FB: Notre Dame 38, Duke 7 (Nov 9, 2019)

[Bob Green]

Ian Book is a mobile quarterback and mobile quarterbacks give us fits, example - Bryce Perkins. The defense must pressure Book and contain him because he is adept at extending plays with his legs and finding receivers downfield. Notre Dame has big, talented receivers who will keep moving.

The defense is going to have to play a near perfect game but more important is our offense, which must achieve success sustaining drives to keep the Irish offense off the field. Simple concept but difficult to execute against a quality opponent.

We absolutely must successfully throw the ball downfield to have a chance to win.

[jwillfan]

It will be an interesting game for the weather alone...sunny and high of only 49 during the day, could well be in the thirties at game time...stands will be full of fans, many of whom haven't sat three plus hours in a chill like that (especially chilly when you aren't moving)...

IF the stands are full of fans they will be of the Fighting Irish variety and are used to the cold - at least more so than the Duke fans. Would be very surprised to see the stadium full. I plan to be there but will most likely go home to watch the 2nd half as I am one of the latter.

[arnie]

Early line in Vegas - ND by 7. Thought it might be higher.

[budwom]

IF the stands are full of fans they will be of the Fighting Irish variety and are used to the cold - at least more so than the Duke fans. Would be very surprised to see the stadium full. I plan to be there but will most likely go home to watch the 2nd half as I am one of the latter.

I am guessing that many ND fans who love much closer to Durham than South Bend will be in attendance, and as such I have less faith in their cold weather skills. This will be the game where Duke Concessions will be loaded up with major supplies of ice cold water.

[Bob Green]

This will be the game where Duke Concessions will be loaded up with major supplies of ice cold water.

Try buying a cup of hot chocolate or coffee.

[arnie]

Try buying a cup of hot chocolate or coffee.

You are kidding I hope.

[Devilwin]

Ian Book is a mobile quarterback and mobile quarterbacks give us fits, example - Bryce Perkins. The defense must pressure Book and contain him because he is adept at extending plays with his legs and finding receivers downfield. Notre Dame has big, talented receivers who will keep moving.

The defense is going to have to play a near perfect game but more important is our offense, which must achieve success sustaining drives to keep the Irish offense off the field. Simple concept but difficult to execute against a quality opponent.

We absolutely must successfully throw the ball downfield to have a chance to win.

And watch our play calling..

[Bob Green]

And watch our play calling..

Well that is my point we can’t play scared. Harris has to run the whole offense to include throwing the ball downfield.

[HereBeforeCoachK]

Well that is my point we can’t play scared. Harris has to run the whole offense to include throwing the ball downfield.

...and this helps open up everything else....even some near misses on some deep balls will do that.

[OldPhiKap]

We got this. Mark it down.

[Reilly]

... In the SRS, #23 ND is about 6.5 points better than #47 Duke on a neutral field: https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb...9-ratings.html

Early line in Vegas - ND by 7 ...

Seeing 6.5 now, per vegasinsider -- same as SRS: https://www.vegasinsider.com/college...cfm/team/duke

[Reilly]

Notre Dame (2-3)

1958 A L 7-9
1961 H W 37-13
1966 A L 0-64
2007 A L 7-28
2016 A W 38-35

Duke: undefeated at home ... and on a winning streak ...

[Reilly]

1970

O 3 Ohio State (-/1) A L 10-34
O 10 West Virginia (-/11) A W 21-13

1971

S 18 South Carolina (-/19) H W 28-12
O 2 Stanford (19/10) A W 9-3

1972

S 9 Alabama (-/7) N L 12-35
S 16 Washington (-/12) A L 6-14
S 23 Stanford (-/19) H L 6-10
N 18 North Carolina (-/16) A L 0-14

1973

S 15 Tennessee (-/9) A L 17-21
O 13 Tulane (-/18) H L 17-24
N 17 N.C. State (-/20) H L 3-21

1974

S 14 N.C. State (-/16) A L 21-35
O 26 Florida (-/12) A L 13-30
N 16 Maryland (-/13) N L 13-56

1975

S 12 Southern Cal (-/4) A L 7-35
O 25 Florida (-/12) A L 16-24

1976

O 2 Pittsburgh (-/2) H L 31-44
O 23 Maryland (-/6) H L 3-30

1977

S 17 Michigan (-/1) A L 9-21
N 19 North Carolina (-/18) H L 3-16

1978

S 30 Michigan (-/4) A L 0-52
O 28 Maryland (-/5) H L 0-27

1979

N 10 Wake Forest (-/20) A L 14-17

1980

S 20 Auburn (-/19) A L 28-35
O 11 South Carolina (-/17) A L 7-20
N 22 North Carolina (-/15) A L 21-44

1981
S 12 Ohio State (-/11) A L 13-34
O 17 Clemson (-/6) H L 10-38
N 21 North Carolina (-/15) H L 10-31

1982

O 16 Clemson (-/20) A L 14-49

1983

O 1 Miami (-/15) H L 17-56
O 22 Maryland (-/15) A L 3-38

1986

S 13 Georgia (-/19) A L 7-31
O 18 Clemson (-/17) A L 3-35

1987

O 17 Clemson (-/7) A L 10-17

1988

O 15 Clemson (-/11) A L 17-49

1989

S 16 Tennessee (-/17) A L 6-28
S 30 Clemson (-/7) H W 21-17
D 28 Texas Tech (20/24) N L 21-49

1990

S 22 Virginia (-/10) H L 0-59
S 29 Clemson (-/19) A L 7-26
O 27 Georgia Tech (-/16) A L 31-48

1991

N 16 N.C. State (-/24) H L 31-32
N 30 Clemson (-/13) N L 21-33

1992

S 5 Florida State (-/4) A L 21-48
S 26 Virginia (-/14) H L 28-55
O 17 Clemson (-/19) A L 6-21
N 14 N.C. State (-/14) A L 27-45
N 21 North Carolina (-/21) H L 28-31

1993

S 4 Florida State (-/1) H L 7-45
S 25 Virginia (-/22) A L 0-35
O 2 Tennessee (-/11) A L 19-52
N 6 N.C. State (-/22) H W 21-20
N 26 North Carolina (-/13) A L 24-38

1994

O 29 Florida State (16/9) A L 20-59
N 5 Virginia (23/13) H W 28-25

1995

S 2 Florida State (-/1) N L 26-70
S 23 Maryland (-/24) A L 28-41
O 14 Virginia (-/19) A L 30-44
N 11 Clemson (-/24) A L 17-34

1996

S 7 Florida State (-/3) A L 7-44
N 2 Virginia (-/16) H L 3-27
N 23 North Carolina (-/13) H L 10-27

1997

O 11 Florida State (-/4) H L 27-51
N 22 North Carolina (-/8) A L 14-50

1998

S 19 Florida State (-/11) A L 13-62
S 26 Virginia (-/11) H L 0-24

1999

O 2 Florida State (-/1) N L 23-51
O 16 Georgia Tech (-/8) H L 31-38

2000

S 30 Clemson (-/7) H L 22-52
O 14 Florida State (-/7) A L 14-63

2001

S 1 Florida State (-/6) H L 13-55
S 22 Northwestern (-/16) H L 7-44
O 6 Georgia Tech (-/17) H L 10-37
O 20 Maryland (-/12) A L 17-59

2002

S 21 Florida State (-/5) A L 17-48
O 19 N.C. State (-/13) A L 22-24

2003

A 30 Virginia (-/18) A L 0-27
S 27 Florida State (-/6) H L 7-56
N 1 Tennessee (-/19) A L 6-23

2004

S 25 Maryland (-/23) H L 21-55
O 23 Virginia (-/14) H L 16-37
N 6 Florida State (-/13) A L 7-29

2005

S 10 Virginia Tech (-/7) H L 0-45
S 24 Virginia (-/23) A L 7-38
O 8 Miami (-/9) A L 7-52
O 22 Florida State (-/11) H L 24-55

2006

S 16 Virginia Tech (-/14) A L 0-36
N 11 Boston College (-/22) A L 7-28
N 18 Georgia Tech (-/18) A L 21-49

2007

O 13 Virginia Tech (-/12) H L 14-43
N 3 Clemson (-/25) H L 10-47

2009

S 19 Kansas (-/22) A L 16-44
O 3 Virginia Tech (-/6) H L 26-34
N 14 Georgia Tech (-/7) H L 10-49
N 21 Miami (-/20) A L 16-34

2010

S 18 Alabama (-/1) H L 13-62
O 23 Virginia Tech (-/23) A L 7-44

2011

S 10 Stanford (-/6) H L 14-44
O 29 Virginia Tech (-/15) H L 10-14

2012

S 8 Stanford (-/25) A L 13-50
O 27 Florida State (-/11) A L 7-48
N 3 Clemson (-/10) H L 20-56

2013

O 26 Virginia Tech (-/16) A W 13-10
N 16 Miami (-/24) H W 48-30
D 7 Florida State (20/1) N L 7-45
D 31 Texas A&M (22/20) N L 48-52

2014

O 11 Georgia Tech (-/22) A W 31-25
D 27 Arizona State (-/15) N L 31-36

2015

S 19 Northwestern (-/23) H L 10-19
S 26 Georgia Tech (-/20) H W 34-20
N 11 North Carolina (-/21) A L 31-66

2016

O 14 Louisville (-/7) A L 14-24
N 5 Virginia Tech (-/23) H L 21-24
N 10 North Carolina (-/15) H W 28-27

2017

S 29 Miami (-/14) H L 6-31
O 28 Virginia Tech (-/13) A L 3-24

2018

N 17 Clemson (-/2) A L 6-35

2019

A 31 Alabama (-/2) N L 3-42


https://s3.amazonaws.com/goduke.com/...edia_Guide.pdf

[Reilly]

34 Osita Ekwonu 6-0 3/4 230 Freshman Charlotte, NC Providence Day School LB
34 Jahmir Smith 5-11 205 Sophomore Sanford, NC Lee County RB
39 Jonathan Doerer 6-3 203 Junior Charlotte, NC South Mecklenburg K/P
42 Julian Okwara 6-4 1/2 248 Senior Charlotte, NC Ardrey-Kell DL

https://und.com/sports/football/roster/season/2019-20/

[Reilly]

6 Eli Pancol WR 6-3 195 Fr. Pendleton, Ind. / Pendleton Heights

[Reilly]

I didn't realize he was going to join Weis's first staff ... thought Charlie had been there already: https://www.espn.com/college-footbal...ory?id=2073669

Looks like Peter Vaas was hired to replace Cut: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2005_N..._football_team ... and Vaas ended up at Duke in 2007 ...

[Devilwin]

We got this. Mark it down.

Noted..lol Would not surprise me one bit if we won.

[peloton]

We got this. Mark it down.

I'm with OPK (and of course Ozzie), I'm feeling an upset coming on here.

[duke2x]

It will be an interesting game for the weather alone...sunny and high of only 49 during the day, could well be in the thirties at game time...stands will be full of fans, many of whom haven't sat three plus hours in a chill like that (especially chilly when you aren't moving)...

When it comes to weather, we are worse than that FL NFL teams. Some cold performances I've experienced:

2000 UNC @ Duke (UNC 59-21). This is the coldest I've ever been at a Duke home game, and it was a noon game.
2007 Duke @ ND (ND 28-7). This cost Roof his job, and this was a 3-9 ND team.
2014 UNC @ Duke (UNC 45-20). This is the worst loss on the list.
2016 UNC @ Duke (Duke 28-27). This was probably the nicest weather on the list, and I'm including it to be fair.
2016 Duke @ Pitt (Pitt 56-14). It actually snowed over lunch for a 3:30 game.

I like teams that run the ball and hold on to it in adverse weather conditions. We don't do the latter this year.

Early line in Vegas - ND by 7. Thought it might be higher.

Sagarin predicts ND by nine and has been consistent in the 10 range for a few weeks.

Try buying a cup of hot chocolate or coffee.

Duke is already sending out bread-and-milk alarms for this game. Even when the stadium would be full (40004) in the past, I've never seen them create satellite parking with special bus service and open the main parking lots at 6AM for night game. They probably expect artificial warmth pregame anyway.

[Reilly]

... Some cold performances I've experienced:

2000 UNC @ Duke (UNC 59-21). This is the coldest I've ever been at a Duke home game, and it was a noon game.
2007 Duke @ ND (ND 28-7). This cost Roof his job, and this was a 3-9 ND team ...

I was at both of these. The 2012 Belk Bowl against Cincy was darn chilly, too.

I was also at the 1990 Virginia and 2018 WFU games but those were cold in another way.