ND Postgame Discussion

[syracuse95]

No the Orange Bowl is going to North Carolina, unless they implode the last 4 games. They are unbeaten in Conference and will play in the championship game.

Maybe. They haven't played Wake or NC State yet. And they'll lose to Clemson. So it's possible they have at least 2 conference losses by season's end.

 

[Millhouse]

In our prior games against ND at MetLife and Yankee Stadium, I always felt like we lost primarily because their superior talent just overwhelmed us -- especially their passing game against our weak pass D. But I never felt that way yesterday. The talent disparity seemed marginal at best. I really think they beat us mostly because of scheme and coaching.

Like most fans, I'm not a sophisticated football Xs and Os person, but they ran a formation at least a dozen times where they would line up like they had five receivers and were throwing thus baiting us into going small with lots of DBs, and then shift into a power running formation and would get 5 yards basically effortlessly. That essentially won the game for them. If it was Brian Kelly I wouldn't give him the satisfaction of a compliment, but because Marcus Freeman seems like a good dude I have no problem giving credit for very smart coaching.

When they didn't do that shift, they also got five yards effortlessly running the ball every time

 

[Eric15]

When they didn't do that shift, they also got five yards effortlessly running the ball every time

 

[Chip]

When they didn't do that shift, they also got five yards effortlessly running the ball every time

When your running back is bigger than the DE trying to tackle you, you’re going to get 5 yards no matter what.

 

[kcsu]

I’ll say this. The very first run by Tucker….where he picked up chunk yardage, he didn’t get the edge.

Last year, he got that edge and got upfield. My first thought was his burst is gone.

Guys. Hes been injured since Ville. Kids been playing at 80% .

 

[FloridaFan]

No the Orange Bowl is going to North Carolina, unless they implode the last 4 games. They are unbeaten in Conference and will play in the championship game.

Clemson-CFP
UNC-Orange Bowl
Cheez it- Wake
Gator-Us

I’ll take that and an SEC matchup

 

[OrangeXtreme]