[Leftcoast]

Quote from: Hulk01 on Today at 08:59:04 am
Cold and damp also makes it tougher for a QB to grip a ball, particularly if the QB has small fans. 

This should work to our advantage.  Their fans are leprechauns.

Have you SEEN mid-west football fans?  They're no leprechauns  -  Some span several nearby area codes.

[Leftcoast]

Quote from: Hulk01 on Today at 08:59:04 am
Cold and damp also makes it tougher for a QB to grip a ball, particularly if the QB has small fans. 

This should work to our advantage.  Their fans are leprechauns.

Have you SEEN mid-west football fans?  They're no leprechauns  -  Some span several nearby area codes.

[Leftcoast]

Wait ...... Jennifer Anniston is an invisible leprechaun?!?  How did I miss THAT? 

I really need to watch more TV.

[Leftcoast]

Wait ...... Jennifer Anniston is an invisible leprechaun?!?  How did I miss THAT? 

I really need to watch more TV.

[Rfed013]

About the Refs:

When ND is home, the referees always come from the visiting teams conference. Saturday it will be PAC 12 refs, obviously.

[Rfed013]

About the Refs:

When ND is home, the referees always come from the visiting teams conference. Saturday it will be PAC 12 refs, obviously.

[Rally]

[quote author=Hulk01 link=topic=10754.msg100262#msg100262 date=1412265544]
Cold and damp also makes it tougher for a QB to grip a ball, particularly if the QB has small fans. 

Why rely on those when we have air conditioning technology?
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Small fans but big hearts.

[Rally]

[quote author=Hulk01 link=topic=10754.msg100262#msg100262 date=1412265544]
Cold and damp also makes it tougher for a QB to grip a ball, particularly if the QB has small fans. 

Why rely on those when we have air conditioning technology?
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Small fans but big hearts.

[jayasena]

About the Refs:

When ND is home, the referees always come from the visiting teams conference. Saturday it will be PAC 12 refs, obviously.

That's part of the problem.

[jayasena]

About the Refs:

When ND is home, the referees always come from the visiting teams conference. Saturday it will be PAC 12 refs, obviously.

That's part of the problem.

[BostonCard]

[quote author=FarmBoy link=topic=10754.msg100130#msg100130 date=1412185310]

1. on both sides of the ball stanford is better on the line, without a doubt, we may have 2 guys combined that would start for stanford. 

If this is true, how can you reconcile that with your prediction of ND winning? I hear a general rule of thumb that the better team up front is going to typically win the game. If Stanford's OL is better than ND's DL, that gives time to throw and lanes to run. If Stanford's DL is better than ND's OL, then Golson gets sacked and the RB's don't get into space. How does ND win?

Because i dont think golson gets sacked all that much, he is very good at extending plays and avoiding defenders.  So that takes away some of the advantage of stanfords D line being better than nds.  In general thats a good rule, but the term better doesn't define the difference in skill.  So even though a teams D line is better than another teams D line, that doesnt specify if they are just 10% better of 80% better. 

Overall, i think golson can naturalize alot of the difference and (even though i get slammed for this) i think NDs WRs are better, so with golson buying time, the receivers get open and make plans.

So that is how i can still say ND wins.
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I don't know about that... Notre Dame has been sacked 7 times in 4 games, which ranks in a tie for 41st with a bunch of teams, among them, Stanford.  Now, you guys do pass more often than we do, so your sack percentage is lower, but the difference isn't brobdingnagian.  On the other hand, Stanford has lost 34 yards in those seven sacks (an average of just under 5 per sack); Notre Dame has lost 51, a shade over 7 per sack.  Hogan is a pretty good scrambler himself, and he has a fair number of scrambles that would have been sacks but for Hogan's ability to create something out of nothing; I wonder if the higher sack yards lost is due to Golson getting himself deeper into trouble when trying to elude the rush, or at least, an inability to minimize the damage.

BC

[BostonCard]

[quote author=FarmBoy link=topic=10754.msg100130#msg100130 date=1412185310]

1. on both sides of the ball stanford is better on the line, without a doubt, we may have 2 guys combined that would start for stanford. 

If this is true, how can you reconcile that with your prediction of ND winning? I hear a general rule of thumb that the better team up front is going to typically win the game. If Stanford's OL is better than ND's DL, that gives time to throw and lanes to run. If Stanford's DL is better than ND's OL, then Golson gets sacked and the RB's don't get into space. How does ND win?

Because i dont think golson gets sacked all that much, he is very good at extending plays and avoiding defenders.  So that takes away some of the advantage of stanfords D line being better than nds.  In general thats a good rule, but the term better doesn't define the difference in skill.  So even though a teams D line is better than another teams D line, that doesnt specify if they are just 10% better of 80% better. 

Overall, i think golson can naturalize alot of the difference and (even though i get slammed for this) i think NDs WRs are better, so with golson buying time, the receivers get open and make plans.

So that is how i can still say ND wins.
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I don't know about that... Notre Dame has been sacked 7 times in 4 games, which ranks in a tie for 41st with a bunch of teams, among them, Stanford.  Now, you guys do pass more often than we do, so your sack percentage is lower, but the difference isn't brobdingnagian.  On the other hand, Stanford has lost 34 yards in those seven sacks (an average of just under 5 per sack); Notre Dame has lost 51, a shade over 7 per sack.  Hogan is a pretty good scrambler himself, and he has a fair number of scrambles that would have been sacks but for Hogan's ability to create something out of nothing; I wonder if the higher sack yards lost is due to Golson getting himself deeper into trouble when trying to elude the rush, or at least, an inability to minimize the damage.

BC

[Mick]

This year, Stanford is averaging 5.75 penalties per game, Notre Dame is at 5.00 (same as SJSU).  UDFG is averaging 38.25 yards penalties per game, Stanford Scofflaws are at 55.75 yards per game of penalties.

Last year's stats are interesting: Notre Dame was called for more penalties than its opponent when they play at home in every game except the Pitt game..  On the road, their opponents have been called for more penalties, and ND has been called for very few.  Notre Dame averaged 7 penalties per game at home (their opponents averaged 5.7), but just 2.8 penalties per game on the road where their opponents averaged 4.4.  On a neutral site (against Arizona State and Rutgers), they averaged 7.5 penalties while their opponents averaged jut 3.5.

Sounds like a home game disadvantage, which is fine by me.

[Mick]

This year, Stanford is averaging 5.75 penalties per game, Notre Dame is at 5.00 (same as SJSU).  UDFG is averaging 38.25 yards penalties per game, Stanford Scofflaws are at 55.75 yards per game of penalties.

Last year's stats are interesting: Notre Dame was called for more penalties than its opponent when they play at home in every game except the Pitt game..  On the road, their opponents have been called for more penalties, and ND has been called for very few.  Notre Dame averaged 7 penalties per game at home (their opponents averaged 5.7), but just 2.8 penalties per game on the road where their opponents averaged 4.4.  On a neutral site (against Arizona State and Rutgers), they averaged 7.5 penalties while their opponents averaged jut 3.5.

Sounds like a home game disadvantage, which is fine by me.