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Message: [QUOTE="Eric15, post: 4420068, member: 676"] 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. [/QUOTE]