I really do think we are playing with house money on Saturday.
I love the boilers, but I just didn’t think we could overcome a lot of the questions we had this off-season and my arguing was more of a stubborn refusal to come off it. As some have pointed out, maybe just enjoy the games.
but even the most optimistic fans didn’t expect a scenario where, if ND doesn’t make major changes from last week, they are potentially running into a buzz saw .. we are much better than I thought and ND has been doing stuff to themselves such that we really could win this game.
that said, no scenario other than a total auburn would cost us much valued perception. Win and we close out 2022 recruiting much stronger off of the bump in perception, transfer recruiting is better, 2023 recruiting kicks off stronger and fan excitement at games is that much better.
lose, even big, and most people will shrug .. win at Illinois the following week and perception is as strong as it was going in.
If we do lose big, I’ve already seen one person say “well look what Toledo did, maybe it will be Mac talent.” I just don’t think that will be accurate even if we lose by 35…
Notre dames issues have been with notre dame. The talent is there.. the assessment from their fans is that freeman just hasn’t been content to sit in base defense and let talent win out. If we lose big, that will probably be why.. they will have simply fixed what would have led to a 49-10 game against Toledo if they had fixed it a week earlier
I’ll be chomping at the bit based on how we come out against Illinois… until forge gets into peters chest and we create a turnover early. This week it’s nothing but excitement
I love the boilers, but I just didn’t think we could overcome a lot of the questions we had this off-season and my arguing was more of a stubborn refusal to come off it. As some have pointed out, maybe just enjoy the games.
but even the most optimistic fans didn’t expect a scenario where, if ND doesn’t make major changes from last week, they are potentially running into a buzz saw .. we are much better than I thought and ND has been doing stuff to themselves such that we really could win this game.
that said, no scenario other than a total auburn would cost us much valued perception. Win and we close out 2022 recruiting much stronger off of the bump in perception, transfer recruiting is better, 2023 recruiting kicks off stronger and fan excitement at games is that much better.
lose, even big, and most people will shrug .. win at Illinois the following week and perception is as strong as it was going in.
If we do lose big, I’ve already seen one person say “well look what Toledo did, maybe it will be Mac talent.” I just don’t think that will be accurate even if we lose by 35…
Notre dames issues have been with notre dame. The talent is there.. the assessment from their fans is that freeman just hasn’t been content to sit in base defense and let talent win out. If we lose big, that will probably be why.. they will have simply fixed what would have led to a 49-10 game against Toledo if they had fixed it a week earlier
I’ll be chomping at the bit based on how we come out against Illinois… until forge gets into peters chest and we create a turnover early. This week it’s nothing but excitement