended Notre Dame’s school-record 39-game
unbeaten streak? Purdue. What team has ended double-digit unbeaten and/or winning
streaks by Notre Dame on four separate occasions, more than any other Irish opponent? Purdue.
What team holds the record for the most points scored in one game by an opponent in
Notre Dame Stadium ? Purdue. What was the only team to defeat a #1 ranked Notre Dame
team twice in the Ara Parseghian era? Yep, still Purdue.”

By: Kev

Kev — Tue, 09 Sep 2014 03:07:09 +0000

Breaking News: Michigan schedules a home and home series for the 2015, 2016 season with Mcneese St. Brady Hoke says,”This is great for player development and will be great for our strength of schedule.”

By: oldtownirish

oldtownirish — Tue, 09 Sep 2014 02:38:36 +0000

I guess I’m old, but Purdue hammered our ’67 and ’74 seasons, as we sought to defend a national title from the previous year. they were very nettlesome against some great ND teams.

By: Richard Tucker

Richard Tucker — Tue, 09 Sep 2014 00:04:40 +0000

Good writeup by John Vannie. Excellent review of the game.

By: NDBonecrusher

NDBonecrusher — Mon, 08 Sep 2014 23:40:23 +0000

This game illustrates why I should never gamble: my powers of prognostication clearly suck. I do not know what I expected out of that game, but it wasn’t THAT!!!
Ironically, in my opinion the story of the game was the ND defense, not the offense. Don’t get me wrong–31 points is a fine day at the office. Real happy for Amir Carlisle. But the O left some points out there (again) and the D stole the show as well as the shutout.
They were stingy, stout, relentless, and aggressive. They communicated. They forced turnovers and tackled well. Jones doing his best Shaq impression on Gardner while being, like, quadruple-teamed was awesome. Sheldon Day, Jaylon Smith, Joe Schmidt, and Matthias Farley all had great games.
Happy for all of ND Nation, but esp the defense for shutting out Big Blue for the first time since the Reagan administration. Well done, lads. Way to welcome Michigan into the playoff era. Keep Working! GO IRISH BEAT BOILERS!!!

By: Vitor Marques

Vitor Marques — Mon, 08 Sep 2014 23:29:38 +0000

M wife wants me to stop watching Notre Dame games afraid I will have a heart attack. It was a pleasure to sit back and watch ND playing the last two games but specially the one we beat Michigan.
To me, the difference was the visible enthusiasm of the players, the energy of the defensive coordinator and the constant cheering of the crowd.
From now on, I don’t have to worry about watching a defense staying back (bend but don’t break) while the other teams consistently drive down the field at will placing pressure on us.
Oh yes, special teams are much better this year and finally appear to know what to do.
Notre Dame is on a mission and the players and coaches have the will to win.
Please don’t give up, learn from each game mistakes (there are some) and keep on the pressure for the rest of the year.
Go Irish!