Josh Pate On Notre Dame Losing To Northern Illinois - Rapid Reaction 

You playing softball in Smyrna and talk football. Might as well come play flag football in East Cobb

The number 1 bad stat from last weekend Northern Illinois 16 vs Notre Dame 14 AT HOME , second worst stat from last weekend Colorado 0 rushing yards third place your fired .

Yes! Thank you for that. Toledo played ND and the refs too.

No! The Irish blew this game on every level

What? NIU got away with 27 false starts. 48 holding penalties. 4 roughing the passer. 11 offensive pass interference and 9 defensive pass interference. 8 lined up in the neutral zone. 5 offsides, and you're crying about the refs? Give me a fucking break.

@@AnthonyAbbettNIU also got a terrible spot at the end of the game where they brought the ball back a whole yard when it was clearly a first down. worst spot I’ve ever seen. That likely would have ended it. Then they stopped the clock after third down for ND to even have a chance to kick a fg. Either way you don’t lose to Northern Illinois like that. Alabama had like three touchdowns called back and still won by over 20 points. You guys are just frauds

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He's a fine HC so long as he has a good O-Coord to fall back on. A good QB helps too.

@@koldonn1111 not when he knee-caps his OC and QB coming out of the tunnel!

@@RaymondHarton lmao sure buddy sure

And honestly, he wasn’t that great of a DC. His defenses were good, not great. That said, he had no business being the HC at ND. You’d think ND would learn that lesson after hiring another mediocre DC w/ no HC experience in Bob Davie.

​@@koldonn1111nope. This is absolutely atrocious. He didn't have them ready for this one and that stupid decision to go for a 62 yd field goal meant that he threw in the towel early.

Fine... but only about 5 guys could even make the ND roster, and none would start. It was supposed to be a cupcake game for ND and NIU was paid to arrive.

@@russkronengold2919 very true. I’m just happy for the underdog

@@russkronengold2919 That #1 might start for ND though. That guy is QUICK and has great vision and hands. He was a key component for upsetting ND. I'm kinda surprised he isnt at a bigger school.

​@russkronengold2919 there's a reason the big ten stopped using NIU for cupcake games. This isn't the first time they've been paid to come over and win.

No it was a really bad coaching game. Freeman has no business being a head coach.

They absolutely are. They played an extremely fundamentally sound game. They were the better team. Didn't look like a fluke to me. We shall see

Love the coach for sure. What a warrior.

Relax

@@ID-lc6jmlol no Norte dame is just poorly coached. Give Niu a game against Florida, they are a 2 td dog

They were certainly better than I thought, and I am a Huskie fan. I was there. Currently I reside on Cloud 9. If I had not made the trip, I would be kicking myself forever.

How good of a couch is he??

Notre Dame was living on their reputation to be ranked at Number 5. Ridiculous!

J.D. Vance has entered the chat!

lol I’m a Kentucky fan first and NIU fan second. I’m an alumnus of both. I think after yall beat us, I’m sure NIU could beat UK.

NIU fan my azz lol

@nicktomei7642 I don't need to prove to u I'm a fan of them the last 15 years lol 😆 but even you telling me I'm on a bandwagon is electric as it means they have more exposure to get hate! Thank you!

You had a good weekend then

@ryanr9299 I don't have many lol 😆

I totally forgot that he returned to the football team lol

National Champion Tyler Buchner ... in Lacrosse

They have incredible talent on the bench at the quarterback position. Riley leonard should have never been out there.

I think he’s a WR now 😂

@@indyrussiandabber2635 you're right,and when he played against Tam I thought this guy sucks,and now look,couldnt even beat NIU,which I'm not saying anything bad about NIU but ND shouldve beat them by 28 points or more,they need to reevaluate Leonard and move on from him

Exactly the type of class one expects from NIU

@@scottscheperyou mad bro?

@@scottscheperthey get a lot of disrespect, they can return it for once

@@scottschepersomeones mad his team is trash

Yes

It’s a coaching problem.

So, between 3 different seasons with 4 different QBs and 3 different OCs and the answer is still to put in the backup QB? There has been one constant here, and it's the head coach. The problem is Marcus Freeman wants a risk-free, cautious offense. It hamstrung Sam Hartman, who went from a gunslinger and one of the most accomplished college QBs ever to a cautious game manager unable to make basic throws when he came here. Riley is showing these same signs. He's not allowed to play his game, he's not in rhythm with the game, and he looks absolutely horrible as a result. You don't bring in Shaq to shoot the three, and you don't bring in Riley Leonard to be a game manager. Steve Angeli would be a better game manager than Riley, but the problems with the offense would still be there. Marcus has to trust his hires and stop micromanaging the offense. Both Riley and Sam had less talent on their teams and performed better against the same teams before they came to Notre Dame. It's not a talent issue at QB, and we brought in arguably the best Offensive Coordinator in the country.

@@irvinglambert9316 this is a good take

@@irvinglambert9316Totally agree with you there. Noticed the difference last year with Hartman. He did not seem like the same QB he was at Wake. Riley does not look confident at all and it’s most likely because he is being told cast aside what makes him great and to do as he is told, which is what MF said before the game. Just gotta let your players make plays and not hold them back. Same with the OC and DC, set them loose and let them do what they were brought in to do!

Yes!

Does he have kids though???

lol why ? you will have the same result for anyone coaching that overrated program.

@@drlove994 💯% facts

😂 always are 😂

Good Northwestern team, went on to the Rose Bowl that season. 1995.

I think it’s a good conference and they always beat up on each other besides the 2 conference championship teams going 10-2 or 9-3 the rest go from 6-6 to 8-4

Bowling Green went about 3 and a half quarters with Penn State. I’m sure their defensive coordinator had a nice long chat post game with James Franklin. Lot more chances for rest of MAC during non conference for some upsets. NIU, Miami, BG, Toledo and Ohio are teams that will absolutely beat up on each other. Thinking one of those 5 mentioned are end of season champs.

What does this guy mean "Freeman has to learn some things." No! You learn things at a lower level---THEN you can come to Notre Dame. One of the main qualifications that Freeman had was the fact that he was black.

😂 pleeease 😂

Nd didn't play that's the problem....niu couldn't hang with that team ....they didn't prepare and this is freeman issue

@@shawnsingleton9808 The score, the yardage gained and two blocked FG's suggest otherwise

Dude they don’t have superior players. That’s a dumb take. Compare the 2 rosters and come back to me. ND roster on paper is 50x better than NIU. They just shit the bed… plain and simple

@@colemurray6256 You assume ND did a better job of recruiting, which isn't necessarily true. Besides, superiority resides in execution, not reputation

We see this every March. Many of the 4 stars that end up at an ND or big ten are not that much better than the 2-3 stars that NIU would get. The 85 scholarship limit STILL exists

ND actually has a lot of money.

@@RyanDooley55lmaooo

Nah thats A&M

@@RyanDooley55povert program

ND isn't that bad. Well, yeah they are...

Are you really a life long ND fan because Freeman gave you 2 successful seasons and 2 bowl game wins so far. The standard is probably higher than that but if that warrants getting rid of Freeman right now, that's pathetic.

@@RaunnHDdoes losing to Marshall, Stanford, and Louisville count as successful now?

@@SteveKilgore27 I get your point,but does Alabama or Georgia or Ohio state have to ay any of those teams??no,if they played USC as often as ND does or Louisville like ND does eventually one of those teams will defeat them too,but yeah those teams for the first 4 games of their seasons play division 3AA teams and keep their rankings unlike ND,those teams may not be ranked but they still hard to play

@@SteveKilgore27 okay- clearly were going to undermine the success under Freeman despite losing to certain schools you should clearly beat. I will use a prime example that makes this relatable to Notre Dame: Michigan and Ohio State. Ryan Day has done some phenomenal things and posted winning season, almost won a natty but missed a field goal kick to Georgia. If Ohio State losses again to Michigan this season despite the expanded playoffs, by your logic and OP, Ryan Day should be fired right?

@@RaunnHD Liar.

ABC said that top ten rated ND lost to unranked opponents 38 times. Their bowl record is atrocious. Can you say overrated?

@@ChrisBrooke-l8i yeah it's crazy.. not a ND fan but they've actually been decent this millennium overall, but they're still nowhere close to what everyone wishes they were..

@@ChrisBrooke-l8i for how many years was that though dude,like throughout ND history or what?bc the last 2 or 3 years theyve won 10 games or more a season,that's a bogus stat,so let's put that on any other team and see how they match up

You are a nice person, but Freeman is a bad coach. I really wanted him to succeed, but he is in way over his head. What is worse than losing is that ND looked absolutely horrible and lost - THAT is all on the coach. He has had too many of these embarrassing losses in basically 2 years. He is probably gone at the end of the year.

@@user-ss5dj4fs2o it's not me "being nice".. I'm not defending Freeman.. I'm just saying that ND always manages to lose random games regardless of who the head coach is.. I will say that ND has recruited better under Freeman though..

Depends on if their next coach is a good hire or not. Freeman era is coming to an end. If the next hire is bad they’ll look at this loss as the turning point of Notre Dame football being done. If the next coach is great, then nobody will care.

And both programs have horrible QBs.

He’s really not a great recruiter anymore. His last class and 2025 classes are actually not even as good as Kelly’s classes.

ITS UP TO THE PLAYERS TO STAY FOCUSED & DO THEIR JOB!!!! WAKE UP!

@@GMS8201 The 2024 class is excellent. Some of them are actually starters. At one point, five players were ranked as five-stars by at least one ranking service. Next year's starting QB is one of them. I wish they would let him play this year, but I also don't want to see him ruined by throwing him into the fire too quickly.

His hiring isn't as bad as the fat check that Charlie Weis got from ND but yeah back to the drawing board

@@STMARTIN009 At least Weiss could put together killer offenses. Too bad he and Freeman can't be co-head coaches.

“I like *insert coach name* but…” As an Arkansas fan, I know this statement all too well

@@umbreonix OSU is my team, but I vividly remember the Willingham years as a football fan- I hope I’m wrong.

D.E.I. strikes again.

@@davidwadsworth8982 Ok.. and tell me about the numerous non- minority coaches with 1- win seasons every year? Casual take right there buddy.

@@davidwadsworth8982Norte Dame is D.E.I 😂

They've had two underwhelming weeks in a row. At least ND had one good one.

@@Necile2 right except it’s a what have you done for me lately world. You are only as good as your last performance.

They actually have recruited well at QB. We fans are getting sick of these rent-a-QB instead of developing the good QBs we already have. Angeli is better than Leonard, and he's the weakest of the remaining three.

Yeah bye bye thanks for the short memories

@@STMARTIN009 For sure

No Nil or no portal but keep the playoff. Every other level of college football has a playoff system and who wants to listen to these analysts making stupid comments about eye test this or strength or schedule that.

At least BC was ranked then. Freeman just didn’t have these guys prepared.

@@SteveKilgore27 It was Northwestern, in 1994, that was unranked and came to South Bend and walked out w/ a win. NU went to the Rose Bowl that season

That BC team was also coached by a guy who went on to win two super bowls

@@JonathanByus true… but also, the bigger issue isn’t even the ranking or lack thereof… the bigger issue is losing to G5 teams… which Marcus freeman has done twice in the last 3 seasons

@@geoffreylocksmith9093 And. Nick Saban sucked in the NFL

This season they did not, but last season I think they did. SC is the only school in FBS that has never played an FCS school.

A&M's just that bad.

The only team people consistently overrate that makes less sense than notre dame is A&M. Why they are always held in such high regard is beyond me

A&M ms qb looked like he was pulled off the couch that’s why A&M was so mad. If they had a qb that played average the game isn’t close.

@@JJ-zr6fu Ditto for Notre Dame and THEIR noodle-armed QB.

@@JJ-zr6fu yeah and Riley Leonard was dotting people up 😂 Again, why people think A&M is so good all the time.. no idea And if Kyle Field was the absolute nightmare to play at they say it is, notre dame probably would have lost to them and not Northern Illinois @ home. Just an idea. Seems like you're an A&M fan though, so reality isn't something I'm expecting you to be familiar with

It is, gives me motivation to keep going, plus it is satisfying watching small teams beat big teams, underdogs proving themselves, that’s what American is about after all

@@user-vx2fw7qe1n right on, the same.

That's why Saban retired. You can't simply say our program will help you get into the NFL. It's all about the cheddar. I personally would be irritated having to constantly kiss the asses of some 18-22 year old punk and his family members to get the player to play at my team.

You never know.

Brutal reference 😂

Kelly could never win a big game, whereas Freeman can. Kelly would have beaten NIU and lost to A&M.

Kelly got them about as far as they can go. ND will always have trouble against the Georgias of the league due to academic standards. They did beat a # 1 ranked Clemson a few years ago. Look at NDs schedule from 2017-2021 and tell me he wasn’t a great coach. All W’s. There’s no coach that can make ND compete consistently against and Alabama or Georgia

Also, from 2017 - 2021, Kelly went 42 - 0 against unranked teams, so he most definitely wouldn’t have lost to those guys not sure where you’re getting your data

It was bound to happen at some point. He hasn't done too much at LSU. The guy is full of crap. He is as authentic as his southern accent

Not sure how you can say that, considering how dominant ND was over his tenure. Maybe LSU isn’t a good fit for him, but more likely he’s getting old and his best years are behind him? I knew when BK left ND was in trouble. ND can’t compete against the big SEC schools, they’ll never be able to dominate like they did way back in the day. The fact that they were competing in or for the playoff every year under Kelly is all you can ask for, and not lose to teams like Northern Illinois, which he never did

Not even close

ANOTHER N D HATER