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^ Shouts to MvP for the sick sig. GFX TEAM BACK
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Woy, atleast your girlfriend has good taste in teams.
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Agree about Brian Smith. The Marve TD was solely his fault since he bit hard on the play fake rather than keeping containment on the QB. He's too inconsistent even as a senior.
I think Allen will be fine with the ball in his hands. He did start slow, and it seemed that he needed Wood to break a few runs before he finally got in gear. I think him splitting carries with Wood and the other backs will be good for him especially in terms of durability. He is also valuable in the passing game. He made a few good blitz pickups yesterday.Comment
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is that krebs' gf next to her???Comment
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And people think Notre Dame is only relevant to people older than 30.
Notre Dame is hip, hop and happenin'.Comment
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Ill continue some recruiting news for everyone here.
Derek Roback is transfering out, which according the ND Rivals, leaves us with about 6 spots to take guys.
Bunch of big name guys coming for this game this weekend, so I think it is important we impress to say the least. 4 star RBs, safeties and olinemen will be in attendance for the game.Comment
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Seems odd to have frosh transfer this early. Oh well. Good luck to him.
I think it's going to be a good game Saturday. I'd be surprised if ND doesn't come out prepared to shred Michigan's secondary. The Irish offense had a good game against them last year, and UM's defensive backfield is arguably worse.Comment
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Real disappointing loss yesterday. Crazy similar game to a year ago.
The Good
-The running game. Once again the Notre Dame running game looked really good. Allen and Wood both had very nice games.
-Michael Floyd. Floyd again had another very good game. Made some big catches, blocked really well(even if he got called for a BS holding call). He's really bought into to working hard for Kelly and giving max effort.
-Kyle Rudolph. The guy shows up every week and has been a real solid player for Crist.
-Manti Te'o. Had another really good game this week. Dropped an interception that he should have had but other than that one play he was always in the right position and didn't miss many(if any) tackles.
The Bad
- The defense on the final drive. The entire second half the defense played out of it's mind and on the final drive they let it get away. You need to hold them to three points. Create a turnover...something...anything. You HAVE to finish that game off. They did it last week...couldn't do it this week.
- It's really odd...I'm sitting here after a loss and can't think of a ton "bad" things....really....odd odd game.
The Ugly
-Notre Dame's back up QB's. Montana played a little better as time went on..but it wasn't really encouraging when he did...It was more like a cute white knuckle thrill ride and praying that he channel his dad.
-Notre Dame's QB's throwing balls into the crowd. This drill needs to be cancelled at all further practices. Montana did it to end the 1st half. Crist did it to end the game(and once last week). WTF?!
-Tai-ler Jones TD. Hey kid. Hold onto the ball. That TD should have been overturned but I guess the refs figured they owed us one from the called back Armando Allen TD last season.
-Tom Hammond.......
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REALLY odd game. I know Denard Robinson put up over 500 total yards..but other than one play did it feel like he was controlling the game to that extent? I mean outside of Hammond blowing his load over him something about the "eye test" seemed off. Robinson had a tremendous game and lead the winning drive but Michigan was shut down the entire 2nd half outside of one drive and Robinson was essentially held in check the entire game except for his long run for the score.
I knew as I was watching he was accumulating stats but it the 500 yards number blew me away when I saw it because I didn't think he had put up that much. It just seemed like he accumulated all that as a function of him being the only Michigan player on offense that was worth a damn. I've seen Notre Dame get lit up by quite a few QB's over the years and as I was standing there watching the game it didn't feel like I was seeing that with Robinson. For some reason I just think a lot of those yards seemed empty as until the last drive Notre Dame had only given up 21 points and none in the second half. Typically when QB's are lighting up the Irish they are moving the ball up and down the field and scoring at will on us. It didn't feel or seem like that was happening(because it wasn't). I know Michigan and ESPN and everyone is going to cream over Robinson for the next few weeks(Mark May I'm looking at you) but I'm not sure it's a great sign that the "most dominating offensive performance in Michigan history" netted the team only 28 points and the game had to be won with 27 seconds left.
I mean the Notre Dame defense gave up 500 yards of total offense to ONE player and outside of the last drive of the game I'm not even really mad/sad/or disappointed by them....
If Crist plays the entire game Robinson's 500 yards are for naught and Notre Dame wins this game.Comment
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As a Michigan fan Ill give you my little insight FT.
Floyd looked really good in the 2nd Half, but where the hell was he for the entire first half? Was it because of the Backup Qbs? I dont think I remember his name being called at all.
That last throw was so anti-climatic, I was sitting on the edge of my seat expecting some sort of hail mary and every one was going up to get it, and he chucked it into the crowd? I mean Im glad he did, but it just seemed like a waste.
As far as Denard, I am with you. He put up some gaudy stats, but It really didnt seem like he did a lot. The offense as a whole is very predicatable and we saw that in the 2nd Half. Robinson started getting rattled, and rushing his throws, and ND was keying in on him running the ball. RRod needs to find a way to get that shit figured out.
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Ding. Plus Michigan was rolling lots of coverage to him. You saw it really well on the second to last play of the 1st half where Montana found Riddick on the sideline at the 3 yard line. Floyd ran a skinny post and 3 Michigan DB's ran with him leaving Riddick wide open.
Agree 100%. I was just kind of standing there in shock with my mouth wide open like "WTF?". I don't even think I yelled or cussed...I was just kind of...confused?
Thanks. I'm glad it wasn't just me. A day later and I'm still trying to figure out how a guy put up 500 yards on us and I'm not even really pissed off at the defense. It's fucking weird. Honestly one of the weirdest things I've experienced in my life as a football fan. Denard played great but the biggest difference make was Crist. If he doesn't miss basically the entire first half I'm confident Notre Dame wins this game regardless of how many yards Denard puts up.
With Crist Notre Dame is a top 20-25 team. Without him they are just plain bad.
Michigan scoring 14 points when Crist was out was basically the difference in the football game.Comment
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The scary part is now that Notre Dame is 1-1 and they have to go to MSU, then have Stanford at home, and BC on the road, then Pitt at home I can see this team losing all four of these toss up game and being 1-5 real quick. I think they steal one or two in there at end up at about 2-4 or 3-3 but it could get ugly real fast in South Bend...The front side of this schedule is brutal for a new coach and a team in transition.Comment
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Maybe its just me... but on that last play, why not call a TO and talk things over? Set up a hook-and-ladder or something, but no, lets just toss up a hail mary (and have the QB put it in the stands).
Kelly should've kicked the FG before the half.
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Recruit news : None yet, word was the Atkinson brothers seen doing pushups in the student section.
As for the game....
We were the better team. No doubt in my mind if Crist played the whole game we win, and its not close. QB depth is terrible. If Crist has to ever miss any long period of time this season, its basically done. Rees is way to young to fully execute this offense and Nate isn't good enough too.
Defense for the most part played good. Still a huge upgrade over last year. Am I extremely confident they can shut down playmakers, no. But they could contain them at times. Last couple years, they couldnt.
Im not gonna dwell on the game, so instead Ill look to the future.
Western Michigan/Navy/Tulsa/Army are all games we should win, Navy being the hardest.
Assuming we win those games, thats 5 wins. Id think we have to win 3 or 4 out of these schools to make a big bowl and really propel us next year.
USC/MSU/Pitt/Utah/BC/Stanford
I say, as long as Crist stays healthy(please god), we can probably take 3 or 4 of those games.
But if Crist goes down, we lose to one of those teams we should beat, we get swept by the schools we could beat, this season could be another tough one to watch like the past couple of years. The only bright spot would be this year is setting up the future, last couple of years were supposed to be the future.Comment
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