as an ND fan, we NEED to stop wasting talent from recruiting for the transfers. i would happily sacrifice a year of avg to below avg offense to develop a Freshman QB then a one and done transfer Senior
I couldn't understand how all these sportscasters were praising them and saying how great they were after the A&M game. Did we watch the same game? They can't move the ball. They shouldn't even be ranked in the top 20
Honestly, this is why people say Notre dame isn’t a playoff team. They get a nice win, media builds them up, and then they lose gimme games like this. Notre dame should’ve ran the ball down northern Illinois’s throat . Instead, we saw a Notre dame team that took this game for granted. This is on the offense .
@@AnthonySouthard-g7w and I guess the coach plays on the offense and defensive line ? NIU players outplayed notre dame players and NIU head coach outcoached notre dame has coach at the end of the day the players have to perform and they did give them credit
#5 team in the nation in a dogfight against NIU hahahaha 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣 why does ND get overranked every single year i dont get it that program is trash/mediocre at best
@@nuraby_9228 i saw a story that riley is giving the proceeds of his next nil deal to his o-line, which is pretty cool, but i don't like the way the nil has influenced which athletes go where for one off seasons
He was doing that the whole game. He gets paid millions and he's writing notes when his team is playing poorly and losing? I've never seen a great coach not going crazy at that moment.
They arent an elite football program. Im tired of the committee and deluded fans pretending like they are. Every year they get overranked just to get humiliated and brought back down to reality. What does the committee see in this program where they are being handed these high rankings every year??? Or are they giving money under the table to the committee it makes zero sense. Peak notre dame was the manti teo era and even then they weren’t good enough to match up against the truly elite
Dude I understand as a coach of Notre Dame u wanna seem professional and calm. But that ND coach just seemed so unbothered. Like he didn’t even care. Where as the NIU coach was so invested and eager to win. I love to see passionate coaching staffs and teams with grit. And NIU had all of that yesterday
Unfortunately they aren’t going to talk about NIU. They are going to treat this as a game ND lost instead of a game NIU won. Which may be the case but still sucks. Now if NIU runs the table the remainder of the season then the tone will change. But they have to go undefeated.
@@jamieterhark yeah, that's just the case with all of college football upsets. Analyst and the UA-cam comment sections will 99% be about ranked team losing rather than underdog playing a good game
Notre Dame fan here… was at this game and it was like watching two unranked opponents face each other. Huskies were the ones to come out on top! It’s becoming more embarrassing being a Notre Dame fan….Riley Leonard isn’t it! We picked up CJ Carr whom is benched… he’s probably a way better QB than Riley… we have maybe one weapon at WR in Jaden Greathouse, a decent TE Evans…..I don’t know we’re not as dynamic as we thought and it definitely showed this game.
in the top 25 they have the easiest schedule next to Miami in the country and can’t even close it out vs Northern Illinois. so that’s why they don’t wanna join a conference. playing down to competition and wanting to stay independent with its NBC contract
@@prolific1518 I hope this can happen... but someone else will likely grab it. But NBC is getting diverse with their CFB games, for years it was only Notre Dame
NIU has belonged in a bigger conference for some time now. If I were the Big 12, I would look at adding them to get a team in the state of Illinois/Chicago TV market
That’s funny I’m from Chicago and I don’t know anyone who goes to northwestern games they are big 10 and closer to Chicago and niu is almost always empty and two winning seasons of 5 also the Chicago market sucks for football
@@pascho1057 it’s not about who goes to games but about alumni, donors and basic cable. Reason Rutgers was asked to join big ten was not that they are good school BUT that them joining big ten conference allowed Big Ten network to be put on basic cable in NYC metro area and big ten is making millions or tens of millions from that. It’s why Big Ten has expanded into California, is sniffing around Florida State and I wouldn’t be surprised if a Texas school joined by the end of the decade. So IF Big 12 or ACC or SEC were to invite an Illinois school, they could possibly get their network on basic cable also and let’s be honest, NIU is probably the next biggest school in the state football wise and is not that far from Chicago that isn’t in a power conference.
QB is not the main problem. 3 years 3 different QBs and somehow they all underperform, especially sam Hartman, the guy is literally considered one of the best FBS QBs all time statistically. There is only one constant, and its Marcus Freeman. I love the guy. But if he doesnt figure this out quickly it might be time for him to go.
He calls a very conservative offense and relies on ball control and run game and when you can't run against a MAC team then you've got a problem. But he doesn't adapt. Shoes are too big for him and he should be fired.
Exactly! Everyone is just blaming Leonard and completely passing on freeman. Riley was AWFUL in this game sure but freeman is the only factor that’s stayed the last 3 years and notre dame runs the EXACT same offense the last 3 years 🤔
Riley Leonard will be the reason why Notre Dame will lose more games. before his injury at Duke last year he threw for 4 touchdowns, and 3 interceptions... The season before he threw for 20 touchdowns but also had 6 interceptions. He is physically gifted and can run the ball but he lacks the "it" factor. He lacks confidence sometimes and makes too many boneheaded mistakes too often. he was too dependent on good run play and a good defense to bail him out of tough games the past two years. Notre Dame shot themselves in the foot when they decided to pick him up right after the season ended instead of waiting for better QB's to emerge and potentially get.
I tried to make those very arguments just after the transfer was announced, and I was vilified by the so-called online experts who post videos analyzing ND football. I was told multiple times I don’t know how to interpret stats, and was insulted several times. I don’t know everything, but I know that Angeli behind center gives us a better chance of winning. Perhaps making changes at the top should also be considered.
@@guildguitars6349agreed I really questioned Riley Leonard when it was announced but notre dame media hyped him up to be a good QB and I played along. Absolute BS
Leonard clearly isn’t the answer but watching how freeman coaches his team and hand cuffs the offense it doesn’t matter who they out at QB it won’t change anything. He refuses to let his offenses take shots down the field. 3 ocs in three years and all 3 run the exact same offense? Yeah right that’s a freeman thing
Marcus Freeman is a mid or even a bad coach. Where did he get his status as a good coach? What has he won? Marshall and NIU beat his teams in South Bend. Thats outrageous lmao
I only needed to see 4 possessions in the 1st quarter, and knew that ND was in trouble. I would love it if Notre Dame would quit relying on the portal for a QB and develop one in house. The offense looked lethargic, had no real tempo, 9/10 possessions after the opening drive ended with nothing. Out gained by 100 yards and only had like around 20-25 snaps in the second half. NIU kicked there butts and were the better team today. So disappointing, but certainly not shocking.
Replace Leonard with Steve Angeli and do it NOW! If he sticks with Leonard, then I have lost respect for Coach Freeman. Angeli gives you the second dimension that Leonard gives you, but with Angeli, you get more accurate passing downfield. In the last two seasons, Leonard has three TD passes vs five INTs. That is a red flag if you ask me.
NIU Defense will prove out the rest of the year - pay attention… I’ve watched NIU practice in person… it’s not emotion and it’s not Notre Dame playing bad. This defense will go down as one of the best defenses to spring out of nowhere ever in college football. Pay attention.
Ultimately Notre Dame needs to start developing their own QBs and not relying on Mercenaries. Yes, I know Kelly left the cupboard dry when he left and CJ Carr is future the QB at ND, but you really have to ask yourself, if Angeli wasn't good enough to play yesterday and give you a better chance to play, why is he on the Team?
No, I think ND needs to re evaluate Freeman's ability to coach given one of the softest schedules of the 2024 season. NIU was paid 1.4M to be a punching bag and out played and out coached overrated Freeman and ND.
Riley Leonard was never gonna be the answer… especially for a big brand like Notre Dame… he’s a runner that can’t throw… just watch his best highlights at duke… he’s not a true passer he’s a gadget running qb … your not winning at the top with a qb who can’t throw….
@@smill1985 as said, it was in that moment. Unfortunately they decided to play in the last few minutes of the game. Still a good game going, but I learned my lesson. No jinxing now
Its so strange how year in and year out they get ranked way higher than where they should be. And every year its made more than obvious why that is the case. Unreal supposed top 5 team in the nation in a dogfight against NIU lmao. Something isnt right
That football program has had mediocrity written all over it for over a decade. Peak notre dame football was the manti teo era and even with that team they werent good enough to compete against the elite
You know what a real deserving top 5 team in the nation wouldve done to NIU? Beat them by 41+ points. Thats what elite top 5 programs do. ND is mediocre pretending to be elite
BOTRE DAME needs to RE EVALUABLE MARCUS FREEMAN. A loss we can take. A team that goes to shambles once that 82 yard touchdown by the other team. All our balloons deflated at the same time. All the sports are saying Freeman needs to re-evaluate the QV. U think it is time to re-evaluate Marcus Freeman. All u big buck supporters need to speak up. We will lose to Purdue and maybe Stanford, FSU, Louisville and USC that what could be a 6-6 season. There should be serious talk NOW NOW NOW about getting us a COACH. I do not see the team reviving after a loss like yesterday. WHY, for the glory of the game? There was no Irish glory yesterday. For the honor of yjr school? If you take into account Notre Dame,in Our Lady's name, no honor for HER on Saturday. For the LOVE of the game? Those boys did not love football yesterday. In my 50 plus years of watching ND football I have never seen such devastation and demise of a team. A Saban could/would resurrect them, Freeman canNOT!!😢😢*
Definition of insane... doing the same thing while expecting different results. I'm no coach but maybe try this... First thing first... put feelings to the side. Secondly... sit Leonard and play Angeli Third... watch what happens Lastly... do it again or differently depending on how it plays out
One of the worse game plans and play calling I’ve seen. You come out with a commitment with designed QB runs. At one point QB had 10 runs and the two backs combined had 5. I don’t think ND ran in 1st and then 2nd more then 4 times, one time they did went for a TD. Abandoned run first. Many pass formations were empty backfield. ND needs slants, seams, and screens. How many passes are “sit downs” or out to side lines ? Worse OC planning. And no too few adjustments.
People are ignoring the parity being created with teams having less roster spots available. Lots of starters on these group of 5 schools that would've been backups at elite schools when they could carry 200 players.
The problem is the best G5 players are being paid to transfer, there will be no Roethlisbergers, no Khalil Macks, no Marshall Faulks. The best G5 players are gone, and they're not getting the equivalent back.
Freeman needs to reevaluate himself he is the biggest problem with the team. Constantly goes and gets transfer qbs when it’s not needed, NEVER has his team ready for these bad teams at home (Marshall, Stanford, and now niu, pathetic) and he needs to let his offensive coaches do their jobs. 3 offensive coordinators in 3 seasons and hey they all call the EXACT same offense? Yeah right. Freeman is holding the offense back and it’s blatantly obvious.
They need to change their coach. The way freeman holds his offense back it won’t matter kego they put back there it’s going to look the exact same. Bland and unimaginative
Denbrock needs to decide that the best place for Riley Leonard is warming the bench. Steve Angeli managed to win convincingly against a P5 team in a bowl game last year. I'm sure he could have handled a G5.
the problem is...the o-line is trash. angeli can run, but not as good as leonard. o-line cant hold up enough for pass plays to develop. any qb under center will be running for his life and that suites leonard. by the way, i am by no means a leonard fan. i actually wanted ND to invest time and resources in angeli, but then ND went shopping and took hartman and now leonard. i would not be surprised if angeli enters the transfer portal himself. he would start on 99% of any other school.
If being out of a conference is such an advantage, why don’t more schools do it? It’s not like the game isn’t changing, they can get it done if they want. Or are you just spewing the same rhetoric that your homies at ESECPN spew?
@@robertacosta1293 genius response…calling a school with a graduation rate like theirs “stupid” shows your intelligence. Next time come with some facts instead of your ignorance…
See…that right there is what I don’t like in CFB. Someone loses to NIU, they should be eliminated from the playoffs. As crazy as CFB was, we all knew as long as you win, good things happen. If you lose…bad things happen.
Some people still happy they have Freeman over Kelly? At least Kelly won the games he was supposed to win. What was it, a 55 game win streak vs unranked opponents Kelly had?
Dude!!!! Stop being all in your feelings and sit Leonard!!! Play the QB who convincingly won a bowl game last year!!! Just because someone commits to you in their final year of eligibility out of the transfer portal does NOT mean you have to play them. For crying or loud, leonard will be a UDFA!!!!
How is this loss about the transfer portal. Please stop it. This is Notre Dame being Notre Dame. Keep the main thing the main thing and not convolute and create narratives. So many players switch teams you can't pick and choose who to blame a loss on based on that metric.
I am NOT a Notre Dame fan at all but having 4 ranked teams on your schedule is a lot unless you’re in the SEC. Notre Dame is over hyped literally every year.
Booger is definitely the man at his job dude does his homework and articulates his point as good as any 💯💪
as an ND fan, we NEED to stop wasting talent from recruiting for the transfers. i would happily sacrifice a year of avg to below avg offense to develop a Freshman QB then a one and done transfer Senior
That's a smart way to look at it.
They have had Angelli waiting . Carr is seeing this mess and going to leave.
Riley Leonard is a great quarterback. The play-calling was terrible in this game.
Y’all have Carr waiting
You'll try that with a new coach
I couldn't understand how all these sportscasters were praising them and saying how great they were after the A&M game. Did we watch the same game? They can't move the ball. They shouldn't even be ranked in the top 20
it was a battle of chokers, someone had to choke less
ND isn’t a top 10 program anymore. They’re 0-12 in bowl games vs top 15 teams since 1994. It’s been 3 decades since they’ve been a top program.
Honestly, this is why people say Notre dame isn’t a playoff team. They get a nice win, media builds them up, and then they lose gimme games like this. Notre dame should’ve ran the ball down northern Illinois’s throat . Instead, we saw a Notre dame team that took this game for granted. This is on the offense .
I’m a ND fan but never fell for the bait. I thought we sucked last week to. Freeman ain’t it.
Did you watch the game? NIU D line was owning the trenches.
@@matthewatilano9118if northern Illinois is dominating them up front that’s a problem if Texas A&M had any offense they beat notre dame easily
@@floatinrocktubetalk3768 I think this is more Leonard than freeman tbh bro
@@matthewatilano9118the d line ate our lunch. Crazy considering how well our o line handled A&Ms d line
Should re evaluate the coaching.
The team didn’t look prepared in the first half.
Or maybe they were prepared and NIU were the better team if Notre dame had lost you wouldn’t say NIU was unprepared you would say the better team won
@@BossMan-vl5cd ha!
@@BossMan-vl5cdnotre dame had more talent in there second string then niu had it was on coaching and qb play
Freeman is bad
@@AnthonySouthard-g7w and I guess the coach plays on the offense and defensive line ? NIU players outplayed notre dame players and NIU head coach outcoached notre dame has coach at the end of the day the players have to perform and they did give them credit
Nd has to re-evaluate freeman. Wanted him to be good, he just is bad. Regardless of Riley being a trashcan… it was a MAC team
#5 team in the nation in a dogfight against NIU hahahaha 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣 why does ND get overranked every single year i dont get it that program is trash/mediocre at best
re-evaluate riley leonard? somebody needs to re-evaluate marcus freeman
Imo he gets let go for this, the only Q is when will they announce it.
exactly.
Freeman and Leonard both suck
Riley makes more than NIU's head coach lmfao
@@nuraby_9228 i saw a story that riley is giving the proceeds of his next nil deal to his o-line, which is pretty cool, but i don't like the way the nil has influenced which athletes go where for one off seasons
Why is Freeman writing in a notebook with 13 seconds left. To make believe he is thinking?
He was doing that the whole game. He gets paid millions and he's writing notes when his team is playing poorly and losing? I've never seen a great coach not going crazy at that moment.
NIU got not just an extra $1.4 million for it, but also the win. Fantastic game by the Huskies, this is what college football should be about.
I would take 1.4 million to get pushed around on a football field for a few hours.
Who do I need to contact at notre dame?
@@stevekamke982 athletic directors would probably be a good start.
Their playoff hopes are done. You don't go the playoff with a loss to Northern Illinois
The only way to make the playoffs is to win out by 10 points or more in each of their games. Will they do that? No.
@@stephengernenz8217 Even that won't do it. This was a massive loss.
They arent an elite football program. Im tired of the committee and deluded fans pretending like they are. Every year they get overranked just to get humiliated and brought back down to reality. What does the committee see in this program where they are being handed these high rankings every year??? Or are they giving money under the table to the committee it makes zero sense. Peak notre dame was the manti teo era and even then they weren’t good enough to match up against the truly elite
And with that pathetic excuse of a schedule they should’ve barely been in undefeated
Dude I understand as a coach of Notre Dame u wanna seem professional and calm. But that ND coach just seemed so unbothered. Like he didn’t even care. Where as the NIU coach was so invested and eager to win. I love to see passionate coaching staffs and teams with grit. And NIU had all of that yesterday
Quit talking about the losers. I want to hear about NIU!
Unfortunately they aren’t going to talk about NIU. They are going to treat this as a game ND lost instead of a game NIU won. Which may be the case but still sucks. Now if NIU runs the table the remainder of the season then the tone will change. But they have to go undefeated.
@@jamieterhark yeah, that's just the case with all of college football upsets. Analyst and the UA-cam comment sections will 99% be about ranked team losing rather than underdog playing a good game
we will take the bag and the win my huskie brother
The story is nd lost not look how great NIU is
@westword6558 which is just sad. Niu played a very, very good game.
Notre Dame fan here… was at this game and it was like watching two unranked opponents face each other. Huskies were the ones to come out on top! It’s becoming more embarrassing being a Notre Dame fan….Riley Leonard isn’t it! We picked up CJ Carr whom is benched… he’s probably a way better QB than Riley… we have maybe one weapon at WR in Jaden Greathouse, a decent TE Evans…..I don’t know we’re not as dynamic as we thought and it definitely showed this game.
Decent tight end ….
Almost 1 in the country
@@Warofstopmotions….. says no draft analyst ever
High five to Coach Hammock and his Huskies for beating the Golden Domes under the nose of Touchdown Jesus!
as he said, his team did not need luck
in the top 25 they have the easiest schedule next to Miami in the country and can’t even close it out vs Northern Illinois. so that’s why they don’t wanna join a conference. playing down to competition and wanting to stay independent with its NBC contract
Keep doing this and they will lose relevancy and that nbc contract
Who plays down to their competition the most? Steelers or Notre Dame?
@@prolific1518 I hope this can happen... but someone else will likely grab it.
But NBC is getting diverse with their CFB games, for years it was only Notre Dame
NIU has belonged in a bigger conference for some time now.
If I were the Big 12, I would look at adding them to get a team in the state of Illinois/Chicago TV market
That’s funny I’m from Chicago and I don’t know anyone who goes to northwestern games they are big 10 and closer to Chicago and niu is almost always empty and two winning seasons of 5 also the Chicago market sucks for football
@@pascho1057 it’s not about who goes to games but about alumni, donors and basic cable. Reason Rutgers was asked to join big ten was not that they are good school BUT that them joining big ten conference allowed Big Ten network to be put on basic cable in NYC metro area and big ten is making millions or tens of millions from that. It’s why Big Ten has expanded into California, is sniffing around Florida State and I wouldn’t be surprised if a Texas school joined by the end of the decade. So IF Big 12 or ACC or SEC were to invite an Illinois school, they could possibly get their network on basic cable also and let’s be honest, NIU is probably the next biggest school in the state football wise and is not that far from Chicago that isn’t in a power conference.
@@marianchicago4002 Rutgers is the poster-child of failing upwards.
QB is not the main problem. 3 years 3 different QBs and somehow they all underperform, especially sam Hartman, the guy is literally considered one of the best FBS QBs all time statistically. There is only one constant, and its Marcus Freeman. I love the guy. But if he doesnt figure this out quickly it might be time for him to go.
He calls a very conservative offense and relies on ball control and run game and when you can't run against a MAC team then you've got a problem. But he doesn't adapt. Shoes are too big for him and he should be fired.
Exactly! Everyone is just blaming Leonard and completely passing on freeman. Riley was AWFUL in this game sure but freeman is the only factor that’s stayed the last 3 years and notre dame runs the EXACT same offense the last 3 years 🤔
FIRE MARCUS FREEMAN
If you look at it. Coaches that lose games like this don't make it to the next season as coach. His only shot is to make the playoff.
😭😭😭 crzxy how a week ago he was the man Homie 😂
And congratulate the NIU head coach
@@cashboyregI was saying after last weeks game
FIRE MARCUS FREEMAN
Freeman was out coached. He’s too inexperienced for a big program like ND. We need a premier coach not a baby with a bright future.
Riley Leonard will be the reason why Notre Dame will lose more games. before his injury at Duke last year he threw for 4 touchdowns, and 3 interceptions... The season before he threw for 20 touchdowns but also had 6 interceptions. He is physically gifted and can run the ball but he lacks the "it" factor. He lacks confidence sometimes and makes too many boneheaded mistakes too often. he was too dependent on good run play and a good defense to bail him out of tough games the past two years. Notre Dame shot themselves in the foot when they decided to pick him up right after the season ended instead of waiting for better QB's to emerge and potentially get.
Riley Leonard Notre Dame loss is a Duke gain in the big picture
I tried to make those very arguments just after the transfer was announced, and I was vilified by the so-called online experts who post videos analyzing ND football. I was told multiple times I don’t know how to interpret stats, and was insulted several times. I don’t know everything, but I know that Angeli behind center gives us a better chance of winning. Perhaps making changes at the top should also be considered.
ND has three MUCH better QBs waiting in the wings. They didn't need to get a transfer.
@@guildguitars6349agreed I really questioned Riley Leonard when it was announced but notre dame media hyped him up to be a good QB and I played along. Absolute BS
Leonard clearly isn’t the answer but watching how freeman coaches his team and hand cuffs the offense it doesn’t matter who they out at QB it won’t change anything. He refuses to let his offenses take shots down the field. 3 ocs in three years and all 3 run the exact same offense? Yeah right that’s a freeman thing
Who would have saw this coming. They ain't making the playoff with this kind of performance
McFarland take on the situation is excellent.
Marcus Freeman is a mid or even a bad coach. Where did he get his status as a good coach? What has he won? Marshall and NIU beat his teams in South Bend. Thats outrageous lmao
I only needed to see 4 possessions in the 1st quarter, and knew that ND was in trouble. I would love it if Notre Dame would quit relying on the portal for a QB and develop one in house. The offense looked lethargic, had no real tempo, 9/10 possessions after the opening drive ended with nothing. Out gained by 100 yards and only had like around 20-25 snaps in the second half. NIU kicked there butts and were the better team today. So disappointing, but certainly not shocking.
Replace Leonard with Steve Angeli and do it NOW! If he sticks with Leonard, then I have lost respect for Coach Freeman. Angeli gives you the second dimension that Leonard gives you, but with Angeli, you get more accurate passing downfield. In the last two seasons, Leonard has three TD passes vs five INTs. That is a red flag if you ask me.
Coach gotta go ASAP
NIU Defense will prove out the rest of the year - pay attention… I’ve watched NIU practice in person… it’s not emotion and it’s not Notre Dame playing bad. This defense will go down as one of the best defenses to spring out of nowhere ever in college football. Pay attention.
steve angelli beat oregon state last year and threw amazing put him in freeman!!!!
I can't believe ND beat A&M
Ultimately Notre Dame needs to start developing their own QBs and not relying on Mercenaries. Yes, I know Kelly left the cupboard dry when he left and CJ Carr is future the QB at ND, but you really have to ask yourself, if Angeli wasn't good enough to play yesterday and give you a better chance to play, why is he on the Team?
Bruh that post game interview had the tear ducts flooded 🥲
Steve Angeli for QB1
Where is the game highlights for this game?
I loved the freeman hire but it seems like he’s not the guy we need someone with a proven track record of winning or a natty
There’s a coach in Ann Arbor --
Playoffs? I just hope we can win a game! -Jim Mora
No, I think ND needs to re evaluate Freeman's ability to coach given one of the softest schedules of the 2024 season. NIU was paid 1.4M to be a punching bag and out played and out coached overrated Freeman and ND.
Angeli needs to start going forward, and perhaps Freeman needs to go as well.
Always all that ND hype at the beginning of the season and they always find a way to choke 😂
Replace Riley Leonard with the backup QB. Riley is not worth all the praise he has been getting.
Lost to a party college!!! on their home field. nuff said. NO excuse for that.
Man this is college! They thought Norte dame was gone skate thru and watching that game I knew I was watching a classic upset! Love college sports!
Riley Leonard was never gonna be the answer… especially for a big brand like Notre Dame… he’s a runner that can’t throw… just watch his best highlights at duke… he’s not a true passer he’s a gadget running qb … your not winning at the top with a qb who can’t throw….
Purdue is going to upset ND
upset?
If ND would watch Michigan's offense they might feel better about thiers.....
M would gladly take Riley Lenard I’m sure
Notre Dame needs to reevaluate Marcus Freeman after another embarrassing loss. Worst loss for Notre Dame in my lifetime.
Paul Finebaum gon have a field day
still games to go... as I type South Florida is giving heat to Alabama, 14-13, 3rd quarter
@@otaviofrn_advAnd then Crimson Tide put their foot on the gas, lol.
@@smill1985 as said, it was in that moment. Unfortunately they decided to play in the last few minutes of the game.
Still a good game going, but I learned my lesson. No jinxing now
Maybe stop getting qbs from wake forest and duke that’s never gonna work
Just a reminder that ND is 0-12 in bowl games vs top 15 teams since 1994. They’re not a top 10 program and haven’t been for 3 decades.
That's the most beautiful stat I've seen today!
Its so strange how year in and year out they get ranked way higher than where they should be. And every year its made more than obvious why that is the case. Unreal supposed top 5 team in the nation in a dogfight against NIU lmao. Something isnt right
That football program has had mediocrity written all over it for over a decade. Peak notre dame football was the manti teo era and even with that team they werent good enough to compete against the elite
HAA!!! Booger defiled touchdown Jesus!
look at that schedule what a joke. the only challenging game is usc.
Terrible schedule! Texas A&M is not a signature win. Probably not top 10 in the SEC.
Facts
You know what a real deserving top 5 team in the nation wouldve done to NIU? Beat them by 41+ points. Thats what elite top 5 programs do. ND is mediocre pretending to be elite
BOTRE DAME needs to RE EVALUABLE MARCUS FREEMAN. A loss we can take. A team that goes to shambles once that 82 yard touchdown by the other team. All our balloons deflated at the same time. All the sports are saying Freeman needs to re-evaluate the QV. U think it is time to re-evaluate Marcus Freeman. All u big buck supporters need to speak up. We will lose to Purdue and maybe Stanford, FSU, Louisville and USC that what could be a 6-6 season. There should be serious talk NOW NOW NOW about getting us a COACH. I do not see the team reviving after a loss like yesterday. WHY, for the glory of the game? There was no Irish glory yesterday. For the honor of yjr school? If you take into account Notre Dame,in Our Lady's name, no honor for HER on Saturday. For the LOVE of the game? Those boys did not love football yesterday. In my 50 plus years of watching ND football I have never seen such devastation and demise of a team. A Saban could/would resurrect them, Freeman canNOT!!😢😢*
Definition of insane... doing the same thing while expecting different results.
I'm no coach but maybe try this...
First thing first... put feelings to the side.
Secondly... sit Leonard and play Angeli
Third... watch what happens
Lastly... do it again or differently depending on how it plays out
Freeman is a solid coach but offensively his teams have been very boring. Needs to make adjustments and stretch the field.
Doesn't matter. They could lose out and somehow will still be a pre season top 10 smh. Shouldn't be an option until they pick a conference imo.
FIGHT ON!
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What a joke of a schedule! Amazing they’re able to get away with it.
One of the worse game plans and play calling I’ve seen. You come out with a commitment with designed QB runs. At one point QB had 10 runs and the two backs combined had 5. I don’t think ND ran in 1st and then 2nd more then 4 times, one time they did went for a TD. Abandoned run first. Many pass formations were empty backfield. ND needs slants, seams, and screens. How many passes are “sit downs” or out to side lines ? Worse OC planning. And no too few adjustments.
LOL, love it. Nothing better than a ND loss especially to a nobody in the FBS world.
People are ignoring the parity being created with teams having less roster spots available. Lots of starters on these group of 5 schools that would've been backups at elite schools when they could carry 200 players.
The problem is the best G5 players are being paid to transfer, there will be no Roethlisbergers, no Khalil Macks, no Marshall Faulks. The best G5 players are gone, and they're not getting the equivalent back.
That’s been offset by the massive Nil payments from the chosen few schools at the top
I was expecting A&M to beat them last week. A&M must really suck...
Freeman needs to reevaluate himself he is the biggest problem with the team. Constantly goes and gets transfer qbs when it’s not needed, NEVER has his team ready for these bad teams at home (Marshall, Stanford, and now niu, pathetic) and he needs to let his offensive coaches do their jobs. 3 offensive coordinators in 3 seasons and hey they all call the EXACT same offense? Yeah right. Freeman is holding the offense back and it’s blatantly obvious.
NOTRE DAME NEEDS TO CHANGE THE QB! RILEY L IS AVERAGE 💯
Yep facts
@@trascents866and so is DJU for my Seminoles
Not even just bad
They need to change their coach. The way freeman holds his offense back it won’t matter kego they put back there it’s going to look the exact same. Bland and unimaginative
Don't forget the choke job to Ohio State too.
It's not an upset, count on ND to blow at least one easy game a season..... that's guaranteed and I'm a huge Irish fan.
Unranked team came in your house and punked them around despite being a top 5 team in the country. Its an upset
Coaching.
This was super hilarious.
Denbrock needs to decide that the best place for Riley Leonard is warming the bench. Steve Angeli managed to win convincingly against a P5 team in a bowl game last year. I'm sure he could have handled a G5.
the problem is...the o-line is trash. angeli can run, but not as good as leonard. o-line cant hold up enough for pass plays to develop. any qb under center will be running for his life and that suites leonard. by the way, i am by no means a leonard fan. i actually wanted ND to invest time and resources in angeli, but then ND went shopping and took hartman and now leonard. i would not be surprised if angeli enters the transfer portal himself. he would start on 99% of any other school.
That oregon st team lost half of they're team! Angeli is not the awnser.
@@Sarcastic_redbeard34 So did Notre Dame. I am getting sick of hearing about poor little Oregon State.
@@BOMBS-not-FOOD The Oline needs time to develop. Joe Alt didn't come pre-packaged when he started, either.
Freeman needs to go
This guy is spot on. Bench Leonard
This was a $1.4 million dollar loss…
Why such a soft schedule? Are they really serious about the playoff?
Is it really Riley Leonard or is it just a bad offensive gameplan?🤔. No reason for Notredame loosing that game
CJ Carr for QB lol. Leonard can’t throw for jack-squat.
Wow....the portal is working SO WELL for ND and FSU isn't it? There is a reason these players are in the portal.
Another overrated year for a conferenceless ND team. Leave them out.
If being out of a conference is such an advantage, why don’t more schools do it? It’s not like the game isn’t changing, they can get it done if they want. Or are you just spewing the same rhetoric that your homies at ESECPN spew?
The conference’s don’t even make sense 💀🤣
@Phukutube because there is only a few schools who can be independent. The other ones just aren't stupid enough to not be in one lmao
@@robertacosta1293 genius response…calling a school with a graduation rate like theirs “stupid” shows your intelligence. Next time come with some facts instead of your ignorance…
@Phukutube you're a clown take off your blinders. Not being in a conference has done nothing to benefit them in sports. It's all for money
They are not beating Louisville
Wow, that schedule is easier than I thought. They should not be allowed in the CFB playoffs with that schedule.
It’s not Riley lol. Do a deep dive.
See…that right there is what I don’t like in CFB. Someone loses to NIU, they should be eliminated from the playoffs. As crazy as CFB was, we all knew as long as you win, good things happen. If you lose…bad things happen.
WHY TF DID THIS HAPPEN? Poor coaching and not seeing Leonard aint it.
Some people still happy they have Freeman over Kelly?
At least Kelly won the games he was supposed to win. What was it, a 55 game win streak vs unranked opponents Kelly had?
Kelly didn't win either bring back Lou back as a Irish fan this was the last time we weren't disappointed
@@marsiglio77ruleshes a fossil at this point you really think he's gonna he much help
Dude!!!! Stop being all in your feelings and sit Leonard!!! Play the QB who convincingly won a bowl game last year!!! Just because someone commits to you in their final year of eligibility out of the transfer portal does NOT mean you have to play them. For crying or loud, leonard will be a UDFA!!!!
Freeman should never have been hired. He is a good coach,not great and he will never be elite. Has no business coaching a top tier team.
Time to fire freeman that Qb is trash ya pump him up he had one good game at duke and im glad Mike is ya Oc good for him bailed on LSU
" it's da mickadee mickadee mickadee mickadee M.A.C.!!!! 🏈
I couldn't care less about Booger, until I heard him say "Yeah, statue of limits is off..". Freaking hilarious. First lol of my day. I'm a fan now.
They took the wrong Qb in the portal
Taking a Duke QB is insane
They should have played the qb who won them a bowl game last year! Angeli!!
How is this loss about the transfer portal. Please stop it. This is Notre Dame being Notre Dame. Keep the main thing the main thing and not convolute and create narratives. So many players switch teams you can't pick and choose who to blame a loss on based on that metric.
you can change systems, you can bring new transfers, but you don't change the dna of a team
They better change QBs
Every coach needs fired and Riley needs benched asap.
Great game by my Huskies! Offense moved the ball the whole game and defense contained their offense for most of the game and generated two turnovers.
Great teams have struggled against less opponents but find a way to win. There’s no excuse for the #5 team in the country to lose to NIU.
Not a ND fan but he lost to Marshall and now NIU. This was supposed to be a playoff year with atleast 1 playoff win. He has to be let go
Being a fan , I give up 😳
Here we go again,.....Driskell knows it all..
How about let Denbrock call the shots on offense he’s the expert!
Their schedule is way too easy
I am NOT a Notre Dame fan at all but having 4 ranked teams on your schedule is a lot unless you’re in the SEC. Notre Dame is over hyped literally every year.
USC is the only hard game on their schedule.
Not too easy, they just lost.
Is it? They just lost. Maybe they suck.
Not easy enough for them to win.
That's the problem with guys taking any team for granted. Never underestimate any opponent. ND gave this game the other team didn't win.
Notre Dame can’t help but prove that they don’t belong in the playoffs.
As an ND fan can’t help but agree
1:01 She can get it
I'm sure she doesn't want it from you 😂
Thirsty loser
@@bballt24 😂