I think the opposite actually. Mediocre, error prone offense coming to town? Yes please. Elite d-line but questionable secondary? I’ll take it. We won’t be able to just run them over but we’ll be in the game. Pyne must find his touch though.
I hope you are right. Last time dj was here we made him look like a top 5 pick and I fear there will be a lot of running into a brick wall.
Honestly though, Thomas is a solid blocker. He’s like 15 off-season pounds away from being a nuts TE mismatch. I wonder if the staff told McElroy that and he ran with that Assuming Raridon’s career is over-ish, Thomas and Staes from TE next year with Styles, Colzie, Merriwether, one good transfer, and a freshman is legit
I think it’s the second time he tore the same knee. Usually the second knee surgery means god didn’t put you on this earth for football
Dino said that basically they were completely outmatched and that he was scared that nd would use that gameplan because it meant they had no chance.
he clearly also fed that to the commentary before the game because they brought up the clemson game about 100 times
There’s an undersized kid from Scituate, Mass who is really starting to bust on the scene who is taking a look. Not the biggest arm but the kid is a gamer. Offers from UMass Lowell, Maine, and Marist…but Clemson is also beginning to sniff around.
Hell, they had a graphic prepared showing teams' records following the Clemson game. They were definitely prepped with that talking point.
7th most lopsided net result game of the weekend. Just need to keep the foot on the gas pedal, no business being a 7 point game late
UNC up to #15 now lol Kentucky still being ranked at 5-3 despite both their "good wins" now being unranked is a bummer
Looking at Clemson's schedule. Three 6-point wins against teams that probably aren't that good (Wake, Syracuse, FSU). All three games started with +75% win prob for Clemson, two of the three Clemson ended up sub-50% WP for over a full half, one the game briefly flipped to FSU. Well then
There’s really no reason we shouldn’t be able to make it a legitimate game, given their offensive woes. Winning? We’ll see.
it kinda would be hilarious because ND would have 2 losses and 1 close game against its worst 3 opponents and would have a bunch of wins and 1 close game against the best end of our schedule dammit, forgot UNLV, point still broadly stands
We won’t be able to run the ball which is going to be a major problem We’ll have a very tough time scoring unless Mason can draw up a couple of punt blocks
Maybe Rees has been saving the unique passing looks and great passing plays for Clem- ehhhh who am I kidding
I don’t believe they can’t be run on. ND will be the best team clemson has played. Can’t say the same for clemson and ND.
I’ve seen plenty of well drawn up plays with receivers running wide open, we just don’t have a QB that is willing or able to take advantage of it.
Apparently bc is so depleted on the oline they moved dlineman over mid-season. Oooof couldn’t have happened to a better school
This. Our qb has been completely incapable of making the throws, even the easy ones. Rees deserves blame for development but Pyne has been below average and missed so many wide open WRs.
all these clunker games were at home too, this season makes no sense. Like they say, throw out the first season of a head coach at a new team because it is not what we will see all the time.
Jokes aside, something with our home pre-game routine may be causing issues. Freeman needs to evaluate everything, including how he prepares the team for home games.
i've known marcus a long time, if rees doesn't get his shit together (if he's able) will replace him with a quickness.
I have no doubt he will be relentless in his pursuit of perfection - just hope he picks the right direction to push.
Yea it seems like new coaches always have trouble adjusting to playing at home. I know Kelly had a big problem for a while and then flipped it around