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 10:31 AM ^
They are also lucky they didn’t lose to Samford and Louisville. What a disappointment the Noles have been. But all could be forgotten with a win in South Bend.
November 8th, 2018 at 10:35 AM ^
Here's to hoping they finish the year 5-7!
November 8th, 2018 at 12:06 PM ^
FSU has had a long bowl streak (going back to the '70s?). That's not looking good to survive.
November 8th, 2018 at 8:50 AM ^
If ND loses a game and UM, Alabama and Clemson win out, I think ND drops below a one-loss team that also wins out such as Oklahoma (first up), Washington State (second up) or WVU (third).
In any scenario, an ND loss is good for us at this point. They're gonna wish they were in a conference.
November 8th, 2018 at 8:53 AM ^
Whomever wins the OU/WV game to end the season will have to win the rematch in the CCG as well. If they split, they'll both have 2 losses and that should keep them out of the playoff
November 8th, 2018 at 9:37 AM ^
I think if ND loses, I would guess Oklahoma winning out would get #4. The alternative to that would be putting Georgia (that just lost to Alabama in the SECCG) at the 4 spot to play Bama again which is a nightmare matchup for tv guys. I think OU and WV split...and lets not forget Bedlam is this weekend.
November 8th, 2018 at 8:50 AM ^
Interesting.
November 8th, 2018 at 6:49 PM ^
Why do you care so much?
November 8th, 2018 at 8:51 AM ^
FSU may not be an issue for them but as others have noted, if he is out multiple games then it could get interesting for them.
FSU is weird. I haven't watched them this year. Is there just a lack of talent or has the coaching change really had that much of an effect on them?
Injuries suck and I'm hoping very hard that UM makes it to OSU in good shape.
November 8th, 2018 at 8:58 AM ^
Similar problem to us last year. Absolutely horrific O-line and young receivers who can’t make space. Problem for them is they don’t really have a young O-line that might improve. It’s just a shitty O-line.
November 8th, 2018 at 9:09 AM ^
Thanks Frey!
November 8th, 2018 at 12:18 PM ^
Frey managed to go from our quagmire to an even worse tire fire. Almost unimaginable.
November 8th, 2018 at 8:51 AM ^
I really hope we can play ND again in the playoffs somehow!
November 8th, 2018 at 8:52 AM ^
I think the possibility of an ND loss without Book is actually more detrimental to the case for UM leapfrogging them. Committee would look at the loss more favorably without their "starting" qb than if they got beat outright.
November 8th, 2018 at 8:53 AM ^
They will still beat FSU at home. But Syracuse and USC on raod, that is a different story. ND would lose 1 for sure, maybe both.
November 8th, 2018 at 9:04 AM ^
Why are people so confident that ND will struggle against USC? USC is pitiful this year.
Syracuse is dangerous. USC not so much.
November 8th, 2018 at 9:23 AM ^
Why are people saying Syracuse is dangerous?
I admit I've only watched one game, vs WMU- where they seriously struggled (giving WMU 621 yards of offense) until the very end. We went on to decimate that same WMU team 49-3 the following week, and they only got their 200 yards offense in 4th quarter trash time.
Was it losing by only 3 to Clemson, beating UNC by 3, or getting beaten by 7 at the same Pitt team that lost to PSU 51-6? Yeah they've beaten some ACC teams and come close to some others, but that doesn't say anything other than the ACC is overrated this year, that and Clemson always has some dud games, every year.
November 8th, 2018 at 10:38 AM ^
Bingo. Syracuse is basically Purdue or Indiana. They are not good. The ACC sucks, so much so that it's hard to know if Clemson is the real deal this year.
November 8th, 2018 at 10:52 AM ^
ND could beat them handily. But Syracuse has, in two years, beaten Clemson and played them down to the last drive. They've won games. They aren't the disaster that USC is.
They are not, as someone has said, Indiana. They have performed more consistently than Purdue. They're more analogous to a Mike Leach team; not going to win a title, but they can do some damage every so often.
November 8th, 2018 at 11:34 AM ^
I guess people are remembering the Clemson game a little too much. Syracuse led for about 99% of the game in Death Valley.
I guess it depends on which team will show up. It will probably be the Syracuse team who gave up 600+ yards to Western.
November 8th, 2018 at 9:25 AM ^
USC is still a rivalry game though. And it seems they show up for random games throughout the season... could this be one of them?
November 8th, 2018 at 10:13 AM ^
USC rarely loses at home. Plus, Helton will be coaching by for his job or the players will be rallying to his case - either way the Trojans will be inspired to pull the upset.
Very dicey situation for ND.
November 8th, 2018 at 9:27 AM ^
Exactly. If they lose; it will most likely be against ‘Cuse. But if Book is out for the rest of the season, then things may get very interesting.
November 8th, 2018 at 9:55 AM ^
Not that it may matter much but ND-Cuse is at Yankee Stadium so no home field advantage for SU.
November 8th, 2018 at 8:56 AM ^
Per Adam Rittenberg:
SOURCE: Notre Dame QB Ian Book is out this week against Florida State. The Athletic first reported the news, noting that Book sustained a rib injury this past week against Northwestern. A source tells me Book is expected back next week against Syracuse... (link: http://www.espn.com/espn/now?nowId=21-41042921-4) espn.com/espn/now?nowId…
November 8th, 2018 at 8:57 AM ^
Color me optimistic, but I can see FSU winning this game. They are loaded with talent, and this could be a wake up game for them!!
November 8th, 2018 at 9:00 AM ^
As an FSU fan I’m telling you, don’t hold your breath.
November 8th, 2018 at 9:07 AM ^
Username doesn't check out
November 8th, 2018 at 11:23 AM ^
As a map expert, I can tell you that the Orlando Magic and Florida State University are relatively close and within the same state of the union.
Username somewhat checks out.
Or perhaps he's just a fan of magic in general, in which case do the saw-the-lady-in-half trick.
November 8th, 2018 at 8:59 AM ^
They will still win by 28
November 8th, 2018 at 9:00 AM ^
I could start at QB for ND this weekend and beat FSU. But yeah, if Book is out going forward, they're in real trouble. Syracuse is good, but not a world beating team - ND has more athletes, so a close game favors them (even if Wimbush starts). USC, OTOH, has a sideline full of ridiculous athletic feats. But they make up for that with shitastic coaching, so a tossup if Wimbush starts.
But for FSU Saturday, chalk up a ND win...
November 8th, 2018 at 9:03 AM ^
anything can happen but ND is a well coached team. I'll be rooting for the luck of the IRISH to be non existent for ND and bestowed upon FSU in an upset win.
November 8th, 2018 at 9:04 AM ^
Honestly now a loss doesn't do anything for Michigan because they have an injury excuse.
November 8th, 2018 at 9:11 AM ^
Maybe even hurt us? That their loss was with the QB we couldn't beat.
November 8th, 2018 at 11:26 AM ^
The CFP paranoia is reaching epic proportions.
November 8th, 2018 at 10:41 AM ^
A 1 loss nd does not get in over a 1 loss UM. In any scenario. Michigan wins out, they're in. End of story.
November 8th, 2018 at 9:11 AM ^
Not that it's nice to be on the outside looking in, because either way someone's injured, but Imma say it -- better them than us, for once.
November 8th, 2018 at 11:11 AM ^
We did just suffer a major injury to our QB unit. Shea is running more from the read option and one play could possibly ruin our season.
Therefore we don't need to be making any bad Karma statements.
November 8th, 2018 at 9:13 AM ^
Charlie Ward ain't walking through that door...
November 8th, 2018 at 1:07 PM ^
How about Chris Weinke?
November 8th, 2018 at 9:16 AM ^
Ian Book is better than Wimbush, but do we know how much better Book is? I have seen it on social media when people are comparing Michigan to Notre Dame after the CFP Rankings, and a lot of Notre Dame fans think they would have beat us worse if Book had been playing.
But the best defense Notre Dame has faced since Michigan is Northwestern (#32 on S&P+), and they lost half their secondary in that game. The rest of the defenses they have faced: 73, 93, 46 (Stanford), 81 (Virginia Tech), 87 (Pittsburgh), 121. Not exactly a murderer's row. The Ian Book hype train has been built off some mediocre to terrible defenses.
FSU (#39) and USC (#43) are left on their schedule so they don't have much left to challenge them either.
November 8th, 2018 at 9:19 AM ^
I don’t feel very comfortable with everyone saying how bad Wimbush is considering they beat us with him at QB.
November 8th, 2018 at 9:25 AM ^
He beat us for 10 minutes of the first quarter of the game.
At Notre Dame, at night, in the first game of the year, with us having a new QB.
After that . . . not so much.
November 8th, 2018 at 9:40 AM ^
He extended more than a few drives with his legs. Michigan getting back into that game was more about ND going incredibly conservative than anything else. We lost that game, it happens.
November 8th, 2018 at 10:07 AM ^
And a couple plays before the first touchdown, he threw the dropped interception.
Knowing how Notre Dame Stadium history works, I was positive ND would score on the very next play. But it ended up being a couple of plays later instead.
November 8th, 2018 at 9:19 AM ^
FSU still has wicked 4 and 5 star athletes that can make things happen if they are motivated and get their heads out of their asses.
They will be motivated.
November 8th, 2018 at 9:20 AM ^
FSU is bad at the football and should feel bad. ND is not losing to FSU.