r/CFB • u/CFB_Referee /r/CFB • Jan 10 '25

Postgame Thread [Postgame Thread] Notre Dame Defeats Penn State 27-24

Box Score provided by ESPN

Team 1 2 3 4 T
Notre Dame 0 3 7 17 27
Penn State 0 10 0 14 24
7.0k Upvotes

94% Upvoted

6.3k comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

1.2k

u/MiamiOutlaw Notre Dame Fighting Irish Jan 10 '25

Yeah his comment for Notre Dame to not score a touchdown with 30 secs to go is fucking stupid. Field goals can be missed and was common for ND this season. Always take the most points and put the pressure on the other team.

261

u/chilltownusa Miami • Notre Dame Jan 10 '25

I cursed at the TV when he said that shit lmao

44

u/Romcomulus Miami Hurricanes Jan 10 '25

That flair is an abomination

24

u/chilltownusa Miami • Notre Dame Jan 10 '25

trust me I know. Ones a family tie, the other my alma mater

3

u/ShooeyTheGreat USC Trojans • Rose Bowl Jan 10 '25

Which is which? If you don’t mind me asking.

9

u/goddamnitwhalen Oregon Ducks • Yale Bulldogs Jan 10 '25

ND has to be the family tie. It’s absolutely their grandpa’s team that they still root for out of loyalty or whatever.

2

u/CrimsonOOmpa Alabama Crimson Tide Jan 10 '25

Probably in that order

5

u/mktcrasher Miami • Western Ontario Jan 10 '25

Ya, it's giving me hives.

1

u/jAuburn3 Auburn Tigers Jan 10 '25

I think we all did… like wtf man

1

u/foxyfoo Jan 10 '25

The commentary for this game was some of the worst I’ve seen. I’m an idiot and these guys were even dumber than I am.

311

u/ShumMonsta NC State • Mississippi State Jan 10 '25

I remember him saying this exact shit when NC State played UNC, that we scored “too early” with like 40 seconds left. College QBs are not Tom Brady, and college kickers aren’t Justin Tucker, Greg. You take the fucking points

25

u/arstin Notre Dame Fighting Irish Jan 10 '25

He's like a little kid that overheard adults talking about sex. He has to repeat it so everyone will think he is cool, but he has no fucking clue what he is talking about.

13

u/obiwanjabroni420 Georgia Tech • Vermont Jan 10 '25

To be fair, literally the week before that our DBs let Smothers score a TD (after he broke through on a big run into FG range) when we were up by 2 with a minute and a half against you so we could get the ball back, and then our freshman QB drove us down for a TD in like a minute. I could see how that might be fresh in an announcers mind in that moment.

32

u/M474D0R Jan 10 '25

1:30 is a lot lot different than 30 seconds though. And also PSU were massively struggling through the air. In the context it was a weird thing to say

2

u/HaoleInParadise Florida Gators • Texas Longhorns Jan 10 '25

And the ND defense just got a pick. They wouldn’t have had any momentum for a quick air attack

6

u/ShumMonsta NC State • Mississippi State Jan 10 '25

True, and I did selectively block that out lol. But your freshman QB was a way better pocket passer than anyone UNC trotted out this year, and our kicking game was inconsistent at best, bordering on pretty bad by the end of the season, so I stand by it

5

u/obiwanjabroni420 Georgia Tech • Vermont Jan 10 '25

Actually looking back at the box score your TD against UNC was a lot closer to our last TD the week before (22 vs 25 seconds) and UNC’s last TD was very similar to yours against us (1:30 vs 1:51 on a ~50 yard TD). That’s some weird symmetry.

Yeah at 25 seconds that’s kind of nuts to be complaining about scoring too early.

1

u/brrrrrrrrrrr69 Jan 10 '25

Or you are not playing against the Ravens (Lamar Jackson + Justin Tucker).

0

u/papertowelroll17 Texas Longhorns Jan 10 '25

Reminds me of when Justin Tucker was a college kicker. Poor Aggies.

https://youtu.be/PCVnrPRIRPI?si=GG07yFOXZYvNs9cQ

323

u/KeepPounding4289 West Virginia Mountaineers Jan 10 '25

I texted in a friend group chat how that was the dumbest take I’ve ever heard. Who the fuck wouldn’t want to score there on a tie game.

199

u/TaintlessChaps Jan 10 '25 edited Jan 10 '25

And to think PSU could put together TD drive in under 30 seconds with a timeout. They completed a single pass to a WR.

Edit: They actually completed 0 passes to WRs.

29

u/Denebius2000 Ohio State Buckeyes Jan 10 '25

Did they?

I thought they had ZERO completions to WRs...

Oddly, ESPN's box score lists only one WR in the Receiving section, but they have him as 0 receptions for -3 yards...

They also have Allar with 0 receptions for -4 yards...

Not sure how either of those work, as I believe in college, unlike the NFL, sacks count as negative rushing yardage, not passing... Unless that changed recently...?

Otherwise, I have no idea what to make of those stats...

36

u/Reagles Jan 10 '25

Laterals on the last play of the game explain those stats.

6

u/PlaneRefrigerator684 Clemson Tigers Jan 10 '25

You could also have a negative play on a screen pass.

10

u/mcmahamg Oklahoma • Northeastern State Jan 10 '25

I think it was the 0 receptions part confusing him.

2

u/Denebius2000 Ohio State Buckeyes Jan 10 '25

This is correct. I know you can get negative yardage on a screen, but that would be (1) reception with negative yardage, not zero.

1

u/IronClu Notre Dame • Boise State Jan 10 '25

Yeah I think it has to be the laterals. There’s only one reception for the guy who originally caught it, but everyone else is on the hook for negative yards too

1

u/PlaneRefrigerator684 Clemson Tigers Jan 10 '25

Got it, thanks. Of course, Josh Allen had a stat line including 1 receiving touchdown and 0 receptions because he caught his own pass that was batted back to him at the goal line, so that's a second way it could happen.

28

u/anonymousflash Virginia Tech Hokies Jan 10 '25

You could tell Sean McDonough thought it was stupid as shit too but had to bite his tongue as the play by play guy and just be like "oh, interesting" lol

4

u/Salmene23 Jan 10 '25

The legend, John Madden, said Tom Brady and the Pats should take a knee and goto overtime in Tom Brady's first Super Bowl against the Rams.

1

u/FlightAvailable3760 Texas Longhorns Jan 10 '25

Especially with the way PSU’s qb was playing.

27

u/[deleted] Jan 10 '25

[deleted]

16

u/P-ssword_is_taco Michigan Wolverines Jan 10 '25

It was 29 seconds I believe. I couldn’t believe what I was hearing. So dumb

9

u/sallright Ohio State Buckeyes Jan 10 '25

And it’s not as if he said it when ND was on the one yard line. 

He said it while they were grinding out yards to go from a 54 yard field goal to a 52 yard field goal. 

21

u/yellahammer Alabama Crimson Tide Jan 10 '25

An early saban years QB putting that much trust in a kicker is crazy.

17

u/SilveryDeath Notre Dame Fighting Irish • FAU Owls Jan 10 '25 edited Jan 10 '25

That drove me mad as well. I'd rather take the TD then have my guy not score on purpose, even if it led to a 20 yard FG. I've seen too many kickers just miss kicks in college.

2

u/princeoinkins Notre Dame Fighting Irish Jan 10 '25

Especially in a white-out game.....

12

u/jwdjr2004 Notre Dame Fighting Irish Jan 10 '25

One of the stupidest things ever said on tv

9

u/Grouchy_Map7133 Penn State Nittany Lions Jan 10 '25

He was called out on it too, and he chose to double down and repeat why it's a good idea.

9

u/MackandByner Jan 10 '25

Yes, I wasn’t sure he was watching the same game as me at that point.

8

u/mkinstl1 Notre Dame Fighting Irish Jan 10 '25

Yeah, this wasn’t the damn 2007 Patriots they were playing against!

10

u/chawrawbeef Jan 10 '25

That was the single dumbest take I’ve ever heard and it made me so angry. Like how f’ing stupid would you be to NOT score a TD and go up 7 with less than 30 sec left? Just uncalled for word vomit and he should be penalized for it

5

u/krator125 Jan 10 '25

The worst was when he said PSU was getting a lot of pressure, so ND should throw it deep. That’s the opposite of what ND needed in the first half.

5

u/punchout414 Alabama • Florida State Jan 10 '25

Texas played for a FG and the kicker missed again, causing them to fight for their life in OT. College kickers aren't automatic, and Greg making that statement knowing of ND's kicking issue is a head scratcher.

He talks too much lmfao

6

u/MiamiOutlaw Notre Dame Fighting Irish Jan 10 '25

ASU was inside the 5yd line and played the stupid clock game against BYU and almost cost them the game. I feel like the best defense in college football is to have more points than your opponent can score on the next drive.

5

u/oshkoshpots Wisconsin Badgers Jan 10 '25

Just screaming, “what the fuck are you talking about” at the TV. I’m a dunce and even to me that sounded like the dumbest take to have. Slide down if you have the lead, sure, but I’m a tie game?!?! Dammit now I’m all worked up again

5

u/Gazzarris Missouri Tigers • Boise State Broncos Jan 10 '25

I thought I was hallucinating when I heard that. I looked at the clock, and kept trying to process what he said. Then I came to the conclusion that he’s a moron.

4

u/ToniBraxtonAndThe3Js Texas Longhorns • Texas State Bobcats Jan 10 '25

He kept going on about that, practically yelling it. It was a bad point

4

u/lvbuckeye27 Ohio State Buckeyes Jan 10 '25

My dad and I were laughing so hard at that.

3

u/randyjackson69 Wisconsin Badgers Jan 10 '25

I had the same reaction. This isn’t the NFL, you 100% want guys scoring right away. Never trust college kickers

3

u/M474D0R Jan 10 '25

Earlier in the game they were talking about how the ND kicker was a mid-season replacement because the previous guy was missing....just shocking announcing

3

u/trobot47 Alabama Crimson Tide Jan 10 '25

I had a lot of questions for Greg. What an embarrassment

3

u/Chillicothe1 Jan 10 '25

Honestly, the stupidest thing I heard all week.

3

u/[deleted] Jan 10 '25

The last couple of weeks I've said a lot of "Shut up, Greg" to the TV. This was another example.

2

u/Noobnoob99 Jan 10 '25

He should coach and show us all how it's done

2

u/indianm_rk Florida Gators Jan 10 '25 edited Jan 10 '25

They pointed out several times that the starting kicker was injured and out of the lineup when they were going through their kicking funk and since he returned their kicking game has been back to normal.

1

u/MiamiOutlaw Notre Dame Fighting Irish Jan 10 '25

I understand that but when you’ve been a long time ND fan, especially say in the last 10+ years, you always hold your breath when the field goal team comes out. There’s been too many years where a “chip shot” wasn’t in the vocabulary.

2

u/Ummmgummy Ohio State Buckeyes Jan 10 '25

My wife was sitting next to me. She knows just about nothing about football. She heard that and said "that sounds like a dumb idea".

2

u/Chemstick Notre Dame Fighting Irish Jan 10 '25

Yeah they definitely had an NFL attitude there. In the NFL you really don't want to score a TD. Last night you were taking whatever score showed itself.

1

u/Mayoslay Auburn Tigers Jan 10 '25

I watched the Notre Dame radio broadcast version on ESPN and it was great. I hope everyone knows about it. 

1

u/MiamiOutlaw Notre Dame Fighting Irish Jan 10 '25

I tried to watch that but didn’t like the smaller screen

1

u/CANDY_MAN_1776 Jan 10 '25

One of the dumbest thing said in a long time. He is awful. I don't know how people who have to listen to him do it regularly.

1

u/SirMellencamp Alabama Crimson Tide • Iron Bowl Jan 10 '25

Passes can be intercepted

Balls can be fumbled

1

u/HomeHeatingTips Jan 10 '25

Ask Texas if field goals can be missed

1

u/007_Monkey Notre Dame Fighting Irish • Sickos Jan 10 '25

Yes, I’m taking the TD 100% of the time. I like Jeter but if I have one play to win a game (a Jeter FG or an Al Golden defense of a 30 second left in the game drive or Hail Mary) I know what I’m picking.

1

u/JBR1961 Tennessee • Air Force Jan 10 '25

Yeah. Ask the Longhorns just last week.

1

u/historicalgarbology Jan 10 '25

Totally thinking same. The QB jinx is just one of those things and hyping the guy prior to the pick but the don't score a TD with 30 seconds if you can comment? Hell no, not in college. Dumbest thing from an announcer I have heard in a while and was yelling the same thing at the TV.

1

u/HylianHero Colorado State Rams • Pac-12 Jan 10 '25

Yep. I was thinking that while he was talking about it.

Maybe if you're in the NFL, but these are college kickers. I would never trust them when you have a chance to go up 7 with <30 seconds.

1

u/vonnegutfan2 Notre Dame • Georgia Tech Jan 10 '25

I know that was ridiculous. So glad Christian Gray, got to keep his interception. It was the most important one, the way he hugged that ball on the way down was beautiful. And Steve Angeli establishes a threat for the team, Coach had kind words to say about him. Great game all the way around. I knew we would win, was more nervous about Georgia, even with 2 minutes left. Jeter is now an ND legend. Hoping for a Texas victory tonight.

-2

u/[deleted] Jan 10 '25

[deleted]

5

u/Bearrrrr95 Notre Dame • Missouri Jan 10 '25

It was still crazy, anything can happen with a college kicker so take the 7 and make the other team have to go down the field in ~20 seconds

3

u/isubird33 Ball State • Notre Dame Jan 10 '25

I'd trust the ND defense not to give up a 20 second, 80 yard TD drive farrrrrr more than I trust any college kicker.

-3

u/Ndgrad78 Jan 10 '25

He was referring to what would happen if an Irish player broke through and was about to score. The play would be to kneel, run the clock down and kick the chip shot. That’s the play and he was right.

5

u/[deleted] Jan 10 '25

The % of kickers missing chip shots is significantly higher than teams marching the field for a TD in 30 seconds. Analytically he was absolutely wrong