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Not being a smart guy here but what were the realistic expectations year one? Did they have much to build around from the previous season? With how poor Portage has been the past few years I guess those numbers aren’t that surprising to me although 200 point differential in a mediocre conference only way to go is up

Man, Pitt is…… not very good

Would love to see the offense come out and have a huge game. Don’t think it’ll happen tho, Pitt plays good defense but from what I’ve heard Pitt is very bad on offense. Would like to see the Irish take and succeed on some deep shots down the field because I think Pitt will do what they can to stop the run. Couple of former ND guys playing tofat for Pitt. C’Bo Flemister at RB and Shayne Simon at LB. Let’s go Irish.

1. Beech Grove 2. Lowell 3. New Prairie 4. Greenfield-Central 5. Tri-West 6. Lawrenceburg 7. Scottsburg 8. Twin Lakes 9. Western Boone 10. LaVille 11. Alexandria 12. Eastbrook 13. Evansville Mater Dei 14. North Putnam 15. Southmont 16. Covington 17. North Miami 18. North Judson

Agree 100%. Such an awful ending

Kind of wonder how these pac 10 teams will do in the big ten dealing with the weather. USC looked cold Saturday night and that was no where near how cold it can get. How will they do playing in the Midwest in October and November? Can Oregon and Washington and USC do what they do in the elements?

What a performance by the Irish defense Saturday night. Actually pressured and sacked a quarterback. Offense did just enough and the special teams stepped up when they needed to. Now a much needed bye week and hopefully win out the final 4. Kudos to the staff for keeping guys focused and getting them up after last weeks letdown.

How do you guys see Penn st/ Ohio st playing out?

All great points. The penalty by liafau was huge as was the one on Blake Fisher. Didn’t see a scenario where Louisville would be the more physical and dominate team on both lines and that’s what they were. My 3 observations from last night and last few games in general. Offensive line has underperformed big time, tackling on defense by linebackers and safeties has been atrocious, and probably because of the 2 the Irish are very bad on 3rd/4th and short, can’t seem to convert or get a stop when they need it. Louisville was rocking last night. Jeff Brohm will be great there and will obviously get a ton of support. If his teams are going to consistently be that physical, and he’ll get athletes on offense, they could be very good for a long time.

He was running around a lot, but Duke was bringing pressure too it seemed. Mike Elko is great coach especially on defense and did a good job of moving guys around and coming from different places.. What was more frustrating was how easily the Duke front just stopped the Irish run game. Really, besides the long td run, hartmans run, and fake punt there wasn’t any running game. Credit to Duke but expected more from the irish run game. Even going into the season I wouldn’t call the o line elite, very good certainly, but at the halfway point they’ve been inconsistent for sure. And if they had trouble with dukes front they’ll definitely have trouble with Clemsons front. Let’s get past Louisville and get ready for the high flying stopping nobody Trojans

This is pretty cool if you didn’t see it, unless you’re a Duke fan I guess.

Hearing 60/40, ND is doing some kind of green LED wristbands for fans so if there’s 40% o$u fans not sure how the light snow plays out haha hope it’s better than Georgia a few years back

Braunte is playing qb? I must have missed that!

Lot of ranked matchups this week including Ohio state vs Notre Dame, Oregon vs Colorado, Alabama vs Ole Miss, Florida State vs Clemson, UCLA vs Utah, Penn St vs Iowa And Washington state vs Oregon St

Final Stat Line of Buchner, Jurkovec, Pyne combined: 18/47 (38.3%) 167 yards (3.55 YPA), 0 TD, 5 INT, 2 lost fumbles saw this posted, yesterday’s stat line from former ND qbs. Maybe Tommy Rees was a miracle worker but really shows their lack of finding high end or developing the qbs they brought in. Hopefully that’s a thing of the past with this new regime Offensive line needs to play way better and defense has to do the same for a chance to win vs Ohio state. And definitely need JD Bertrand back

And let’s not forget this is a staff and team that lost to Stanford and Marshall last year. For them to go 11-1 would mean the staff would have improved as much as the team. I’m not saying they can’t or won’t but the schedule is pretty tough. And let’s say they do knock off Ohio state, how will the team respond to that type of success? Too early for me to make a prediction but at this point from last season: the quarterback position is way better. Running back has a lot of depth and should be better. Offense line should be solid, great at tackle and center but maybe questions at guard, major questions at wide receiver and who will be Hartman go to guy, tight end loses Mayer but young guys ready to step up. Defense line has a ton of depth that could be surprise of team; linebackers should be ok, corners have most talent in quite some time and safety room should be improved from last year. Add in 2 transfer kickers so special teams should be good. If I had to make a prediction I’d say 10-2 but 9-3 wouldn’t shock me with the schedule. Anxious for the game next Saturday in Ireland vs Navy

Congrats to Crown Point brothers Paul and Will Clark on their verbal commitments to the university of Buffalo. Paul looks to play OL and Will at LB/DE I believe. Good gets for the Bulls.

Would like to see them take the center from Minnesota, get that offensive line figured out foe the next 5+ years

Buchnar hitting the transfer portal with a chance to return to south bend.

IMO there was/is no battle. Hartman will be the 1. To be fair, Tyler Buchnar playing in a red jersey is a disservice to his skill set. But man, Hartman made some nice throws and great progressions/reads. And Buchnar, well, not so much. I think both will play this season but what Hartman potentially brings to the passing game could be special.

Can someone explain the new clock rule? Is it just the clock keeps running after first downs now like the NFL or is there more?

Probably a dumb question but who actually “runs” the NIC or any conference in general? Is it the schools AD’s or is there an actual committee or person that oversees the entire conference?

Gerad Parker