Rakes Report #172: Armageddon's back in town again (The Toledo Review)
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If you were forwarded this email and would like to sign up to receive future editions, you can do so here. ~optional musical accompaniment~ 1) This is certainly more a title to follow a defeat but considering how much that felt like a loss — and if Toledo had taken a dive at the precipice to run out the clock and kick a game-winning field goal, it would have been — we can get a bit dramatic, as all the win streaks (regular season, home, against unranked teams, as a favorite) were under fire. Notre Dame is 2-0 through two games, which is objectively the best record you can have at that point but if they continue to try and dance through raindrops like they have so far this season that zero is going to tick up over the next two months. Still, it’s much better to be having this conversation about what the Irish are good at (a bunch of stuff, but only intermittently, and perhaps not enough to sustain a top-tier campaign) and what they are bad at (one glaring thing that could submarine the whole operation if it doesn’t improve) after a victory than the other way around.
Rakes Report #172: Armageddon's back in town again (The Toledo Review)
Rakes Report #172: Armageddon's back in town…
Rakes Report #172: Armageddon's back in town again (The Toledo Review)
If you were forwarded this email and would like to sign up to receive future editions, you can do so here. ~optional musical accompaniment~ 1) This is certainly more a title to follow a defeat but considering how much that felt like a loss — and if Toledo had taken a dive at the precipice to run out the clock and kick a game-winning field goal, it would have been — we can get a bit dramatic, as all the win streaks (regular season, home, against unranked teams, as a favorite) were under fire. Notre Dame is 2-0 through two games, which is objectively the best record you can have at that point but if they continue to try and dance through raindrops like they have so far this season that zero is going to tick up over the next two months. Still, it’s much better to be having this conversation about what the Irish are good at (a bunch of stuff, but only intermittently, and perhaps not enough to sustain a top-tier campaign) and what they are bad at (one glaring thing that could submarine the whole operation if it doesn’t improve) after a victory than the other way around.