Notre Dame Post-Game - Irish Fall To Ohio State In The Title Game

[@zerknight7090]

Ohio State played a great game. ND lack of offensive consistency showed. The team has grit and heart. This team never quit. Got to love this team and coaching staff. Great season!

[@kevindavis6807]

Super proud of the entire coaching staff and every player on the team , they played their hearts out and didn’t quit from start to finish

[@aidanvance5058]

Great fight from your guys tonight good game fellas

[@the80sguy80]

Kudos Bryan, I remember watching your playoff bracket predictions , and you picked Notre Dame to be in the final. I dont think alot of people thought the Irish would get as far as they did. Extremely disappointed in they outcome, but I won`t let it ruin what Notre Dame accomplished this season. Here`s to a great season, GO IRISH!!! ☘🏈☘

[@pl1014]

Ohio State took their foot off the gas. Will Howard was 14-15 in the first half and ended up 17-21. He only threw it 6 times in the second half. If they kept up the pressure it would have been ugly. They were the best team.

[@Jay52168]

Somehow he’s “nothing special” though. I’m an ND fan but I know how to give respect where it’s due. Howard played an almost perfect game and is a great QB.

[@nomorevex]

@@Jay52168right. he was the best qb in the cfp and it was clearly either him or gabriel before the cfp started. also i think leonard’s downfield ability deserves a little more respect

[@TrainerNick256]

Was unfortunate Love was still clearly injured and we couldn't get anything going with Price or Williams. I was surprised at the grit of Leonard and the WR1 ability of Greathouse though. We have the pieces and depth going into next year for another run and hopefully most of the staff returns (though we all expect Golden to leave). Go Irish!

[@normkelly1967]

I told my wife right after that 1st drive that this hopefully wouldn't play out like the '06 Fiesta bowl where we did the same thing & then OSU took over from there, leaving us playing catch-up. I had an eerie feeling heading in to this game that a lot of things would finally catch up to us. Well, dammit! :( Look, this absolutely sucks, but at the end of it all, this team did a LOT of overachieving this season and has a lot to be proud of. HATE the way it ended but thankful for the memorable ride they took us on.

[@freddiebeckwithphoto]

That hold drove me nuts!

[@rhymes3658]

Yep! What a ride!! I’m proud of The Irish!!!

[@BigMonty686]

Great season fellas! Heads high!!☘️

[@Irish_For_Life1842]

VERY proud of this season for Notre Dame. They played an equivalent of THREE New Years Six bowl games, top 10 post season games, in only one year. They went home with TWO Bowl game trophies to add to ND's trophy case. It was an odd thing watching this game. It is literally the reverse o0f how the ND Vs Indiana game played out. That is truly fascinating and very unexpected. Indiana had a terrific year for them by making their first ever CFP in the first ever CFP. ND also had a SPECTACULAR year. I expect ND will be back as a threat to win it all in 2025-2026 season. Indiana I just don't know. 8-4 may be their floor next year? Back to back 11 win seasons seems too pie in the sky. Let's see how the team fills out after Spring training and further transfers play out. This past recruiting year is rated around Indiana's second best in the modern recruiting rankings for what that means. Two of IU's transfers are coming back home. One left to play in the SEC for a year but is now back home. One left to play for Colorado and returned after one year. Teams may have to go to what Coach Allen used to do. Regularly play eight, or more, OL against the other teams starters. It would help in case of injuries.

[@stymiesnerdly771]

I was fully prepared to stay up late and celebrate in the post game show, but the way the game unfolded, I was in bed by the end of the 3rd qtr and up early for work. Catching the replay this morning instead. The most frustrating part to me is that the team we saw last night was NOT the team the same team that reached the championship game. It felt to me like they out coached themselves and tried to get too cute. The defense didn’t line up scared and play on their heels, until last night. Giving up 4 TD’s in just a hair over one quarter was an absolutely devastating gut punch. The RB room was extremely productive in every game this year, until last night. It’s just so disheartening to lose in that fashion. Had they played the same style of ball and been bested by OSU, that’s one thing, but last night was just different, and not in a good way. 3 more hours of show to go. Thank you Bryan & IB Nation for a fantastic and entertaining season!

[@swedejohanson7739]

I agree. I thought on Defense they let Ohio State take them out of what is their game and what got them there. I think the injuries finally got to them too. On offense, I agree w IB in that way too many mistakes were made to put ND in a hole early. Great season though and ND never quit.

[@irishron4861]

That’s just a better team, swap players and ND wins. Their receiving corps is the best I’ve seen in a while. Too many weapons

[@johnevans2748]

This is funny 😂. We love NOTRE DAME but Ohio State took their foot off the pedal out of respect for our boy Marcus Freeman. Don't get it twisted we could have won by 40 or 50. But good run

[@robertbishop4094]

What a memorable and fun season we just witnessed. Though I wish we would have tried to give J Love a few more touches in thee second half. Loved the season, love this team, love the staff, love this channel, and I love this community. Lets get it next season boys, Go Irish!

[@Reverie42]

As an OSU fan who has historically had my beef with ND, I have so much respect for this team. The opening drive was one of the greatest drives in CFB history, and the grit to keep fighting through the second half was seriously inspirational. The Irish under Freeman have a bright future ahead. If they can keep putting together teams like this, there's no question they're going to break through soon.

[@ndmich88]

Greatest season I’ve ever seen in my life - thankful for that. Ended with the worst loss of my life because of the opponent (typical). Proud of the toughness and never quit attitude. Generally frustrated with Denbrock’s approach and play-calling most of the year. Hoping Love doesn’t transfer lol.

[@arrowguy_173]

2:03:40 OSU was blown out its last title appearance which a lot here in Ohio have forgotten (or try to- Michigan always seems to matter more). This game was not 2012 Bama ND either. MOV between last 3 meetings is 11, 3, 11.

[@Reverie42]

@@arrowguy_173 that was a very weird post season. OSU and Clemson absolutely destroyed each other in the semis and multiple key players were out. Whoever faced Bama was getting crushed. Honestly, maybe some parellel's to ND's path this year. I think there's a pretty strong argument that ND's performance last night was one of the grittiest showings in CFB history. Massive respect to this Irish team. Freeman is building something special, and the future is bright. They're gonna be a force for years to come.

[@josephsteve5011]

It seems to me our offense will benefit from Riley Leonard moving on. His lack of accuracy in the passing game was a liability. It hurt our balance as an offense over the course of the year. It will be helpful next year when the oline is more mature

[@derekhart1682]

Best season since 88! Proud of them

[@michaelangelo1278]

Best since 93 when we rightfully should have been named national champs

[@Justyouraveragetrashcan]

Great season and all but as a notre dame fan these moral victories are old now… another championship appearance another bad loss. It wasn’t as bad as 2012 which it was looking like it was going to be but that was an awful loss. 1 good drive for most of the game and it was the opening drive, and the defense was awful for most of the game until Ohio state just fell asleep. 31 unanswered points while forcing only 4 incompletions all game. It’s so frustrating

[@BigMonty686]

Uuuuum okay!

[@arrowguy_173]

We weren’t blown out- MOV in recent OSU meetings has been 11, 3, 11. Both teams were blown out in their previous title appearances.

[@goirish8508]

I understand your pain. But this year was different. The old ND doesn’t beat uga and Penn st. Frustrating loss definitely but MF gets better after every loss. And don’t forget he’s just in year 3. Very frustrating for sure but I think we’re moving forward.

[@Justyouraveragetrashcan]

@@goirish8508god I hope so because all these “hey we got there at least” comments from some people out there is so infuriating because we should be better than that by now

[@Reverie42]

132 teams didn't even sniff the title game. Freeman is building something special at ND, they're going to have more chances to break through.

[@jayrevels5025]

I appreciate the positive review but losing by 11 is a big margin. ND was never in this game really - they added some drama but it was never in doubt. Them fighting is a given - freeman is a good coach and they have good players. But ND never dominated an elite team all year. it just looked hard and scrappy. Your playing the way Nick Saben played in 2013, 2014 - run the ball play good defense. You can win games but not dominate elite teams. Even the Georgia game, ND had one snap in the red zone the whole game. Did they deserve to win, of course. But could they win on special teams and TO battle 7 out of 10 times against GA, I don’t see it. And GA has their back up in there. Even Indiana, it just looked like it required effort to win and Indiana was an above average team at best compared to the dominate teams. Texas played Ohio state significantly better. I thought Texas actually might have a chance until 2 min in the 4th quarter with the ball to tie it at the 10 yard line. nothing has really changed as of yet - ND can’t dominate elite teams and still can’t . Freeman is a stud but gotta get more better players - leonard ain’t it

[@kenbecker8410]

The next 3/4 years for ND will indeed be Bright! Gonna be more talented next fall. ☘️

[@kevinguilbault4914]

Building a program is a progression. As disappointing as this loss is, getting to this game is still a big step in the progression.

[@v1rotatev230]

This was a successful season, the most successful season for Notre Dame and 30 years. Nobody thought we’d be playing national championship after week two then go on and win 13 games in a row three playoff games and play in a competitive national championship game. No one can tell me we have the over whelming talent to just dominate the College Football landscape yet so let’s reload move on build momentum for next season. I’m obviously sad we lost nobody wants to see their team lose, but I’m not mad. Ohio State is a hell of a team one of the best rosters in Ohio state history, they just out talented us.

[@GMS8201]

Great season! Impressed by this group. My only nitpick was I think they were outphysicaled in the last 2 games by the Big Ten teams. Their bread and butter running game only works against inferior competition. They've erased some narratives but a few of the same issues haunted them in this game.

[@michaelangelo1278]

You're completely wrong about angeli on the fake. It was toght coverage and Angeli delivered a perfectly thrown ball where only Faison could catch it without the defender able to disrupt the play. Faisin is at fault for dropping a pass that hit him in both hands.

[@Jay52168]

Angeli never gets credit for anything and it blows my mind. He stepped up in a tight semi-final game and basically won it by driving us down the field to instantly score a FG. I get it, awe shucks Riley is a cute kid who loves the Bible and can run. Howard ran almost just as much this game, and passed successfully too. But somehow he’s nothing special and ND fans will glaze Riley non-stop when he has blatant inefficiencies as a starting QB. 🤷‍♀️

[@Kenjayfan55]

The young linebackers got schooled. There is no doubt about it. But that's part of college football. There were fans who couldn't wait to shove Marist and JD out of the door. Some were furious that Marist even started in 2023. Last night is why coaches have a different perspective than fans with regard to experience.

[@chadreeves403]

More like there was no dl for the linebackers to use as cover. We were outmanned.

[@ChrisSabo-j2i]

@@chadreeves403bc they have no recruited DL well at all under Washington. He’s a major liability

[@willforan5836]

Great season for the Fighting Irish very proud of this team. I'm sure all of the Irish fanbase is proud of this team. But ohio state offense of lime controlled that game Gave their running backs. Big opportunities end the quarterback lot of time to throw the ball in most cases

[@caseyburns678]

No moral victories. We needed to win this game. The narrative will never change Notre Dame can’t win the big game.

[@gcnd9031]

Injuries beat us, simple as that. You can't lose as many starters and have as many dinged up guys as we do and reasonably expect to win a game against an elite (and healthy) team. Ohio was good, but they were fortunate to play us when we were so shorthanded. Amazing season; all fight.

[@hightopdaf]

@@gcnd9031 you would have lost either way

[@JohnEldred-ez8eq]

I believe the reason they lost was on the arm of leonard

[@SilkyB2308]

@@gcnd9031 ND was losing injuries or not 🤷🏿‍♂️. The better team won.

[@Phoenix_Martin345]

“Injuries beat us simple as that” such a bad take. Two teams lined up yesterday. There wasn’t self inflicted wounds coming from ND. You guys just outplayed. GG!

[@Buckeyes3333]

Acting like Ohio State didn't lose a 1st round tackle and their all American center lol

[@edwardshields2777]

Ohio State was the best team this year. Beat 5 top 5 teams. You should be proud of your team too. They balled out.

[@DwightDunbar-w4v]

lost is a lost

[@RyanAdams-ov4lx]

but is it a loss?

[@dionwells2859]

Man that pass was a solid pass Faison gotta catch that pass

[@Jay52168]

Yup, 100%

[@steveridgeway3488]

ND hasn’t beaten tOSU since WW1 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@CriticallyPowered]

Yeah and Ryan Day cannot beat Michigan big deal 😂

[@brockfonville682]

This team had every opportunity to win but made too many mistakes early to climb out of that hole.

[@CriticallyPowered]

How did we not throw to our running backs at all when Texas was able to exploit that???

[@freddiedenler1176]

So is BK still the reason you still couldn't win the big one

[@danskiludvik8358]

It would be nice if we could live in a world where only our opponents had to deal with injuries. Fact is, OSU had key injuries to the O-line. It took a lot of good coaching and talented players to finally meld into a good line, with virtually nobody playing in their original O-line positions. OSU just had too many players who were better than the ND players. ND was good. OSU better.

[@ChrisSabo-j2i]

Have to recruit DL better. Two of the three they have visiting for Jr Day, won’t cut it.

[@cyama3661]

Complimentary football? Ohio State punted once in the entire game. They scored on every possession other than one punt and a 50 yard drive that ended with a turnover.

[@RyanAdams-ov4lx]

Glad to hear Brian acknowledge that Ohio State took their foot off the gas. If Ohio State wanted to, they would've won by 60.

[@Jay52168]

You bring up the difference between hating on and legitimately critiquing someone but I feel like that nuance is never present in conversations about Riley Leonard. How do you have an inconsistent passing QB and an inconsistent kicker and expect to win a national championship? Also the general attitude towards Howard in this video is bizarre to me. He is the QB who won his team the natty and had an excellent game. How about putting some respect on his name? If he’s nothing special, then what is our QB? I like Riley, some of his designed plays are cute. His style of play is not sustainable because of his lack of a respectable pass game, as we saw on full display. That first drive probably hurt them more than anything because 1. It ate up tons of clock they desperately needed later and 2. You instantly gassed your QB so he’s now ineffective in the following drives and you fall into too deep a hole and do the main thing you needed to not do-fall behind. You knew your defense was depleted due to injuries, in what world was instantly exhausting your QB to the point he pukes a good idea? Also hot take, we only won the PSU game because Angeli got put in, instantly moved us down the field and we scored a FG. It swung the momentum back to our favor. Those kind of drives are what your QB needs to be able to do. Notre Dame made it this far because of Love, Price, special teams, consistent picks and a great defense until it got depleted by injuries. Riley had some great moments, but I can’t lie I’m excited for ND to maybe have a QB who can throw the ball next year.

[@wjqmjq]

OK Pay attention. This team scored more against Ohio State than any other team in CFP. They lost by the lowest margin of any team in the playoffs… We have a first time head coach..these guys are very talented. We need more experience count the sophomores and juniors on the team now and the coming year will surprise you

[@caseyburns678]

I’m glad you’re happy with moral victories

[@WesleyTullos-qn9zh]

Obviously it's Brian Kelly's fault, right? 😅

[@chrisleclerc1464]

Notre Dame handled and outclassed in a National Championship game... feels like deja vu

[@tylerb1851]

Is this the best Notre Dame podcast?

[@arrowguy_173]

Absolutely. No sugar coating, only the truth and fantastic breakdown of players, position assignments, technique, what worked, what didn’t etc. Perfect for those wanting details from former players and coaches of the sport.

[@derantemac01]

Listen OSU is the best team in the country talent wise. This might be the best team we’ve had since 2014. The reason yall scored the first drive and OSU has done this most of the yr is they like to feel around their opponents in first drives and sometimes first Quarters. Idk why they do that when they don’t need to but they do. That first drive I knew exactly what yall were doing before the ball was snapped. OSU knows to go 5 man front on 3rd & 4th and short especially with a QB whos arm isn’t consistent and loves to run. Why they never did when yall were clearly loading the line to set up a QB run idk and it was upsetting to watch. The score should’ve really been 38-0 a min or two into the second half. Not saying that to be rude just telling an outside looking in perspective. This was a good ND team but my opinion Hartman is a better QB. Y’all’s plays on O were very 1 dimensional. Run is y’all’s strengths and OSUs priority was stop the run and force Riley to throw. Yall faced OL adversity way too late in the season to try and fix it in 10 days. That’s why we almost lost to NEB because the reps weren’t there yet. But fr the only reason yall came back because once it was 31-7 we just wanted to protect the ball and run the clock out and put the ball at risk when we needed to so the drive can continue and stay out of y’all’s hands. Yall had a good yr I really couldn’t tell how good Yall were because I wanted to see Yall play UGA with Beck. I knew UGAs QB was not that good and yall would win that. But also tell your current & former players just be quiet and talk with pads and Lou and Gillis to keep their mouths shut and stop providing unnecessary bulletins board material. As far as PSU good win but that’s PSU ball under Franklin once they get momentum they like to get cute and allow momentum to shift. That’s not the first time they gave up a 10-0 lead and yall stated that in your previous vid. Next yr fill in the gaps that are leaving with equal or better talent and yall will be straight next yr. I like #1 he didn’t heat up til now but he’s gonna be good. Reminds me of Olave / Egbuka.

[@jayrevels5025]

ND fans need to have a higher standard. “They fought hard” that is table steaks. Of course they fought. if you are looking at the time like “did they quit?” - you are never gonna win

[@irishbreakdown]

What does this even mean? Did you just listen to the first five minutes and assume you knew everything else that would be said? This is a very, very shallow view of what we said in this show. Do better.

[@jayrevels5025]

@@irishbreakdown that is what you led with...so clearly it was the most important point. i am tired of hearing that this is something significantly different than brian kelly, which was also said in the beginning. that is not doing the ND fanbase any good, that comparison. Move on from brian kelly comparisons

[@irishbreakdown]

@@jayrevels5025 Comparing what we saw this season to what we saw under Brian Kelly is a wild take, and not in a good way. Really bad take.

[@JohnEldred-ez8eq]

Nd could of very much won the game. But if it wasnt for the fumble and penalties they could of got blown out. The lights were to bright in the 1st half. Once they settled down and started throwing down field osu crappy db's showed up. The fake punt and missed fg missed assisgnments and still had it close.

[@mikeynicholas3234]

We need lock down cornerbacks …… glaring weakness on defense!!

[@jasoncobb7427]

Think it was more of a lack of pass rush

[@steveridgeway3488]

THE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP WAS THE COTTON BOWL🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@Reverie42]

ND scored the most points and had the smallest margin of loss of any of OSU's playoff opponents. You could make an argument that the Texas game was closer since the scoop and score took Texas from potentially tying to down two scores, but ND was absolutely no pushover.

[@steveridgeway3488]

@ game was over after halftime… ND saved face with style points… cope

[@Reverie42]

@@steveridgeway3488 They also pulled within one score and had some opportunities to even it up and fell short. As an OSU alum, people like you are absolutely embarassing to the entire fan base.