Are you ready for the most incredible coach-speak of the college football season? You sure? Alright. Cause I’m warning you: this is pretty amazing. Here’s what Notre Dame defensive assistant Corwin Brown said Wednesday in response to Navy coach Ken Niumatalolo essentially saying, “we knew we were gonna win”:
“I thought it was very disappointing, what the Navy coach said after the game,” Brown said Wednesday night. “He didn’t want something to be misconstrued, but then he said it, regarding how we prepared and what we prepared to do. I’m going to tell you this – we came out in the second half, minus one mess-up, they don’t get anything.”
It’s unclear which Irish mess-up Brown is referring to: the fumble, the INT or the safety.
He wasn’t finished:
“To say that we didn’t prepare well or we didn’t have a good game plan, that’s crazy. […] “Now, coach (Charlie) Weis, and (defensive coordinator Jon Tenuta) do a great job getting us prepare on offense and defense. And I don’t care what foxhole they’re in, I’m jumping in the foxhole with them every time. We had a damn good game plan. And that’s all I got to say.”
Yes, they had a good game plan. A lofty game plan. A losing game plan. Brown, if you wanna make it out of Notre Dame with all your limbs, you’ll dig your own foxhole about one click away from Charlie’s. [Insert joke here about the enormity of Weis’ foxhole.]
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What a fucking fat douche
He’s a plus-sized Bill Callahan. Bill ran the Cornhuskers right into the fucking ground and talked about what and “excellent job” he was doing. Fuck him in the ear with a screwdriver. Notre Lame fans deserve Weis, though, because they think they’re just entitled to win.
Hadoken!!
by Brizzle T on Nov 13, 2009 12:47 AM EST reply actions 0 recs
Pitt tops-off Irish by 9
Pitt will win, but not as easily as its ranking might indicate (they’ve yet to prove themselves against a top 30 team, and won’t do so until the West Virginia and Cincinnati games later this month).
Given Pitt’s tough-as-nails rushing defense, even my grandma can predict Charlie & Company will be calling "fade route" to the right, "fade route" to the left, "fade route" all over the place. You see, Charlie is predictable – and defiant (he never, ever changes). [Side note: If somebody steps on Clausen’s toe, then game-over for ND.]
ND has a weak defense, especially the secondary. Pitt will expose it by using its balanced offensive attack. So, expect ND to give-up occasional big plays, runs and passes, because the secondary will have to help against the running game. Remember, Navy’s fullback easily dropped 158 yards on ND (and it was ND’s priority to stop Navy’s fullback, if nothing else).
Pitt has a smaller, but speedier running back (40: 4.44) than that of Navy’s. ND, however, will witness a combination of speed and size when it plays Stanford to close the season.
• Navy’s FB | 6’1" 217lbs | #37 in nation | 796 yards | 5.3 yards/carry
• Pitt RB | 5’8" 195lbs | #7 in nation | 1,139 yards | 5.6 yds/carry
• Stanford’s RB | 6’1" 235 lbs | #2 in nation | 1,217 yards | 5.2 yds/carry
Both teams played Navy on their home fields. Here’s the apples-to-apples comparison:
Pitt held Navy’s vaunted rushing attack to 129 yards (2.8 yds/carry). In contrast, ND gave up a whopping 348 yards (6.1 yds/carry) rushing, despite not even attempting to defend a passing game (Navy only threw three times, including a 50+ yard touchdown).
Mental weaknesses: Both Pitt and ND turned the ball over on Navy’s 1 yard line (partly proof of Navy’s goal-line, fumble-forcing abilities). For Pitt, it didn’t matter.
Pitt-Navy: 27-14 Win
ND-Navy : 21-23 Loss
Pitt beats ND by at least 9 points…
by SageMan on Nov 13, 2009 12:03 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
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