Dan Patrick Recaps Notre Dame's Win Against Penn State In Orange Bowl | 1/10/25

[@kenyattaclay7666]

Brian Kelly is somewhere in Baton Rouge punching air and Cam Newton is in another making an excuse and can't admit he's punching air.

[@blackjack19811]

Then to add insult to injury it was just announced one of his WR’s is wanted for a hit and run homicide.

[@rossrreyes]

ND fans are so obsessed with Brian Kelly. Its quite childish and insecure lol

[@StoneColdBeard]

@@rossrreyesI’m a Florida Gators fan. I have no dog in the fight. ND fans have every right to hate on Brian Kelly. The way he exited the program, implying he had to go to the SEC to win a Natty, and he had done all he could with ND.

[@Magiik-z]

@@StoneColdBeardNow Mr.Kelly is at home while ND is in the national championship. Poetic justice

[@snerdterguson]

Teams that Notre Dame beats: but we were hurt, we had injuries. Notre Dame *missing starting center multiple All Americans on the defense and with 2 other starting linemen getting injured in the game* : "next man up"

[@kylesmith8383]

And the next man up on this ND team under Marcus Freeman plays like a champion. And that's how you play for a NC

[@swiftjr1234]

Correct but always overlooked ND injuries 40% of their oline, 6 starters on defense

[@tease5424]

This is the best ND team since Holtz.

[@seanohare5488]

Agree

[@Predemption]

Absolutely! BK punching his desk.

[@michaelkraus4135]

FAR & AWAY !

[@crohm42]

Congrats to ND, they played an amazing 2nd half after it looked like they had lost 2 offensive lineman and their starting QB in the 1st half. Felt like it was all PSU 1st half until backup QB did an amazing job getting them a late FG . Then, ND offense came out and ran the ball down PSUs throats. Both teams had adversity, but like Freeman said, his team handled it that's why they won. Great game, hats off to both teams.

[@seanohare5488]

Agree

[@DatDudeCT]

Because of how popular Notre Dame football has REMAINED despite a lack of quality post season success, I guess I understand the “overrated” hate. However, somebody tell me what team would have faired much better against that Alabama roster in 2012. And in 2018 & 2020, Notre Dame lost by fewer points to a Trevor Lawrence Clemson and a Devonta Smith Alabama than their opponents in the championship.

[@theophilus3793]

Give ND the credit they deserve, Danny.

[@seanohare5488]

Agree a good hard hitting game ND tough on both offense and defense

[@CorePathway]

Nah, Penn State gave them the game.

[@robertjohns1675]

PSU isn't better then ND. ND is playing backups in both lines up and down. Also coming off a physical game against Georgia. PSU had a much easier path and pointed towards this game. They completely turned the game around statistically in second half. If the are semi healthy they win more comfortably

[@DarioMilanes]

So the team that lose was the better team. That's how we're doing things now?

[@seanohare5488]

Agree absurd

[@leschlandsurveyingpllc7981]

Absolutely they were better. PSU ‘s QB made a terrible error. PSU is much more equipped to play the other teams in the national title game than ND. They will get killed.

[@keithkrey5996]

PSU didn't gets their WR's in the game because ND's secondary is locked down tight. ND's NO Fly Zone!

[@rlboozer56]

our WR's have been bad all year

[@westonhull7595]

@@rlboozer56both things can be true. ND’s secondary is elite & PSU’s WR’s are very underwhelming. It likely takes both to have a game in which a WR doesn’t catch a single pass.

[@andrewesquibel2523]

That backup QB is a damn good qb who isnt new to playing in a bowl game last year he was game mvp for notre dame in the bowl game against oregon state angelli is a very accurate qb who gets the ball out fast on route too his receivers Way better passer than leonard why he doesnt have the starting position only the coaches will know

[@voiceofreason2674]

Notre Dame doesn't really have the athletes to air it out they win by ground and pounding and Leonard is great at it like a better version of Ian Book

[@michaelkraus4135]

ANGELI has ...............NO POCKET PRESENCE ! . He almost lost the ball against P .STATE . Trust me ,he does not see the whole field. He has A LIL ALLAR in him.

[@mikebronicki8264]

​@@michaelkraus4135overly harsh, but probably explains why he is QB2. There is a good chance he is promoted next year.

[@irvinglambert9316]

It's obvious why Angeli isn't the starter if you watched him throughout this season when he played. He is a good, confident backup QB who can operate the offense when he has to. When everything goes right, he can look really good. When there is pressure, or things fall apart, he absolutely faulters. That's where Riley excels, and he's made a offensive line that was wrecked by injures look way better than it is this year. There should be so many more sacks, but he escapes from them & Steve doesn't. So many negative plays that Riley turns into a positive. Notre Dame does not win against Georgia with Steve in the game.

[@Alio15]

It's really wild to put this more on PSUs offense and coordinator rather than giving credit to the ND defense.

[@rlboozer56]

it wasn't their defense, it was us, we always do this

[@Irishhaf]

​@@rlboozer56yea had nothing to do with adjustments by golden

[@robertjohns1675]

ND dominated the second half,even with backups playing everywhere, but of course must be the other team making mistakes lol typical of PSU fanbase​@@rlboozer56

[@justinpitcock5312]

I’ve been a ND fan since I was little, got to see the 88 NC in my second year of being introduced to ND football. I’ve been watching every year since and since the late 90s in every big game that Notre Dame has won the sports media always says the opponent lost it, it’s never Notre Dame won it. Even last week it was Georgia’s QB being out lost it for them, when their backup QB was the best player in their offense. ND just dominated them. Give the whole program the recognition they’ve earned!!!

[@seanohare5488]

Agree

[@leotrip1032]

The head coach for Penn State that was his best team he's had and still no dice

[@esSDeeThunder]

ND is significantly better than PSU. ND was playing back-ups

[@BLS1976PACHAPTER]

A few keys to this game the fg to end the half. And second half adjustments. Notre Dame didn't panic they stayed the course. I never liked Brian Kelly but I still rooted for the team

[@seanohare5488]

True but Kelly had good winning records in his years percentage wise

[@BLS1976PACHAPTER]

@seanohare5488 not taking away what Kelly did accomplish during his career. My issue is he left Notre Dame cause he couldn't win a title or win a major bowl.

[@mikebronicki8264]

Kelly was 8-5 three times and went 4-8 in 2016.

[@BLS1976PACHAPTER]

@@mikebronicki8264 yup I was at the Stanford game in 2016 when they went 4 and 8 and I wanted him gone after that

[@TG3Podcast]

ND was playing 10 backups players. No respect.

[@SteveGee1986]

Key tp 2nd half? Riley Leonard running up the gut and Coverting 3rd downs.

[@seanohare5488]

Agree Riley Leonard is a sleek runner

[@seandavisyoutube]

Dan not realizing Notre Dame was down 7 starters is hilarious when comparing talent. Benjamin Morrison out. Anthonie Knapp out, Rylie Mills out. Boubacar Traore out. Ashton Craig out. Jordan Botelho out. Not to mention depth players lost for the season. Heck Jeremiyah Love is playing on a torn meniscus.

[@jeffreysharp9925]

The reason the stink of that national championship loss stuck with ND is because they kept proving it right. 2016 Fiesta Bowl-lost to Ohio State, 2018 Cotton Bowl-lost to Clemson, 2020 ACC championship-lost to Clemson, 2021 Rose Bowl-lost to Alabama. All of those reaffirmed the reputation of getting beat in those sorts of games. I think the Sugar and Orange Bowls this year have helped give ND a bit of shine back again. Hopefully they keep it going.

[@xandercrews4729]

I don’t care about ND being likable by other fans, that means nothing

[@Big.Kev.3.0]

That poll question is brilliant 💀

[@jameslickms]

Notre Dame had more dog in them

[@seanohare5488]

Agree

[@michaelkraus4135]

JAMES -- That is a very ASTUTE statement .

[@justindonie]

How often some forget ... there is no better or worse team. "On any given day" ... there's who wins and who loses. Either you make it happen, or you don't. Theoretical "better" is just something broadcasters like to talk about. ;)

[@auzzieamerican]

Weird? I thought it was a great game & it’s a good thing too since the majority of the playoffs have been crap.

[@jonnybaze7449]

Yea but Clemson and Bama got caught cheating in 2018

[@quantumpotential7639]

Gavin Newsome is the Penn State of college football. Talks a big game but just can't get r dun. Now let us pray 🙏 Roll Irish .. Making College Football Great Again.

[@carlscott-c1p]

College foorball is better when ND is good.

[@michaelkraus4135]

LUV IT ! LOL LOL LOL !

[@milpool001]

Penn St ‘far and away the better team’ what game were you watching ?

[@hikedayley9309]

Frames Janklin whining about ND should be in a conference.... ND don't need to be in a conference. ND is Unique. A great school with a great Athletic program. How's Harvard's, Yale, Stanford and other IVY LEAGUE Teams? Laughable! ND is different!. They have a national and worldwide audience! Go IRISH !

[@JOERANSTRAIGHT]

You notice how they complain about Notre Dame being independent and needs to join a conference when they start winning… We’ve heard this whining garbage before it’s nothing new. They do it every time Notre Dame starts to get a little good. We’re not gonna join a conference. We don’t care about a conference we are Notre Dame. We are unique deal with it.

[@JOERANSTRAIGHT]

Come on, Dan you can’t be that silly. Notre Dame secondary has proven against quite a few teams that they have a very good secondary. So now suddenly it’s all the coach and quarterback. Could be that Notre Dame’s second day was just too tough against Penn State’s wide receivers. They sometimes call it lockdown coverage. Notre Dame plays exclusively man defense. That’s no easy task. I think you need to give them credit. Penn State is a good football team. They just haven’t faced that good of a secondary before or they just underestimated how good Notre Dame secondary was. I guess we will see soon.

[@seanohare5488]

Agree well said

[@JohnSimpson-sv6sq]

Dan, ND explosive players are out for the season, 2 DE's & NFL DL Riley.... or hurt. I.e. J love.. so yah last nite. Not if 8 starters werent out for season..

[@jonnybaze7449]

Oline was great… when the refs don’t call holding all game

[@willault9120]

He was trying to basically throw it away by dirting it at his feet

[@tylerbehnke6307]

NIL now has changed the football playing field. Alabama bankrolled 5 stars and now those 5 stars transfer to get playing time somewhere else. Everybody got steam rolled by Sabin lead teams and Sweeney's wasn't too shabby.

[@BT1919]

As an ND fan, I feel awful for Drew Aller. However, I don’t quite buy that he was trying to dirt it. I just don’t. He was about to get blasted and he tried to do a little too much. His coach shouldn’t have put him in that position considering they didn’t have a completion to a WR alllllll night.

[@paulkindlon5496]

I guess ND doesn't belong in the playoffs

[@Nopem6734]

Sounds like Danny and Cammy would get along with all the salt towards notre dame. Doesnt even realize how many peices were missing last night and we still won. No credit from danny boy, not like its his job to know these things

[@seanmccarthy964]

Dan, it's a team sport, individuals are not a team. Peace

[@Pazzi-y3k]

Dan Patrick was misinformed about The Irish ☘️

[@toddm9501]

People like dan patrick, think reporters are so important. They Aren't.

[@traderz7416]

Refs gave 7 or more points to PSU on a blantant PI on Kiser interception and multiple non calls on PSU especially The TE who blatantly grabbed an ND DB in front if 3 refs who must be blind. They really wanted to take away Grays interception but video too strong to turn the call.

[@lynnerose7891]

I’d rather be BK bc that team includes players I recruited. Also, BK was facing a team led by a coach who had already locked down a HOF career. Saban and Bama were VASTLY superior to any coach Freeman has faced. Ppl forget that Saban already had 2 national championships. And the fact that BK was using holdovers from Weis as opposed to Saban who was on his fifth year. The foundation for this Irish team is incredibly stronger than how barren it was when BK took over. And BK actually did beat #1. Franklin wasn’t ever close to beating #1.

[@voiceofreason2674]

Im going for notre dame , and I'd hate for them to get a mud hole stomped in them by the still very much loathsome texas longhorns or ohio buckeyes

[@robertburns2223]

You announcers always say the same stuff Penn State has better players. They’re the better team no having better players doesn’t make you the better team being the better team makes you the better team. Football is about coaching. Team play. Team team team. Having the best players does not make you the best team. Notre Dame is the best team. Notre Dame plays well together. Notre Dame has 1122, 4453 players plus coaches support staff even cheerleaders and fans all coming together to win the game. Notre Dame is the best team. Best players don’t mean nothing when it comes to team play.I’ve been listening to you guys for over 50 years. Y’all still don’t get it and y’all don’t get it because most television announcers never played the game never played the game.

[@garyb2392]

In my entire life I’ve heard coaches and talking heads use the term “intangibles”…to me this is the word that comes to mind…because what I saw IS better PSU team personnel wise but they didn’t have the “intangibles “ to win. Speaking as a life long ND fan, most ND teams of the last 30 yrs didn’t have the intangibles nor the talent.

[@Big-Daddy-96]

I’d much rather play for Marcus Freeman than Coach Prime. Look at the difference.

[@tadrood3386]

Not a fan of either team, but enjoyed the game. PSU should have gotten themselves up by 14 at least, but ND held the line and bought time.

[@BT1919]

Who wasn’t going to get destroyed that by THAT 2012 Alabama team?

[@bmanpsufan5722]

Run the damn ball It is on Kotelnicki not sticking with what was working most of the time-same with Oregon game with the pick at the end. And Franklin too-Just play for overtime with 45 seconds left-why call timeout so they can punt and pin you back at your 15 yard line? Also haven’t had receivers for 3 years. Drew too inconsistent Championship team except for passing O-that means Allar and the wide receivers. And passing D probably not good enough either honestly-especially against Ohio state

[@robertjohns1675]

Why is it impossible to like ND???? Stupid take. Btw that alabama team would have blown out any team in the country not just ND. That Clemson team was a great team also. These guys sound dopes. I like Dan Patrick most of the time but he is wrong here has no context for the situation ND was in with being so beat up and playing on two less days rest off a much tougher prior opponent. Psu didnt stop them at all in second half

[@Montfortracing]

It's because Notre Dame is usually overrated. They're usually polled too high, they feature a lot in big games and lose, yet the media and their gazillion fans gush over them. That's Notre Dame in the last 30 to 40 years. But there's something different about this season's Notre Dame. They never took their stock for granted.

[@seanohare5488]

Agree

[@toddm9501]

Old Democrat dan never, ever wants to talk politics on his shows. Unless, it benefits him. Finacially. Amazing.

[@demodiums7216]

You literally just voted to make yourself poor...congrats

[@michaelkraus4135]

The TRUTH !

[@RudCh01]

2013 Alabama beat Notre Dame by 28 points. Two years later, Ohio State beat Oregon by 22 points in the national championship game, a week after Oregon beat defending champ Florida State by 39 points in the semi final. Blowouts happen, I'm not sure why ND gets so much shit for theirs. In 2019, ND lost to Clemson by 27 points in the semi, who then beat Alabama by 28 points. Guess Alabama sucks! In 2021 Alabama beat ND by 17 points in the semi, then Ohio State by 28 in the final. How will Ohio State ever recover! SO BAD! Two years ago Georgia beat TCU by . . . checks notes . . . 58 points. Last year Michigan beat Washington by 21 points. For fucks sake, ND's finals and semi-finals defeats in recent history have been some of the _least_ embarrassing, and Notre Dame hasn't been paying their players and letting them skate by with 1.0's in Underwater Basket Weaving.

[@jonnybaze7449]

Jealousy. Why they are jealous.. who knows

[@quantumpotential7639]

Notre Dame should be required to play 6th and 7th stringers to help make the games more fair and winable by far inferior programs. This would satisfy their D.E.I. wokeism AND give Notre Dame the opportunity to remain meek and humble. James Franklin deserves to be handed a 🏆 simply because he is in there trying. He needs a National Participation Trophy 🏆 so he can feel better about his program and 1st stringers. Seeesh. Wokeism deserves a chance people. Just ask Gavin Newsome.

[@xavierkellam3514]

Dawg stfu and watch a football game like a normal person

[@boise0lacrosse]

Despise both coaches, but with the players Franklin is losing to the draft and the ones Kelly has gotten in this portal cycle, I’d rather be Kelly with a more optimistic 2025.

[@kevinelevensulaco6855]

Penn State did not complete one pass to a receiver

[@ronherrera8327]

Ridiculous by to bring up the won loss of top 10 teams regarding Penn State. Look at Ryan Day, he beats top 10 teams all the time and everybody wants him fired.

[@michaelkraus4135]

That is because most OHIO ST. fans still have the URBAN MEYER ''HANGOVER '' !

[@DrewFinch-y3q]

ND >Penn st. 🍀

[@Plaidnation_]

Viva la Plaidnation

[@shake6429]

Carter is small. Not ready for the NFL

[@swiftjr1234]

More healthy players

[@jonnybaze7449]

Franklin=walmart brand Brian Kelly.

[@jonnybaze7449]

Psu has 0 accomplishments this season

[@briano999]

Biased nonsense

[@natethegreat3602]

Fire james franklin.... come on he sucks

[@unclenumbs]

Making the playoffs, winning two playoff games, & barely losing in the orange bowl probably won't lead to his firing

[@813infinityfilms123]

Franklin is normally about where his team talent is! Big White (PSU) can't out recruit/portal OSU, Michigan or other top teams!

[@natethegreat3602]

@unclenumbs yep 3-11 against ranked teams when they're ranked is firable for most coaches especially if he was white... so maybe black privilege 🤔

[@jonnybaze7449]

Franklin=walmart brand Brian Kelly.

[@michaelkraus4135]

LOL !