I had to wait for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish football season to get back on a normal schedule before I was prepared to whip out the Hangover posts — and yet nothing about that 66-14 beatdown of the New Mexico Lobos seemed normal.
KILL THE NEW CAMERA ANGLE WITH FIRE AND LAUNCH IT INTO THE SUN
I was confident that Notre Dame fans would lose their collective minds about the skycam, and they did not disappoint. Having attended the game yesterday, I am unable to provide an opinion of the view as my primary eye candy. Even after watching the replay, I wondered how I would feel if this was what I was seeing in real time yesterday. Probably... “this sucks ass”?
I’ll say this though... Irish fans were overwhelmingly against it on just about every platform that I checked. NBC Producer Rob Hyland is determined as fuck to making you watch games this way, so those opinions don’t matter.
Let that sink in for a minute.
SPEAKING OF KILLING THINGS WITH FIRE... HERE ARE SOME STATS THAT MUST DIE
I’m not going to beat around the bush with this... Notre Dame’s rushing attack is not good right now — it’s not even in the same galaxy as good. The problem is twofold:
- The offensive line has been underwhelming, and has provided little push.
- The running backs just aren’t good enough to do better without a good offensive line.
We still have a very small sample size for 2019, but the results have not been in line with what the expectations were — and those weren’t even that high. Again, there is a weird way to look at this and add the two shovel passes to the rushing total. So 40 carries for 270 yards (almost 7 yards per carry) and 4 touchdowns. IF you need some sunshine and rainbows... there you go.
At any rate, it never looked anything but bad for the entire game, so the passing game better be on point in Athens.
BRIAN KELLY CHOSE THE NUCLEAR OPTION AGAINST HUNTER AND GATHERERS
We saw the return of Purple-Face BK on Saturday, and I got to tell ya... I enjoyed it quite a bit.
PURPLE FACE BK IS BACK!!! pic.twitter.com/PJ8F1l8rpR
— ND Whiteboard (@ND_Whiteboard) September 14, 2019
I wanted to ask Kelly about this post game, but stepped out a bit early (wisely I’m sure). You can’t blame him because those refs were craptastic all day, and I swear I lip read something about the ref touching Kelly. The visor/sunglasses toss was pure #dadlife and I respect the hell out of it.
FAVORITE TWEETS
I don’t think anyone is doing a Twitter recap this year — although that could change at any moment. Regardless of that, I’ll drop in my three favorite tweets from the OFD account here in the Hangover each week.
Ian Book’s mustache just made a Jumbotron appearance. And then... EDDIE MONEY PLAYS.
— One Foot Down (@OneFootDown) September 14, 2019
ND Band doing Old Town Road and has this awesome upside down horse. pic.twitter.com/T3b6jO4EnJ
— One Foot Down (@OneFootDown) September 14, 2019
DAMSHA BUA JAVON MCKINLEY WITH AN INCREDIBLE 65 YARD TD RECEPTION WHICH IS HIS FIRST EVER AND THAT IS FUCKING AWESOME
— One Foot Down (@OneFootDown) September 14, 2019