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None of you care. Anywho, welcome to today's edition of The Wood. Before we get to anything else....Best ticker ever? Best ticker ever.
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Today we discuss Notre Dame football and it's struggles at one of the most important positions on the field. Given their schedule this year, I'm predicting more misery for the Domer faithful.
Let's do it.
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| The 'Stretch Armstrong' |
A few years back during Michigan's dark ages, they had this problem with defensive coaching and defensive talent. Their most glaring weakness was at cornerback. Watch Boubacar Cissoko vs. Michael Floyd for eye bleeding futility.
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| Welp. |
Michigan had a revolving door at cornerback during the RichRod era because of horrible recruiting and Angry Michigan Cornerback Hating God. He dished out his wrath and was finally appeased with the dismissal of RichRod. Fortunately for Michigan, last season saw breakout performances by Blake Countess and JT Floyd and the position finally has some stability. When you have a shitty defensive coordinator and no talent at the position things like this happen against Penn State:
Shut. Down. Corner. AMIRITE?
(deep breath, that era is over, deep breath, that era is over)
Okay, back to the main point. Notre Dame is facing similar OMG DOOM at the defensive back position. They graduated three starters from last year's team and the only guy on the roster, Lo Wood, with any foreseeable experience just had his Achilles explode. He done.
From the Associated Press:
"The Irish expect to be strong up front defensively, led by star linebacker Manti Te'o and defensive ends Kapron Lewis-Moore and Stephon Tuitt.There was already uncertainty in the secondary, which lost Harrison Smith and Robert Blanton to the NFL.
Freshman KeiVarae Russell, a converted running back, had been practicing behind Wood. Sophomores Josh Atkinson and Jalen Brown also split time at corner."
The Fighting Irish are stacked up front and return ManBearPig Manti Te'o, so getting pressure on the quarterback and stopping the run should not be a problem. But if a team is able to adjust and neutralize the Notre Dame front seven? Look the hell out. They could be in for some serious shootouts.
Their schedule doesn't do them any favors either.
| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | |||
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| September 1 | 9:00am | Navy[2] | Aviva Stadium • Dublin, Ireland | CBS | ||||
| September 8 | 3:30pm | Purdue[2] | Notre Dame Stadium • Notre Dame, IN | NBC | ||||
| September 15 | TBA | at Michigan State[2] | Spartan Stadium • East Lansing, MI | |||||
| September 22 | 7:30pm | Michigan[2] | Notre Dame Stadium • Notre Dame, IN | NBC | ||||
| October 6 | 7:30pm | Miami[3] | Soldier Field • Chicago, IL | NBC | ||||
| October 13 | 3:30pm | Stanford[2] | Notre Dame Stadium • Notre Dame, IN | NBC | ||||
| October 20 | 3:30pm | BYU[2] | Notre Dame Stadium • Notre Dame, IN | NBC | ||||
| October 27 | TBA | at Oklahoma[2] | Oklahoma Memorial Stadium • Norman, OK | |||||
| November 3 | 3:30pm | Pittsburgh[2] | Notre Dame Stadium • Notre Dame, IN | NBC | ||||
| November 10 | TBA | at Boston College[2] | Alumni Stadium • Chestnut Hill, MA | |||||
| November 17 | 3:30pm | Wake Forest[2] | Notre Dame Stadium • Notre Dame, IN | NBC | ||||
| November 24 | TBA | at USC[2] | Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA | |||||
*Non-conference game.  Homecoming. #Rankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time. | ||||||||
At Oklahoma. At USC. At Michigan State.
That last game of the year, at USC. Well, I'm not holding out too much hope for the Fighting Irish. Mainly because, well, Robert Woods had 119 yards and two touchdowns last year when the Irish actually had a secondary. When he lines up against their tackling dummies, it might as well be the Skeleton Drill.
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| Belitnicoff me, bro. |
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