Comments on: Game by Game Predictions ’13: Leprechauns’ Revenge https://www.herloyalsons.com/blog/2013/08/21/game-by-game-predictions-13-leprechauns-revenge/ A Notre Dame Football Blog Mon, 26 Aug 2013 21:58:02 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.8.3 By: The Biscuit https://www.herloyalsons.com/blog/2013/08/21/game-by-game-predictions-13-leprechauns-revenge/#comment-254992 Mon, 26 Aug 2013 21:58:02 +0000 http://www.herloyalsons.com/blog/?p=21360#comment-254992 SCHoosier, I think for me this reflects a pretty stout defense. Only a couple games over 20 points and most are 17 or less. That’s pretty darn good.

And the 17 point games (3 of them at least) come at the end of the season where I figure we may have some depth issues on D.

But with these scores, we’d still end up being a top tier D

]]> By: SCHoosier53 https://www.herloyalsons.com/blog/2013/08/21/game-by-game-predictions-13-leprechauns-revenge/#comment-254973 Sat, 24 Aug 2013 21:48:23 +0000 http://www.herloyalsons.com/blog/?p=21360#comment-254973 What’s up with giving up 17 or more points in so many games? Last time I looked our D is pretty stout.

]]> By: DenverIrish https://www.herloyalsons.com/blog/2013/08/21/game-by-game-predictions-13-leprechauns-revenge/#comment-254972 Sat, 24 Aug 2013 21:17:00 +0000 http://www.herloyalsons.com/blog/?p=21360#comment-254972 Always love this article to start the season. I picked the same wins and losses as you, so I definitely think your reasoning is spot on! It’s not that ASU is so great, it’s the timing of the game and playing a totally different conference (I don’t think we play many teams with their style of offense, but this is said entirely without research), a coach who has a proclivity for getting some good trick plays in. They have the skill to take advantage of us coming out flat, unlike BYU. BK has been great about adjusting things each year for game-day to try make sure the team is ready. We had a few too many close ones at home last year even though we scraped by, so I am betting he has figured out this year how to get the team fired up at home and that is the next step we see the team take this year.

]]> By: George https://www.herloyalsons.com/blog/2013/08/21/game-by-game-predictions-13-leprechauns-revenge/#comment-254970 Sat, 24 Aug 2013 06:50:48 +0000 http://www.herloyalsons.com/blog/?p=21360#comment-254970 Oh well, this will be a great prediction for many people who loved Leprechauns. But, it is still best to watch the game and see how long will your prediction goes.

]]> By: DagerOne https://www.herloyalsons.com/blog/2013/08/21/game-by-game-predictions-13-leprechauns-revenge/#comment-254957 Fri, 23 Aug 2013 16:41:51 +0000 http://www.herloyalsons.com/blog/?p=21360#comment-254957 I hope you’re right, but I still have flashbacks of Tulsa. 🙁

Until I’ve seen consistent, intelligent play from Rees, I can’t convince myself of anything better than 8 wins this season. And I don’t think Kelly is ready to turn the reins over to Zaire unless Rees gets hurt. Like Tim up there said, though, if we beat the skunkbears and the cheating bastards from the west coast, I’ll sleep okay.

]]> By: dermmite https://www.herloyalsons.com/blog/2013/08/21/game-by-game-predictions-13-leprechauns-revenge/#comment-254936 Wed, 21 Aug 2013 23:28:05 +0000 http://www.herloyalsons.com/blog/?p=21360#comment-254936 If the O-line is as good as advertised by the coaching staff then lets just pound the ball 50 times a game and not worry about putting the game in Tommy’s hands. But if we have to I do recall him playing pretty good last year in his particular role of savior. My prediction is 11-1

]]> By: Tim Thilman https://www.herloyalsons.com/blog/2013/08/21/game-by-game-predictions-13-leprechauns-revenge/#comment-254927 Wed, 21 Aug 2013 19:17:56 +0000 http://www.herloyalsons.com/blog/?p=21360#comment-254927 All this talk about ASU confuses me. I can’t buy into them, but do see the “trap”.
Love the analysis and the “Jiggers”!
10-2 is my optimistic prediction with an awful lot on T.R.
Beat skunkbears and U-SCum and I can even tolerate 3 losses.
Offense is key

]]> By: Bayou Irish https://www.herloyalsons.com/blog/2013/08/21/game-by-game-predictions-13-leprechauns-revenge/#comment-254924 Wed, 21 Aug 2013 16:42:58 +0000 http://www.herloyalsons.com/blog/?p=21360#comment-254924 classicshmosby: I agree that we’re going to beat ASU, but then you go off the rails. Hood is slated to be in high school when we play our games this season. Vanderdoes may or may not have seen the field. The loss of Spond, I don’t think, will hurt, as Jaylon Smith will get in now and he’ll more than pull his weight by the time we get MSU. Losing Lynch hurts, but only in a hypothetical way. We didn’t have him last year either. Golson’s been dealt with — if Tommy tanks, it’s Rumble in the Jungle time with Zaire.

]]> By: classicshmosby https://www.herloyalsons.com/blog/2013/08/21/game-by-game-predictions-13-leprechauns-revenge/#comment-254923 Wed, 21 Aug 2013 16:14:49 +0000 http://www.herloyalsons.com/blog/?p=21360#comment-254923 1) We’re gonna smoke ASU… we never lose the Shamrock Series games and they’re soft and overrated.
2) I think we lose to OU, Stanford, and one or two of USC/Mich/Mich St/BYU to go 9-3, and then we win the Champs Sports Bowl to round out a solid campaign. Losing all these young guys with potential (Lynch last year, plus Neal, Vanderdoes, Ferguson, and now Hood) plus Golson and Spond will hurt depth though.

]]> By: Dave https://www.herloyalsons.com/blog/2013/08/21/game-by-game-predictions-13-leprechauns-revenge/#comment-254922 Wed, 21 Aug 2013 14:07:15 +0000 http://www.herloyalsons.com/blog/?p=21360#comment-254922 Just freaking great. The one game I get to go to this year (ASU) and you pick em to lose. Might as well sell my tickets (wait, we don’t do that at ND) and stay at home with my head in the oven. Sweet REESUS save me.

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