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Notre Dame @ Texas A&M: Overreactions
As we head through what should be an interesting and fun Notre Dame Fighting Irish season, I will be compiling and explaining away takes after seeing some WILD OVERREACTIONS to the game. These will mostly come from takes, emotions, and thoughts I see or hear during the games or immediately following games.
On Saturday night, the Irish FINALLY got a marquee road game win to open the season. The game was close, and the team ended up having A TON of tenacity,. imposing a will to win over TAMU. We finally see the Irish succeed in a situation where they would historically fall short. NOT THIS TIME.
Regardless of an awesome win, we see overreactions, both positive and negative, in all Notre Dame games. Here are a few that stood out from those that are mad online (yours truly included).
ND vs. TAMU Online Overreactions
If your takeaway from last night is focused on “Weigman sucks/played bad” and not what his opponent did I would recommend firing up the game from last year where the Heisman winning number one pick was seeing ghosts for 60 minutes. https://t.co/cYi5jVqG5z
— Chris W. (@rakesofmallow) September 1, 2024
This is one that isn’t necessarily someone mad online in the moment, Our friend, RakesofMallow, points out something that I would say many people had thought of as a part of a kneejerk reaction. Conner Weigman, A&M’s quarterback, did NOT have a good night, but he might not be the true issue. He struggled, but the Notre Dame defense absolutely DOMINATED the whole night. They only gave up one TD late in the game, and they had even the haters recognizing that they were a CFP-caliber defense. Give some props to the defense.
Is it too early to say that Angeli would’ve made that pass or…?
— Matt (@mattygOFD) September 1, 2024
You all hopefully know by now that I will call myself out. I’ll do it here, too. I wasn’t a fan of the Riley Leonard transfer because I thought the Irish had a strong enough QB room already, especially with CJ Carr coming to the team. I was skeptical of Leonard, but he truly seems to get it. Plus, the guy is TOUGH AS NAILS. I do love the way that he plays and understands the culture of the team. Last night, he did struggle at the start, and I fed into the remaining skepticism I had. I have to put that to bed. Things should work itself out especially with how comfortable he will be with the team. Leonard is a true gamer, and he is a great leader, clearly.
We have all seen this, but it is worth noting here because it’s a WAY early overreaction. People thought because it was Kyle Field the Irish would fold and couldn’t win, let alone cover 3 points. Simply: the joke is on all y’all.
See you all next week for overreactions from the NIU game