Notre Dame week 5 wrap-up

Here's my take on their game against Stanford, and a little pre-game analysis of the UNC matchup.

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[TroyandSeanshow]

and for the record not towards you justin but to everyone in general, north carolina being favored by 8 doesn't mean shit to me. all those odds are determined by a bunch of paper pushers anyway.

[SbrJustin]

I'm a paper pusher myself, and make a living betting on my own paper. Regardless, both teams have to play the game. I have a computer model which ignoring subjective factors, predicted a score of 31-21. I think ND's defensive philosophy (bend, don't break, gambling defense) will do better than "paper pushers" would guess. How's that for a contradiction?!?

[TroyandSeanshow]

lets not forget turnovers, the irish forced 2 turnovers on stanford's first 2 possessions of the game. the way i see it, yards dont mean shit if you dont have the points to back them up.

[SbrJustin]

There is an entire science dedicated to the causation and predictability of turnovers. The general consensus is that turnovers are random. I'd argue that Notre Dame plays a defense that gives up more yards than most, but increases the odds of getting interceptions - by playing heavy pass coverage, and trying to force opponents into passing situations.

[jayroddog]

Shows how much you know. Notre Dame runs the 3-4. And in cover two the corner back does not double cover the reciever going deep. They usually try to jam the reciever at the line and then cover the flats. Plus, Jon Tenuta is blitzing all the time, and once the running back gets past the first wave of defenders, the only two left are the safties, that's why they get so many yards. Do some more research next time.

[SbrJustin]

Did we watch the same game last weekend? The corners were always playing man under, with safeties in zone over.

[jaceynorth]

Thankfully most people think the way you do, bet on gut instinct, and lose.

[cramerjr]

ummm, i thought ND's base defense was a 3-4 hybrid...

[TroyandSeanshow]

ok thats cool that that is what you do for a living, and i'm not trying to bash you in any way but the way i see it is nothing can be determined on a computer, the only determining factors that decide the outcome of the game are the players playing the game and the coaches coaching them.