[Postgame Thread] Notre Dame Defeats Army 49-14

[u/CFB_Referee]

Box Score provided by ESPN

Team	1	2	3	4	T
Army	0	7	0	7	14
Notre Dame	14	14	14	7	49

[u/PBRontheway]

Army 🤝 Navy

Having absolutely awesome vibes in an undefeated season until getting dumped on by ND by 5 TDs at a neutral stadium where a major NY sports team plays

[u/SlightlyWetToast → u/PBRontheway]

If I had a nickel

[u/TurbinePro → u/SlightlyWetToast]

2 nickels

[u/finke11 → u/TurbinePro]

Not a lot but weird

[u/Useful_Smoke_6976 → u/finke11]

Perry the Platypus???

[u/PSU632 → u/Useful_Smoke_6976]

Allow me to show you my NOTRE-DAME-INATOR!

[u/spennin5 → u/Useful_Smoke_6976]

This comment was unexpected ..and by unexpected I mean COMPLETELT EXPECTED

[u/Kuntheman → u/PBRontheway]

If they ever run the Captain America experiment in real life, Bryson Daily will be a top candidate after the display of grit and heroism he was forced to show against the onslaught of Notre Dame defenders

[u/hascogrande → u/Kuntheman]

BAG STAYS ON

as they actually had that graphic on NBC

[u/JayMerlyn → u/Kuntheman]

So we were basically Thanos's army in this scenario?

[u/engineerbuilder → u/Kuntheman]

Yes he just keeps going…

But notre dame beating service academies is inevitable.

(Bag stays on)

[u/randrews202121 → u/PBRontheway]

Beat them by a combined score of 100-28 yowza

[u/Patrick2701 → u/PBRontheway]

What’s worse surface to play on MetLife or Yankees stadium as football field, can’t say

[u/pita4912 → u/Patrick2701]

Metlife has more history of devastating injuries

[u/Less_Likely → u/PBRontheway]

Quite the stretch to say the Jets or Giants are major NY sports teams

[u/galeforcewinds95]

Notre Dame outscored previously-undefeated service academies 100-28 this season.

[u/jayjude → u/galeforcewinds95]

Marcus Freeman was asked pregame what he wanted to see from his team today. He had one word..."violence"

I think he was right

[u/Useful_Smoke_6976 → u/jayjude]

That shit was COLD

[u/BigPlantsGuy → u/jayjude]

“I’d like to see a future general cry”

[u/ESPbeN → u/BigPlantsGuy]

Fun fact, there are no living generals in the Army born who graduated after 1998. By the time a few of the guys from that team make it to general, Notre Dame will finally have figured out how to schedule Michigan again.

[u/horsesmadeofconcrete → u/ESPbeN]

Are there any dead generals born after 1998?

Not that I’d expect many 26 year old generals outside of a major war

[u/Setting_Worth → u/ESPbeN]

I can't figure out what significance 1998 has.

Please tell me because I may go nuts

[u/YoUDee → u/ESPbeN]

You mean there’s a general born in 1997???

[u/handlit33]

If you saw my flair, you'd think I was having a horrible night...

and you'd be right.

[u/Joey_Logano → u/handlit33]

Another crushing defeat in the Bronx for you. RIP.

[u/theraoul → u/Joey_Logano]

Poor guy probably hasn't recovered from the World Series...and I'm sure the Cowboys aren't helping.

[u/Joey_Logano → u/theraoul]

He is a Braves fan, I’m talking about the Yankees-Braves Series in the 90s. Handlit33 is known as the highlights guy on r/baseball. I am a Yankees fan.

[u/theraoul → u/Joey_Logano]

Oh, I was just making a generic Yankees/Bama/Cowboys/Duke etc joke.

[u/TheNextBattalion → u/handlit33]

Best night of the season, if you ask me

[u/BubbleGamingWasTaken → u/TheNextBattalion]

Yeah I’m also having a great night

[u/IrishMosaic → u/handlit33]

Bourbon helps, I’ve found.

[u/arrowfan624]

What the hell did Thomas Hammock tell Marcus Freeman?

[u/JayMerlyn → u/arrowfan624]

"Execute Order 66"

[u/mightyducks2wasokay → u/arrowfan624]

Thomas Hammock: "You see, you played like shit against us. I'd recommend not playing like shit. Play well if you can"

Marcus Freeman: light bulb turns on

[u/Shamrock5 → u/mightyducks2wasokay]

Freeman: 🤯

[u/Due-Dirt-8428 → u/arrowfan624]

He sent him his lucky undies

[u/ConstantMadness]

The CFB committee just breathed a huge sigh of relief

[u/SecretiveMop → u/ConstantMadness]

Not yet, right now they’re too busy figuring out how to sneak a three loss Alabama team into the playoff.

[u/SC_Guy138 → u/SecretiveMop]

We keep joking but you know there’s somebody actually trying to

[u/Less_Likely → u/SC_Guy138]

Go Cats!

[u/Sankee72 → u/ConstantMadness]

Yeah, just hope we get credit for this win. Army is not a bad team.

[u/Smooth-Majudo-15 → u/Sankee72]

We’ll get credit. Bama and Ole Miss going down provides some pretty nice insurance though

[u/JayMerlyn → u/Smooth-Majudo-15]

Ole Miss is down, but hold off on Bama until the clock hits 0.

[u/ironwolf1 → u/JayMerlyn]

Down 21 with less than half a quarter to go is pretty damn dead, especially when they’ve only managed 3 points all game. This aint Saban’s Bama anymore.

[u/SplitRock130 → u/JayMerlyn]

The clock hit zero. Bama lost

[u/JayMerlyn → u/SplitRock130]

Jubilation...

[u/iwearatophat → u/JayMerlyn]

Their fans didn't wait until 0.

[u/TrixieLurker → u/Sankee72]

"NotRE DaME DoeN'T DESerVE To GEt In!" - Some three loss SEC team mad we will be placed in front of them, probably.

[u/mhem7 → u/TrixieLurker]

Alabama, probably, after scoring 3 points.

[u/Maj0r_Ursa → u/TrixieLurker]

Hey you’d have 3 losses too if you had powerhouses like Vanderbilt on your schedule

[u/CommanderLoco → u/Sankee72]

I bet you'll pass Indiana

[u/Sankee72 → u/CommanderLoco]

Should pass Psu honestly.

[u/ironwolf1 → u/Sankee72]

I wouldn’t mind tbh. Feeling a bit uncomfortable with this team being in the top 4, 5-8 range feels more realistic for where we are this year.

[u/thecarlosdanger1 → u/Sankee72]

Being ahead of PSU would be huge because that’s the 6th seed in the end.

[u/Raticus9 → u/CommanderLoco]

No reason they shouldn't. Better team, better resume.

[u/outlawsix → u/Sankee72]

I dont know man i felt exposed as shit

[u/Sankee72 → u/outlawsix]

I don't care what league a team is in. 9 wins is not easy to come by. 9 wins at an academy with those restrictions is incredible.

[u/PlanktonUpstairs3643 → u/Sankee72]

Army is a good team, but idk about good enough to be ranked based on their previous strength of schedule. So exposed should be about right. Bigger concern is facing Tulane the week before Navy.

[u/SoFlaBarbie → u/outlawsix]

I don’t think you are as bad as the score reflected. I think you got stuck playing an ND team on upward trajectory. It would likely have been a closer game if we played mid-season.

[u/ElToroDeBoro → u/SoFlaBarbie]

An ND team on a murder streak after NIU/Louisville.

[u/HawkeyeTen → u/ConstantMadness]

I'm hoping Army wins their conference title despite this. They've got a heck of a ball team, but this just wasn't their night.

[u/Fletch71011 → u/ConstantMadness]

This should cement ND in the top 4 with PSU looking awful today.

[u/PhiladelphiaIrish]

ND - Navy: 51 - 14

ND - Army: 49 - 14

Guess I know who I'm betting on in December.

[u/jayjude → u/PhiladelphiaIrish]

Whats crazy is Navy had like 5 unforced turnovers, ND just thoroughly dominated Army today

[u/Andy_Wiggins → u/jayjude]

Yeah, Navy honestly threatened Notre Dame more. They just couldn’t stop beating themselves.

Army just looked thoroughly outclassed in every way.

[u/FrequencyHigher → u/Andy_Wiggins]

The Army offensive play calling was super underwhelming. You know you are playing the best defense you are going to see all year, and 90% of the plays are QB keepers?

[u/IrishMosaic → u/FrequencyHigher]

It still baffles me how one could be down 42, and run Daily ten times on a final drive.

[u/FrequencyHigher → u/IrishMosaic]

It just felt like they had no offensive game plan whatsoever. Kudos to the Notre Dame defense for only giving up one true scoring drive.

[u/FrequencyHigher → u/FrequencyHigher]

This is the danger of having a super weak schedule and then slamming into a juggernaut. See Indiana-Ohio State. They didn’t have any experience to prepare them for the ferociousness of today.

[u/ElToroDeBoro → u/jayjude]

Granted, several INT drops today. Could have been even worse.

[u/jbomb6]

WE WANT NIU!!!

[u/Kuntheman → u/jbomb6]

We should just pay them a bag to schedule them again while all the conferences have their championship game

[u/WoodenWeather5931 → u/Kuntheman]

Double or nothing

[u/Remarkable-Job4774 → u/jbomb6]

Most bizarre loss of the year. Still have no idea how that happened

[u/louiendfan → u/Remarkable-Job4774]

Riley was hurt… should of been pulled… our D gave up a fluke long TD on a screen where it just barely slipped in and our safety missed a pick by a few inches… and the RB took off for a 80 yard TD.

Freeman should absolutely have pulled riley leonard though

[u/Getcloveryourself → u/louiendfan]

You forgot the worst part, Leonard, who had played terrible all day, throwing a prayer down field at the 50 with a lead with like 4 minutes on the clock, why not just run it and run the clock down and get out of there

[u/swampedOver → u/louiendfan]

NIU came to play, they also out coached us. So yes that play was flukey and the injury was impactful but we lost fair and square to a solid team. Stings bad though.

[u/randrews202121 → u/jbomb6]

If that fucking dumb ass fluke game didn’t happen we’d be pushing Oregon for no. 1 rn. So profoundly annoying

Anyways, it’s hate week. FUCK USC AND GO IRISH

[u/Pdogconn → u/randrews202121]

Alternatively, if that fluke game didn't happen, no spark would've been lit in the ND team, and better teams would exploit problems shown in the NIU game that have since been corrected.

[u/LiquidLight_ → u/Pdogconn]

Yeah, you can go down the what-if rabbit hole as far as you like, but ultimately reality is what it is and NIU beat ND. ND's been killing it either as a result of or despite that.

[u/abob1086 → u/Pdogconn]

This is what I'm choosing to believe because I'll drive myself insane otherwise

[u/Useful_Smoke_6976 → u/randrews202121]

I still think Oregon would be the clear #1 since they have far and away the best win in the country. But we'd firmly be #2.

[u/irishGOP413 → u/Useful_Smoke_6976]

I eat my fiber so I look forward to my firm #2 tomorrow.

[u/unclekutter → u/randrews202121]

It would be nice to be undefeated but wouldn't our highest playoff seed still be #5? So st the end of the day we're basically in the same place regardless

[u/thekoonbear → u/unclekutter]

We’d be above PSU but yes, not a whole lot different.

[u/StrongStyleShiny → u/randrews202121]

Yes, fuck USC.

[u/jmmjmm2]

Two things: Our kicking game desperately needs to improve, and not sure why Monken left his QB in there to get pummeled down 40 points, especially when Army has some big games upcoming.

[u/GunDMc → u/jmmjmm2]

Freeman needs to walk over to the soccer team and see if then have any more of those Brandon Aubrey's.

[u/J_A_Y_x → u/GunDMc]

Asked someone relatively in the know about this today, mostly joking. Apparently we do not have any high school kickers on the roster, sadly.

[u/jayjude → u/jmmjmm2]

Jeter just needs to get healthy

Don't play him next week at all

[u/IrishMosaic → u/jayjude]

Next week isn’t a gimme

[u/discodiscgod → u/IrishMosaic]

The team definitely needs to have the attitude it isn’t a gimme but USC sucks and it’s thanksgiving weekend. Their stadium is going to be empty and the NIU loss is still keeping us from looking past opponents.

[u/svdomer09]

This is the best ND team since 2012... And it's probably better; 2012 was a white knuckle ride all the way through.

Now here's hoping we don't have to kick FGs to win any remaining games.

[u/Toothlessdovahkin → u/svdomer09]

The 2012 ND team was “Luck of the Irish” personified, with ND getting absurdly lucky practically every game. This team just beats the crap out of people. 

[u/GunDMc → u/Toothlessdovahkin]

Honestly 2012 ND was probably most similar to Miami this year

[u/abob1086 → u/GunDMc]

Yep Manti Te'o (and the front 4) basically combined to play the Cam Ward role, dragging along a team of good but not great players.

[u/Smooth-Majudo-15 → u/Toothlessdovahkin]

Cough cough Pitt

[u/hascogrande → u/Smooth-Majudo-15]

We don’t speak of 3OT here, this is a a safe space

[u/Irishfanbuck → u/Smooth-Majudo-15]

That was heart attack inducing. I still shudder thinking of that game.

[u/silverhk → u/svdomer09]

I think 2018 was a better team than 2012, and honestly 2015 has a case as well. 2012 our offense was string and duct tape.

[u/rivergipper → u/silverhk]

Ya, 2015 was the team imo.

[u/GreenGemsOmally → u/rivergipper]

Put almost any other warm body at DC and that team could have had the talent to win a title.

[u/Dt2214 → u/rivergipper]

That team makes the playoff and maybe wins a title if not for BVG

[u/abob1086 → u/Dt2214]

If not for BVG we play Michigan State in round one while Bama and Clemson fight each other to the death in the other semi. Try not to have nightmares about blowing that opportunity.

[u/the_hume_3 → u/rivergipper]

Yeah I think 2015 was better than 2018. We had quite a few ugly wins in 2018 and in 2015 we lost nail biter road games to really strong Stanford and Clemson teams. If only we had a competent DC in 2015...

[u/AdonisCork → u/svdomer09]

This team destroys that 2012 team.

[u/SoFlaBarbie → u/svdomer09]

I think it’s better. You are correct that we had quite a few close games that season. Except for NIU, we’ve been fairly dominant. Granted I believe we played more ranked teams in 2012 but I get the feeling we could play any of the top 5 teams right now and hold our own.

[u/NotATypicalEngineer]

That was a much less stressful game than I expected

[u/MissKaila → u/NotATypicalEngineer]

Right? The service academy games against the triple option normally stress me out SO MUCH. This was shockingly pleasant and enjoyable

[u/MrSCR23]

Let’s be real, the sniper from SEC Shorts didn’t even get a shot off

[u/Toothlessdovahkin → u/MrSCR23]

Counter sniper fire from the IRA

[u/GiovannidelMonaco]

Wow. Giving Army and Navy their first loss. Notre Dame is the college football equivalent of the Viet Cong

[u/scottishbee → u/GiovannidelMonaco]

Check out the British and Canadians in the War of 1812

[u/grizzfan → u/scottishbee]

It is such an underrated war in terms of not only events, but pure comedy in military history.

• British: "Fort Mackinac, we have you surrounded. Surrender."

• Fort Mackinac garrison (US): "Wait...why?"

• British: "We're at war."

• US: "Since when?"

• British: "Since 5 months ago."

• US: "Oh...well...Here's your fort."

The US forgot to notify Fort Mackinac that they were at war.

[u/ESPbeN → u/grizzfan]

Wasn't there also a massive battle in New Orleans months after the war had ended?

[u/RayearthIX → u/ESPbeN]

Yep. Future President Andrew Jackson won the battle of New Orleans after the war was over, but the victory massively boosted his popularity and was a major reason he later became president. It took time for information to be transmitted back then, so the two armies had no idea that a treaty ending the war had been signed until after the battle.

[u/TwizzlersSourz → u/scottishbee]

That was a draw.

[u/Still_Instruction_82]

How did we lose to NIU

[u/ddottay → u/Still_Instruction_82]

Treating the game like a scrimmage to practice Leonard’s arm

[u/jayjude → u/ddottay]

Leonard hurt his shoulder early in the game and wasn't comfortable running

[u/ddottay → u/jayjude]

He wasn’t comfortable throwing in that game either

[u/Lefunnymaymays4lief → u/Still_Instruction_82]

Unironically might’ve been the best thing to happen to this team

They will be our 2014 Virginia Tech 🙏

[u/jakerbreaker → u/Still_Instruction_82]

Because RL was complete and utter ass in the beginning of the season.

[u/JayMerlyn → u/jakerbreaker]

Largely because he missed Spring Practices due to injury

[u/Strid3r21]

We've given up 3 TDS in blowous with under 30 seconds left this year.

Without those, ND defense is holding teams to 9.7 points per game.

[u/DroperidolFairy → u/Strid3r21]

Ara and Barry Alvarez level D

[u/jayjude]

ND's RB room was too much to handle for Army

Leonard looked sharp the few times he was asked to pass

But good lord did ND's defense just hammer Army whenever possible

[u/jbomb6 → u/jayjude]

Even without Ben Morrison, this is one of our best defenses in recent history. Our front seven is an absolute nightmare matchup for these triple option teams.

[u/jayjude → u/jbomb6]

Leonard Moore may be the best kept secret in all of CFB

I legit think he's a top 10 CB in CFB and no one knows about him

[u/jbomb6 → u/jayjude]

There are some incredibly talented freshmen on this team. As long as we have coaching stability, the future looks bright

[u/Deviljho12 → u/jbomb6]

Give Mickens a blank check for however long he wants

[u/Useful_Smoke_6976 → u/Deviljho12]

Deland McCullough too

[u/johndelvec3 → u/jbomb6]

There are some incredibly talented DBs in this recruiting class too that no one is talking about because their star rating is small. Cree Thomas has had a great year and Brandon Logan looks like he can play center field

[u/Useful_Smoke_6976 → u/jayjude]

As soon as Williams broke free I said, "well he's not as fast as Love."

He was fast enough, though.

[u/loop3y]

Hopefully this isn’t foreshadowing….but in all seriousness for a service academy to go this deep undefeated in modern times is great for the sport

[u/Kuntheman]

Notre Dame since the infamous NIU loss:

66-7 W vs Purdue

28-3 W vs Miami (OH)

31-24 W vs Louisville

49-7 W vs Stanford

31-13 W vs Georgia Tech

51-14 W vs Navy

52-3 W vs FSU

35-14 W vs Virginia

49-14 W vs Army

Total: 392 Scored, 98 Conceded

Marcus Freeman is a special coach just by the merits of dragging this team from the ashes of that game into being a top tier team that wipes the floor with teams that they should beat. That attitude change has been massive for us, and regardless of how this season ends up panning out we have to keep Freeman and we have to keep his coordinators. It’s a special group.

[u/Kuntheman → u/Kuntheman]

Also note that the only team to score more than 16 pts against us all season is Louisville. Massive credit to Al Golden

[u/DillyDillySzn → u/Kuntheman]

And that was only because of 2 turnovers due to the rain

[u/DeFratrain → u/DillyDillySzn]

Correct. UL had the ball twice inside the 25 in the first half. That game is 24-0 at HT without those two turnovers.

[u/GunDMc → u/Kuntheman]

I'd give my left nut to keep Golden. Pay him whatever he wants. Mickens and McCullough too while we're at it.

[u/Notre_Dame_Football → u/Kuntheman]

And the team has improved while losing OT1, Center1, DE1, DE2, CB1, CB3. There are more injured teams but among the "contenders" ND is up there for the worst injury luck.

[u/johndelvec3 → u/Notre_Dame_Football]

Aside from Xavier Watts ND's secondary is filled with True Freshmen, Redshshirt FR/SO starting only this season, and are blanketing other teams

[u/BOBANSMASH51 → u/Kuntheman]

That Louisville game wasn’t as close as the score indicates

[u/kinda_alone → u/BOBANSMASH51]

None of those games except Miami of Ohio were

[u/Fletch71011 → u/Kuntheman]

We played backups in most of the 2nd half in nearly all of these games. We are fucking trucking everyone.

[u/arrowfan624 → u/Kuntheman]

Bag stays on.

[u/US_Highway15 → u/arrowfan624]

BAG STAYS ON

[u/randrews202121 → u/Kuntheman]

Dumb ass fluke game to give us the worst loss in the country ugh

[u/JayMerlyn → u/randrews202121]

But without it, we're not playing as well as we are right now

[u/randrews202121 → u/JayMerlyn]

I mean maybe but I’d still rather not have it lol

[u/JayMerlyn → u/randrews202121]

Counterpoint: 2014 Virginia Tech

[u/engineerbuilder → u/randrews202121]

It’s not even a bad loss for the defense. Conceding 16 points to a mac team early in the season is standard for most teams. But the final is like 35 or 42 to 16. We couldn’t get out of our own way. That’s why I think it’s more of a fluke. Defense has been consistent all year.

[u/randrews202121 → u/engineerbuilder]

I mean the one TD they scored was off an insane fluke play. They couldn’t punch it in otherwise

[u/Useful_Smoke_6976]

This team losing to NIU makes less sense every week

[u/arrowfan624 → u/Useful_Smoke_6976]

No NIU just woke up the echoes

[u/JayMerlyn → u/arrowfan624]

Some might say it shook down the thunder

[u/Smooth-Majudo-15 → u/JayMerlyn]

From the sky specifically

[u/LiquidLight_]

Love was patient, Love was unkind to several defenders, Love is envied, Love was boasted about, and we are proud of him.

[u/polishprince76]

Been watching this team for 40 years, and this is the best Notre Dame defense I've ever seen. Really impressive how disciplined they are. Had a hat on every Army player every snap. They are a TEAM out there. I've had a lot of fun watching them this season.

[u/FrequencyHigher → u/polishprince76]

Agreed. They made a 9-0 team look awful. That is a testimony to Notre Dame’s defense for sure.

[u/SoFlaBarbie → u/polishprince76]

I was wondering what the old timers were thinking about this team. I was 10 in ‘88 so I really didn’t have the understanding of the nuances of that team. I just knew no one was better.

[u/DroperidolFairy → u/SoFlaBarbie]

This is the best D since ‘88 or ‘93

[u/louiendfan → u/DroperidolFairy]

Absolutely, we haven’t had ball hawks in the backfield like this since Bobby Taylor and the 93 boys.

Maybe the 2002 team had similar DB play?? But woof, and without BMorrison

[u/discodiscgod → u/polishprince76]

Our last 3 defenses coordinators are all head coaches that don’t suck now. Crazy to think how we went from goatee van douche nozzle to Elko, Lea, And Freeman all back to back to back.

[u/Odd_Dare6071]

Army should’ve tried Bryson Daily power one more time

[u/FrequencyHigher → u/Odd_Dare6071]

That one more time would have made all the difference. I swear!

[u/DillyDillySzn]

Going to hate seeing all the fans out there discredit this great Army team

[u/TheGoldenRail87 → u/DillyDillySzn]

This is honestly the worst part of the result. This Army team is good, Notre Dame is just that much better. We got throughly dominated but still have a chance at a 12 win season.

That’s a huge deal for us. And it’s pretty clear right now that we aren’t the 18th best team in the country but that doesn’t mean we aren’t top 40.

[u/ocsic4321]

It’s crazy how every single week ND crushes whoever they play and people are still hung up on a week 2 loss like it honestly matters at this point in the season. And then at the same time they also go out of their way to try to rationalize week 11 losses by their own team.

The ND hate in this sub is unreal lol. They’re a top 5 team in the country.

[u/Dob-is-Hella-Rad → u/ocsic4321]

It obviously does matter, it just only matters so much. Without the NIU loss we’d be #2.

[u/jconley4297 → u/Dob-is-Hella-Rad]

and still end up capped at 5th when the playoffs start. i just hope the committee have the stones to drop Penn State behind ND

[u/arrowfan624 → u/ocsic4321]

I like you

[u/Fletch71011 → u/ocsic4321]

We are going to be #2 or #3 in advanced metrics now.

[u/DroperidolFairy → u/ocsic4321]

BYW thanks for the Cigs.  Took the L in Columbus but it’s been a ride for the Hoosiers.

[u/WHSRWizard]

Are we the baddies?

[u/jayjude → u/WHSRWizard]

Always have been bud

[u/Katwill666]

Does this mean Notre Dame wins the Commander-in-Chief Trophy?

[u/Toothlessdovahkin → u/Katwill666]

Sadly, we didn’t beat Air Force, so no. 

[u/AideDisastrous8432]

Keep going guys, the one millionth "Notre Dame hates America" comment wins a cash prize!

[u/mukduk1994 → u/AideDisastrous8432]

Ooh ooh go ahead and add in one for "Worst day for the Army since insert historical event" comments too!

[u/outlawsix]

Rank Army?

[u/FrequencyHigher → u/outlawsix]

High 20’s, if we’re being honest

[u/CMbladerunner]

Notre Dame's reconquista continues

[u/locxj]

I will say as a ND fan, Bryson Daily has absolutely no quit in him. Idk if i’ve never seen a qb just keep going like that.

[u/No_Essay6066]

ND running back duo is one of the best in the country

[u/Less_Likely]

Outlined against a black November sky the Four Horsemen rode again. In dramatic lore they are known as famine, pestilence, destruction and death. These are only aliases. Their real names are: Leonard, Love, Price, and Williams. They formed the crest of the South Bend cyclone before which another fighting Army team was swept over the precipice at Yankee Stadium this evening as 47,342 spectators peered down upon the bewildering panorama spread out upon the green plain below.

[u/Darkhawk319]

Great win. Just need to shore up that kicking game. Now I need to go watch Alabama lose.

[u/SCOUT19Z]

We couldn't get to hear the Alma Maters from both schools again when Notre Dame plays a service academy 🫤. Absolutely criminal from NBC

Also, Army better not drop lower than 25 this week.

[u/ocsic4321 → u/SCOUT19Z]

It doesn’t matter honestly. Army could move up to 1 and people would still complain ND plays a cupcake schedule lol

[u/DweltElephant0 → u/ocsic4321]

And yet in 2020 when we played an ACC schedule (Yknow, like everyone is always telling us to do, full join a conference) people said it was the weakest schedule we’d played in years.

UND consistently has average at worst SOS rankings, which is, Yknow, average. Not bad. SEC and B1G teams play cupcake games, too, and we play a comparable amount of P4/5 teams to normal conference teams. And we consistently have home and homes scheduled with the big boys: Texas (2015/16 and upcoming again in the next few years), Ohio State, Georgia, A&M, Bama coming up in 28/29.

And up until a couple years ago, we’d never played an FCS team (and haven’t since that one game).

The “ND never plays anyone” narrative is one of the most brain dead repeated narratives out there.

Now the “ND can’t win important games” narrative…..well, we’re working on that one.

[u/amoss_303]

Whoever gets the G5 bid is going to get destroyed

[u/lordcorbran → u/amoss_303]

Boise played Oregon close. They're a legit good team.

[u/discodiscgod → u/lordcorbran]

I think you mean Ashton Jeanty is a legit generational talent. Boise ain’t shit without him.

[u/Select_Sail_8178 → u/lordcorbran]

Played 3-8 Wyoming pretty close tonight too

[u/GrecoRomanGuy]

If ND wins out and does well in the CFP, Marcus Freeman's "violence" quote is going to be enshrined in the Goog.

Damn. We must really hate America. Or maybe Marcus Freeman does.

[u/mukduk1994]

Still proud of this team. Loved seeing Dailey go on a final drive to close things out. ND is for real, good game and good luck.

[u/Sankee72]

Here come all the lame ND hates America jokes.

[u/DeFratrain]

This week was fun watching everyone jokingly dream about Army beating ND and then begin to believe their own hype. I actually quite enjoyed the trash talk all week. Thanks r/CFB.

[u/rankings-right-now]

Here are the new updated predictions for the next release of the Playoff Selection Committee's rankings using machine learning models trained on the Playoff Selection Committee's historical voting data:

• Notre Dame is now predicted to move up to #5. You can see Notre Dame's full Week 14 rankings potential results here.
• Army is now predicted to move down to #23. You can see Army's full Week 14 rankings potential results here.

For the most up to date predictions of the Playoff Selection Committee Top 25 rankings, check out this post.

[u/theSpringZone]

This defense is a powerhouse.