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Totally agree..It adds to game day anticipation.
also, I commend the Irish fans for their insight and keeping it Classy
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From Grantland
You Are a Hater Just for Reading This Headline: The Curious State of Notre Dame Football
http://grantland.com/the-triangle/notre-dame-college-football-2015-preview/
You Are a Hater Just for Reading This Headline: The Curious State of Notre Dame Football
http://grantland.com/the-triangle/notre-dame-college-football-2015-preview/
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SI says this is a certain loss. I still want to play the game anyway. 
Texas at Notre Dame (Sept. 5)
This is almost a certain loss for Texas, a team in desperate need of a quarterback, considering Notre Dame returns 17 starters and should compete for a playoff spot. But if second-year coach Charlie Strong can get his guys to play tough on the road, it could go a long way toward reconciling a disenchanted fan base
http://www.si.com/college-football/2015/08/17/2015-big-12-football-preview-baylor-bear-tcu-horned-frogs
Texas at Notre Dame (Sept. 5)
This is almost a certain loss for Texas, a team in desperate need of a quarterback, considering Notre Dame returns 17 starters and should compete for a playoff spot. But if second-year coach Charlie Strong can get his guys to play tough on the road, it could go a long way toward reconciling a disenchanted fan base
http://www.si.com/college-football/2015/08/17/2015-big-12-football-preview-baylor-bear-tcu-horned-frogs
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Just want everyone to know, Notre Dame went 8-5 last year and are just a tad bit overrated ( Like they are every year). Still a good team ,but all these national CFB analyst can catch these hands.
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After a long offseason I think we're all a little bored talking to the same people over and over again. Good to mix it up this way. Plus I like UT, as do a lot of ND fans. You beat U$C in 2005/2006.
In the spirit of that, let's turn yesterday's question around. What are the strengths and weaknesses of your team? What does UT need to do to pull out a win?
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UT needs to run the ball and prevent ND from doing so. Take the pressure off of UT's passing game and put it on the Irish's.
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There are many members that will be able to provide a much greater knowledge base than I.
To be honest, we're experiencing a fairly drastic youth movement. Odds are, you'll see anywhere from 5-10 freshman (RS or True) on the field in non-special team roles. The huge question mark at this point is the Quarterback situation. I'm guessing we'll see both Swoopes and Heard take snaps in the game. Swoopes showed flashes of competency last year but there is a reason why so many Texas fans are pleading for Heard. Swoopes has the potential to be a good game manager but not much more. He's terribly inconsistent and he makes a lot of mistakes in crucial moments.
On the plus side, this is Wickline's 2nd season working with the Offensive Line and handling all of our play calling. Most are expecting to see major improvement on the OL. Jonathan Gray and the rest of the backs have the ability to take over the game. Which is precisely what Texas will need. Strong's gameplan going into this one is undoubtedly going to be managing the gameclock and pounding the ball down the Irish's throat.
If Notre Dame gets up by 14 in this one at any point, I don't like our chances.
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Another pretty big loss for ND. Shaun Crawford is out for the year. Only a FR but was seeing a bunch of first team reps at nickel.
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Yeah. if i'm not incorrect, he was taking reps from 5th year player Matthias Farley and Farley was being slid around. Looks like Farley's back at nickel now. He's an experienced leader of the defense who has been playing since 2012. So it's not as huge of a hit as it could be but nobody likes this sort of thing.
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Let's hope that it is a perfect storm game for Charlie Strong and the young Texas Longhorns... everything coming together and an epic upset of the Irish.
It could happen...
if it does, I have already told my oldest son he will help me drag our den sofa out to the back yard, set it on FIRE and then hoot and holler like we have lost our minds!!!
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For Charlie Strong, Year 2 at Texas has familiar blueprint
AUSTIN, Texas -- Wasn’t fixing Texas supposed to be easier than this?
One year in, Charlie Strong can confess he’s facing challenges a bit grander than he first anticipated.
"I thought when I walked in, I was just going to push a button and it was just going to go," Strong said.
That might read a little facetious, but there is sincerity in what Strong is saying. His first year at Texas felt at times like a winding roller coaster. It’s no wonder he chuckles with admiration whenever he mentions that Mack Brown endured 16 years of this.
What Year 2 holds for Strong and his Longhorns should be a bit more familiar. Consider the blueprint he brought with him from Louisville.
The disciplinary phase of his takeover is essentially complete. The uncooperative or undeserving are gone. The expectations are clear. Now he’s working to build a foundation.
And it’s clear the youth movement is on at Texas. A team with just one preseason All-Big 12 player could have as many as 20 freshmen or red-shirt freshmen crack the two-deep. Four true freshmen -- linebacker Malik Jefferson, receiver John Burt and linemen Connor Williams and Patrick Vahe -- look like they’ll be starters from Day 1.
That is a sign of Texas' current dearth of star power, but also a reflection of how Strong and his staff intend to regain Big 12 contender status.
"We told the older guys this: If we’re in the middle of camp and you’re basically in a dead heat with a freshman or you’re even, we’re going to play the freshman," linebackers coach Brian Jean-Mary said. "You have to be able to be head and shoulders above them to justify to us keeping you in there.
"If you play the freshman, it’s an investment. Now you’re building something for the future."
They know this because they have pulled this off before. The grand plan at Louisville in Year 2 wasn’t much different: a total of 13 freshmen ended up starting games for the Cardinals in 2011. That class of newcomers, led by future No. 1 picks Teddy Bridgewater, Calvin Pryor and DeVante Parker, shook up the program and sparked a turnaround.
"They brought an attitude that we want to play now and we want to win now," Texas defensive coordinator Vance Bedford said. "And that spread to the players that had been in the program that hadn’t won for a while. So you’ve got a combination of old and new, different attitude, different enthusiasm and that got the program turned real fast."
Former Louisville center Mario Benavides can recall a distinct change occurring naturally in Strong’s second season at Louisville. He backed off. Players started taking control of their team. The four-year starter suspects Strong needed them to figure that out on their own.
"He always said this: It doesn’t matter if you’re a senior, a junior, a sophomore or a freshman. You can be a leader," Benavides recalled. "You saw more guys taking ownership and you saw him yelling a little less. The goal seemed a lot clearer. The guys seemed a lot more confident."
And the Cardinals started that season 2-4. Because when you play that many freshmen, there’s no easy way to grow them up.
But by November, Louisville was ready for the moment that turned the program around. Strong led his young squad into Morgantown and stunned then-No. 24 West Virginia, a team that would go on to win the Orange Bowl and finish 10-3. That 38-35 game was won when a true freshman scooped up a blocked field goal attempt in the foutrth quarter and scored from 82 yards out.
"It just shows how great we can be," Bridgewater said after the game. "People say we're a young team, we don't have this, we don't have that. We just have coaches. Once you trust your coaches, age doesn't matter."
Benavides said that upset, the highest high of a 5-1 finish to the regular season, "got us over the mental hump." Everything began to click. The final record in 2011 (7-6) belied the progress. And then Louisville won 22 of its next 25 games.
Fast forward to Strong’s latest endeavor. He has a Texas team light on proven stars, one in need of an edge. Pundits see a seven-win season for this squad, too.
The head coach isn’t afraid to say he’s still a year away, that the Horns need another class of recruits and another season of growth. That’s the recipe.
The next steps? Find the quarterback. Break in the new kids. Develop the leadership. And if those Louisville years are a sign of what’s to come, get ready for the turning point.
If Strong can push the right buttons with this group, it will happen sooner than they think.
http://espn.go.com/b...iliar-blueprint
AUSTIN, Texas -- Wasn’t fixing Texas supposed to be easier than this?
One year in, Charlie Strong can confess he’s facing challenges a bit grander than he first anticipated.
"I thought when I walked in, I was just going to push a button and it was just going to go," Strong said.
That might read a little facetious, but there is sincerity in what Strong is saying. His first year at Texas felt at times like a winding roller coaster. It’s no wonder he chuckles with admiration whenever he mentions that Mack Brown endured 16 years of this.
What Year 2 holds for Strong and his Longhorns should be a bit more familiar. Consider the blueprint he brought with him from Louisville.
The disciplinary phase of his takeover is essentially complete. The uncooperative or undeserving are gone. The expectations are clear. Now he’s working to build a foundation.
And it’s clear the youth movement is on at Texas. A team with just one preseason All-Big 12 player could have as many as 20 freshmen or red-shirt freshmen crack the two-deep. Four true freshmen -- linebacker Malik Jefferson, receiver John Burt and linemen Connor Williams and Patrick Vahe -- look like they’ll be starters from Day 1.
That is a sign of Texas' current dearth of star power, but also a reflection of how Strong and his staff intend to regain Big 12 contender status.
"We told the older guys this: If we’re in the middle of camp and you’re basically in a dead heat with a freshman or you’re even, we’re going to play the freshman," linebackers coach Brian Jean-Mary said. "You have to be able to be head and shoulders above them to justify to us keeping you in there.
"If you play the freshman, it’s an investment. Now you’re building something for the future."
They know this because they have pulled this off before. The grand plan at Louisville in Year 2 wasn’t much different: a total of 13 freshmen ended up starting games for the Cardinals in 2011. That class of newcomers, led by future No. 1 picks Teddy Bridgewater, Calvin Pryor and DeVante Parker, shook up the program and sparked a turnaround.
"They brought an attitude that we want to play now and we want to win now," Texas defensive coordinator Vance Bedford said. "And that spread to the players that had been in the program that hadn’t won for a while. So you’ve got a combination of old and new, different attitude, different enthusiasm and that got the program turned real fast."
Former Louisville center Mario Benavides can recall a distinct change occurring naturally in Strong’s second season at Louisville. He backed off. Players started taking control of their team. The four-year starter suspects Strong needed them to figure that out on their own.
"He always said this: It doesn’t matter if you’re a senior, a junior, a sophomore or a freshman. You can be a leader," Benavides recalled. "You saw more guys taking ownership and you saw him yelling a little less. The goal seemed a lot clearer. The guys seemed a lot more confident."
And the Cardinals started that season 2-4. Because when you play that many freshmen, there’s no easy way to grow them up.
But by November, Louisville was ready for the moment that turned the program around. Strong led his young squad into Morgantown and stunned then-No. 24 West Virginia, a team that would go on to win the Orange Bowl and finish 10-3. That 38-35 game was won when a true freshman scooped up a blocked field goal attempt in the foutrth quarter and scored from 82 yards out.
"It just shows how great we can be," Bridgewater said after the game. "People say we're a young team, we don't have this, we don't have that. We just have coaches. Once you trust your coaches, age doesn't matter."
Benavides said that upset, the highest high of a 5-1 finish to the regular season, "got us over the mental hump." Everything began to click. The final record in 2011 (7-6) belied the progress. And then Louisville won 22 of its next 25 games.
Fast forward to Strong’s latest endeavor. He has a Texas team light on proven stars, one in need of an edge. Pundits see a seven-win season for this squad, too.
The head coach isn’t afraid to say he’s still a year away, that the Horns need another class of recruits and another season of growth. That’s the recipe.
The next steps? Find the quarterback. Break in the new kids. Develop the leadership. And if those Louisville years are a sign of what’s to come, get ready for the turning point.
If Strong can push the right buttons with this group, it will happen sooner than they think.
http://espn.go.com/b...iliar-blueprint
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Wild thing, you make my heart sing!
I predicted several weeks ago that we win this game, so I guess I'll just have to drag my ottoman out and burn it.
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