Tag: Notre Dame

Navy, first off, gets kudos for this win.  Navy is starting to control ND’s destiny–starting with getting Weis fired and basically losing his team for the final games of 2009.  I, for one, would have liked to see what he would have done this year–if he had been able to keep Clausen and Tate.  Let’s face it Navy has arrived with the option and cut blocks.  That being the case–on with the recap:

DAYNE CRIST–this kid should be starting his second year at some other University in a Pro Set.  He came to ND to play for Weis and was willing to wait his turn.  If Weis knew anything he knew a good QB when he saw one.  To lay this loss on Crist would be a travesty.  He never was a Spread QB and I think for him to overcome all that he learned before and shazzam be a Spreader with all the different reads is asking way too much.  Compound that with the constant screaming at him by Kelly.  The idea is to keep your QB somewhat calm during a game.  This kid is frazzled.

To keep it simple–just ND’s 1st possession–13 plays Christ flushed and had 3 runs.  Now let’s put the blame where it belongs the, drum roll, OFFENSIVE LINE.  Navy 4 vs our 5 and Crist no time to make reads, harassed and running for his life.  That continued whole game.

OFFENSIVE LINE–continuing the tradition of not being able to run or pass block.  While I like Martin, the others are just horrible.  Put that guard Watt in–get him some experience.  Robinson got thrown right back into Crist and pass did not go where it was intended- i forget what happened to it .  If you can alternate DL do the same for OL.  Kelly should be screaming at them not the QB.

OL grade–awful or disgraceful.

DEFENSIVE LINE–Can’t get any worse.  Not only no penetration but not once kept the Navy guards off ILB’s,  When Navy did pass 2 to 3 times no one touched the QB. I focused on one play and cut block involved–the D lineman was actually backing up to avoid the block. Grade–Really Bad.

OLB’S–how do you describe when they were nowhere near anyone -did they play at all? No Grade.

ILB’S I really like the combo of Teo and Carlo.  Who the hell’s idea was it to play so far off the ball–giving away 5 yds before ball snapped and OG’s already on them.  If the first priority is to stop the FB the ILB’s should have been closer and rushing the lanes– jam the middle up. GRADE-bad coaching.

DB’s SAFTIES–oh well-3 passes entire game -we know how that turned out.

KICK RETURNS–we must have someone slower.

COACHING–guess.

STRENGTH COACH–check with the Navy guy.  Bet they have no one who can lift 200 lbs let alone 5-600 lbs.  All that running in sand etc leaves us with a whole team with hamstrings, bad ankles and knees.

CONCLUSION–why not–blame Weis

On a beautiful day in NJ, ND walked onto the field and literally got the ever loving shit kicked out of them.  Again by an undersized Middie team that beat them in every facet of the game.

The question before the house is now:  Will ND ever beat Navy again?  Answer–not with these players.

Alert to commits and possible commits–immediate opportunity’s exist for you to play early–maybe by next week. If any of you saw this game (Prestwood(let’s recommit), Hegarty) you could start next week.  Also all of the defensive commits–you too will play a lot in 2011–just watch the re-run of this game.

There is really not a lot to say–except that ND walked out on the field and got the everloving shit kicked out of everyone who walked onto the field.  Navy took all those 3,4 &5 star recruits(on both sides of the ball) and crushed them.

Three plays and this game over–decided in 1st quarter.  ND- 4th and one at goaline–did not gain one inch.  Navy 1st play-50 yds fullback dive.  Swing pass to FB a TD. Game really over right there.

I sure am glad that ND practiced option all year (eyes you know) reduce cut blocks–I still think they should be banned–but we solved that.

Posters- I had to ban Michigan Man for awhile.  I’ve been assured he’s gone thru detox and can now control himself.

Have a few photos from game–nice arena to attend a game.

Well let’s see.  Just run it down their throat–problem with that is we haven’t shown that we can do the required run blocking on anyone except WM in 2nd half.  Well then just pass it–not convinced we can pass block either.

Let’s face it Navy comes to play hard, tough football for 4 quarters–we don’t. So I go back to 2009 game and hope we don’t miss 2 field goals.  If Clausen could only put up 21 points I’ll go with a ND win by 3.

Final score ND 23  Navy 20

Like to see ND’s Jersey guys play well. Ragone is due for some good fortune.

As the game nears, I am hopeful that ND can come up with some kind of defensive scheme that allows  Teo and Calabrese to just concentrate on the run.

They do not handle pass coverage well–so just let them loose to kill the ballcarrier.  Navy is just too fast and they are too inexperienced to have to worry about both .  Just let them do what they do best and let the safeties do the pass coverage.  Defense will have enough problems with cut/chop blocks.

Fonder memories–see clip 1964 game.  Ara’s first year and Huarte wins the Heisman.

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LIW3at-j5Fg

Earlier posts hammering Navy as cheap shot artists may be misunderstood.  Certainly when we are at war due respect must be shown to our soldiers in the field.  Ok I’m cool with that , but these guys at Navy are not returning warriors so their style of play is fair game.  I never had a problem with Army or Air Force when they ran the same offense–they seem to have a higher (ethical) quality of player than Navy.  I had not thought of last yrs game that much and came across a few highlight videos–see below–not very pretty but instructive.