2012 Official Notre Dame Football Thread

[Jayrock]

Okay okay. What if.

ND can win any game this year. Right? RIGHT?

The three most troublesome are UM, OK, and USC.

If we can win the games were supposed to, win two of those three, and lose the other in a super close game, we can be in the title game.

Crazier things can happen.

 

[Jayrock]

They made it.

 

[padman59]

WSBT's Diane Daniels on the scene: She saw a young African-American male being loaded into the ambulance. Person was conscious. There was one hour left on the flight when man got sick.

http://www.facebook.com/WSBTNews

No word on who it is yet.

UPDATE: It was a member of the administration.

 

[Jayrock]

My boy Gehrig Dieter had 3 receptions for 61 yards and a TD in only like 5 minutes of PT #FireJuneJones

 

[Jayrock]

Where is the GBU you lazy asshole

 

[Jayrock]

hoooooooooooooooooooly fuck that was clutch

 

[Jayrock]

Golic's shot was just on SportsCenter Top 10.

 

[Irish]

Cleats for the games this year aside from the Navy contest

They sure will look good on me this year.

 

[FirstTimer]

They sure will look good on me this year.

Huh?

 

[padman59]

The offensive line was horrid today between the penalties to missed assignments and just getting abused out there. Golson missed some open guys, but that's to be expected from a guy in his second start. The secondary couldn't tackle worth a damn either.

About the only good things to take away are Louis Nix, Stephon Tuitt, and Tyler Eifert.

Also, does anyone know why Tausch wasn't kicking FG/PAT?

Tommy Rees will be the starting QB at Notre Dame by the end of the season.

What have I done? :suicide:

 

[Jayrock]

Dude holy fuck. Fuck Brian Kelly. He coached an AWFUL fucking game. AWFUL

 

[Jayrock]

Sidenote:

ALL ABOAAAAARD

 

[padman59]

First, I'd like to say that I'm happy that Golson is still the starter, but...

(Kelly) Had begun conversation to go with Rees whether or not Golson hurt thumb. Was easier decision after thumb injury

http://twitter.com/ISDUpdate/statuses/244863044944011265

Why? I really hope Kelly doesn't make this a regular occurrence.

 

[Jayrock]

First, I'd like to say that I'm happy that Golson is still the starter, but...



http://twitter.com/ISDUpdate/statuses/244863044944011265

Why? I really hope Kelly doesn't make this a regular occurrence.

Awful decision on BKs part. STICK WITH ONE GUY. Having Golson look over his shoulder after every play is not good.

 

[Jayrock]

Good post on IE:


There's a lot of Gerry Faust in Brian Kelly/NFL Thread
He's not going to make it here, and we're in for two more years mediocrity. All the hallmarks of "Faustball" are there:

1. Poor overall game management. Burning timeouts unnecessarily. Undisciplined players jumping offside, and/or killing drives with stupid penalties. Schizophrenic call playing from one week to the next. No offensive identity. Worse, Faust managed to upset some good teams. Kelly is not going to do that, and is going to lose more games to lousy teams. Tulsa, Navy, USF. It's going to happen again this year. Kelly simply does not have the organization ability, or the identity to prevent it from happening.

2. Who in their right mind takes the only true game breaker on his team, and sits him for the entire game? I'm talking about George Atkinson III. Clever Kelly had the bright idea to put the entire gameplan on the passing skills a true sophomore QB in his second game. That gameplan took his best player off the field. This is simply horrendous personnel allocation. Who does that? I'll tell you who: Gerry Faust clones who have no grasp of establishing a disciplined, consistent identity.

3. Watching the entire team look at Kelly for guidance during every snap in the second half was like dealing with constipation. Instead of having an offensive identity and running the offense, Kelly turns the focus to himself in some perverse notion that he can spontaneously make the right calls. Of course he can't, and we end up looking like a bad WAC team.. He can't recognize the defense and call the right play on the critical 3rd down play to keep the drive going, and the offense is scrambling to get the call off in time before the play clock expires. And the worse it gets the more he inserts himself into grab bagging to try to make something happen. Of course, nothing does and we have zero identity on offense. So, he changes QB's for the third straight friggin year, as if the QB is the answer. Brian, you are the problem, and no change of QB is going to fix your mediocrity. Great coaches establish an offensive identity and utilize their best players in a consistent establishment of an identity which eventually lead to excellence and domination. Kelly grab bags week to week. Seriously. We're back to Tommy Rees? You bet your *** we are, as this guy has zero ability to establish an identity, develop it and perfect it.

One last thing: If this guy keeps up with stuff like comparing the stadium to the Basilica, or blaming the players, the atmosphere, the turf etc., the fans in the stadium are going to steadily turn on him in the same way they turned on Faust and Davie. If there's one thing ND fans hate, it's excuse makers who are unable to say "The buck stops here". They turned on Kelly today, and it will get worse if he continues to say such incredibly stupid things and keeps laying these turds. The fans are fed up with this incredibly lousy football and all the stupid excuses and sideshow distractions. They want results, and it is obvious that we are nowhere near the development that people expect. Kelly deserved to be booed. There will be more to come, because like Faust, he's in way over his head.


It's time to put up or shut up, BK. I don't agree with everything that's said in there, but it's all pretty damn true.

He was subsequently flamed and banned for "trolling" tho :smh:

 

[Jayrock]

Holy fuck I am in tears at Cierre. Fast forward to 3:25

 

[Jayrock]

Manti Te'o's girlfriend passed away last night as a result of Leukemia. Very sad news. No word on if he'll be playing Saturday.

Heart goes out.

 

[Jayrock]

Apparently Manti's grandmother died Wednesday, and just hours later his girlfriend also passed away from cancer. He was at practice though and will be playing Saturday night.

 

[padman59]

This is the best defensive front for the Irish in a long time. I can't remember the last time the d-line was able to consistently create pressure and get sacks without bringing an extra defender.

I'm really concerned about the run game as Golson has a lot of room to improve in the passing game. However, Cierre's return might be just the thing to fix it if tonight was any indication.

Please avoid another last minute loss to Michigan next week.

 

[padman59]

Jamoris Slaughter reportedly tore his achilles per the ND Rivals twitter. Tough break.

Also, ND moved up to #11 in the AP.