Notre Dame vs Indiana☘️MUST WIN CFP GAME FOR IRISH

[@AlvinHolton-f9t]

Ga and Notre Dame are so much alike and much respect to ND and I'm a GA fan but much respect to ND they are coached well

[@danielhruskocy1624]

My favorite thing about Marcus Freeman is that he is putting truth to the lies that were Brian Kelly. Kelly was whining and saying that he did not have the resources to compete and win championships, so he had to bail and head to LSU, which he is steadily driving into the same level of high-level mediocrity that he did to ND. HCMF is a rising star in coaching and is custom made for the college game. I truly believe he is destined to be the next great coach at Notre Dame and I believe it started on the day they lost that game to NIU and the change in Freeman is obvious. He took the ND job, one of the most pressure-packed jobs in sports, with ZERO head coaching experience and it showed at the start and in some mind-numbing defeats, but the response post-NIU (10 straight dominating wins and a team that continues to improve weekly) is really something to see. I was too young for Ara and Devine, but I remember Holtz-era clearly and this ND team is the best since 1993.

[@thomasbrennan1873]

Will be a good game if ND can make it, sad to see Carson get injured. Things wont be the same. If ND beats Georgia it will be discounted. We have to beat Oregon

[@ChiTsang]

@@JTH-hm8ew rip bama 9-3, no cfyp

[@jaedge729]

Bro we appreciate the compliment that goes a long way it means a lot but sorry bro we don't play you we play Indiana. We'll get back with you and holler at you when you're next on the schedule all right I mean it from the bottom of my heart good looking have a great night good luck

[@jaedge729]

Hey how did Oscar McBride's team do out there in Cali

[@Frawls42]

MUST WIN!!!!

[@zetyonyx9993]

I think the coaches and team understand that they must win they been doing that for 10 weeks in a win or go home situation I think this team will come hungry and put the doubters to rest

[@tylerbickell5576]

Never underestimate a team with nothing to lose.

[@jaedge729]

You almost said it perfectly how about just never underestimate a team Point blank they wouldn't be there if they weren't quality

[@pkiely29]

Yep

[@BigMonty686]

Shit…..ND doesn’t!?!?

[@ChrisDeanpixiecd]

KEEP GOING ONE GAME AT A TIME!!!

[@JTH-hm8ew]

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[@thomasferrin7489]

GO IRISH we need to get the win in OUR house couldn't agree more Johnny!

[@CKnepp]

🍀📈🍀📈🍀WIN THE GAME

[@ryansmith290]

There you go ☘️. Beat IU.

[@CommanderLuke-zm8ri]

Gotta win the game to have an opportunity to break the 30+ years bowl losing streak.

[@ryansmith290]

Exactly. This game is a must win just for local regional/family purposes (we can't live with losing to IU). It won't matter nationally if we win. This game is a BIG game but it is mainly all downside. There is no upside for this game if ND wins besides getting opportunity to advance to 2nd round to break bowl streak. First things first, best IU! They are a worthy opponent.

[@CommanderLuke-zm8ri]

I agree outside a proven name brand program this round 1 wouldn't have an upside. John refuses to reason with that thought for some reason, which I know why. Go Irish 🍀

[@rodgermiller8980]

@@CommanderLuke-zm8ri obviously you havmt seen their last 2 bowl.games,what a dummass

[@rodgermiller8980]

@@CommanderLuke-zm8ri have you???or you just talking out the side of your neck??

[@CommanderLuke-zm8ri]

@@rodgermiller8980 let's do a conference call

[@anglevator4775]

You're absolutely right. A loss to IU would be embarrassing, can't let it happen.. I don't think they will, ND by 17

[@glasswhisperer]

This Dawg fan is hoping for Notre Dame in the sugar bowl just for the history. Good luck.

[@danielhruskocy1624]

Still looking for some 1980 payback!!! Herschel Walker still makes me mad (although for vastly different reasons...)

[@Necile2]

Georgia is the only team (still in existence) that ND has never beaten. This would be the most favorable time to do so.

[@JTH-hm8ew]

ND is not good enough to defeat Georgia.

[@Necile2]

@@JTH-hm8ew Yes, they are. That doesn't mean they will, but it also doesn't mean they won't.

[@JTH-hm8ew]

Georgia and ND are not equal programs. It amazes me how ND fans cannot understand this.

[@vando_bando]

One. Game. At. A. Time. GO IRISH☘️

[@WooRidersDg]

Let's go Notre Dame fight on 🍀🍀🍀🍀🍀🍀

[@JTH-hm8ew]

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[@WooRidersDg]

@JTH-hm8ew 💪

[@Frawls42]

John, regardless of your fears of Indiana, ND will win by 10-14 points! All they have to do is play their game and they win!

[@danielhruskocy1624]

@@CarlCramer88 ND can lose - if Leonard makes some really bad throws and turns it over 2-3 times, outside of that, this game is all Notre Dame every day of the week and twice on Sunday. ND has the defensive team speed to be in the same discussion with both Michigan and Ohio State. I watched those IU games this year and fully expect to see the rally-to-the-ball, solid tackling and overall sound defense to show up. USC WRs are a class and a half better than IUs and the QB is also similarly less gifted. I expect a game that is close at half and breaks ND's way in the 3rd quarter and ends in a 2 score win for the Irish.

[@KrianBelly]

He is scared of everyone

[@notredame2869]

John if we beat Indiana & Georgia. Then 3rd round game comes down to either Penn State, SMU, or Bosie State. I'll take that!!!! Go Irish!!!

[@ryansmith290]

Beat IU

[@JTH-hm8ew]

ND is not good enough to defeat Georgia.

[@notredame2869]

@@JTH-hm8ew we will soon find out

[@ChiTsang]

@@JTH-hm8ew rip bama 9-3, no cfyp

[@sharky6128]

PLAN, PREPARE, PRACTICE, AND PLAY LIKE A CHAMPION ☘☘☘

[@JTH-hm8ew]

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[@ChiTsang]

@@JTH-hm8ew rip bama 9-3, no cfyp

[@AlvinHolton-f9t]

If y'all beat Indiana I'm pulling for ND to go all the way if they beat Ga

[@JTH-hm8ew]

What makes you think that ND even has a chance against Georgia lol.

[@Necile2]

@@JTH-hm8ew What makes you think they don't? ND crushed Georgia Tech. It took Georgia 8 OTs to beat them. Reputation doesn't win games.

[@AlvinHolton-f9t]

@@Necile2 they have no chance of beating ga I'm a uga fan and will dominate them

[@JTH-hm8ew]

Georgia will have time to prepare and National Championship winning coaches like Smart excel with much planning. IMHO all sports jesting aside if Georgia brings its “A” game it will be either 35-10 or 35-7 Georgia victory.

[@ChiTsang]

@@JTH-hm8ew rip bama 9-3, no cfyp

[@andrewgilmore1443]

IU is the one of the best draws that ND could have gotten IMO. I’m glad we avoided playoff Dabo and SMU can throw the ball. ND struggled against the only 2 teams on the schedule who could throw (Louisville and USC). I think this game comes down to Freeman and Leonard. Freeman got out coached at least 4 times in 2023. He’s bounced back very nicely in 2024, but as a former Chargers fan and someone who watched a lot of Marty Schottenheimer, even great coaches can fold in a playoff setting. For example, I think field position and the turnover margin will determine the game. How aggressive will Freeman be? He’s been very successful on 4th down conversions, but he’s had some high profile failures where he gave the opposing team major momentum. On Leonard: Indiana is one of the best run stoppers in the country. They are also top 5 in turnover margin. I think the key to winning this game is Leonard making plays with his feet. If he can get some chunk runs via scramble, I think it will open up the entire offense. Bottom line: This is a very winnable game. So much so, that if they lose, it’s a ND choke job. If they win, I think it’s a major achievement for Freeman. Cignetti, although an egomaniac, is a very good coach. If Freeman wins, it means he’s held his own or better and that would give us all a ton of confidence going into the Sugar Bowl vs UGA.

[@rodgermiller8980]

NIU was a choke job,IU is ranked 10th for a reason,2 good teams in ND and IU,I believe ND has the upper hand,35-21 ND wins

[@ryansmith290]

Nice scouting report. Thank you. Indiana is a worthy opponent and deserved to be in the playoff IMO. ND needs to play their game and defend our house. Beat IU ☘️

[@donaldshotts4429]

So IU is a great draw but you struggle against good passing teams? Rourke can sling it if he has time and IU runs it better then SMU/Louisville. B10 network compared Rourke to Phillip Rivers earlier this year, but they have to pick up blitzes which killed IU vs Ohio State. Finally I wish the ND program was looking ahead to Georgia like all these ND fans.

[@richardstephens3019]

Truth!!! It's a must !!!

[@takewhatugive9495]

ND vs Oregon in the natty

[@ryansmith290]

Beat IU first

[@JTH-hm8ew]

ND will automatically lose in the 2nd round of they get past Indiana.

[@WillE454]

Gotta get past Georgia first

[@AlvinHolton-f9t]

Notre Dame vs Indiana is merely a warmup game ND no way they lose

[@JTH-hm8ew]

They will definitely lose in round 2.

[@ChiTsang]

@@JTH-hm8ew rip bama 9-3, no cfp

[@troyjones5156]

Respect the team that is in front of you. ND believes they have won the game before the tip off. IU has zero pressure to win any of these games. IU is playing with house money. No pressure, they can try any and everything to win.

[@ChiTsang]

@troyjones5156 Amen

[@JTH-hm8ew]

I am thankful for Coach Cignetti!

[@ChiTsang]

rip bama 9-3, no cfp

[@ryansmith290]

This is the biggest ND game since the semi final vs Bama. Even though this won't break the 30 year major bowl streak, in some ways this game is more important (must win) due to regional/local nature. IU is a worthy opponent. I always felt like they deserved to be in playoff however we can't lose to these guys man or we would be going backwards as a program. Need to take care of business out of the gate and defend our house!! Go Irish, Beat IU ☘️

[@JTH-hm8ew]

I know that ND will lose to Georgia no matter what but would it not be so glorious if Indiana defeated ND. I would jump for joy with tremendous elation!

[@ChiTsang]

rip bama 9-3, no cfp

[@notredame2869]

Not to mention that Georgia lost it's starting QB. It's starting to line up for us

[@JTH-hm8ew]

Sorry but Georgia is still more experienced in the big games, a recent multi time national champion, is better coached and still has way more overall talent. ND and Georgia are not equal programs.

[@notredame2869]

@@JTH-hm8ew again we about to find out

[@JTH-hm8ew]

ND and Georgia are not equal. Why is it the rest of the nation can grasp that but ND fandom can’t.

[@ChiTsang]

@@JTH-hm8ew rip bama 9-3, no cfp

[@ChiTsang]

@@JTH-hm8ew rip bama 9-3, no cfp

[@veldrensavoth7119]

*Wir sind Gewinnen*

[@the80sguy80]

Despite what anyone thinks, any "Post Season" game is a BIG game. Indiana "Football" has been a bottom feeder as long as I`ve been alive, until this year. Notre Dame should blow this team out.

[@JTH-hm8ew]

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[@bradbecker8982]

Hey, Sir… Chill a bit 😅.. ND will likely cause two turnovers and run all over IU too

[@AlvinHolton-f9t]

Notre Is to big and physical

[@JTH-hm8ew]

The problem for ND is that the situation reverses for Round 2. Will someone and I mean someone please wake up the echoes?

[@Frawls42]

I’m really disappointed in the ND season ticket holders selling the tickets on the open market instead of to ND fans!

[@bradbecker8982]

Well don’t let it ruin your day… it’s not a big deal and it’s win/win for the parties involved.

[@KrianBelly]

I would question their intelligence if they didn’t

[@BigMonty686]

@@KrianBellyYou’d better just focus on your Faaaaaamuhleee and finding your next Bobby Boucher ! Don’t worry about what’s going on up here!

[@BigMonty686]

Sucks but Christmas is coming bro! Lol

[@normkelly1967]

It's crazy. You absolutely, positively, without a doubt need to win this game, but if you do, and then lose the next game, the giant monkey is still on your back in terms of failing vs the teams you *really* need to beat to win a natty.

[@Necile2]

Nope. The monkey is gone if ND beats IU.

[@ryansmith290]

​@@Necile2The monkey is not gone if ND beats IU however in some ways this game is bigger than the 30 year bowl streak. This is a must win, no questions asked. Need to take care of business at home against Indiana. We can't lose to these guys due to local/regional nature. A loss would set the program back.

[@normkelly1967]

@@Necile2 Not for me, not perceptually, and not by any other measure other than being a playoff victory. But all the doubts about what we are and what we can be will remain if we then go & lose to UGA. For program momentum & building what Marcus wants to build, you gotta have the UGA victory too. I guess that'll be the debate.

[@Bo-hb3eo]

I have seen it many many times in my lifetime. Teams are having the season of their lives… Notre Dame thrashes them. They go on to have a great season but they are just a speed bump to Notre Dame. This will be no different!

[@JFPriest]

I am praying for a Win..But what happens if they Don't?? (QB and Coach's wise??)

[@sleekhangman1590]

John, we need to talk about the Jersey buzz

[@jedsmith111]

If you just look at the pedigree of the players and the talent on paper Notre Dame should win this game easily

[@milehighgtb]

Simple facts, Jeremiyah Love will be the best player on the field. Al Golden Defense has two weeks to game plan for Indiana. Even if there isn’t a cold weather bump, it’ll be at home. Notre Dame won their biggest games, Indiana didn’t. Irish cover, see you in New Orleans.

[@JTH-hm8ew]

ND did not have to play Ohio State. Instead ND played Purdue and the service academies lol!

[@ChiTsang]

@@JTH-hm8ew rip bama 9-3, no cfp

[@GridleyMike]

Indiana is good but their offense is nowhere as good as USC what happened there? 49-35 on the road I’m very confident they’ll roll Indiana after that…

[@maltavious3615]

Every CFP game is 'must win' lol

[@justingarver4100]

ND is going to run the ball 40+ times and no matter what early success IU may have, they will grind them down until they just eventually break them.

[@niteporter]

Smfh. I hate uga and their fans and the sec. I know how this will end. My health isn't getting any better. Tired of my dream of another national championship getting broken by that lowlife conference.

[@JTH-hm8ew]

I LOVE IT. ND is playing for the right to lose to Georgia!

[@danielhruskocy1624]

Go back to the NIU game... The ONE TD scored by NIU came on a fluke play - busted coverage, safety misplaying the slant trying for INT and leaving no one in the back level... Leonard's INT at the end was mystifyingly bad too. But say that TD never happened. I believe ND wins that game 14-9 (NIU was NOT getting into the endzone otherwise, despite an overall sluggish and bad performance from the entire ND team that day); and the team goes unbeaten (that can be debated given the way the team played post-NIU wake up, but I believe it would have been 12-0). Without that ONE PLAY, ND is sitting at 12-0, ranked #1, seeded #5 and major favorites to get to the Championship game as well. Leonard, flaws and all, is very likely in NYC this weekend picking up ND's 8th Heisman as the QB of THAT team and THIS school and the stories are completely different. Notre Dame would be getting doubted by the usual haters and people with an agenda of course, but the team would have a different feel. I remember 2012 like it was yesterday.... Kelly's third year, undefeated season, several close calls and miracle wins (Stanford, Pitt for sure, OU was tied 13-13 late too)... That defense FELT like it was good, but in retrospect it was plodding and slow and did not LOOK like the 2024 defense, which in my mind is much closer to the '88-'93 levels of overall speed and plain nastiness than anything since. It's not the running game, or Love or Leonard or Price that I am most confident in - its a defense under Al Golden that has looked the part in every game with the exception of the NIU and that one damn play that allowed them to get into the endzone at all. There is a noticeable difference in this ND team defense and he expectation that people retain from Brian Kelly's best record years. I would take THIS ND team to beat 2012, 2018 and 2020 teams every time. It starts in 10 days with the kickoff against IU and then taking care of business for the following 60 minutes of gametime. Must take those steps in order though.

[@felixwright9626]

I agree with everything. But ND would be #2. Seed 5. Oregon had a better win against Ohio St

[@issaccody1161]

Fact: IU has #1 run defense. Also Fact: 9 of 12 IU opponents didn't have a top 90 run offense.

[@seank2333]

Agree, if they lose to IU, it's a failed/wasted season.

[@ChiTsang]

where's bama cowboy?

[@SteveKilgore27]

IU is coming into this with the NIU mindset… we can very well lose this. Freeman needs to fire these guys up

[@BigMonty686]

Respectfully, that was about ND more than NIU. The week before and the rest of the season since is proof of that fact!

[@SteveKilgore27]

@@BigMonty686 I agree, but if a team is coming in giving it their all and thinking they can beat you, and you are in a lackadaisical mindset, then that is the perfect storm to lose

[@BigMonty686]

@@SteveKilgore27 No doubt! However, is it a fair conclusion that this ND program is probably the MOST intimately familiar with that scenario and will PROBABLY not have forgotten what happened in that situation? No guarantee ND will win. If they don’t IU was just better that day!

[@SteveKilgore27]

@@BigMonty686 for sure… however I’m still anxious. We lost to Marshall, got back into our groove, then lost to Stanford…

[@Troy-fv9uq]

If you cant beat Indiana your not a elite team. Look what OSU did to them.

[@troyjones5156]

Agree, if Ohio State can't beat Michigan they are not an elite team. Look what IU did to Michigan.

[@BigMonty686]

@@troyjones5156Lol…….see how that works!?!?

[@bradleymestach7648]

Indiana's SOS, according to ESPN, 67. Notre Dame, 59

[@TOMMCLAUGHLIN-z7p]

BIG GAME JAMES FRANKLIN DOES NOT WANT ND IN PLAYOFFS-ONLY TEAMS THAT PLAYED CONF CHAM-HE ONLY SNUCK IN LAST SECOND-PS WAS INDEPENDENT-UNTIL 1993..HYPROCRITE….

[@BigMonty686]

I said the same thing! Why/how NOBODY checked him when that came out of his mouth is beyond me!!!

[@trobertson1825]

Go IU

[@brendenstyre4784]

Carson beck sucks they should have benched him 6 games ago lmao

[@rodgermiller8980]

Carson Beck for GA is out for the season,so GA going down to,just like IU

[@JTH-hm8ew]

The delusion is strong in that prediction.

[@bvgshouldbecoach]

Pen state has way too easy of a path

[@KrianBelly]

Wah wah I am the main character I can’t believe we got matched up with a non-southern team this is not going to be good for my chronically online Twitter behavior wah wah how am I supposed to troll pppl wah wah I’m not even gonna watch the game just complain

[@ChadMiller-u8m]

Already talking UGA huh.

[@KrianBelly]

We are such bed wetters as a fanbase it’s disgusting. If you don’t want stakes in your football game then maybe you are happy with the sun bowl

[@jgabag]

Freeman should quit if he loses to Indiana

[@BigMonty686]

🥱

[@johncollins9138]

We weren't even worthy to drag the Bama boys up here to freeze their fruits into submission....so let's send the basketball school instead to embarrass us again .....f.that

[@JTH-hm8ew]

I LOVE IT! I LOVE IT! I LOVE IT! ND and Indiana are playing for the right to lose to Georgia! All the bravado and ND fandom talk knows that this is inevitable!

[@Necile2]

Nope. That's just your HOPE. Go try to beat Michigan in the Tampon Bowl and leave the playoffs to the teams that outranked Alabama.

[@JTH-hm8ew]

🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 Actual physical trophies earned. ND nothing to play for but the Championship of Indiana! Lol

[@ChiTsang]

rip bama 9-3, no cfp

[@ChiTsang]

@@JTH-hm8ew rip bama 9-3, no cfp

[@BigMonty686]

I don’t see any “Bravado” here! You must be board!

[@jaedge729]

Man I'm telling you smu's receivers scare me and dabble in the playoffs is a MF. My dream however would have been To have the most perfect path and be able to beat cignetti James Franklin dabo Swinney I And finish it off with Ryan day could you just imagine beating cignetti day Franklin and Sweeney? OMG that would have been the most perfect playoff setup ever LOL but we got a perfect playoff scenario being in the playoffs that's the perfect scenario that's the only way you can win it you have to beat every team there to win a Natty anyway who cares when you play them so what's all this talk about the bracket. Who cares if you want to win an addy you got to beat the best to be the best so we're going to have to beat Georgia anyway We're going to have to be in Oregon or we're going to have to be a Texas Let's just go out there and drop the hammer and get this s*** done go Irish

[@JTH-hm8ew]

The Championship game will be Oregon and Georgia.

[@ChiTsang]

rip bama 9-3, no cfp

[@AlvinHolton-f9t]

Y'all are beating ND id put money on it y'all are to physical on both sides of the lines

[@tylerbickell5576]

Yins should be worried up dere in South Bend.

[@BigMonty686]

Lol…..I’m torn on this one! Live in Indiana….Love ND…..IU grad…mom is from Pittsburgh and knows some Cignetti’s!

[@tylerbickell5576]

Just don't wear the greens

[@justingarver4100]

ND is going to run the ball 40+ times and no matter what early success IU may have, they will grind them down until they just eventually break them.