Shannon Sharpe & Chad Johnson react to Notre Dame's late-game victory over Texas A&M | Nightcap

hello it's your favorite sports Unk here don't forget to hit that subscribe button to join the fastest growing community on YouTube Remember night cap doesn't happen without you so please subscribe or you're going to make oo cry not number seven no to Dame went on the road tuck down number 20 Texas A&M 2313 Jeremiah loves touchdown with less than two minutes to go put Notre Dame on top the defense held kick a late field goal and they win by 10 Marcus Freeman and Notre Dame make a national statement on opening night the defense was outstanding all game long the offense delivered in the clutch when they absolutely had to have it and that's the mark of any great team can you get done what you need to get done when you absolutely positively have to and that's what they were able to do get a touchdown late get a stop late on defense and they go on the road and get a win national televis game in a hostile environment oo what did you like about what you saw I enjoyed it I enjoyed it not only from Notre Dame but also enjoyed it from Texas A&M the game was exciting throughout from the beginning to the Finish again like you said could you get it done when you needed the most the game of football whether it's at the collegate level or whether it's at the NFL level it's all about moments and doing what you need to get done in those moments and that's what Notre Dame was able to do on the road in front of a hostile environment of 107,000 at that Stadium but it was exciting I'm not sure if I'm I'm trying to figure out how do I say it would it be in the first game team just getting out there getting getting adjusted to the speed of the game you again you could practice as much as you want is it a measuring stick or a guideline to where not the D is probably not being that they were very successful last season they had a they had a great year Texas A&M had a okay season last year I think they'll be fine but it's it's a good win for them especially be a to be able to do it on the road I don't think Texas ANM is in a good spot that quarterback's going to have to play much better than what he played yeah and that the days of being able to play outstanding defense outstanding special teams and cover up your quarterback those days Al long be it doesn't matter the level anymore you used to can play outstanding defense play great special teams and you can get away with marginal quarterback play those days are over we see it now when you have a quarterback you can win it doesn't matter where the location is on the road neutral site or at home you cannot hide your quarterback you can hide every other every other position on the field you can hide it I can roll coverage to protect my Corners I can make sure the safety stay back and and shell coverage I can stunt I can do a lot of different things offensive line I can slide the line one way the other I can send the back says I need you to chip your way out before you go out I can put a a wide receiver in motion to help him get off press what do I do with the quarterback when he has to touch the ball on every single play unless you know wild cat but I'm saying 90% of the time your quarterback is gonna touch the ball right when you have and the days when you trying to run the ball o 50 times a game and win it no it's not it's not gonna happen but this this is the thing this is the thing when it comes to Texas A&M when you have subar quarterback play like we witnessed tonight that means those around the quarterback have to be that much better than he is and that's coming from I'm talking about from a a receiver standpoint they have to be that much greater and they don't just have that at Texas z&m yet because if they did it would have showed up tonight the game I don't think the game would have been as close as it was tonight they played outstanding defense play good defense Notre Dame play good defense but the one thing that could have separated Texas am and Theon night if they had I I don't want to use the word elite receivers I mean five-star receivers that could actually take over a goddamn game and that is the only thing that can save you from subpar quarterback play that's it they could have had Randy Moss they could have had Jarry rice they could have had to they could have had Megatron with the way that quarterback played tonight none of that was gonna help the way he was sailing the ball over the head the way he was throwing the ball in the dirt nah yeah ain't no bailing out now I'm willing to give them the somewhat of the benefit of the doubt to say it was the first game but he's going to have to play exponentially better moving forward than what he played tonight because think about it now he's in SEC hey Georgia Alabama uh uh uh Texas Old Miss every every week Oklahoma listen every week ain't no ain't no a ain't no days off ain't no weeks off every week you every week you gonna have to bring it LSU Tennessee that's what you're up against you think you gonna Trot that quarterback out there with the way that for the mo most part A lot of these teams in SEC play defense you think you're going to trot that out there n and you going to win a game nah bro nah they going they going to Fe they going to eat you up do you think they made the right decision on who they wanted to start at quarterback well I think hold on when I when you look at it you go through a whole spring training o you have offseason condition you come back in the in the training camp so clearly he must have been the best guy for the job you don't really know I mean some guys you know we've seen it guys play really well uh uh uh with Spring ball guys play really well coming back and then getting the game and they don't play so well so let's give him the benefit of the doubt um I don't know a whole lot about the kid I'm watching it intently just like everybody else is but I know this that's what got Jimbo up out of there yeah and if your quarterback don't play now Texas NM Got Deep Pockets that's all money yeah that's they got real they got that's why should be issues it shouldn't be an issues to compete at at a high level that that's what I'm saying because of your pockets because of you have an advantage that other other schools don't have it doesn't matter how much how much stock you have if the stocks ain't worth the [Laughter] it you can buy all the stocks you want to but if you don't buy the right stock so you can spend money on players but if you don't get the right I think coach sa said something about that today like they said Ohio state has a $20 million team coach sa said don't matter if you don't spend on the right players well we know Texas A&M Got Deep Pockets that's not oil and they go back Generations but we've seen it before they had the number one recruiting class and what did they get for it nothing yeah so it doesn't matter how much money you spend it only matters if you spend the money on the right things yes sir and so that's what they're that's what Texas CM oo is gonna be up against the we know what the SEC year in and year out they send more players to the NFL than any other conference it is what it is you whether you like it or not oh it's look who wi not Michigan not withstanding won the National Championship but look at Alabama look at Georgia look at the teams over the last 20 years what conference probably 15 of the 20 National Championship that was won over the last 20 years have come from that conference the top uh first rounders total draft pick come from that conference so you're gonna have to get better at that position because everybody look the talent is there um Texas andm Got Talent out yeah um they got some four stars some five stars are they Georgia no are they Alabama no but they got talented players but it doesn't matter it doesn't matter if your quarterback can't get them the ball they're gonna have to be better I like what I saw from Notre dang um you know Notre dang Marcus Freeman he cut his teeth on the defensive side of the football they always get up to the always play very very good defense and when they need to have it you see the the quarterback was clue I thought it was the slot did a terrible job he's got he's got to make the corner you can't get him a straight line did you not see the Super Bowl if you give a DB a straight line if he all he got to do is back P he's CL he's playing off he knows this is what he knows oh Jo now I'm in a two by two the slot receiver released straight up the field what the hell I think that outside receiver running a go r or a slant y one or the other a slant and I'm now if he runs a double Bove coach going to tell you son if he run runs a double that's that's on me that's on me but when he hey when he breaks you drive as hard as God will let you he should have picked it that's what he should did he should have picked it so you study I'm looking oh you bubbling like that oh hey you Ain this guy here he ain't running no go because if you if he was running the goal you'd kept a straight Ste but you bubble but you didn't bubble enough to you got to make me Bubble so I don't have a straight line to uh to jet that ball but give Notre name credit I'm looking at their schedule Oho they okay they go on the road they beat uh Texas I don't think they got but like three roll games unless there are some neutral sight games in there right I think they're at Purdue and I think they're at someone else I'm not sure maybe USC I think USC don't quote me on that but I think so but you look at that schedule they have a very favorable matchup uh the rest of the way now we know hey things happen but they're gonna be favored I believe they'll be favored in every single game now Georgia Tech is a little tricky but they do get Tech at home but man it is set up for Georgia Tech EXC for Notre D their schedule is really favorable OJ most definitely most definitely they gonna be all right uh Texas ZM is now one and N been when being featured on college game day they saying don't y'all bring y'all ass back oo not the name is one and0 uh they got Northern Illinois they got at Purdue Miami of Ohio lville at home Stanford at home Georgia Tech oh Georgia Tech is at the Mercedes-Benz Dome Navy is at metti which is in Jersey Florida State at home Virginia at home Army at Yankee Stadium and at uh 23 USC so they'll be favored in a large chunk of those games probably every single one of those games May maybe maybe not Tech it's gonna be list I I thought the same thing GE Georgia Tech beat Florida State right yeah Georgia Tech beat Florida State if there's going to be a challenge somewhere down the line unless Florida Florida state gets their stuff together later on in the season maybe that might be a challenge of of some sort but I think based on the schedule you just told me the only challenge that Notre Dame might have might be Georgia Tech might be Georgia Tech especially coming in with that kind of confidence beating the Florida state that most people even myself thought Florida State should run away with it I'm thinking you know Florida State few four four star five star players a school like that that gets some of the Elite Talent especially from the Florida area should beat a Georgia Tech Team obvious obviously that didn't happen so if if if Notre Dame is going to have a scare or a game that's going to be good it would be that one against Georgia Tech [Music]