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You didn't dream it. Just making sure. Just making sure. It is a very classic case of you're just never going to make everybody happy and that's really all there is to it. I mean, just negative people. Look, you can find some, you can make a negative spin out of literally anything. I found that out. People will do it. I have literally found that out. Good. Literally. It was a good win. It was a fun win, Vince. I think a lot of people needed that. There are a lot of Notre Dame fans that, you know, look, nothing that happened yesterday, erases what happened the week before, but we could continue to dwell on the week before where we could say, look, let's focus on the present and hopefully they get those things figured out. Yeah. Very good win yesterday, dude. You talk about needing a bounce back? Yeah. You got a pretty good bounce back. Oh, 100%. And that was worse loss on Purdue history. I've heard that today. And that same. Purdue is never lost by 59 points before. Right. That's saying something. Is what I heard a Purdue guy reporting to it. I've heard that from a couple of different sources. So I believe that that is accurate and it's also like the biggest win following a loss for Notre Dame, most points scored following a loss for Notre Dame since like 1908 or something. I mean, just lots of crazy records. It was most points. It was the biggest win margin of victory against the power fight tied to biggest margin of victory since 1996. And it was the biggest since 1996 against the power five team, they beat Paul and joined by 59 in 2019, that's pulling as a Mac team. The only Mac team that Notre Dame has actually had an easy time with in the last 10 years. But and then it was their biggest, I think someone on the board today posted that the broadcast that was their biggest margin of victory on the road since 1973, I believe in the new edge, your point. So when you're doing things that haven't been done since like volts and air parts region was the coach in Notre Dame again, that's, that's a good thing. And that's not meant to be, that's not to be dismissed simply because you're still mad about what happened a week before. Right. We can, we can, right. We can come at the same time, correct, and say things still have to be addressed. But boy, did they address them. Like what did you want from the team this sound like what was going to happen that's going to make you not complain this week, right? Like, yes, things need to get fixed. They're two and one, not three and Oh, but this was the answer that we hoped we would see from Notre Dame. How would a team that played with no heart, no pride in one week respond and got a great answer on it and incredibly perfect. Yeah. In fact, okay, so Riley Leonard's got to go 19 for 19 for 497 yards. The defense can't allow him first down the entire game where we're going to be mad. Look, this team came out and responded well, Vince. And that's absolutely something that we can, that I'm excited about now. It's, you know, and we'll dive into it this week. Now it's building time, right? It's build upon that and we'll find out they can do that. But for this Saturday, what we're breaking down today, there was a lot of good stuff on Saturday, man. That's a lot of good stuff. Prize picks is America's number one daily fantasy sports app with over 5 million active members. Prize picks is the easiest and most exciting way to play daily fantasy sports. Unlike other apps on prize picks, it's just you against the numbers. All you do is pick more or less on two to six player stat projections and watch the winnings roll in. Get in on the daily action with your friends and become part of the prize picks community today. You can now win up to a hundred times your money on prize picks with as little as four correct picks. You can turn $10 into $1,000. 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A whole new way to nug, it's gotta be Wendy's at participating U.S. Wendy's. We've been kind of feeling out upon further review and how we wanted to do it this year. We wanted to tweak it a little bit and we weren't exactly sure how we were going to tweak it, but one of the things that we're doing differently this year is with the post game show. Brian is not really part of the post game show. He came on the first two weeks and for good reason, there was a big win in week one and terrible loss in week two and that's a cathartic way for Brian to get on and talk about what he saw. You know what else helped to Vince is I actually got to listen to your guys' show while I was in the press box and I was just dominating the chat like band, muted, deleted because I was shocked at how many, like I knew there'd be some and to a degree there should still be some, like I had this reaction on Saturday Vince, it was okay, boy, I would have just liked a little bit of this last weekend and we're having a different conversation. That's a totally fair response to what we saw on Saturday, but you should be able to do that and still enjoy what you saw and people say, well, you know, are we not gonna have asked the things that need to get better? Of course you can, but if that's all you're focusing on, then yeah, that's kind of a little bit of a, you know, maybe you have a perspective problem, but listening to the show, the big reason for Vince was I thought you guys did a great job, you know, like my dad told me last week you guys did a great job, but you know, which just meant a lot because my dad's normally like doesn't like shows that I'm not on, I mean that's what I mean, but he said you guys did a great, he's like tell me Vince made this point, Brian made this point, Sean made this point, Trevor made this point, but listening to you guys talk, it was very good, very, very good. So I was like, you know what, I think I'm good, I'm good, even the press box, I finished my articles, I drove home, I relaxed, a little bummed you guys, I mean, you know, only with three hours, you guys would could have weighed another hour and a half, I could have went on, you know, for super chats, I know, right, so yeah, so it was definitely, it was good to not be on there. So now we can focus on the upon further review being where I give a lot of my thoughts. Correct. And so that, that is kind of what we're going to do from here on out. So Brian is not going to be making appearances on the post game show pending something crazy happening in a game that he wants to talk about, obviously, but from here on out, you're going to get your first opportunity to hear Brian's verbal thoughts on upon further review. And you know, obviously he puts out his observations and everything in written form and all of that. But you know, there's nothing like podcast form and the YouTube live form and all of that. And so upon further review is going to be your slash Brian, your opportunity to talk to everybody about what you saw and your thoughts about the game and all of these different things. And that's how we are going to kick off every upon further review moving forward is going to be, you know, Brian's thoughts on the game and talk offense, defense, special teams, whatever happens to go through the noggin is coming out in the first segment of upon further review. So that is how we are going to shape the upon further review show from here on out. And so let's kick it off, Brian, you know, again, you didn't have a chance to speak your mind last night. And so here is your opportunity to talk about Notre Dame's win over Purdue. So obviously I'll share my thoughts now and just kind of a somewhat of a quick format. And then we'll do our case to victory breakdown and then kind of give us some some overviews and talk about some key moments. But really the big thing Vince was we needed to see how this team was going to respond. Like nothing that happened on Saturday, nothing was going to eliminate the week prior week, because you could win 755 to nothing. And your record was still going to be two to one, right? There was no margin of victory. This is okay. We're going to retroactively add three points from this week. You scored enough that we're going to retroactively add three points from this week to last week's game. You're still two and one. And so you can't fix that. But what you can say is, but okay, but how do you respond? How do you respond to what's going on? You're going on the road. You're playing a big 10 team. It was it was hotter. I felt just being there. I was hotter yesterday than I was in college station. And it was milk 330 kick off. I mean, the sun was beaten now because I remember by the time the A&M game kicked off, the sun was kind of not really beaming on it. I mean, yesterday, Vince, for the first full quarter, I mean, the sun was beaming onto the stadium. Yes. Or onto the field. And I'm thinking, like, how is this team going to prepare? How are they going to handle this, this opponent? Are they going to, you know, in, in, in when a week like this happened, you hear all types of stuff from quote unquote sources or people reach out because they heard from somebody who or something. I had people said, Oh, it was a great week of practice and other people said, Oh, it's a terrible week of practice. You just never know how a team is going to respond. And as I've said, a bunch of times, just because you had a good week of practice doesn't mean you're going to play well in a game. And just because you have a bad week of practice, I mean, I still remember Dabo Swinney coming in here in 2022 after the game was like, we had a great week of practice. I mean, they just kicked our butts, you know, when Notre Dame beat them by three touchdowns in 2022. So you really don't know. And as a coach, you've seen it a million times, right? You have a terrible week of practice. And all of a sudden, for whatever reason, the light goes on, you know, the light switch gets turned on the game. And it's like, okay, I've joked about this. There's weeks where we couldn't complete passes on RVA, right? And then you get to Saturday and you light your opponent up. And then there's weeks where it's like, I don't know if the ball hit the ground this week. Right. And then you get to Saturday and you can't go in the past beyond five yards. You know, I just, you never really know, but what you want to know is, okay, what was the energy level? What was the focus like? And we don't know what that was like. But what we do know, however, is that this team came out on Saturday and responded very well. You know, Purdue wins the toss. They defer. Notre Dame starts with the ball, which I was actually kind of happy about because I wanted to see how this group especially was going to answer. And I want to know who's going to be a quarterback because you know, we're watching the pregame stuff and, and you know, I wrote an article last week saying like, if Riley Leonard's shoulders as bad as we're hearing, they need to sit him and let him rest and heal, heal his body and heal his mind, come up during pregame. He looked this sharper than he was in previous, you know, previous weeks, but, but not like, oh man, Riley's going to have a day. You know, three quarter speed. I mean, just typical pregame stuff. You see quarterback's turn pregame events. But he took all the first team reps. You're like, okay, either they're screwing with Purdue or he's going to start and the way he was getting reps, it was like, it was very clear he was going to start. So you come out that first quarter and you're like, okay, well, here we go. Let's see how this unit responds because there was the thing I wanted to see was what kind of pride did the offense have? What kind of fight did the offense have? And then defensively, like, okay, is there finger pointing or are they going to say, hey, we just got to focus on our job. But I really felt like the offense needed to come out and make a statement, not only to Purdue, but even more importantly, to Notre Dame, to themselves that, hey, we are pretty good. And then hey, defense, we're not going to leave you hanging out to dry again this week and we'll get into more of the fast start. But then it was very early. It was very evident right away that things were going to be different. And just all phases of the game, it was evident right away within the first series or two, and we'll get into some specifics on defense later, it was very clear that this team came to play physically. Now we didn't know if they were going to execute throughout the game. Yeah, they went down and scored in the first drive offensively. Okay, they did that against Northern Illinois, right? Like that doesn't tell us a whole lot, you know what I mean? So what are they going to do in drives two and three and four and five and six? But you could see the energy level was there. You could see this was a group of guys that weren't waiting on something bad to happen. There was, you know, didn't have fight. They weren't playing. They weren't playing, you know, quote unquote ticked off to the point where they were playing out of control. You know, you can see that sometimes Vince, I'm sure everyone that's coaches had those moments where your team's upset about what happened and they come out undisciplined. Their anger turns into a lack of discipline, so you're getting late, you know, late hit penalties and things like motion takes over in a bad way. They came out sharp on offense and answered very clearly. But they're also events, the thing that I took away was, and I actually texted somebody about this after the game, I said, look, that was a vintage Mike Dembrock game plan. It's like, that's what we were like, okay, that's the guy that you expected to see based on what he was at LSU, based on what he did at Cincinnati, based on what he did at Notre Dame. And, you know, it's just, I wanted to see what he make the changes necessary to get this offense going. And we did. And I know we're going to dive into some specifics about it, so I won't dive too much into that, Vince. But you just saw an offensive coordinator that said, hey, I'm taking this game on me. I didn't put my guys in position to be successful. And we're going to change that, and we're going to come out early and do things to get this offense, roll them to build some confidence. And they did that. And they came out and played well. And I think that we saw some mental toughness from the offensive players. We saw some mental toughness from Riley Leonard, because that kid took an emotional and mental beating last week on Saturday. And I don't know if that was as hard as the beating he took Sunday to Friday from the fan base, and I'm not criticizing the fan base. Fans always, yes, and media. Fans always have emotional actions. It's very few fans that take things personally. And I don't think bench Riley Leonard, he sucks, is personal. That's a take. It's not necessarily the way that I would phrase it, but it's not personal. You know, there were some people that, you know, always take them. That's what I'm talking about. I'm okay with fans being pissed off of what they saw last week. I think he took a little bit too much of the brunt of it, but he played really bad. That's a life of a quarterback. When you play well, you know, hey, you're the talk of the town. When you don't play well, you're the talk of the town. How would he respond? Right? This is a much different stage than what he's used to being a Duke. And I thought he responded well, his game still needs a lot of work. There's no doubt about it. And when you look at different aspects of the more the more downfield reads, he had two mistakes yesterday. He was still rushing through his reads way too quick, right? And you can just watch him on film events where he just goes away from reads way too fast. And then he's also still kind of aiming some of the downfield throws. You look at the throw to Jayden Thomas on the deep end cut, which is a really well-designed play. They did a zip motion, ran a pivot route, Jayden Thomas ran out like he was running a slot fade and then broke in. So it was like a, it was a sort of a tendency breaker off that look. So it looked like a slot fade. They've run the slot fade a few times, yeah. He sees the safety coming down, Riley makes, I mean, the decision was great. I was encouraged by the decision because the safety's coming down. Riley knows that guy can't make a play on an incoming behind it. That guy does not know that in cut is coming because nerdy mat and show net look, he makes the right read, ball thrown pretty much on time, but then he aims it and it drives right into the ground. He's really snapping it off and getting it out there, right? So missed opportunity, the slot fade route, I mean, there's, there's nothing he can do about that. The offensive tackle literally jumps into his chest, right? And so you kind of look at that, but there were, there was a couple plays, you know, scrambling around not seeing Jeremiah love downfield. I don't, I'm, I'm not as upset about that. Like people that never played quarterback are like, you should see that. Like, okay, if you've played quarterback, yeah, you should see that, but it's not as easy as you think it is, especially when, when there's the, that time of the day where the, you know, I'm not going to make excuses, you, you need to see that. But I thought he should have stuck with that read initially because they're running a basic rub routes and they had been running slides all day. And so it was actually a great play call event. So they ran sort of like that same rub look and love is going out, but he's running a wheel and they're flat footing his route. Like Riley needs to see that and stick with it and not throw on the scramble. He needs to throw that ball from the pocket, let him clear and then just loft it up the sideline and run. So those things still need to get improved. But a lot of other things, he did a lot better. He was more decisive in the RPO game. I know we'll break that down a little bit more, ran with a little bit more speed. I thought he looked faster on Saturday running, which was in part of that's because Purdue's not very fast. But I just thought he physically looked faster, but he didn't look shook. And that was key. And I think credit to Mike Dembrock for giving him some nice, easy early reads to get him out. A lot of stuff we talked about, you know, which we'll dive into in the keys to victory, but that was important. The offense needed to see Riley come out and make plays, but also be competent. Yes, things got to get fixed and corrected. And, you know, there's a goal ball that KK Smith smoked a dude off the line that I would like to have seen him read that throw and get it out there. Steve Angeli missed a couple like that too, but it's like they, but they saw him make him plays. And that's the thing we talked about last week, guys, he was never going to be confused for bow nicks, 75% pass and all that. He's a playmaker. And you have a guy that honestly, if they would have benched him, it would have been understandable. I didn't say they should have benched him. I said they need to arrest him because you need that kid healthy mentally and physically to be the team you want to be this year. He was beat down last week. But he came out this week, man, and I thought was just a lot more, Hey, I got this guys. And I think the team responded to that. I thought that was huge. Hey, Irish breakdown listeners, it's Urban Meyer. This fall, the game changes. Join me. Heisman Trophy winner Mark Ingram and broadcaster Rob Stone as we bring you a new perspective on football and culture every week. We will be joined by the biggest name in sports and talk about everything inside and outside of the lines. Let us guide you through a new era of college football. Watch triple option on YouTube or listen on Apple podcast Spotify or wherever you get podcasts. Hey, Irish breakdown listeners, it's Matt liner. I've got a podcast called throwbacks with actor J for R. Well, we'll be talking all things sports, but also so much more. We'll give you the behind the scenes stories from my days as the quarterback on an iconic college football team to Jerry's days as a star on an iconic TV series. So subscribe to throwbacks on YouTube, Apple podcast, Spotify or wherever you get podcasts. Let me, let me ask you a question. And obviously this is going to be your opinion because we are not in the goo. We don't have an IB office in the goo where we get to listen in on everything. But what, what do you think changed from a Mike Denbrock, you know, situation, right? From his perspective, we saw some Mike Denbrockish type stuff in week one. And then I feel like we saw nothing in week two to then it was like, yes, this is a Mike Denbrock offense in week three. Your speculation on what changed and allowed Mike Denbrock to then, you know, in week three like, Hey, this is who Riley Leonard is. This is what we need to do, you know, et cetera, et cetera, et cetera. I mean, it was like a completely differently, different called offense in week three than it was in week one and week two. Number one, respond to something in the chat. My guy Troy said, I think they should have benched him last week. They would have won. I don't think they should have benched him last week. I think they should have pulled him because he was clearly injured. There's a difference. And I do think if they would have pulled him and put in another quarterback, they might have won last week. I do think that, which is why it was even more important that Riley bounced back this week. And to your point, it was imperative that Mike Denbrock do things to get him going. And by doing so, Vince, it was stop paying. This is our offense. And we're trying to transition Riley into our offense. This was a game plan where Mike Denbrock said, this is what 13 can do. And this is what he's not great at right now. This is what he's comfortable with. And so what did we see? Things that we talked about on Thursday and Tuesday last week. And I talked about on Wednesday, move the pocket, right? That was something we did not see a lot of in the previous game, move the pocket. This is a kid that is not just, does not need to be sitting back and just throwing everything in the pocket. You know, I'd still like to see a little bit more play action, but we did see some play action on Saturday that was good. They did things where they kind of got the RPO game going. Part of it also was, you know, you see the motions, the shifts, the movement, the read zones, things like that. But part of it too, Vince, was when you, when you look at Riley's performance on Saturday, part of it too was just, he played better. Like, oh, yeah, one thing he'd been struggling with, his decision making in the RPO game, the first two weeks was not good. We talked about it after the, after the, the Texas A&M game. And of course, we talked about it last week. He did a much better job of making decisions in the RPO game, but I thought they did some things to kind of have Purdue on their heels. So we saw a lot of different motions. They would motion, like one particular play, they, they, with to Riley, they motion Jeremiah love out. This is after the touch that they motion Jeremiah love out of the backfield and then ran counter quarterback counter. So it opens up the box, it gets Purdue out of their heavy box and gets you a body on a body and Riley goes out and makes a play. So they were, they were doing more things to create space for him. And then that was also part of the offensive game plan, you know, to get guys in space more, which they weren't doing in the past. They did more levels concepts. They were doing post snap switch stuff, which, you know, we wanted to see more of some of the third down throws. There was great intentionality behind what they were doing using motion to get guys free, using motion to get guys in a match ups. We'll talk about the, the third and sixth conversion to Mitch 11's, not the second or he made the catch and run on third and long, but the third and sixth to set up, I think there's second touchdown about how schematically that was a good place to be. So we'll get into some of those things, but it really came down to Mike Denbrock did tooth and it wasn't just about Riley Leonard. It was also, I need to make sure four and 24 are getting the football more. So it wasn't just a all, all right, change our entire offense to fit Riley Leonard. This was an offensive's also geared towards four 24 special. Right. Yeah, we got to get them, we got to get them back together. And I also think we can't discount having a healthy Mitchell 11's that can run block and pass block. Cause remember first two games Mitchell was basically just in there to pass and pass place. So it was a very easy tendency. Hey, 88's in the game. They're probably throwing here. Right. Saturday they, they were, he was healthy enough. They could do both and seven catches for 85 yards for the tight ends. The offense is a whole lot different when the tight end is more involved both ways. So in part of the two events was just guys played better. The tight ends I thought were mediocre blocking the first two games. They were great on Saturday against Purdue. And then of course they made plays in the past game. So yes, part of it's Mike Denbrock did a great, I mean, this was a great game plan. Great play, great feel for the game for Mike Denbrock, but the other part is the players went out and executed at a high level. It's fair. On things they were not executing on the first two weeks. Part of that's okay. Game plan put them in better positions, but the other part of it is I saw a bunch of players that took a little bit of, hey, we got to do our thing too. We can't be blaming other people. We got to do our thing. We got to come out. And I don't know what their motivation was. Maybe they're mad at us. Maybe they were mad at themselves, whatever. Maybe they were just like, hey, we're trying to go out and be the best version of ourselves. I don't know what it was, but they played with a little bit of a little extra something on Saturday offensively where, you know, they were finishing blocks off guys that hadn't been blocking well. I mean, just like the first play of the game. I mean, first touchdown of the game is great run, great call, great blocking, great run. It's a 20 yard game. If Bo Collins doesn't destroy the guy he's going against and block him into the sideline, there was no room for Jeremiah Love to cut back inside of Bo Collins book block in bounds and still score because the linebacker would have been there. But because Bo took that guy into the sideline, into the Jeremiah can stay right up the sideline and go for a touchdown and not break speed. That's about pride, dude. That's not about technique. That's not about G who much that's like, I'm pissed off. I want to go out here and dominate you every single play. And they did that on Saturday. And it was a, I mean, it was it. It was comical events. I mean, I started laughing when Jeremiah Darian price broke that seven year in the press box and started laughing out loud literally because I'm like, dude, they were trying to run the clock out. Yes. And housed it for 70. I mean, they took their shot on first down, got the holding penalty, and that's first in 20 and it's in the 30, first in 20, 30 and you're like, okay, let's just run it and get out of here. No problem with that. By the way, it was like 16. They took their shot on first down exactly and then see him house it and you're just like, this team is like, this team is serious today and they're very talented and that's, that's the final takeaway Vince. And then just defensively, real quick, there's, there's not a lot to talk about defensively except two things. The defense showed heart. They did not play the way they needed to on Saturday. They played like they were frustrated with themselves, not offense this. They looked like they were frustrated themselves and they took it out on Purdue. Like that they were, they were played with a chip on their shoulder. And then the final takeaway for me, there was some young defensive lineman that stepped up that I, that they need to step up, but I'm just sitting there watching the fourth quarter and I'm saying when this group of players are dominating the two deep, this team is going to be sick on defense because there's so much athleticism and talent in the freshman and sophomore class. And that was on, that was on display in the first half too, Christian, great, Buobakar, Adam Schuller, you know, Drake Bowen Kingston, but then in the second half when it's just them, you're like, when these kids figure it out, technically, schematically, boy, this team is going to be scary good on defense. And I mean, if you think about it, there were some veterans that made plays on Saturday, no doubt, but there was a lot of freshmen and sophomores, a lot of kids on Saturday on both sides of the ball of it. Yes. Yeah. No, there's no doubt about it. It's a fun part of the second half, which is watching these young guys just play with reckless abandon. And I mean that in the most positive way possible is they were just playing like they were just out there playing and it was within the defense and it was, you know, Al Golden still calling the defense the way he was calling it in the first half, even though it was a bunch of guys that haven't really played together on the football field in a meaningful game. Right? I'm not. I shouldn't say meaningful game. I wouldn't say in a game period, these guys haven't played together, right? And so now they're getting that opportunity, Al Golden is calling the game the way he normally does. And these guys are just, they're playing and it was, it was, it was really fun to watch. So I completely agree with you there. Both sides of the ball events played. They were, they were designed to fit who they are, not who the coaches want them to be. Yes. It was that you saw the talent take over, right? And you know, Kudos to like Denbrough for quickly recognizing that because you know what's funny is I was kind of upset about it and a buddy of mine made the point he goes, he goes, he goes, I don't know this, but just for arguments sake, do you think part of that's on Riley? So what do you mean on Riley? Like how's Riley? And he's like, no, think about it. Don't you think that was part of the conversation to decide to come to Notre Dame was you wanted to be more of a pro style? So you know, I don't know that for a fact, but I know that's what a lot of these guys do this. That's why Sam came. We know that. Right. And, and, and so it's like, yeah, it's a good point. And so Denbrough was just like, okay, we're not going to do that. We're just going to, we're going to coach her about who you are, not who we or you or whoever wants you to be. Right. And I said this, look, I don't, what we saw Saturday from Notre Dame is not good enough. If you repeat that from now to the, that's exactly who you are, I don't think it's good enough to compete for a championship, although I had people tell me you can't beat Georgia that way. Well, you could have beat yesterday's version of Georgia easily. Yes. The way you played, but Georgia is playing well, but Georgia is not going to be that in December. Correct. Like when it's playoff time, you're going to be the best version of Georgia. Right. But here's what I do know. It's good enough to beat everyone else on their schedule. Now the key is, okay, you have the floor, you can never go beneath this. And I'm not talking 66 to seven. I'm talking about the principles behind it. You know, game playing around who you are, playing hard, being disciplined, those type of things. Some weeks it's going to look like this. And some weeks it's going to be a 14 point victory. Some weeks may only win by a touchdown, but it's, you're going to beat whoever you play from here on out. In order to get to the next level, there are things that have to get built upon in every phase of the game. And that's going to be the next step for Notre Dame. It's, this is a great foundation laying victory because of the things we talked about. Now it's like, okay, build on it. That's going to be the next key. Right. So that's great. This, this, this is a great point by N8. She says, what do you think the November version of Notre Dame will be if they build on this? And that's going to be the key. Right. Like she, she nails it. Like that's going to be the key. You can't, the, the key coming out of this game is in some ways it confirms what we already know about Marcus Freeman, which is his highs are super high. Gradually high. And he said, well, they haven't, it's not just about the teams that you beat. It's, you're setting records. You're doing thing that Notre Dame has never scored 40 points, more in more games in the season than ever than they did last season. Ever. And it's by like three games. I think the most I could find going back 50 years, like six or seven, I think six is what I remember. This team did it nine times. So it's, it's highs are like, you just, yes, produce not great, but you destroyed them in a way that they have never been beaten before. And in a way that another thing hasn't beaten somebody like this in decades. Now it's okay, but now avoid this. Correct. Stay here. And that's going to be the key. Right. To, to, to the next step for Notre Dame and to NHS point, I mean, again, she nailed it. It's okay. Can you, can you build on this? And if you can, this team can be scary good. It can be scary good, but it only happens if you put NIU in the, in the rear view and I don't mean us as fans not talking about it anymore. I mean, as a team, the things that led to that and resulted in that have to be put in the rear view, those don't creep back in again, if that makes sense, do that. And then fans won't bully anymore. Fans won't get mad at you anymore. Fans won't cancel there, you know, but a buddy of mine's like, yeah, we were doing an Airbnb this year and like half the games that we had people scheduled for, they called and canceled like the weekend of the, you know, I get it. I get it. So, you know, if we see this team consistently Vince, it's going to be a fun remainder of the year. Doesn't erase last weekend, but it's still going to be fun, it's still going to be fun. That's going to do it for segment one of upon further review. Make sure you hang out with us. We've got much more to come, but in the meantime, hit that like button, that subscribe button, that notification bell share with your family and friends. And of course, jump on boards, boards.irksbreakdown.com, because there's going to be some more video breakdowns and things of that nature starting tomorrow, yep, starting tomorrow. That is going to be the normal way we go about doing things. 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