"But yeah, I agree. It didn’t feel as bad as it looked in the end. The bulk stats kind of bear that out too, Bama got a net of 60 more yards than we did overall."
This was from a ND forum. You were down 31-7. Bama just went into a much more conservative scheme to not allow the big play. They never threatened Bama and everyone knew it. These are the morons who think ND is different every year, then ND gets blasted every year
Yah pretty much. Great college QBs, but not really guys you wanna rely on to win w/o other top talent around them.
Side note I came away really impressed with Williams. That kid is legit. Not like most of their RBs who look great because their O-Line is elite every year
One of the weirdest things leading up to this game was people knocking Bama's defense. Like yah Trask lit them up, but Book doesn't even compare to him. Also their numbers are weird, teams aren't really gonna try to run the ball on you when you're down 21 after one quarter
Yah the more and more he has been in the spotlight the worse he has looked, though I suppose that would apply to most people
I'm still surprised he didn't get absolutely shredded over the whole FSU game stuff. Its one of the most wtf moments in recent sports memory with his response
Meh, Dabo kind of seems like just as much of a tool as anyone from OSU. Him wanting FSU forfeit their game against Clemson because a kid tested positive for Clemson, THEN TRAVELED WITH THE TEAM, was probably the breaking point for me. Guy is no different than Saban or Meyer
I assume there was stuff stemming from high school football given most of those guys probably played against each other?
Cause why would there be so much jawing between Tulsa and Miss State
Looking forward to Miami starting next year ranked too high, beating all the bad teams on their schedule, we hear about how they're back, they play a team that doesn't suck, get smashed, rinse and repeat;
I've got a lot of faith still in Darnold. The playmaking, the arm talent, they're still there. He has developed some issues kind of that probably need to be broken. But like you said he has never been given anything to work with. Here everything is in place. I think we'd have our franchise QB.
Wentz still scares me. He has talent but a lot of his issues are him and what he does, or doesn't do. I guess Frank could fix him. But I'd rather bank on Darnold if we go the youth route.