Notre Dame football vs. NIU Huskies postgame reaction show | Irish lose a STUNNER 16-14 

And ND is the laughing stock of college football…. Worst loss in a long time.

ND could not score 17+ points on a MAC, that is why they lost.

I`m not watching another game, until Riley Leonard is benched. Having a starting QB that cant throw farther then 20 yards, is an issue.

Ohio state fan here. I watch when you guys win. And I watch when y’all take an L..shout out to the blue and gold RU-vid..💪🏾💪🏾 y’all keep it real!

Easy ass schedule couldn’t beat some bums 😂😂😂

This is what happens when you bring in a quarterback that can’t throw the ball

This loss is evidence of a dysfunctional organization.

Leonard should not take another snap at ND.

Northen Illinois NIU has had great teams for years that have been giant killers. For Notre Dame podcasters to not know this and give them some credit. You get what you deserve.

I’ve never seen a prevent offense

NIU should have won by 10 points. Solid program for a long time. Problem for them is they need to get into the Big 12

Yeah, it’s hard to go defeated, but you don’t lose the northern Illinois at home

Freeman reminds me of Gerry Faust,over his head.

Tim, you are right. This is not an 11-1 team. It’s a 9-3 team. It is what it is.

I'm just so confused with this team. I honestly did not think ND would beat Texas A&M. I felt the moment was to much. Then they won. Then as I was at the game today sitting row 6 screaming my head off, I had no doubt ND was going to win. Then they lost. The ND sideline was a mass of confusion, everyone was sleep walking. Frankly the lack of discipline was insane. ND players arguing with fans? Why are they not focused on the game? Where are the captains? Where are the position coaches? We are completely schizophrenic at this point with no clear direction.

They were not ready and I am not sold on Riley, I like the kid from the Bowl game,

Marcus Freeman is not the guy. He is going to lose a nothing game every year. Unbelievable.

I was there in the stadium for Marshall and again today for NIU. This was Deja Vu 😭 so frustrating. The o-line looked like crap. Only my opinion, but the QB play was subpar. Can we play a QB who can throw darts please?

Lmao!!!!! I work with a bunch of Notre dame grads, this will be a hilarious Monday seeing them all next week. 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

At what point are we not stunned anymore? At what point do you realize this is who you are?

Seems it keeps coming back to the QBs passing skills. All three guys on the bench are better passers.

First game.. I wasn’t sold on Riley . That’s been ND problem last 10 years the qb.

This is easy to talk about because it’s nothing new

This is what happens when you don’t have a true qb competition and just hand the keys to a guy they gave way too much nil money to and is not good at all. Leonard should be benched. Any of the other qb’s on this team could in my opinion do a helluva lot better. They really can’t be much worse. The first game I gave him the benefit of the doubt and thought maybe it was A&M’s good defense but this game proved that to be wrong.

When Leonard threw the worst pick in history freeman looked at him and said why’d you throw that. Could you imagine what saban or Meyer or Kirby would say to their QB for that throw. Freeman needs to be the authority not the friend helps to be friends when recruiting but once they are here become HC

Year three and you lose to a nobody again that’s what you call a pattern! Time to start coach shopping and play the young guys get them some experience. Then you tell the senior leaders on the team “ you had your shot and you BLEW IT!” As De Niro would say.

I been watching football for 56 years. All football. The game has changed so much. Back in the 1960’s and 1970’s it was about great Running Backs and defense that won championships in college. You had the wishbone run by Oklahoma and other teams like Ohio St, USC and Nebraska that had great running games. But in the year 2024 if you don’t have a top Quarterback you don’t win a championship or compete for one. Look at the past champions. Alabama, Georgia, Clemson, Ohio St. and LSU had top Quarterbacks that won and got drafted in the first two rounds. Just look at Washington last year. Notre Dame has not got one of these top Quarterbacks and that is a major problem. Find out why and replace that person or persons no matter if its a head coach or assistants. Notre Dame deserves better.

Worst loss since the last worse loss

Don’t care if ND would have won, this would not be a feel good. If you count Leonard’s NIL, the NIU loss cost over $2MM

Marcus Freeman ain’t the guy

Here for the laughs

Today is what ND haters live for and ND gave them talking points for another ten years. Welcome to the life of an ND fan. Not sure why my dad didn’t slap tf out of me and tell me to not go through this. Leonard has to be benched; monitoring MF and the team’s reaction for the rest of the year. I never hopped on the 11 win year wagon, but Lord I never thought one would be to NIU.

Brian Kelly left us at 11-1. We are NOT finishing 11-1. Tell me how we're better off.

Leonard to lead ND Bible Study. That's what's important here. Go Irish!!!

Even if you run the table, you're not 11-1. You're 11-NIU

They need to put in Angeli or the freshmen QB

Their is always next year Notre Dame GEAUX TIGAHS

DOWN GOES FRAZIER!!!

Go Huskies! NIU alum helllll yeah!

J Love touched the ball 1 damn time after his hurdle touchdown…. ONE TIME…. 11 carries for 79 yards… HES AVERAGING OVER 7 YARDS A TOUCH AND WE SAID “NAHHHHH, SHOULD PROBABLY CONTINUE WATCHING RILEY PISS DOWN HIS LEGS BACK THERE”

I’ve been following Notre dame football since 1994. I was born in 1989 . You realize after that many years of let downs and being born to late to see the Lou Holtz era … Notre dame football can lose to any team . When I hear ppl like Mike act surprised and give these future predictions on how u can win the easy games no problem .. I’m just like damn … this dude for sure hasent been a lifelong ND fan. Still love ya man . Thanks for what u do

Don’t blame the defense they gave up 16 points! You got no quarterback

WR were open I was at the game!!!!

Notre Dame got knocked off by NIU, because they were outplayed by NIU. After the win at College Station, folks were ready to pencil in the Irish for the national championship game. But, one game does not a season make. Bring your A game each week or suffer the consequences. It’s not the head coach or the quarterback, or anything else. It’s the culture. It’s the mindset. Opponents are not awed by Notre Dame’s history or tradition any more. Want to be feared? Play like Georgia and Ohio State week in and week out. They fear no one, but they respect everyone.

Total embarrassment

Mike, ur start for this show is exactly how I felt. All-time worst lost and it didn't have to happen. BC was until now. Tim, always on point. The comments about being too cute and during the game, I kept thinking what was that?

Defeating A&M made them think they were far better than they actually are.

We continually run a phone booth offense. And NIU had 10 or 11 guys waiting in the phone booth for us as we yelled "Here we come!"

It look like the Notre Dame coaches didn't study film at all. Whereas Northern Illinois looked very well prepared.

Thinking rationally here... Even if ND had won they are not a top team so they were going to lose other games this year. My long term view is the Marcus Freeman risk/hire experiment is over. The question is how long will Notre Dame let Freeman Coach going forward? My understanding is Freeman's buyout is only $4 million after the season.

If I'm carr or minchey I'm transferring the fact you start leonard in front of them makes zero sense

Freeman is a great man, but he's not a great head football coach. Denbrock is exceedingly mediocre as an offensive coordinator. Riley is not Daniels. But he only handed the ball off 8 times in the first half for about 6 yards per carry. But Riley had 15 passes and 10 more runs (broken passes or designed runs). Notre Dame coaches (not NIU players) called plays which limited our chances for success. College football does not need to be that complicated; especially, against a MAC team. I put 70% of this loss on Denbrock. 20% on Freeman for his unwillingness or inability to address that Denbrock deficiency. 7% on Riley. 3% on the rest of the offense. Yes, defensive tackling and outside contain were bad at times. But they only scored 16 points. Offense is why we lost. The worst part is that deep in hearts, we knew that Denbrock wasn't the answer, but we went all-in anyways. Unbelievable. Very sorry for the 5th year seniors. Underclassmen, there is no reason that this shouldn't be the last loss you ever experience on that field. You would not be the first group that has passed through ND that has won despite their coaches.

Let's face it, 1988 was a long time ago. ND continues to live on nostalgia. The college football landscape has passed them by.

How is Leonard going to be expected to complete a pass over 5 yards against Louiville?

Notre Dame lost the second game of the season against Ole Miss in 1977 after beating the defending National Champion on the road the week before. Dan Devine yanked Rusty Lisch and replaced him with Joe Montana. We won the Natty. Freeman has to be willing to yank a bad QB and replace him with one that can throw.

Trolls galore. @‘ing me on past videos and throwing low IQ insults and comments. One of the great pleasures of being an ND fan lmao.

ND should be dogs at West Lafayette.

Last week wasn’t a great performance 100 yards in penalties. Could easily be 0-2

Tim is right. We get up for the big games, but not the ones we should bury. This hurts.

No need to be Sorry Coach Hammock , Show all the Emotion you want..Great Win😅😅😅😅

ND has a 2nd down and 1 yard for a 1st with about 5 minutes left in the game. The OC calls for a deep pass that is intercepted. And Riley is a senior qb with no smarts.

The 1st drive was great. Seemed like they went away from that game plan. Where is the tight end????

Still ahead of Michigan for some reason! lol

Riley Leonard cant throw. The whole team looked bad but still, let Angeli play.

Really enjoyed listening to you guys. Definitely a subscriber

This game confirmed to me that Marcus Freeman is too much of a players’ coach. It’s inexcusable for games like this to continue happening, but it’s what you see when you have a good team and a players’ coach: you get hyped for the big games, but aren’t properly held accountable for the shit games.

Why not Steve???

1:10 "AINT NO WAY THAT JUST HAPPENED!"...."OH IT HAPPENED".....😂😂😂

PBJ was 15-19 232 with 3Tds in bowl game last year

Where is it written that the starting QB "can't be benched"? (at 1:24:06). So I guess that's State or Federal law apparently? Of course it isn't. After an unproductive game last year, Saban benched his QB (Milroe) for the next (non-conference, granted) game. Then he reinstated him, and Milroe led them to the CFB playoff. Later Saban implied he was running an experiment - on Milroe. Saban wanted to see how Milroe dealt with the very personal experience of being benched. Also, a top player benching sends a message from HC to locker room: I don't give a flying F about your NIL deal. NIL deals don't dictate who gets on the field. I do.

NIU was paid 1.4M to roll over so ND could add another easy win but someone forgot to tell the Huskies they were there to take a dive.

Came here to troll then heard “Michigan doesn’t even have a quarterback so it’s not even a football game.” Lmaoooooo 👏 Go Buckeyes!

Tim is right. ND coaches losing games like this in year 3, history says it will not stop.

The players of all great coaches all had some form of healthy respectful fear of their head coach -- just look at Nick Saban, Lou Holtz, etc., etc. The 3 Freeman losses to Marshall, Stanford, and Northern Illinois shows clearly that Freeman's players may love him as a friend and player's coach, but they lack any healthy fear of Freeman and this is a HUGE PROBLEM!

ND schedule makers should be fired! NIU was more experienced, sound, and explosive by far.

So Goldens scheme is fine if the offense contributes. But, if the offense isn't scoring the other team can keep trying to run the ball.

If riley leonard is our best option at Qb we're in big trouble

As a fan, it's frustrating to hear all week after the A&M game how ND is going to cruise to the playoffs. Then I listen to shows that talks about the lack of talent ND has at wr, the o-line being so young and new, linebackers not being very good, QB can't throw,then WHY did anyone think we were going to just cruise to the freaking playoffs! They beat a decent a&m team, NOT A FREAKING GEORGIA! What part of our history allows ND to think they can take anyone lightly! SMH!!

When I heard all the playoff talk I said the schedule might be easy but they will find a way to blow it 😅😂

Your O-line isn’t good…. Your D-Line isn’t big enough, and they ain’t quick enough. Howard Cross is good. He ain’t starting at Georgia. Who is R J Oben? He hasn’t done nothing. Sloppy, horrible football. You can’t have 2 picks, 2 blocked field goals and expect to win the game. You don’t have enough talent…. Damn it!!!!

Great show guys. Tim you’re on the money as usual!! Absolutely ridiculous what we saw today. MF is immediately on the hot seat. This cannot happen. Denbrock atrocious play calling. Go ☘️

Hyde is 100% correct. We have seen THIS OFFENSE at ND before, it didn't work bc lack of talent, ND condensed the offense down to a pro style 2TE base and bullied. That's who they are because that's what they can recruit

Riley Leanord dropping too deep in the pocket! Screwing his O-line. Step up!!!

Don’t try to make plays and don’t throw it down the field stay within the offense . That tells me the head coach knows the QB cant make the throws .

I remember when ND developed elite O-Lines year after year. What happened?

ND has no home field advantage. My buddies and I got yelled at by ushers for doing TD push-ups, and supposedly people were getting kicked out for standing up on 3rd down. I hate the wine and cheese crowd of ND. A shitty team for a shitty fanbase.

ND it was obvious their choice for QB was a bad choice his ong passes were way off. bench him and give another QG a chance, your year is over, MKL

So frustrating. You could see this coming a mile away. So typical of ND. PS: Leonard is not the answer. Meanwhile, while he’s playing, CJ Carr is sitting the bench and Deuce Knight is de-committing.

Even at 11and 1 there's no way we should even be considered for the playoffs

2nd down and 1 with 6 minutes left. Love in the backfield and a pass play is called. Leonard proceeds to throw quite possibly the worst interception in the history of football smh.

NIU in non conference games in last couple years have been fairly competitive. NIU thou not as talented overall is a decent MAC program. Ontario Brown reminds me if former NIU running back Garett Wolfe or Bears RB Cohen.

I think MR is holding the Defense back. With what he said before the game! Don’t throw the ball down field. Then will be out of character. Play within the offense!! WTH is that!! Just crazy to think like that!

Riley, Angeli, Carr, Minchey; One of these guys can throw the ball downhill and still has legs to extend plays!!! It's a sense of urgency time, find out quick!!!

That was a brutal loss.

When was the lasted time Notre Dame recruited an NFL caliber wide receiver? I have to go way back to when Charlie Weiss recruited Golden Tate and Michael Floyd.

Constantly ranked in pre season top 10 is marketing nonsense... As ridiculous as hiring a head coach with ZERO head coaching experience!

Two years in a row you guys won’t acknowledge the need to replace the one year rental QB. ND has a lot of issues. But QB inaccuracy is a massive one.

Can’t blame the fans for demanding a change…look at those throws he made

It would hurt less if Carr or Minchey had thrown pick, and put 14 points on board.

This was NEVER supposed to be the year with this QB and O-line