Notre Dame Football's Defense IS ONE OF THE BEST In CFB | Notre Dame vs Texas A&M Recap

Joe your Notre Dame Fighting Irish winning the SEC country and got a win against Mike Elco which everybody knows Mike Elco is now the head coach of Tex A&M but game one a thriller last night in Naggy land but Notre Dame kind of like what the way that we had talked we thought that this might play out it's just game one for Mike Elco man this game was going to be close we actually both said it would be a touchdown game here touchdown to field goal game and that's where it was and what are your thoughts about how yesterday's game with A&M and Notre Dame played out so first of all to the SEC fans that are taking my excited reaction to my team beating Texas A&M on the road to imply that I was saying that they're going to win a National Championship grow up I'm allowed to be excited those words didn't come out of my mouth secondly I understand that Connor Wagman played poorly in this game but one thing was really proven to me Blake this this was proven to me that Notre Dame defense is one of the best in the country that's not an overreaction that's not hyperbolic their defensive line was downhill and aggressive they were producing pressures with light fronts they were stopping what was going to be a potentially quality Texas A&M Run game against that's not a bad offensive line too that is an experienced relatively experienced offensive line that they made look B made look bottom tier they were able to produce turnovers by creating confusion for Wagman and then having the defensive backs that were opportunistic enough to make plays but more importantly is that they rally and they tackle they do not allow guys to break out and have yards after catch that is the definition of a good defense and Al golden has produced this Notre Dame defense to a level that they are going to be good enough to compete with the top teams in the country there is more to be desired on some things offensively which we will talk about in a second but I feel extremely proven that Notre Dame's defense deserves more credit and love for how freaking good it is and we have seen teams in the history of college football rely on their defenses to go on runs their schedule's weak as [ __ ] I don't care they're going to the playoff they would need to have a complete utter meltdown with this schedule to not make the playoff all right I let me start off by just saying this I love you don't start your sentence with that don't start your sentence with that well I do love you but I think that there are some things that we need to talk about okay you're in a dog fight with a team in Texas A&M that might be a six and6 football team seven and5 football team and you know that and and you're in a dog fight in week one now here's what I think is going to happen I do think Riley Leonard in this offense will be better as the season goes on they need the Reps the problem that I had all off season when me and you talked about this game in particular and talked about them them I think that there was some Mis there was not a lot of cohesion at times with Leonard and this offense Joe that defensive line for A&M got after him and I know that you might not play better defensive lines on your schedule but what is your ultimate goal like if I win playoff it's to win playoff games it's to win playoff games Joe there's gonna be much more better overall teams than what you saw in A&M it's week one and you got a lot that you're going to figure out as a season goes on Joe third down third down for Notre Dame was abysmal okay you want to know why that game was so close let's call it what it is you are abysmal on third down and I'm a Mike I'm a Mike Dem Brock apologist okay I love Mike that I will always love his family and what he does I love him as a play caller last night he got out schemed and out coach and I love him to death but he did okay and I think he would be the first one to tell you that now Riley Leonard ALS o made some very bad throws on third down but to your point I said this on other I went on 12 different shows this week and I told everybody this so now I'm gonna tell you here I said do not tell my my co-host Joe this however I think that Notre Dame's defense by far in their secondary for sure is one of the best defenses in the country what they made Conor Wagman look look like was very impressive now we all we'll get to Wagman in just a moment my our takes on him actually kind of played out to exactly to what we thought they might y Joe if they're going to be a a a team that can make a run in the playoffs they got a lot to clean up on offense but sometimes in a hostile environment like you have in Notre Dame or going Notre Dame going to Kyle Field getting a win is a win okay no A&M still got really good athletes they still got some really good players they got a lot that they got to fix on the o line Jeremiah love I thought played fantastic the kid is a really good back I should have listened to you more on that and that's where they ultimately won the football game that's the first time you've ever said that but go ahead you should have listened to me on something I'm I'm yeah I should have listened to you I growing I'm I'm really proud of you well I thought I thought that the 198 yards that Notre Dame had a lot of that coming in the second half is why they ultimately won the football game was because of the explosive runs they had in the second half let me flip over to A&M Joel remember our conversation that you and I had about Colin Klein when he got there uh that was by that was some weak ass play calling by the way that was some bad play calling he was I don't know if we saw more separation of a coordinator who was out coached by the opposing coordinator Al golden was running laps around him like it it wasn't even he knew what he was about to do every single time it was coming and there were some really soft ass third Downs too these overly conserv I hate teams that do this [ __ ] and it was my biggest qualm with the Clemson game where you call these just Cop Out third Downs to just get off the field with a fourth and short that happened a lot in this game the thing that I was get so here's what I'm gonna say about Conor Wagman the last real two power four teams that we saw him play Miami and Notre Dame and people were arguing with us that this Notre Dame defense wasn't the best team that he's ever played against defensively it vastly is what the hell like why were people trying to say that like what but he went 12 of 30 yesterday with two interceptions and here's another thing I'm going to tell you this too Joe if if Notre Dame does not forced both of those turnovers there because of momentum I really thought that they were going to lose if they had not forced both of those Joe moment it really felt like to me through three quarters that if if if Notre Dame allowed them to continue to stay around they're gonna get beat but the costly turnovers that Wagman had that was what it was and this was literally what you and I talked about in the preview of this game can we watch Conor Wagman or wigman whatever his name is can we watch him actually go through a season and do good things can we see him be a good quarterback we have anointed this kid because A&M has anointed this kid he got absolutely abused he got dude he was more confused than I I think I've ever seen him and it's not like we have a big sample size of him but man I I got to tell you though def defensively though A&M's pretty freaking good BD they're really good defensively they got D front yes but I'll say this and ending it he got he got no help from his play calling and Colin Clan I think this is why I came in this week I did a number of spots hopped on with our good friend Chris Phillips our good friend uh Tyler piter awesome getting to catch up with them TJ Jesus oh man that's going to come back to B bite me in the ass yeah he's I had a I played football with a kid named Tyler piter sorry TJ um I said on on on those spots and some of the other spots that I did that this is a confidence building win sure look Texas A&M could end up being seven and five this year I don't think they're that bad I really don't I think that they're going to be better than seven and five I think they could finish the year eight and four and be a ranked team which is still a good quality win but to go on the road in an environment that is deemed to be one of the hardest that has been an upset worthy situation for teams like LSU a couple years ago when they went to the SEC Championship Game it has been a trap situation when they went to a national championship it has been a trap situation notoriously for Notre Dame to come out of that with a 10o win and to look as competent and dominant as they did on defense and to show some strong things on offense that they can build on that's the momentum that they need for this season I I anyone who wants to act like Tex A&M's dog [ __ ] and that them beating them means nothing that there's no truth to that that is a tough difficult situation to come out of and I'm not worried about the offense Riley Leonard didn't play in the spring for him to not play in the spring and to step in and to clearly still be trying to build chemistry with his Z line and his receivers in this game I feel like they're going to eventually get there feel like Mike Den Brock was three quarters the way opening up the Playbook I think that this Playbook is going to continue to open up and I think eventually I think Mike opened it up big time I don't think that they did I think that there was after watching him the last two years [ __ ] he didn't I think that there was some relative conservative decision making not what they were trying to do that came probably from Marcus too I call [ __ ] and you know what you better have been opening up because you almost would have gotten beat you can't you can't hold punch okay Joe if they would have got beat if they hold on if they would have gotten beat and he didn't open it up you would be coming in here getting pissed off that he didn't open up you can't open it up and I'm talking about the sense of like taking deeper shots down the field and being aggressive down field you couldn't do that because of how quickly they were generating pressure with fourman fronts they they couldn't so with all of that happening they had some really nice plays some deep throws that were in that 10 to 15 uh margin that they were able to connect on I think that they're going to watch that film and they're going to realize this is where our bread and butter is it's not going to be trying to throw to the flat and pick up yards after the catch they can connect on the sideline with a guy like Bo Collins with that ridiculous throw that he made and they can find their tight ends in space I think that this is just a a catalyst what could be a big year for Notre Dame I I I I know that we're not going to talk about them probably until they play Florida state but I I I just feel so this is the best I have ever felt I have never felt this good about an notame team sorry under Marcus Freeman under Marcus Freeman sorry okay let me ref I was about to I was about to rip you all right let me say this to you if you feel the best after this win against an A&M team with a coach who's in year one in game one I don't know that you should feel that Confident come on we we can't discredit this win I understand that it's not a national they didn't beat they didn't beat that's discrediting it a little bit that's discrediting a little bit what you said okay so let me ask you this question let me ask you this godson's question if anybody else in the country would have beat the dog [ __ ] a team like A&M you would not be having this I know you well enough you would you would be saying it's a good win but they didn't really prove anything and Joe I'm gonna be I'm gonna be real with you now the cohesiveness also showed up in the statline when it comes to penalties y'all jumped way too much it's the loudest stadium in college football what come on we gota like Joe no it's not okay one of the I've been to almost every SEC Stadium it's up there but it ain't the loudest I hate you so much I not Joe again if they're a seven and5 team and that's your best win then what because it might be your best win and let me wait wait wait hold on second let me get to this point too did I or didn't I not tell you all offseason that Riley missing the the spring and him having a setback was good going to be problematic with them trying to force the football down the field but they still overcame that they still me the fact that they were able to overcome that in your first game at Kyle Field against Texas A&M makes me feel pretty good of of how things are going to pan out in November when they play Florida State when they play USC and when they go to play in a playoff game I'm gonna tell you this now I'm gonna tell you well I'm I'm gonna leave that I'm gonna leave that one alone y'all better be ready for that Stanford Cardinal oh stop okay wait before before we move on here look all all I want to say is that I I as as much as as much as we want to try to discredit the opponent that they had that that still was a pretty effective of a win and I think that Florida State like we were saying earlier that there's a chance that that Clemson can go on a 10-2 type of a run Florida State finishes the year 10-2 and they're banging on the door of the ACC Championship game I don't think they're going to be that bad that they're suddenly out of the ACC Championship conversation that's still a good win USC even if they lose today is going to be a good ranked win I'm not trying to act like that they're going to have a world beater type of a schedule here I'm not trying to act like that but they don't have like complete W they have winnable games against ranked opponents that's what they have this video is sponsored by the online Fitness training 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