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Game Thread | No. 8 Notre Dame at No. 19 Michigan

October 26, 2019
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No. 8 Notre Dame at No. 19 Michigan

Michigan Stadium |7:30 p.m. ET | ABC

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The Elements

Michigan Stadium hasn’t been kind to Notre Dame for quite some time. The crowd will make it tough on the Irish, but it’s going to be a night filled with rain. 

Saturday night will fall on the shoulders of Notre Dame offensive coordinator Chip Long. Can he find a way to run the ball against Don Brown? Can he find a way to get Chase Claypool the ball? There is no excuse for Chase Claypool not to be having a big season and he’s not. Saturday will be a chance to turn the tide.

Defensively, Notre Dame’s pass rush will be key and it’s a safe bet Michigan native Khalid Kareem will want to make a statement in The Big House. 

Five Players To Watch

Notre Dame TE Cole Kmet
His matchup versus Khaleke Hudson might be the best one of the night. Notre Dame will need him to win against tight man coverage.

Michigan LB Cameron McGrone
McGrone has only started four games, but he's made an impact in every one of them. He's been disruptive as a blitzer with 3.5 sacks. 

Notre Dame RB Tony Jones
Jones is coming off of three consecutive 100-yard games, one of which came against a Virginia defense that still ranks as one of the best at stopping the run. If he can make it four in a row, it should equal to a win.

Michigan WR Ronnie Bell
Will he respond positively after a drop in the end zone against Penn State last week? We'll see soon enough. He's an explosive playmaker for the Michigan offense that will need to be contained.

Notre Dame CB Shaun Crawford
Back from injury, he'll have a size disadvantage against Michigan's taller receivers. This is his first game against the program he was once committed to.

By The Numbers 

3 - Brian Kelly is the first Irish coach to post three or more shutouts in his Notre Dame career since Lou Holtz.

4 - Brady Quinn, Tommy Rees, Jimmy Clausen, Ron Powlus and Ian Book are the only quarterbacks in Notre Dame history to record four or more touchdown passes in three games in their career.

21 - TE Cole Kmet has totaled 21 receptions over the last four games, which tied for the most among FBS tight ends during that timespan. Kmet missed the first two games of the season with a collarbone injury.

22 - Notre Dame remains perfect in redzone-scoring percentage, converting on 22-of-22 visits inside the 20. Nineteen of those scores were touchdowns (11 rushing, eight passing). Just two other teams boast perfection in the redzone (Iowa and LSU), and, of those teams, only LSU (31) has totaled more redzone touchdowns than the Irish.

25.8 - Notre Dame’s defense led the FBS after Week 7 in opponent passing completions per touchdown, holding squads to 25.8 completions per touchdown.

30 - Notre Dame has held its opponents to 30 points or less in 20 consecutive games, the longest streak in FBS

Quotes of the Week

QB Ian Book:
“We like when it’s loud. We like when there is a lot of people there. We like when it’s primetime television. That’s why we come to Notre Dame.” 

DE Khalid Kareem:
"I kind of view them as a faceless opponent. Another team in the way of us getting to the National Championship. I feel it's a little personal for me. I'm 30 minutes away from Ann Arbor. I know a lot of guys on the team and I have a lot of friends who go to Michigan. It'll be good to go in there and try to get the dub."

Former LB Jarrett Grace:
“As a Midwest kid, you had bumped shoulders with these guys for years during your recruitment and would almost label the other side as bad guys who lacked the intelligence and common decency it would take to succeed at Notre Dame."

For Your Nerves 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P0WpKpp9hBA

http://instagr.am/p/B4BP95tFceQ

TEAM STATS Notre Dame Michigan
Points Per Game 39.2 29.0
Points Allowed Per Game 16.8 19.0
Total Yards 450.5 391.6
Yards Passing 262.0 237.6
Yards Rushing 188.5 154.0
Yards Allowed 346.2 283.3
Pass Yards Allowed 195.2 163.6
Rush Yards Allowed  151.0 119.7

Game Thread | No. 8 Notre Dame at No. 19 Michigan

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9:14p, 10/26/19
I don't remember the last time Book stepped into a throw as opposed to throwing off his back foot falling backwards, often for no reason.

Also, our vaunted OL is as soft as a bunch of cotton balls.
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In reply to atl irish • 9:14p, 10/26/19
atl irish said:
joser247 said:
I just can't understand how quarterbacks regress as they get older with BK. Not a BK hater, but man it just makes no sense whatsoever. The oline play as well should not be as bad as it is. They need to take a long look at Quinn. No reason they're getting pushed around.
Once teams had film it was over. I'm not sure he regressed. After NW the honeymoon was over.


Yeah, the love affair with Book has been my Mugatu moment. I've never understood it. He's a quality guy, but as a QB he's nowhere near legit national title contender caliber.
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9:15p, 10/26/19
52 yds of o
pathetic
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In reply to Rwolf101 • 9:15p, 10/26/19
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tcirish said:
I am at a bar w a buddy. Just gone get trashed.

I wish I had friends.
I'll be your friend Wolf, you make me laugh.
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9:15p, 10/26/19
At least ND gets the ball to start the 2nd half. Oh, wait...
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9:15p, 10/26/19
Ian Book is a MAC level QB
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9:15p, 10/26/19
And yet, we still have a chance!
Michigan offense being stalled by ND defense past 3 drives. If we can just keep that up then do ANYTHING positive on offense we can crawl.back into this
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In reply to tcirish • 9:16p, 10/26/19
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I am at a bar w a buddy. Just gone get trashed.


Dont blame the bar if you get drunk
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In reply to Hrothgar • 9:16p, 10/26/19
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Rwolf101 said:
tcirish said:
I am at a bar w a buddy. Just gone get trashed.

I wish I had friends.
I'll be your friend Wolf, you make me laugh.

Sweet. I'm moving next weekend. Please bring a truck and like 6 other friends.
Lol jk.
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9:16p, 10/26/19
tell me again why we offer Book a 5th year.
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In reply to Rwolf101 • 9:17p, 10/26/19
If I'm then I run the ball and punt until we can put something together. 17 feels like 34 at this point.
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9:17p, 10/26/19
Glad our boys had that extra week to prepare, or else we probably only would have had 30 yards of offense as opposed to 52 yards.
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In reply to Spes Unica • 9:17p, 10/26/19
Because he will make a decent backup.
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9:17p, 10/26/19
This is what you get after 2 weeks to prepare.
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9:17p, 10/26/19
Brian Kelly football. "Get used to it."
Proud Dad of ND 2007 grad daughter and 4 time champion of South Highland Athletic Association Fantasy Football League and 2018 ISD NCAA Tourney Pick ‘em Champion.
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In reply to Spes Unica • 9:18p, 10/26/19
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tell me again why we offer Book a 5th year.

Having 4 scholarship qbs on roster is probably key. Book of course would probably be 3rd on depth chart.
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In reply to joser247 • 9:18p, 10/26/19
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Good games seem to come against bad opponents. They need to figure out how to get good oline and QB play against the good teams.
Maybe it is time for us to realize we are not one of the better teams.
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In reply to Rwolf101 • 9:18p, 10/26/19
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Hrothgar said:
Rwolf101 said:
tcirish said:
I am at a bar w a buddy. Just gone get trashed.

I wish I had friends.
I'll be your friend Wolf, you make me laugh.

Sweet. I'm moving next weekend. Please bring a truck and like 6 other friends.
Lol jk.
heh.
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9:19p, 10/26/19
Oddly it feels like we are fortunate to only be down by 17. Having said that unless we can throw the ball downfield it won't matter.

Look for the Canadian that's the way back.
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9:19p, 10/26/19
It's as if Book had a career year last year and has come back to his level of ability. I can't figure out if Long is an idiot or is limited with Book at QB
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9:19p, 10/26/19
And to think some were upset when ESPN gave UM a 40% chance to win. They look awfully smart right now.
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In reply to Spes Unica • 9:19p, 10/26/19
Book has a smoke GF and will have an ND degree. Don't feel bad for him. Turn the heat on Swarbrick and Jenkins for this turd.
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In reply to mavscoach • 9:20p, 10/26/19
He's limited at QB
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9:20p, 10/26/19
Even Claypool has dropped 2 1st down catches
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In reply to RICHK429 • 9:20p, 10/26/19
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Brian Kelly football. "Get used to it."


Need the BK 2.01 upgrade, & a couple more coats of paint!
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9:20p, 10/26/19
Really pisses me off that we're at this point wrt Book and Long. It's too fcking late. Book should have been benched for Phil weeks ago. Now it's too fcking late. What a fcking joke.
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9:20p, 10/26/19
The defense or ST will somehow have to win this game. Need some turnovers by UM or a few horrible ST plays by them. Only way I can see this outcome changing.

Local weather here in MI says rain will cease in the second half but the winds will pick up.
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In reply to IrishRob • 9:21p, 10/26/19
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He's limited at QB
He's a great back up QB
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9:21p, 10/26/19
They better look different in the second half. Im sick and tired of getting embarrassed in this kind of game. I can take losing. But this shouldn't be happening.
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socalirish1 said:
UM is running it down our throat in the rain and we run sideways for 1 yard per carry. Has nothing to do with the QB on either team. We are soft and they are better coached.

Special teams gets an F .....Kelly's road woes contine....same ole song and dance.
They are better coached?

That's just dumb
Really? Tonight they are...take a poll right now and see how fans there are of the game plan with two weeks to prepare and the DB coaching where even the safety doesn't look for the ball and gets critical PI call.

Harbaugh did make it to three straight NFC championship games and Don Brown is very good coach. Kelly does a good job beating the average teams, but is a pretender when playing ranked teams.
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9:21p, 10/26/19
This team always had warts. The size of the now exposed watts on offense is shocking!
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In reply to mavscoach • 9:21p, 10/26/19
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It's as if Book had a career year last year and has come back to his level of ability. I can't figure out if Long is an idiot or is limited with Book at QB
Yes.
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9:22p, 10/26/19
Ian Book is seeing ghosts
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9:22p, 10/26/19
This team is better with Hamilton on the field and Gilman on the bench.
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9:23p, 10/26/19
It's Book, no question....he's a bit quicker Tommy Rees
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