As expected, a defensive battle broke out in Chicago between Notre Dame and Wisconsin with the Badgers clinging to a 3-point lead early in the 4th quarter. With the Irish quarterback sidelined due to a leg injury things were starting to look a little bleak for Notre Dame. Instead, one of the most fun and frankly laughable 4th quarters in recent memory led to a blowout win for the good guys.
Stats Package
| STAT | IRISH | WISCY |
|---|---|---|
| Score | 41 | 13 |
| Plays | 69 (nice) | 69 (nice) |
| Total Yards | 242 | 318 |
| Yards Per Play | 3.50 | 4.60 |
| Conversions | 6/17 | 1/15 |
| Completions | 21 | 18 |
| Yards/Pass Attempt | 6.45 | 5.85 |
| Rushes | 32 | 28 |
| Rushing Success | 36.0% | 38.4% |
| 10+ Yds Rushes | 0 | 1 |
| 20+ Yds Passes | 3 | 3 |
| Defense Stuff Rate | 23.1% | 29.4% |
Notre Dame’s offense on the whole did not have a very good day at all. However, you have to absolutely love the perseverance from all phases of the team, overcoming a 4th quarter deficit and the loss of the starting quarterback with the Freeman defense coming through for its strongest performance of the year.
What if I told you Notre Dame would be losing in the 4th quarter, totaled 57 offensive yards for the entire 2nd half and would win by 28 points? Anything can happen when it’s the Shamrock Series, baby.
Offense
QB: C+
RB: B-
TE: C
OL: D
WR: B-
First, let’s hand all the accolades to Drew Pyne who came into the game in a tough spot having been demoted essentially to 3rd string with the emergence of Tyler Buchner. Yet, Buchner has a bad hamstring and Pyne had to spend all week getting ready just in case. And his moment finally came against a fearsome defense.
Pyne finished 6 of 8 for 81 yards, pretty decent numbers for playing almost an entire half with some late clock-eating snaps once the score got out of hand. He did get blind-sided and lost a fumble but showed some nice legs to get out of the pocket and move the ball through the air.
To me, Pyne’s touchdown pass to take a 24-13 lead with 9:34 remaining in the game will go down as one of the biggest moments of the season. The Irish had just entered the red zone and lost 4 yards on a 1st down run–normally the offense has stalled in these moments and they should kick a field goal. Instead, Pyne remains calm in the pocket and throws an absolute dart to Kevin Austin for the touchdown.
The 22-yard pass to Mayer that brought things into the red zone 2 plays prior was also a ballsy throw with beautiful touch, too.
I’m sure there are a lot of mixed emotions for Jack Coan who surely is happy Notre Dame beat his former team but did so pulling away after he was injured. He also now has 2 teammates who the coaching staff can trust to come in and play in his absence which probably isn’t a huge confidence boost for Coan.
I thought Coan played okay, pretty inconsistent but that was to be expected given the strength of the Wisconsin front 7 harassing him for 5 sacks (which doesn’t even count the loss of yards after Coan tripped over his own player). The offense continues to struggle getting a rhythm with a short-passing game and can’t loosen up the edges of the defense as a result. They also didn’t get the ball to Kyren Williams through the air, which is very odd.
What are you doing, Jack!??
After the game, Brian Kelly said Coan is still the starting quarterback (assuming he’s healthy I suppose) which is fine for now. I think Coan has to really look in the mirror and do a better job in the pocket and avoid the turtling like in the above GIF to give the offense a chance. That was on a 3rd & 10 from the Wisconsin 30-yard line with 3.9 seconds worth of protection. Under no scenario should that be a sack against a veteran 6’4″ quarterback. Color guy Joel Klatt highlighted on the replay that Avery Davis came wide open to Coan’s left after his drop, too. You have to stand tall and throw the ball, run, or escape the pocket on a play like this…a sack just can’t happen.
As per usual, the offensive line didn’t play well while being unable to open holes in the running game although I will still contend, like I did last week, that they’re far more consistent in pass-protection except for a few blunders. This feels like an issue that will continue to compound with Coan unless he gets the passing offense going at about a 30% better clip. If not, the more mobile (and frankly athletically exciting) quarterbacks will remain a more enticing option.
With this defense, an offense that can remain on schedule, cut out some sacks, and liven the run game up with quarterback movement could be the best recipe. We shall see.
Rushing Success
Williams – 5 of 18 (27.7%)
Tyree – 1 of 2 (50.0%)
Coan – 3 of 4 (75.0%)
Pyne – 0 of 1 (0.0%)
Net 3 yards rushing with the hindsight of the win, well, yeah that’s pretty funny. Even with sacks removed, it was only 42 yards rushing. Not a single run of at least 10 yards! Kyren and Tyree got a combined 20 carries for 39 yards and a long of 7 yards. Yes, the offense ran the ball far too much in this game.
With the chips down, we saw the trio of Mayer/Austin/Davis get things done with 17 catches for 192 yards and of course those 2 huge touchdowns from Austin who had a terrific bounce back game from the Purdue debacle. That production came on 26 targets while Wilkins and Lenzy only mustered 3 catches for 41 yards on 9 targets. The Irish really need something more out of those two.
Defense
DL: A-
LB: B+
DB: B+
They are who we thought they were! Wisconsin’s offense, that is. There were some breaks in the Irish defense as Wisconsin totaled 155 yards (48.7% of their offense) on their 7 biggest plays, although the last 3 came later in the 4th quarter with the game essentially over.
That left the Badgers gaining only 2.58 yards per play on their other 63 snaps.
Notre Dame completely kept the Wisconsin run game in check and then some. Their longest run was just 10 yards–and with how poorly the Irish ground game has been all year–they basically fought to a draw in this area on Saturday. Ultimately that’s a huge win for Notre Dame. The Badgers seemed lost while unable to run the ball and give their passing game breathing room.
I actually thought the pressure from Notre Dame’s front 7 wasn’t great. Early on it seemed to really bother Wisconsin but I thought they did pretty well picking up protections and making adjustments. The Irish finished with only 1 sack and just 4 tackles for loss.
Stuffs vs. Wisconsin
White – 2
Foskey – 2
Lacey – 2
Ademilola, Jay – 2
Ademilola, Jus – 2
Cross – 1
Mills – 1
Kiser – 1
Bertrand – 1
Botelho – 1
Lewis – 1
My goodness though, Graham Mertz really struggled and their insistence on handing him the keys last year while not exactly being upset Coan transferred is looking like a complete folly at this point. Granted, Mertz was taking over sooner or later anyway, but still.
Wisconsin only converted 1 third down the entire game–a fullback dive on 3rd & 1 late in the 3rd quarter. Marcus Freeman took a bet that Notre Dame would get Wisconsin into plenty of 3rd downs and win the day, which they did in a big, big way. Here’s Graham Mertz’ performance on 3rd down:
8 incompletions
2 completions for 8 yards
1 pass interference
1 fumble not lost
1 fumble lost
1 sack
2 interceptions
If you’re curious, yes this was the worst passer rating of Mertz’ career so far.
Final Thoughts
No lie, at one point this week I wondered when the last kickoff return for touchdown happened for Notre Dame. They seemed weirdly aggressive on kickoffs against Wisconsin early and gave up free yardage but they must have scouted something they liked this week. Tyree for 96 yards!
Was anyone at the game and thought the notorious windy Chicago weather affected some of the longer throws for both sides?
Wisconsin and Notre Dame just played a game that combined for 6 rushing first downs.
Notre Dame remains undefeated in Shamrock Series games.
Saturday was the 2nd lowest rushing total for Wisconsin since the 2018 season began.
11 penalties for 93 yards is a big yikes for Notre Dame. Had things played out differently we may have looked back at this a lot differently. Although, you have to love Kelly’s unsportsmanlike penalty for sticking up for Kyle Hamilton.
The Shamrock Series uniforms looked pretty good. I’m a huge fan of the large plain white numbers with no gold outline. I wish they move to that look with the standard home jerseys.
I’m convinced we’ll see Pyne and Buchner make starts at some point this season. Coan is already hurt and/or banged up while the trust in the other 2 is only going to grow as we progress towards November.
Don’t sleep on that 72-yard Jay Bramblett punt. He booted it from the Irish 7-yard line and the returner was back-pedaling from his own 40 when the ball landed behind him at the 30-yard line. Whoops!
In the absence of 5th-year senior captain Kurt Hinish I thought Howard Cross and Jacob Lacey had outstanding games. They each brings high-level run-stopping ability and can penetrate into the backfield when needed, too.
Who was the last Irish quarterback to throw 2 pick sixes in a game? I can’t even imagine dealing with that let alone watching it happen within 4 offensive snaps.
Notre Dame is totally dropping in this week’s SP+ rankings, aren’t they?
This was a nice win for Brian Kelly as he surpassed Knute Rockne for the most wins in school history. We know the score with the history, of course. Kelly isn’t in the same conversation and took about 2 full modern football schedules more of games to best the legendary Rockne with 27 more losses on his resume, too. However, this was a a nice feather in Kelly’s cap as underdogs in Chicago and a really fun win for a program that’s in a really happy place overall today.
I don’t see Buchner starting this season unless Coan and Pyne are both hurt.
Also, those with a uniform number as a multiple of 5 had some huge plays: Hart, Pyne, Tyree and White.
I can’t remember if it was Gus or Klatt who made the Brady Quinn joke since Pyne was wearing #10 but it was good lmao
Underscored by the fact that Pyne apparently chose 10 because he was a Quinn fan as a kid and Quinn was actually there working with Big Noon Kickoff. Very serendipitous.
With the way this line plays, all three could get hurt, God forbid!
I’m in the “start pyne” camp right now but I can certainly see a situation where they go to Buchner full time after this murderer’s row of games. Probably around or after SC I wouldn’t be shocked if Buchner is getting most of the game snaps and then gets a start for, say, UNC or Navy.
Pyne’s better mobility could be a great asset for him and ND’s offense moving forward. Yes, his arm strength is a worry but is he more capable than Coan in a short passing offense ? Is he able to buy just a bit more time than Coan, allowing the receivers to find holes in the defense? It was a small sample size but the answer looks to be yes or at least maybe.
Pyne’s passes also seemed to get there in a hurry, right where they needed to be to let guys keep running (the TD to Austin especially). I agree small sample size, but on a rewatch I really like how fast the ball got to where it was going on Pyne’s throws.
Coan’s arm strength actually seems pretty bad for a bigger guy. Lenzy would get a step on a go route and then have to slow down and come back for the pass, since Coan just wasn’t able to put the ball in front of him.
On I think both Hail Mary-type situations so far, Coan was only throwing it like 45ish yards down the field and certainly well short of the end zone. Coan is pretty accurate for what he’s working with, but doesn’t really have a ton of pure arm talent or strength.
Disagree entirely. We were sold a bill of goods on Coan. His deep balls are TERRIBLE and he has rarely hit on them this year. He either way overthrows or severely underthrows nearly all of them.
I mean I was saying I don’t think Coan has a very strong arm so that doesn’t quite add up to disagree entirely. Coan’s been OK on deep shots, not great but not awful. The one to Davis vs Purdue was on the money. He’s had some great throws to Austin, a few of which Austin has dropped. He put a great one on Lenzy that Lenzy can’t catch.
I’m not super disappointed or think Coan wasn’t exactly as advertised, he was basically sold as a reliable, experienced, steady player that has a high floor but a limited ceiling. I wasn’t expected a rocket-armed future high pick that was going to come in and stretch the field every drive.
Coan’s biggest problem is his inability to avoid sacks, like at all. Funny enough I do think it’s because he is often taking the “right” decision to step into the pocket but the pocket is collapsing every time so it doesn’t actually work out. Book had the opposite tendency for much of his career – he’d feel pressure and try to run outside the tackles. He got a lot better about and at it but it wasn’t ideal either, though understandable given his wheels compared to Coan.
Coan’s stats and deep ball reputation look a lot better if Lenzy and Austin didn’t drops a few well thrown balls. We can probably add Mayer in there too
Why is “his arm strength a worry?” What have we seen from him that indicates that or is it just because he’s a smaller QB that you have that opinion? I haven’t seen a pass from him that looked weak or inferior and he hasn’t attempted a bomb yet.
You must have vision issues.
I don’t think I usually agree with Clearwall on much, but I didn’t see anything in the small sample size from Pyne that seemed any worse that what Coan has done. I know people have said Coan has a strong & accurate arm, but I’ve not gotten that impression in the 3.75 games he’s played for ND. Pyne showed some mobility, which is a MASSIVE upgrade over what we’ve seen thus far from Coan. That should help out the running game a ton, especially if TFR keeps things spread out more often than not. Even if Coan is a degree more accurate, I’d rather have a more mobile QB, given the non-cromulent OL play.
To play devil’s advocate:
1) Coan won something of a protracted QB competition earlier in the year against Pyne. As in, the coaches think Coan is better than Pyne. Without trying to appeal to authority too much, that means something that after seeing them both for many a practice, they think Coan is better.
2) Coan has more collegiate starts than Pyne has college pass attempts. Nice factor to have experience playing the #7 team in the country.
3) Was reading Coan is even adjusting to using shotgun so much and not being under center from his Wisconsin days. He still needs to work into the system more.
Coan was very accurate at first, but I think is only a 50% passer post-finger dislocation. If that or his ankle is too much a bother, going to Pyne makes some sense. But especially for where they’re at in the meat of the schedule, I think you gotta stick mainly with Coan and let Buchner do his thing with his legs. That’s the change of pace the team needs
To your #1 – (I also said this in the Slack chat) This is same coach who decided Wimbush > Book and Zaire > Kizer. I think Coan is the starter because he’s 22.
To your #2 – Graham Mertz has more starts than Pyne/Buchner, which one would you start against Cincinnati? Also, either Pyne or Buchner will be QB1 next year, probably, so why not get that all important experience now, rather than at the beginning of next year.
To your #3 – Work into the system more at practice, and if/when he’s “there” put him in. Taking sacks doesn’t do either him or the team any good.
I don’t agree with the idea on point 1 that Coan’s age alone is why he’s starting. If Pyne was clearly better, he would be playing, Kelly wouldn’t be in year 12 and setting the wins record if he was 0 for the century on QB decisions.
For point 2, Buchner will be starting next year but that doesn’t mean he’s better than Coan right now. Buchner probably only has very limited packages and plays that he can actually run right now. BK doesn’t care about experience for 2022 at this point, he cares about winning Saturday, focus is way different.
I do think your point 3 is fair, Coan is taking too many sacks and that possibly/likely is his fault. I don’t think that alone is reason to bench him, though, though he needs to be instructed to make some changes to improve performance.
I do wear glasses all the time. So you’re not wrong. But can you show me an example of what you’re referring to?
His first two passes were floaters and were pretty interceptable if the coverage were at all there.
His arm strength was a question coming out of HS and obviously is still at least questionable. Sorry if you don’t see it.
Pyne’s arm strength is probably comparable to Rees or Book, IMO.
Coan’s arm strength seems average to me. All other things being equal it’s a nice thing to have over Pyne but right now I’m not sure if arm strength is really much of a differentiator with the problems on offense.
If Coan’s arm strength is “average”, how would classify Rees, Book and Pyne (assuming those three are comparable)? I think all four are hard pressed to throw the ball more than 40-45 yards with any kind of ease. I wouldn’t say any have/had above average arm strength.
Well Below Average: Rees
Below Average: Book/Pyne
Average: Coan
I do like the zip Pyne can put on the ball on short-to-intermediate throws with a quick release.
I probably would have put Pyne more with Rees on this one.
Putting Pyne on Book’s arm-strength level seems rather generous. He seems like he might be mix of Book and Rees, but presumably doesn’t have Book’s pocket awareness or Rees’s football-savantness.
That said, he might be the best option for this team! He looked better on Saturday than I anticipated, and it seems like it’d be a mistake to start Coan against any team with a solid pass rush.
Let’s round out the scale:
Above average: Zaire, Wimbush
Well above: Kizer, Golson
Maybe?
Do we have any that fall into the Laser Rocket Arm tier?
You could probably put Golson in a tier by himself.
I will volunteer myself for the “noodle arm” tier.
The Full BK Quarterback Arm Strength Rankings:
Well Below Average: Rees
Below Average: Book, Pyne
Average: Coan
Above Average: Zaire, Wimbush, Hendrix
Strong: Kizer, Crist
Magisterial: Golson
Ok, so I guess Nate Montana just means nothing to you. WOW.
That’s right.
It took me a minute to remember which game it was, but against Rice, Golson completed two passes that went over 60 yards in the air. Just incredible.
https://youtu.be/fkTRxC28NF4
Isn’t magisterial like an administrative function?
I think Golson was the best overall QB we’ve had in many years. Until he went off the rails, for whatever reason.
Agreed
Not great deep thrower. Better than Book. But not great
I was at the game… in the top section around the 40yd line. There were times we’d feel no wind up there but you could see the ref’s shirts flapping in the wind on the field.
Also, I was wondering if the structural engineers knew about “jump around” as that section of the stadium was seriously flexing when they played that.
The 4th quarter was the most I’ve had in a while. I can’t remember when the defense + special teams last scored more than the offense.
Totally fun 4th Q. That burst from Tyree when he slammed on the afterburner really truly made me think of the Rocket.
Anybody else uneasy about that first FG miss? This is what, a makeable miss in all four games? Or so? This is gonna cost us down the road.
Does any body have the last 6 minutes watchable? I tried to record the game on USTV Now (for us expats) and it stopped recording at 54:00 of game time.
Full game on this channel:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ARK0VnRCYQw&t=3429s
Just remembered that dropped INT early in the game from Coan. That was not good.
It was good Lacey and Cross did well, this was also Hinish’s second concussion in about a month. Football players tend to shrug them off way too quickly, so who knows if he’ll just charge right back in, but I hope he gets healthy and healed first..Honestly concerned about his long term health and availability this season.
Loved Freeman’s adjustments to run the 4-4 and stack 8, daring Mertz to pass and knowing he couldn’t or wouldn’t. RIP the “Notre Dame too big of a job and Freeman not playing his personel correctly to an ill-fitting scheme” narrative.
Hopefully.
Except Wisconsin was clearly only equipped to rock fight, we’ll see how Freeman does against someone who can throw even a little bit. Hopefully better! Things are trending well. The concerns aren’t dead
The Purdue game leads me to be hopeful they already found an answer with that in having 3 safeties on the field at the same time, which really freed up Hamilton to be a chess piece to move all over the field even more than he just does naturally. But yeah, we’ll see.
Can we start calling bowl games the shamrock series? Asking for a friend lol
But in all seriousness this was such an awesome fucking game especially on a day where few teams dominated. Really excited for this next week!
I love that Pyne gets the ball out as quickly as he possibly can — we need that with this OL. But (1) he’s tiny and I worry about him getting hit and (2) I suspect him getting the ball out that quickly means he’s not going through any progressions, which opposing defenses will figure out quickly.
I dunno. I think we should probably stick with Coan, but Rees needs to do a better job of playcalling. As much fun as yesterday was, there were a lot of headscratching offensive decisions. We waste too many downs on plays that obviously are not going to work because our OL can’t pass block for more than 2 seconds and can’t run block at all.
Anywho – LOL Southern Cal, and LOL Dark Horse North Carolina, who will be good next year, for real, we swear, it’ll be different next time.
As far as progressions, 1:44:00 in the full highlights above, the touchdown to Austin, they show how Pyne looks off the coverage to the left then comes back to Austin in the middle. Looks like he was looking for Meyer on the first read, saw the linebacker jump that route, and then progressed back to Austin.
With our line, seems like the plan should always be first read, second read, tuck and run. How long does that take? 2, 2.5 seconds?
Ha I was just thinking earlier that Cam Hart would have loved playing vs. Pyne; DBs are going to be able to jump and cut under those quick passes if we don’t at least mix in some double moves. Fortunately, Lenzy and Austin both have the ability to get down the field quickly; just need them to catch the ball when we do take those shots.
I really like Pyne’s quick release, though. Coan’s delivery seems so slow sometimes.
Part of that is decision making, don’t you think. Pyne>Coan>>Book.
A little bit yeah. But, I do like Pyne’s compact motion which makes sense he’s at least 4 inches shorter than Coan.
But so far Book’s running ability outweighs anything Pyne or Coan has shown.
I think he graduated.
Damn, I missed that.
I could have phrased that better, I guess. Like “ I wish we still had Book. His legs were more productive than Coan’s arm. And the sample size on Pyne is tiny.
Pretty much everything Coan does is slow. I’m really not trying to pick on him because he’s behind the worst ND OL in more than a decade, but I do think he makes life harder than it needs to be. More than anything, it’s his tendency to walk right into sacks.
I dunno if Pyne’s quick release is the answer long-term here but an immobile, slow pocket passer is not a great match for this OL.
Jack must learn that there is no pocket to step up into and to toss it out of bounds when all comes crashing down. I think I have seen him throw it away twice.
Agreed. Just getting us to 2nd & 10 instead of 2nd & 16 would be an improvement.
Merz is just plain awful. I don’t get why he’s still starting, their backup must be in a wheelchair.
Anybody else hate the uniforms? The stripe on the leg made them look way too much like Purdue.
Purdue traditionally doesn’t wear stripes on their pants. When they have, a real thin or a single thick stripe have been more common.
Most of the gold panted teams (ND, GT, Navy, Washington, Colorado) don’t use stripes very often. A lot of people mentioned Georgia Tech but their old striping pattern was different than this Packers-style that ND wore. Closest comparison is probably Washington from back in the 80’s:
Great find!
I really dug the pants. Best part of the uniform modifications, IMO.
I didn’t think they looked like Purdue because they beat Wisconsin 41-13, something that would never be confused with the Boilers.
Big, big ups to Mike Elston for having this absurd level of DT depth. Would have seemed impossible even 5 years ago.
Just a heads up for all of the Peacock hatin’ YouTubeTV havers:
https://www.onefootdown.com/2021/9/27/22695849/some-fans-might-be-forced-to-watch-notre-dame-vs-cincinnati-on-peacock-nbc-youtube-tv-news-irish-nd
Worth noting: The remaining home games will all be on Peacock’s free tier, so even if this comes to pass, you won’t need to pay extra for them.
Good pun for the article. But you should have REALLY leaned into it with “Just how they Drew Wh”it”e Up”
A missed opportunity.
I really liked the uniforms, especially the shoulder patch. The subtlest Shamrock uniforms, and for that reason i think the best.
Also, we defense and special teams scoring so many points, it felt like they really accepted the location change, and summoned the power of the Bears. As an Irish and Bears fan, it as perfect.
I respect your opinion, but you’re factually incorrect:
Also, the Bears don’t beat teams by 28+.
Those are certainly the BEST SS unis, but not the subtlest. Those things were hot effing FIRE.
I just want a green home jersey the same color as Rees’ base layer sleeves.
Is that too much to ask??
Seems slightly too minty. The Fenway Green was pretty good, just a shade darker than what this green is, I think. Or, it’s the exact same color and I’m a stupid idiot.
We can have an EKG Night™.
Electric Kelly Green.
I could have sworn EKG Night was 11/7/20
Didn’t think I would like noon kick offs, But it’s nice to get the game out of the way and drink without anxiety the rest of the night
Noon kickoff also allows one to make those early dinner reservations.
I made it all the way to Chicago from NH in time for my reservation.
Questions: Why did (does) Kyren always let the ball hit the ground on punt returns? That seems like a great way to get clipped by the ball and turn it over. Is this just how the kids are doing it these days? Where’s John Goodman when you need him? When did I get so old I say “the kids”?
John Goodman will appear once per year for his annual 80-yard TD reception, and then vanish again, as is tradition.
I think it was really windy (just from watching on TV). All the kick returners seemed to have issues catching the balls. I think passes were affected as well.
Other than Wiscy’s 4th quarter field goal, the only points scored were by teams going with the wind.
This is “Lincoln had a secretary named Kennedy and Kennedy had a secretary named Lincoln” territory, but it’s gotta be a first team to use 2 QBs in a game with the same names as 2 different players to record pick sixes (Jack and Drew).
Even went in the right order that Jack Coan played QB first and Jack Kiser had the first pick six. Then Drew Pyne played QB second and Drew White had the second pick six.
No illicit substances were consumed prior to this comment, I swear.
Slow news day, eh?
Pyne-Coan Offense!
I read on ISD that Kristofic started at guard. Was he in for Correll or Madden? Was it injury or performance related?
He was in at LG for Correll. Kristofic only played 25 snaps though, Correll still had 45. Madden is showing 292 snaps for the season, same as Patterson and Lugg, I don’t think any of the three have missed a snap to date.
Just trying to figure out the left side with Alt getting some snaps at LT, Kristofic getting a look here and there.
Good info. Thanks!
Sure thing. That’s PFF data so I assume is correct since it’s a simple count, but I like that snap counts are more available-ish now more than ever.
Another interesting note, Botelho got first first snaps of the year on defense, and 29 of them too. Much bigger role and saw the field a lot more than most probably anticipated. Kiser also set a career-high with 57 snaps.
We are so lucky to have had a kick return in a game where Gus Johnson was announcing. That man even made the first 3 quarters of this game entertaining.
Hard pass. Gus Johnson seems to be the cilantro of announcing.
Hahahaha. Good analogy. I feel sad for anyone who doesn’t love Gus or cilantro. But pretty easy to understand.
He’s great. Probably best in a small dose or change up.
I was also kindly idly wondering to myself if exciting moments like the Tyree TD tend to follow Gus around or if he just elevates them to be even better and more exciting. Tessitore is in the same boat. You can almost count on something wild and fun happening when either of those two are on a call.
I feel like Gus tries too hard to make moments happen during otherwise mundane events.
Tessitore is the worst.
Well, he’s the worst if you are favored in the game.
When I saw it was Tessitore calling the FSU game this year, I packed in an extra bottle of booze. True to form, in the 4th quarter, I needed it.
OK, nothing to do with this win over Wisky, other than the various dialogues have been great, especially the arm strength table… but Eric, I can’t resist, inspired by your Rambler posts during the summer, how about this house? Inspired since I am flying from Paris to DC via Pittsburgh to see the Stones at Heinz Field (beat Pitt!), hence nice to see where Mick is resting up between shows
https://nypost.com/2021/09/27/inside-mick-jaggers-house-as-stones-no-filter-tour-begins/
I must say that does not look like a house Mick Jagger would live in, nor does it look like anyone lives there.
So it must be his during-tour bungalow. Given his girl friend is 50 years younger, with their four year old to boot, maybe he just told his agent to find a big place in Florida — but yes, kinda weird.