Post Game Analysis

Brandin Hawthorne and Ryan....nice to see both of those kids developing in to playmakers... Demens had some nice plays in there as well...

Q) Is ND the most dangerous Offense (when they dont implode) that we will see the rest of the way?

And I love that we did. ND is really rocking some anti-luck, because they are absolutely incapable of winning a close game. They dominated strecthes, and if not for more turnovers they win easily. God thing rees was easily rattled by the blitzes and pressure...and I give Mattison a ton of credit for his playcalling, giving our D the opportunity to keep us in the game.

And of course, denard. Even I was doubting him earlier...I'm now almost ashamed that I did!

Around me after we scored.

Amazing.

Hoke's demeanor on the sideline is really remarkable.

We run some complicated stuff on defense. It damn near burned us today but the coaches will make these kids better and when this defense gets healthy and used to the system it will be a huge improvement from a scheme perspective. We don't have monster talent right now at all and the d-line is worrying as hell but some of those turnovers are coming from a QB that's confused.

My god the offense needs to get better. These next two weeks should help with that. Borges needs to figure out which parts of the playbook to keep and which to pitch. I still think he will manage it.

We won that game on "luck," but I really think the demeanor of the two programs showed through here too.

I was skeptical when I first saw them online, but the throw back jerseys were great for this game.