Can Notre Dame Fighting Irish Recover After Northern Illinois Defeat? | Cal Shocks Auburn!

Notre Dame's shocking 16-14 loss to Northern Illinois has fans and analysts buzzing. How did the Fighting Irish fall from #5 to #18 in the rankings?

Our hosts Alex Donno and Kenton Gibbs break down Notre Dame's offensive struggles and questionable decision-making. They also discuss NC State's blowout loss to Tennessee in the Duke's Mayo Classic, highlighting the Volunteers' dominant rushing attack. Cal's surprising upset over Auburn is another hot topic, with praise for Cal's defense and their four interceptions of Auburn QB Payton Thorne. The episode also reviews the latest AP Top 25 rankings and examines the trend of transfer quarterbacks, like Riley Leonard at Notre Dame, struggling at their new schools.

Northern Illinois upset, Notre Dame football, Riley Leonard, college football rankings, ACC football, Tennessee Volunteers, NC State Wolfpack, Grayson McCall, Dave Doeren, Cal Bears upset, Auburn Tigers, Jaydn Ott, Fernando Mendoza, Peyton Thorne, Clemson Tigers, Cade Klubnik, AP Top 25, Miami Hurricanes, Cam Ward, Florida State Seminoles, Texas Longhorns, Alabama Crimson Tide, Georgia Bulldogs, college football playoffs, ACC vs SEC

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[rx]

That Syracuse team especially the TE looked big, strong and athletic.

Not so much the Georgia Tech trenches but Orange were very physical on the edges and the receiver talent. + The Syracuse head coach is 50 Cent, lol.

[Rose]

Go Cal bears. Lmao I said it 7 months ago I was excited for rematch vs Auburn and man feels great to get The W. As always Go Cal bears. #BearTerritory

[rx]

Cal win over Auburn wasn't even a surprise. California dominated the game defensively. Without much Jaydn Ott, Injuries, missed field goals some fluke calls against Cal & still won.

Even the refs couldn't save Auburn & the SEC from the Hippies.

[rx]

Notre Dame:
To clarify why Notre Dame is featured on an ACC channel...
Legally and corporately Notre Dame is a member of the ACC, As everyone discovered Notre Dame is a even full voting member.
Basically more than it is not (even in football.)* Since Notre Dame must schedule 5 ACC games per season.

In football, Notre Dame's Tradition & Brand demands they act as an independent.
For CFP purposes Notre Dame is treated like a very special independent G5.

In the Concept of the ACC's "ABC 5" Notre Dame is 1 of the 5 teams that receive the Majority of the ACC's prime time ABC slots. Notre Dame will always bring in ratings. Of course. Notre Dame participation affects strength of schedule and league visibility.

[rx]

Notre Dame got..Got.
Oregon almost lost to Boise.
Penn State survived Bowling Green.
Kansas State was gifted a win over Tulane.

These G5s aren't playing around.

[Hkie]

Stay independent Notre Dame. It’s working great!

[NorCalTrojanman]

As a former PAC guy, I introduce you to the Cal Golden Bears, the Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde of your league. Every game against them will be a mystery. You will never know what type of team shows up. I'm not a fan, but they can be trouble if you overlook them.

[crobcuse]

@Kenton


Kyle McCord leads the nation in Pass TDs (8, Trebor Pena leads the nation in Rec TDs (4) and Fadil Diggs lead the nation in tackles for loss (6.0)

McCord also is third in the country with 735 Pass Yds, 2nd in the country with 29.5 Completions per game (2nd) and 3rd in passing yards per game (367).


Pretty, pretty, pretty good

[MisterArdor]

SMU looks real shaky. Solid Cuse win. Was hoping State would be more competitive than that. In the Non-Con, I thought Pitt, Duke, and Cal got needed wins for conf rep reasons. 2-0 against the Big 10 with Virginia looking to make it 3-0 and BC in a dare I say, big game against Missouri!?!? Football is footballing!

[terryfox]

Great job, guys! Most Notre Dame fans are not known for their patience. Freeman's seat is starting to warm up. When Freeman was hired, I said that Notre Dame was making a gamble, because of his lack of coaching experience. I thought that he had a high ceiling, but a low floor, because historically, Notre Dame has not done well with coaches with no head coaching experience. Fairly or not, the meme in South Bend is that Freeman can win "big" games on the road, but can't beat MAC teams at home. Brutal!

[rachelmoulton]

Kenton, Michael Penix is not a running qb, but was fabulous in his first year post-transfer to Washington. It wasn’t just last year that he was dominant.

[LawrenceRoss]

"Listen to me now, believe me later on!" Go Bears!

[michaelholbrook]

Notre Dame's Marcus Freeman is one of the best coaches in America. He will quickly get the Irish back for another amazing season. He's a unifier, a builder of morale, and championship caliber teams. It's not the end of the world. The sky is not falling. The plane just got knocked off course due to some rough and unexpected turbulence. Watch Coach Freeman turn things around and reset the course for destination Atlanta, Georgia.

[UofLFan]

I do tend to agree with the others here in the comments. This is an ACC podcast. Cover the other teams not named Miami and NC State. ND got more time than 2 other ranked ACC teams and they AREN'T IN THE CONFERENCE!

[bradparnell]

Too bad they didn't join the ACC, they'd still have a shot at getting in the playoffs.

[TruckerCardsfan]

Why are you giving a ton of airtime to a team and fanbase that ARE NOT in the ACC?
Their fanbase hates the ACC and their Heads badmouth and trash the conference. Come on Do better.

[orangepride]

Kyle Mcord is a 1 year QB who supposedly can’t run and he seems to be doing pretty good so far.

[adrianflemming]

The media was putting ND in the playoffs after last week.😂😂😂

[blakenagy]

Kenton talked so much crap about how bad fsu is and their qb situation, now his team is in the exact same boat. Should've seen that coming after Western Carolina game 😂😂😂

[MrJinwright]

Bring Candace Cooper back. We didn't subscribe to a Miami, ND, and NC State podcast, we subscribed to a "ACC" podcast. This was a good podcast last year what happened