šŸˆ Lou Holtz Sadly Explains Why Alabama Destroyed Notre Dame

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Every unbiased college football fan on the planet knew that Notre Dameā€™s place in the BCS National Championship game was secured by a horrible call during their undeserved victory over Stanford. That stolen win, mind you, was the biggest and most impressive highlight of their otherwise bland title game rĆ©sumĆ©.

Outside of Notre Dame fans, nobody (absolutely nobody) believed that the Fighting Irish had any shot versus Alabama.

The non-stop doubt regarding their chances of upsetting the Crimson Tide and Las Vegas making it abundantly clear that they had no chance (Alabama was a nine-point favorite) created something of an us-against-the-world mentality for a lot of Notre Dame fans. They basically were just living in their own little world prior to the championship game, truly and honestly believing that they would hang with the best team in the nation.

When they eventually got ripped to shreds by 28 points like most figured they would, understandably, they didnā€™t quite know how to cope.

Case in point: ESPNā€™s resident Notre Dame mascot, Lou Holtz.
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I am still laughing at Lou's "Catholic" commercials that started running a few days ago. Who would have thought that ND being in the NC game, would spark commercials promoting catholicism? :rofl:
 
i dont have to read it. He will pick Arkansas, Minneapolis, South Carolina, ND. Because he coach at these places.
Him and Lee should retire from the broadcasting.
 
You're absolutely right, bamatommy. ND did tried to run the ball, and they got spanked when they did. Kelly went after the secondary because, in his mind, that was the only hope he had. How many talking heads, including Holtz, in the weeks leading up to the game, said that the secondary was Alabama's weakness and that ND should exploit that alleged weakness? Now they're saying, in the aftermath of the domers utter destruction, ND should have run the ball more. What Lou Holtz is saying is that if he would have been the coach the outcome would've been different. It's essentially a slap in the face to Kelly, who was the only ND rooter who, after the first quarter, had the sense to realize that ND was hopelessly outclassed.
 
Going after the secondary was really the only way they could go offensively, but they dont have the personnel to pull off the spread like most successful teams. The most head scratching thing was the continued attempt to pick on Dee Milliner, I mean what the hell? I'm still just confused by that. :headscratch: Probably the top corner in the country and you're gonna go at him more than any other DB on the night? Just insanity.
 
Birdman37 said:
Going after the secondary was really the only way they could go offensively, but they dont have the personnel to pull off the spread like most successful teams. The most head scratching thing was the continued attempt to pick on Dee Milliner, I mean what the hell? I'm still just confused by that. :headscratch: Probably the top corner in the country and you're gonna go at him more than any other DB on the night? Just insanity.
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They addressed that on ESPN today. They said QBs, especially young ones, with always throw toward the one on one vs throwing in the direction of an average DB and Safety even if the player in coverage is the best DB on the opposing defense.

That explains why they have thrown Millner's way all year long because his has been left on an island one on one most of the time...
 
Here is the video you are talking about. Lou Holtz is not happy but Mark Mays says ND was gracious in their defeat.

[video=youtube_share;NOAT94gJTrc]http://youtu.be/NOAT94gJTrc[/video]
 
0LDSCH00L said:
They addressed that on ESPN today. They said QBs, especially young ones, with always throw toward the one on one vs throwing in the direction of an average DB and Safety even if the player in coverage is the best DB on the opposing defense.

That explains why they have thrown Millner's way all year long because his has been left on an island one on one most of the time...
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It still baffles me tho because we were one-on-one across the board more than once in the game. Most notably the 3rd (or was it 4th?) late in the game when they decided to go deep and Milliner slapped the ball away (I dont remember exactly if it was the play that HaHa picked or the other one Dee knocked away), we were one-on-one across the board and I believe either HaHa or Sunseri were one-on-one with the slot. He didnt even look that way.
 

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