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Our Drink Like A Champion Today T-shirts were front and center at the biggest college football game of the year UGA vs Notre Dame
No big deal.. just the most watched college football game of the year this past weekend in Athens GA as the Notre Dame Fighting Irish visited the #3 ranked Georgia Bulldogs in an epic battle which also featured our classic Drink Like A Champion Today t-shirt.
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Also big thanks to all the people who attended this week in Athens who were sporting some SportsCrack swag. We saw tons of Tailgate Like A Champion Shirts and Book It shirts along with a few Domers Vs Dawgs tees.
We also saw a ton of red representing the SportsCrack with our new RBU Run The Damn Ball shirt making the rounds around all the Athens bars and tailgates.
UGA won the game 23-17 in front of a record breaking crowd that came down to the final possession. While Notre Dame didn't pull off the victory they did manage to give UGA all they could handle. This game had the feel of a real playoff game atmosphere and it wouldn't suck to see these two programs run the table the rest of the season and give us a rematch on a neutral field.
Georgia Tech Head Football Coach Geoff Collins wore the SportsCrack "Hamilton: All-American" shirt to his press conference
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Big tip of the cap to Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets head football coach Geoff Collins wearing our Hamilton: All-American t-shirt at yesterday's press conference. It's been a tough go so far for the Yellow Jackets this season with the transition to a new offense but Collins will surely get them turned around. If anything the Hamilton shirt should be good luck this week as Collins goes back up to Temple where he came from last season to take on the Owls as a 8.5 underdog.
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Notre Dame Football Highlights in 35-17 Victory over Louisville
It was not the most well played season opener for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish on the road at Louisville last night but they did come out with the W 35-17.
Offensively QB Ian Book looked uncomfortable all night with his "happy feet" in the pocket leading to a lot of questionable reads and inaccurate throws. Book was locking in to his first read and not going through his progressions when given the time. Book often was seen tucking the ball and running instead of letting his receivers get open.
The good news is senior RB Tony Jones Jr. stepped it up with a tremendous game rushing for 112 yards on just 15 touches including a TD. Jones along with WR Chase Claypool and sophomore TE Tommy Tremble (huge TD catch on a seam route) came up with some huge chunk plays to help ease the offense lack of ball movement throughout the game. While Tremble got the ball of the game from head coach Brian Kelly I thought Jones Jr. was the MVP of the game.
Defensively it couldn't have been much worse for the Fighting Irish in the first two Louisville possessions. The Cardinals marched down twice with holes the size of Charlie Weis socks opening up everywhere in the ND defense. The defensive tackles and most notably the linebackers looked like they were playing on skates as Louisville took a 14-7 lead.
But then Clark Lea and the Notre Dame defense made adjustments on Scott Satterfields new offense. After that Louisville could only muster up 3 points in the final 12 possessions as guys like Julian Okwara, Khalid Kareem and Daelin Hayes took over the defensive front. Linebackers Jeremiah Owusu-Koramoah and Drew White started playing more downfield making multiple tackles for loss and the secondary led by All-American candidate Alohi Gilman and freshman sensation Kyle Hamilton asserted their dominance.
Gilman was particularly impressive all game while leading the defense in tackles with 10 and having a forced fumble and fumble recovery on his stat sheet. For his all around performance Gilman earns the defensive MVP of the game.
Alohi with the forced fumble and recovery!
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The most impressive throw of the game might have been this Ian Book throw away that broke a Louisville cheerleader's nose on the sideline.
Hopefully not the last one Book nails this week. Go Irish! https://t.co/Bzd0dkuCjK
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The Irish will have a bye this week and will hopefully get Book back to his old self before he got injured last season in Northwestern. If ND is gonna hang with the likes of UGA in less than 3 weeks they need Book to step up his game and be poised in the pocket while reading his progressions and making downfield throws with ease.
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Notre Dame Football releases a "Go Irish, Beat Cardinals" hype video
Now I'm even more ready to run through a wall. It's been a long 8 months for Notre Dame this offseason and what's worse is they don't play until tonight unlike the traditional Saturday game day. Pretty cool listening to Notre Dame captain and senior safety Jalen Elliott narrate the video. This team is absolutely loaded. I just can't see them losing more than one game this season. Tonight they start the journey back to the playoffs with a road game in Louisville.
PREDICTION: Notre Dame 42 Louisville 24
NBC Sports Chris Simms previews Notre Dame Football, Texas Football and Top QB prospects
I agree with everything Chris Simms says here except I don't think Notre Dame loses 2-3 games. The floor on this year's team is 10-2. Right now I feel like they go 11-1 with a loss on the road to UGA. Will it be enough to make the playoffs will remain to be seen. 
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I'm surprised Simms isn't high on Jake Fromm at all. Simms doesn't think Fromm is a high NFL draft pick because the talent level isn't there. I've seen Fromm play live and while I don't think he's on the same level of like an Andrew Luck or Trevor Lawrence I do think at worse he's a 2nd round pick. Fromm beat out two 5-star QB's and basically forced them to transfer. That has to say something in regards to his talent and understanding of the QB position.
Irish Analysis: Takeaways from Brian Kelly's Louisville Press Conference August 28 2019
The Irish Illustrated guys had some interesting thoughts from Brian Kelly's press conference today. It looks like we don't have much clarity involving Kevin Austin's status for the team other than he is still on the team. Whether Austin is serving a 4-game suspension or season suspension remains to be seen and it looks like we won't find out till October at the earliest. Right now we know Kelly isn't going to tell us more than he has to due to privacy issues.
Here is the depth chart ND officially released for this week's Louisville game:
QB: Ian Book, Phil Jurkovec
RB: Jafar Armstrong or Tony Jones Jr. Jahmir Smith
X Receiver (Wide): Chris Finke, Braden Lenzy
Z Receiver (Slot): Lawrence Keys III, Joe Wilkins
W Receiver (Boundary): Chase Claypool, Javon McKinley
Tight End: Brock Wright, Tommy Tremble
LT: Liam Eichenberg, Josh Lugg
LG: Aaron Banks, Trevor Ruhland
C: Jarrett Patterson, Colin Grunhard
RG: Tommy Kraemer, John Dirksen
RT: Robert Hainsey, Andrew Kristofic
SDE: Khalid Kareem, Ade Ogundeji, Jamir Jones
DT: Myron Tagovailoa-Amosa, Jayson Ademilola, Howard Cross III
NT: Kurt Hinish, Jacob Lacey, Ja'Mion Franklin
Drop End: Julian Okwara, Daelin Hayes, Justin Ademilola
Mike LB: Drew White, Shayne Simon or Bo Bauer
Buck LB: Asmar Bilal, Jordan Genmark Heath or Jack Lamb
Rover: Jeremiah Owusu-Koramoah, Paul Moala
Boundary CB: Troy Pride Jr., Houston Griffith or Donte Vaughn
Field CB: Shaun Crawford, TaRiq Bracy or Avery Davis
SS: Jalen Elliott, D.J. Brown
FS: Alohi Gilman, Kyle Hamilton
Kicker and Kickoffs: Jonathan Doerer, Harrison Leonard
Punter: Jay Bramblett, Leonard
Holder: Bramblett, Nolan Henry
Long-Snapper: John Shannon, Michael Vinson
Punt Returns: Chris Finke, Alohi Gilman
Kick Returns: Jafar Armstrong, Kyren Williams
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Here is the Brian Kelly Press Conference - Louisville (8/28/19)
2019 College Football Playoff Predictions and more
Finally college football season is upon us. Unfortunately we started off with a dud of a Florida-Miami Saturday night game that resembled more of a prison yard battle than an actual clean football game with all the penalties and turnovers involved.
Even the ole ball coach Steve Spurrier thought it was too painful to watch.
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But I think we all kind of knew Florida (preseason #8) was overrated going into this season and Miami is basically rebuilding from the ground up with a first year coach in Manny Diaz and a freshman QB starting.
This week the hunt for the 2019 college football playoffs begins. It's also why college football is the greatest sport known to man. Every game means something. One single loss in week 1 all the way to week 15/16 can dismantle a playoff run. With only 4 teams eligible for the playoffs it makes every single game intense no matter who is playing. Last year we saw an unprecedented 3 teams go undefeated (Clemson, Alabama and Notre Dame) during the regular season to reach the playoffs. Don't expect the same to happen this season. Undefeated regular seasons are hard to come by and as great as Nick Saban is as a coach he only has one undefeated season on his legendary resume.
Let's take a look at this season with some predictions of what I think will happen.
COLLEGE FOOTBALL PLAYOFFS PREDICTIONS
1) Clemson Tigers - The only team to ever go 15-0 in modern college football history returns the nation's best quarterback in Trevor Lawrence and one could argue maybe the nation's best running back in Travis Etienne and the nation's best duo of wide receivers in Tee Higgins and Justyn Ross. Simply put the Tigers are gonna put up a shitload of points again this season and nobody is gonna stop their offense except maybe themselves. Lawrence has the benefit of a season under his belt and Clemson has the pedigree to run through a rather pedestrian ACC schedule unscathed. In fact I would be shocked if they lost before the playoffs. Head coach Dabo Swinney will have them ready and hungry. Despite the massive turnover on the defensive side of the ball most notably the front seven Clemson just reloads there with blue chip prospects ready to step up.
2) Alabama Crimson Tide - No one saw the 44-16 thrashing Bama took in the championship game to Clemson coming. Not even Clemson and you sure as shit know Nick Saban didn't expect it. I expect a very mean and focused Bama squad this season. Last year they were being discussed as one of the greatest teams ever (I was leading the argument for it) and got caught up in their own headlines. This year I expect Saban to unleash hell on the SEC like he did all last season. With QB Tua Tagovailoa back and plenty of elite offensive weapons at his disposal the Tide will compete with Clemson for the best offense in the nation. While the Tide face a little more daunting schedule in the SEC I'm not a firm believer in LSU, Auburn or Texas A&M knocking them off. Expect Bama to look to their 2nd string QB in the SEC Championship to again knock the Dawgs out of the playoff picture.
3) Notre Dame Fighting Irish - Coming off an undefeated regular season (2nd in 6 years) Notre Dame again got embarrassed on the big bowl stage, losing to Clemson in the playoffs 30-3. While Clemson players have stated Notre Dame and not Alabama was the tougher opponent in the playoffs it's time for ND to step it up to another level and win a NY6 Bowl game. The good news is the majority of their starters return on both sides of the ball and the entire coaching staff is back minus the upgrade at RB coach (Lance Taylor). QB Ian Book is back and will be looking to build off a tremendous 2018 performance in which he set an ND record completing 68.3% of his passes. Playmakers like WR Chase Claypool and RB Jafar Armstrong should have breakout seasons and with 4 starters back on the offensive line the running game should be stout. Defensively ND has the best duo in the nation in edge rushers with seniors Julian Okwara and Khalid Kareem back as starters and top notch talent such as Daelin Hayes rotating in. The linebackers are inexperienced in terms of PT but the talent is there. The secondary is one of the nation's best with safeties Alohi Gilman and Jalen Elliott back along with CB Troy Pride. This will be Notre Dame's most talented and deepest team since 1993. With road night games at UGA, Michigan and Stanford being extremely daunting I expect ND to win 2 of those 3 and squeeze into the playoffs at 11-1. I'm sure everybody will take it in stride with no arguments.
4) Texas Longhorns - Yes, Texas is in fact back! Last year the Longhorns beat Oklahoma and UGA. Building up the program has been Tom Herman's goal since arriving and with 10 wins last season including a dominating Sugar Bowl performance vs UGA he appears to be on his way. QB Sam Ehlinger returns and should be a top 5 Heisman Trophy candidate. I think Texas beats an overrated LSU squad early in the season and while I see them eventually dropping a game vs either Oklahoma or Iowa State I think they win the Big 12 title and finish 12-1.
National Champion - Clemson Tigers
Yes they got the bulls eye on their backs this season and everybody will give the defending champs their best shot. But in the end the combination of Trevor Lawrence and Dabo Swinney will be too much for Texas in the semifinals and then Bama in the Natty. Lawrence and Swinney will both stamp their college football legendary status with another convincing championship win over Bama.
Most Overrated Team - Michigan Wolverines
I feel like this has become an annual thing with Michigan. They have only won a 1/2 National Championship in the last 80 something years but still get put in the top 10 preseason every year. Last year's Michigan team will be better than this year and that's not saying much. They got blown out by Ohio State and Florida to end the season. Ohio State, Notre Dame and Wisconsin look like losses to me on their schedule and it wouldn't surprise me at all to see Army beat them in the 2nd week. They are not a top 10 team and not worthy of being ranked #7 preseason.
Most Underrated Team - Notre Dame Fighting Irish
Notre Dame was the third best team in the country last year and look to again be the third best team when all is said and done. This is Brian Kelly's deepest team in his 10th season. It's also a veteran squad with plenty of leadership ready to get ND to the next level. Ranked 9th in the preseason is short changing ND and should provide a chip to their shoulders mentality.
Coach of the Year - Dabo Swinney, Clemson Tigers
I got Clemson going back-to-back and winning their 3rd National Championship in the last 4 years. If that's not Coach of the Year status for Dabo then I don't know what is.
Heisman Trophy Winner - Tua Tagovailoa, Alabama
While I think Trevor Lawrence is the better QB I think Heisman voters will have a hard time ignoring the incredible stats Tua will put up this season for a 2nd straight year. Last year it took a remarkable run by Kyler Murray to steal the Heisman from Tua who was leading on most ballots for most of the season. This year Tua edges out Lawrence to get the Heisman to delay Lawrence from getting his first in 2020.
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Bold Prediction - Georgia will have a playoff berth all but wrapped up only to see Kirby Smart inadvertently go for it on 4th and long vs Alabama in the SEC Championship. Jake Fromm will get sacked and Bama will score in the final 20 seconds to send themselves back to a 6th straight playoff berth. Meanwhile UGA will be leapfrogged by an one-loss Notre Dame team whom they narrowly beat in September and an one-loss Texas Longhorns team who soundly beats Oklahoma to win the Big 12. Barking will intensify to Mark Richt-er scale levels in the great state of Georgia.
