OT: Ian Book out for ND against FSU this week
According to Irish Daily:
The Irish will face another hurdle this weekend as starting quarterback Ian Book will be out for Saturday’s game against Florida State, according to multiple sources,
The 6-foot, 203-pounder suffered multiple injuries to his midsection during this past week's game at Northwestern, which will prevent him from playing in Saturday’s game.
The article goes on to say that he may be ready for Syracuse. B. Wimbush is the guy in the interim, as expected.
Notre Dame has looked, IMO, pretty decent under Ian Book, but they become a much more beatable team with Wimbush at the helm. His 55% completion rating, 1 passing TD and 4 INTs maybe open the door for a strange FSU upset?
FSU is bad though...
Thoughts?
November 8th, 2018 at 8:38 AM ^
Sorry, that's Irish SPORTs Daily...
November 8th, 2018 at 8:38 AM ^
Stranger things have happened, go dadgum Noles!
November 8th, 2018 at 11:41 AM ^
Would love to see it. But FSU is so awful that I think there's a very serious chance that ND demolishes them (especially at home) and strengthens rather than weakens their case. ("If they can do that without Book. . ." etc.)
November 8th, 2018 at 1:04 PM ^
It's supposed to be 31 degrees in South Bend on Saturday. No way a team from the south can play in that.
November 8th, 2018 at 8:42 AM ^
FSU is terrible this year. They could win with just about anyone at qb. However, if he’s out for the Syracuse game too then that game could be a lot more interesting.
November 8th, 2018 at 9:01 AM ^
Broken ribs and a kidney contusion, he is likely out for the remainder of the regular season.
November 8th, 2018 at 9:17 AM ^
Does the CFP committee factor injuries in the decisions? Honest question.....
November 8th, 2018 at 9:18 AM ^
Only if UM and the blackeyes are tied at season's end and Staee gets a vote
November 8th, 2018 at 11:11 AM ^
Where's Burt Smith when you need him?
November 8th, 2018 at 9:31 AM ^
It was listed initially as one of the factors. A good team losing a game because of an injured player...or a good team losing a good player later in the season was supposed to be taken into account. Example would be if Clemson were to lose their qb the last game of the year, and then look unimpressive winning a conference title, they could drop from 2 to 4 supposedly.
November 8th, 2018 at 9:40 AM ^
They used it last year when Kelly Bryant got hurt against Cuse. Not that there were any other teams that obviously deserve to be #1 at the time but they still cited that when talking about the order.
November 8th, 2018 at 9:40 AM ^
I think ND has to lose a game to fall out of the top 4. But without Book, that is much more possible. Probably not from FSU, but Syracuse or USC could be trouble with Wimbush dorking a bunch of INTs to lose a game (or two).
November 8th, 2018 at 10:33 AM ^
They are charged with selecting the 4 best teams. Things like W-L records, SOS, head to head results are factors that help them make that determination. Injuries can have a significant impact on how good a team is so they can give it whatever weight they want to.
November 8th, 2018 at 11:58 AM ^
I sure hope they don't. Say, for argument's sake, that Shea gets injured and now we need to plug in Peters for OSU and beyond. If the committee decides to extrapolate and assumes we wouldn't be as good, there would be a revolt. The question should be: What has the team done THIS season up until TODAY? If Shea or another star gets injured I sure hope we would have earned our spot based on our performance to date. If so, same argument should be applied for ND if Book were to be out for a while.
November 8th, 2018 at 2:00 PM ^
Dennis Franklin says hi.
November 8th, 2018 at 9:44 AM ^
He already played through broken ribs last week. The contusion would have to be pretty severe to keep him out that long
November 8th, 2018 at 10:15 AM ^
A kidney contusion is severe...hope your not a doc-saying such a silly thing. Yeah, you can survive with only one...but you do not play until you know you are getting full function from two. Hope this turns out well for him.
November 8th, 2018 at 10:32 AM ^
I'm not speculating that he's out for the remainder of the regular season, that's straight from a ND insider.
November 8th, 2018 at 12:33 PM ^
That would be a big blow to ND, but I’m gonna take that with a big helping of anonymous internet salt until/unless it’s corroborated.
November 8th, 2018 at 1:12 PM ^
Rittenberg is saying that Ian Book has a minor injury and will be able to turn the page on it and be back for Syracuse to write another chapter in Irish football. So I would shelve any expectations that you have of Notre Dave's season coming unbound.
November 8th, 2018 at 8:42 AM ^
FSU is awful this year. Could get interesting next week if ND plays without book again against Syracuse (I think next week), who is admittedly overrated but the game is in NY.
November 8th, 2018 at 10:00 AM ^
I didn't realize until your post that the Syracuse @ND game isn't @ND but at Yankee Stadium.
It will now be even sweeter if Notre Dame loses to 'Cuse after AD Swierbutt sold out to chase after the almighty dollar by moving a home game to the home state of the visiting team.
November 8th, 2018 at 10:17 AM ^
Probably more ND football fans in NYC than Syracuse football fans in...existence.
November 8th, 2018 at 1:09 PM ^
The Orange play in the Carrier Dome, whose capacity for football is 49,262.
For the homes games against these conference rivals, Syracuse drew these gigantic crowds:
FSU: 37,457
NC: 35,210
NCST: 40,769
Notre Dame could draw more than that in NYC with freaking Charlie Weis as coach.
November 8th, 2018 at 8:16 PM ^
This is correct. A game in Yankee Stadium might as well be a home game for ND. Nobody outside of upstate/central NY cares about 'Cuse football.
November 8th, 2018 at 11:00 AM ^
Look at ND's travel schedule for their last five games. You'd have to wonder if Swarbrick was trolling his own football team.
- vs Navy - San Diego, CA
- at Northwestern - Evanston, IL
- vs Florida State - Notre Dame, IN
- vs Syracuse - Bronx, NY
- at Southern Cal - Los Angeles, CA
November 8th, 2018 at 8:43 AM ^
This year's FSU team would have a hard time beating the Sisters of Charity in Tallahassee. They are just awful. No way ND goes down to the Noles.
November 8th, 2018 at 9:05 AM ^
Do you think LeCordon Bleu would beat them? I heard those culinary guys have a pretty stout defense.
November 8th, 2018 at 9:09 AM ^
LeCordon Bleu’s RB whisks by like milk through a strainer...I’ll show myself out.
November 8th, 2018 at 10:01 AM ^
...I bet they have the best eating training table!!!
November 8th, 2018 at 10:08 AM ^
Go Bleu!
November 8th, 2018 at 12:30 PM ^
My ex wife graduated from a LeCordon Bleu. Don’t miss her, but man do I miss her homework. Soooo good!
November 9th, 2018 at 7:35 PM ^
To be fair though, the good Sisters are tough!
November 8th, 2018 at 8:43 AM ^
Weather is going to be bad in SB this weekend and FSU still has a good Defense. There are some ND fans on Reddit saying he broke ribs and has a kidney contusion and may be out for the season. If he misses FSU, Syracuse and @USC the chances of them dropping a game skyrocket. Wimbush led ND almost lost to Ball State and Vandy.
November 8th, 2018 at 8:44 AM ^
A kidney contusion? That sounds....not good.
November 8th, 2018 at 9:36 AM ^
Wimbush led ND also beat this Michigan team...
November 8th, 2018 at 10:08 AM ^
Wimbush is a higher variance type of player than Book, though.
November 8th, 2018 at 11:04 AM ^
Michigan plays ND in literally any other week of the season and they beat the Irish. Week one, on the road, at night, against a rival was a crummy way to begin the season. Still salty that their return trip next year is smack dab in the middle of Michigan's conference slate.
November 8th, 2018 at 11:33 AM ^
He played out of his mind that game. He hit some passes that we have never seen him make that game.
November 8th, 2018 at 8:43 AM ^
Wimbush's only TD of the year still gives me nightmares.
November 8th, 2018 at 8:50 AM ^
Exactly. How did Hawkins not catch that?
November 8th, 2018 at 9:21 AM ^
Game of inches, man.
Time for some of those inches to go our way.
November 8th, 2018 at 10:58 AM ^
Yeah, that play was really disappointing. I couldn't believe how badly Hawkins mistimed his jump and especially since he's a former wide receiver.
November 8th, 2018 at 11:33 AM ^
Channing Stribling syndrome. Be in position but does not put his hand quite high enough to make the interception.
November 8th, 2018 at 9:01 AM ^
Yeah I’d feel better about this if he weren’t the QB when we lost to them.
Also FSU isnt “bad.” They’re terrible.
November 8th, 2018 at 10:03 AM ^
I live in Tally, and hoped for big things from Taggart. (The whole city was eager to get out from the southern fried bullshit of coaches past.) But he has been almost as pathetic in the postgame as his team has been on the field. He inherited a terrible situation, as has by turns been revealed. But he will be on a very short leash next year.
November 8th, 2018 at 8:48 AM ^
Okay, so I don't think I realized the depths of FSU's badness. They have found, moved into, trashed, and have been evicted from BPONE and now live in what must be worse than BPONE? Not even sure what that might be. But as many of you have said, FSU suuuuuuuucks. At least they resoundingly beat Samford?
November 8th, 2018 at 8:52 AM ^
The end of FSU’s schedule isn’t the easiest!
November 8th, 2018 at 9:32 AM ^
Thought the exact same thing looking at it.
November 8th, 2018 at 4:03 PM ^
The infamous ACC gauntlet of powerhouse programs.