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9/11: Michigan at Notre Dame

  • Leonardo
    Both teams looked pretty good in week one.

    3:30 on Saturday
  • dwccrew
    Nd has the homefield advatage, but Michigan looked more impressive in their win. I'll give the edge to Michigan, but this will be too close to call.
  • Mooney44Cards
    dwccrew;472230 wrote:Nd has the homefield advatage, but Michigan looked more impressive in their win. I'll give the edge to Michigan, but this will be too close to call.

    Against UConn?

    Purdue is better than most people give them credit for.

    ND by 10.
  • dwccrew
    Mooney44Cards;472240 wrote:Against UConn?

    Purdue is better than most people give them credit for.

    ND by 10.
    LOL, Purdue is no better than UConn and yes, Michigan looked more impressive today. I didn't say they were clearly better, I just said they looked more impressive. Calm down.
  • vball10set
    two pretty evenly matched teams, based on what I saw yesterday- should be a good one....ND by a field goal :cool:
  • killer_ewok
    dwccrew;472242 wrote:LOL, Purdue is no better than UConn and yes, Michigan looked more impressive today. I didn't say they were clearly better, I just said they looked more impressive. Calm down.

    Serious question....both games were on at the same time and almost every time I changed channels at a commercial during the ND game....the UM-Uconn game was at commercial too. Did you have two TV's going or something?

    Anyways, it should be a good game. Marve's mobility gave ND some trouble so containing Robinson has to be goal #1 for the Irish D. I was encouraged by ND's performance. Much more fundamentally sound than under Weis. Better technique, better conditioning, guys were in position. But, it was just one game so let's see if ND can build on that and improve. Michigan will definitely be a test.

    GO IRISH!!!
  • The Equalizer
    Not sure what happened to ND's offense in the 3rd. I'm sure Kelly will correct that. Defense looked not only solid, but energized. Jesus, Gary Gray had more tackles yesterday than I think in his entire career. Can't wait to see them against better competition. We finally have reason to hope.
  • CinciX12
    Now children, we all know that Purdue is a FCS team until the week of October 23rd..Lets not forget our place.
  • Automatik
    I think ND wins. Their defense looked good yesterday. Robinson will get hit and will make mistakes. 24-20 domers.
  • Hamp89
    killer_ewok;472265 wrote:Serious question....both games were on at the same time and almost every time I changed channels at a commercial during the ND game....the UM-Uconn game was at commercial too. Did you have two TV's going or something?

    That's really funny..I was thinking the same thing. As much as I tried checking Michigan out, they were on commercial at the same time as ND throughout the whole game. Unless dwccrew is making his prediction based on ESPN highlights, I'm not sure how you could say that.

    Anyway, the Michigan game is always a test regardless of how both teams have played. I'm really looking forward to it. The best part of the game for ND yesterday were absolute question marks every season under Weis: defense and special teams. I am encouraged that the worst part of the Purdue game was that the passsing game was a little out of sync - something we know will get better and Kelly will develop each week.

    I'm taking ND over UM 27-20
  • killer_ewok
    Yeah, I couldn't be more pleased with Gary Gray's play yesterday. He looked like a different player. Quite a few of his tackles were near the LOS too.

    Overall, the defense did a pretty good job. I was disappointed with Te'o though. He missed too many tackles. I mean, it was great to see him flying around looking to make plays but if you're not wrapping the guy up and actually tackling him.....it doesn't mean much.
  • rock_knutne
    ^^^^Te'o missed a couple tackles but Purdue was looking for him the entire game. What impressed me was the overall defensive effort. As stated above, they were in position and had plenty left in the tank late in the game. Te'o aside, because he's going to be harrased all year, how about Carlo Calabrese? Another big difference was the cornerback play.......last year, those outside running plays went for 10 plus yards it seemed almost every time, that definitely wasn't the case yesterday. Gray and Walls seeled the corner almost every time.
  • rock_knutne
    If ND can play solid defense again next week, they have a very good chance to beat Michigan.
  • Mohican00
    Tough game to call but if Michigan comes out and plays as well early as they did against UCONN they'll win. No TO's either.

    That said I'm giving the nod to ND at home, 35-31, though it might as well be a toss up
  • thedynasty1998
    Really wish this game was at a different time than the OSU game. I'll be rooting for Notre Dame, but this is a really difficult game to predict. Both beat solid teams in the opener, and both will badly want this game. Should be a good one.
  • Tiger2003
    I really really hope Notre Dame kicks the shit out of Michigan. I have a cousin who is a Michigan fan, and he was sending me texts left in right "Uh Oh Michigan is back" and many more stupid texts. I kept trying to tell him wake the fuck up its UCONN.

    Im taking Notre Dame by 10.
  • DeyDurkie5
    Notre Dame has definately improved, but for some reason I just don't think their team stacks up against Michigan. It will be somewhat close, but I think Michigan takes it
  • areyoukiddingme
    Tiger2003, so if you cousin upsets you you want his team to lose? I had many ND fans texting the same type of crap to me as a UM fan.

    Honestly, turnovers will play a huge role Saturday. If Robinson can come in and not get caught up in all the hype of a big game, UM keeps it close and has a good chance to win. Otherwise, ND by 10.
  • Mulva
    Hamp89;472294 wrote:That's really funny..I was thinking the same thing. As much as I tried checking Michigan out, they were on commercial at the same time as ND throughout the whole game. Unless dwccrew is making his prediction based on ESPN highlights, I'm not sure how you could say that.

    I can't speak for dwccrew, but I watched plenty of each game as well, and it's really pretty simple.

    Not being a fan of either ND or Michigan, I didn't feel the need to wait until commercial breaks to change the channel. I flipped back and forth plenty during the action, and whichever game had more going on at the time is the one I would watch. It only takes about a half-second to hit the channel return button. I agree that Michigan definitely looked more impressive.

    That said, I'm picking Notre Dame for the same reason I took Michigan this weekend. When two average teams play, it's usually smart to go with the home side.
  • sherm03
    The Equalizer;472275 wrote:Not sure what happened to ND's offense in the 3rd. I'm sure Kelly will correct that. Defense looked not only solid, but energized. Jesus, Gary Gray had more tackles yesterday than I think in his entire career. Can't wait to see them against better competition. We finally have reason to hope.

    In all honesty, I think the whole team went into cruise control after the TD pass to TJ Jones.

    The Irish had just gone up 20-3. The defense never gave anyone a reason to worry and had Purdue pinned deep in their own territory. I think the young guys just took their foot off the gas. The safety didn't help either. That was just a bad play call IMO.

    I think that is due to the fact that they are young, and it's a very fixable problem.
  • killer_ewok
    rock_knutne;472338 wrote:^^^^Te'o missed a couple tackles but Purdue was looking for him the entire game. What impressed me was the overall defensive effort. As stated above, they were in position and had plenty left in the tank late in the game. Te'o aside, because he's going to be harrased all year, how about Carlo Calabrese? Another big difference was the cornerback play.......last year, those outside running plays went for 10 plus yards it seemed almost every time, that definitely wasn't the case yesterday. Gray and Walls seeled the corner almost every time.


    Te'o missed more than "a couple tackles" but that's just semantics I suppose. Bottom line....he needs to wrap guys up. But I agree about the overall defensive effort and Calabrese played good yesterday. I was impressed.
  • Non
    I watched more of the Notre Dame game than the Michigan game.

    I liked the play of Notre Dame's cornerbacks, particularly in run defense. Walls and Gray.

    Although they did give up a lot of short passes in a soft cover 2 to Keith Smith.
  • Tiernan
    Hey ND can you stop a QB Draw? If you can, you should annihilate the simplistic HS Offense scUM runs.
  • Hb31187
    Lol this Tiernan troll is in full force this football season
  • Trueblue23
    I admit that I didn't watch any of the Notre Dame game, simply because of the Michigan game being on at the same time. So I'm in no shape to make any kind of prediction.

    GO BLUE!!!