ND vs BC

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Time to really lay the wood on BC–one of most irritating thorns over the years.

You can count on BC to play hard and not quit no matter what their record is. ND is a BIG GAME, BOWL GAME for them. ND cannot allow them to hang around.

I still don’t know what to make of Rees–he could really solidify his hold at QB if he has success in these last 3 games. If he does and Kiel commits I think Hendrix or Golson gone.

Defense–trying to think when the DL last had a sack–can’t remember. They should get this fixed this week as preparation for Stanford.

Luck will eat them alive if given time–whatever Oregon did we should imitate.

I look for a methodical grinding game with a lot of Gray–important for him to get to the 1,000 yd rushing in next 2 games.

Prediction:

ND 31 BC 14

ND 45 MARYLAND 21

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What’s not to like in a blowout game. Kudos to all the players in one of the best efforts of the year.

Jonas–where were you for past 3 years? wish you had a 5th.

Roby Toma–finally gets playing time and shines.

Lo Wood gets a pic 6–confidence booster going ahead.

Tommy Rees–great game just wish you could move–just a little bit and throw long.

MVP Offense—Toma

MVP Defense–Lo Wood–hey why not.

Oregon just showed ND how to beat Stanford.

Now let’s hang 50 on BC and shut them out.

Night Game

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With ND playing at night I had an opportunity to view a few other games.

We are so far removed from playing in the big leagues it’s not funny.

ND would have no chance against:
Oklahoma State
TCU
Boise State

We could beat horrible:
Penn State
Nebraska
Ohio State

If we get into a bowl Game I want Ohio State.

Good QB’s all over the place and They look like men–while Tommy, no disrespect, still looks like a freshman in HS.

Kelly should have gone with Crist from Day one.

Now, we desperately need Gunner Kiel.

It amazes me that all these other schools have sophisticated offenses yet their QB’s can run it. Which begs the question–Weis had a telephone book of plays–Kelly must have 3 since no one except Rees can get it.

I’ll always watch ND but blinders come off when I get to see what other teams are doing.

Very, very discouraging.

ND VS MARYLAND

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This is a character game. If ND does not come out blazing then there IS a character problem with the players.

Against Wake–just went thru the motions for 1st half.
Against USC played scared and looked like they knew they would lose–despite new glitzy helmets.

Now they play a forlorn Maryland team that could easily upset them–just play the Pitt defense and run blitz entire game.

I don’t know which team will show up but wearing the green jerseys is a privilege and if they stagger around and not hammer Maryland they will be disgracing all the great players and teams that wore the green before them.

Maryland does have enough to beat them–this is their Bowl game. Randy Edsall brought a half ass UCONN team into ND stadium and won no reason why he can’t do it again.

Recruiting–they need Gunner Kiel. Get the best high school QB and you not only keep the recruits you have but may land a 5 star receiver similar to what Clausen’s commit did to that recruiting class.

So now Prediction. I think ND plays down to Maryland level but Maryland goes pedal to the metal.

ND 24 MARYLAND 17

Penn State

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What a mess–but at least the administration is acting. Joe Paterno certainly brought PSU out of the cow pasture and into the big time of college football– but like all powerful football coaches the law or university administration could not reign him in–sorta like Woody at Ohio State who self immolated against Clemson by punching a Clemson player on the sideline on national TV then knocking a TV tower down.

OSU wisely got rid of the too big to fail coach.

The PSU situation is different–they at all costs needed to hush this up and Paterno had to be the leader–just retire the guy and continue the cover.

Comes out everyone knew all about this inside the football program and throughout the town–just wink wink–JoPa would handle it.

Well JoPa finally got his just reward– he traded his integrity for child abuse–just too bad he is 84 and just about senile that he really doesn’t understand what he did now.

Not only that but his whole staff knew about this sordid mess–so they should have no future anywhere in college football.

In a previous post I gave a pass to McQueary who witnessed the rape and ran to call his father, then Paterno when he should have stopped the rape going on–he was no teenager but 28 and quite a big man–should have beat the crap out of the pervert.

Now the final question–Paterno living in college provided house right on campus–kick his sorry ass out. Wonder what else JoPa did thru the years cutting corners.

Uniforms

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Apparently the green jersey will now be the traditional colors for the home away from home games.

I have no problem with that but the green should also be worn on the last home game of each season. That way even the players that don’t make the away trip, walk on’s, seniors etc get to wear the green on their last game in ND stadium–good for the fans also.

Time to put players names on jerseys. Dan Devine did it and the golden dome didn’t topple.

Time to re visit the dorm situation. I would have no problem with an upscale condo deal–just like every other big time program–if worried about losing touch with regular students–put another student in–so 3 per unit.

Or completely gut and rebuild all the dorms–cheaper to just have new buildings.

Maryland Week

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I, for one, would not have fired Ralph Fridgen as head coach of Maryland–he did pretty well at a school that will never be top tier and he is a grad.

So they hire Randy Edsall(my pick for the ND job) who will just use this as a stepping stone for a bigger job.

Make no mistake Edsall is a good coach and I do not think this will be a walk in the park for ND. Consider 3 games Maryland played this year:

Miami W 32–24
West Virginia L 37–31
Clemson L 56–45

Clemson had to come from behind to win. So this is a classic trap game and if ND starts slow look out for this team can score points.

Still don’t know what to make of the QB deal at ND–with Rees we are surrendering roughly half the field since the long ball not there.

Get Gunner Kiel–should be top priority.

Injuries pile up:
Cave out for the year.
Riddick out with hamstring–replaced by Toma.
Teo and Lynch–ankles?
E. Johnson–ankle?

Next topic Penn State:

Paterno out at end of the year–he’s been there for 50 yrs and is winningest coach at over 400 wins although about half of the wins against
the Youngstown States of the football world.

State College is a small town and like all small towns hard to keep a secret and even harder in the Sports Dept. They must have known Sandusky a pervert yet he still has an office on campus.
I can understand the Grad Asst McQueary not knowing what to do-his word against the Defensive Co-ordinator but I am appalled about Paterno and the rest of the administration. This is child abuse which is a crime. Sandusky should have been banned from the school and the police notified immediately–coverup and Paterno had to have been involved.

ND 24 WAKE FOREST 17

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Lackluster game with 2 God awful announcers. Very unimaginative game plan for ND both offense and defense.

Lots of injuries–Cave, Teo Lynch and TJ Jones.

Rees 2 TD passes and 2 pics.
Jonas Gray & Cierre Wood ran for 180 combined yards. Mike Golic subbed for Cave–played extremely well and I hope he gets a 5th year.

Think ND just plays badly in Night Games but did comeback to win game down 17-10 at the half.

Watching this game–what went thru my head was–Andrew Luck!!!!!

Offense MVP’s–Golic, Gray & Wood.

Defense MVP’s–Tuitt & Lynch.

Next up :

Maryland 2W 7L–night game
Boston College 2W 7L

and then Stanford( currently undefeated) at Night.

So ND should be 8-3 when they play Stanford–let’s hope Standford has multiple injuries or a miracle happens to Rees’s arm.

ND vs WAKE FOREST

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Completely out of it since last Sunday—no power–thanks to the North Carolina crew that came to NJ and restored power after 6 days.

Anyhow, I know absolutely nothing about Wake except they have like a 32,000 seating capacity and good student athletes–graduation is important to them.

Good coach–Jim Grobe–forget where he made his name, but he is a big defensive guy.

Wake is severely undersized in this game–so expect blitzes galore–every which way. Key is getting to Rees!!

So the OL must dominate give Rees time to get passes out.

ND does not lose this game except for turnovers.

Prediction:

ND 49 WAKE 21