If not for 3 turnovers contained in the BC 5-yard line, this one wouldn’t have been close.
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Regardless, Notre Dame coach Brian Kelly opted to remain ultra-positive and realistic and look at the big picture.
After making the baseball reference he had been planning, he admitted that there’s no planning – or excuse – for not converting points when you get the chance against a team like BC.
Russell is a big loss for the Irish as they prepare for a very good Stanford team, and either a College Football Playoff berth or another top bowl game.
Notre Dame’s leading rusher C.J. And if you want o get even more depressed about it, those injuries are the ones we know about.
The Irish committed a whopping five turnovers, three of them in the red zone.
The 4th ranked Irish struggled in 19-16 win over Boston College Saturday night at Fenway Park in Boston and lost both star players in the process.
Prosise left the Boston College game in the second quarter after injuring his left ankle.
A few eyebrows went up when Notre Dame made a decision to throw on the green jerseys against Boston College.
Prosise leads Notre Dame with 1,032 rushing yards and 11 touchdowns, in addition to 308 receiving yards and one score.
I have vague memories of going to a few Patriots games at Fenway Park when I was a kid.
The Irish will be in the home locker room while the Eagles will be in the visiting locker room.
Could the CFP fourth-ranked Notre Dame football team, a great story for its continued resilience, finally evolve into a great team?
Two plays later, Kizer hit Carlisle for a 10-yard score to make it 10-0.
– There was a third-period PAT that didn’t work for Notre Dame when holder Kizer couldn’t get the ball placed.
Notre Dame’s Justin Yoon kicks a field goal against Boston College. The redshirt junior, who had converted from wide receiver to running back this spring, had missed the majority of the Irish’s previous two games with a concussion before returning Saturday against the Eagles. Notre Dame also coughed up the ball at the Eagles 3 and at the BC 32.
Then Kelly gave the game ball to safety Matthias Farley, who recovered the final onside kick attempt, downed a punt deep in Boston College territory and stopped the Eagles’ fake punt attempt.
“I don’t like where we are in terms of our wins and losses right now, ” said Addazio. Why has this team that has so much to play for, been so casual about how they go about fighting for that goal?
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The field was laid out from the third-base line to the right-field bullpens, with the yard markers and end zones decorated in the old-style font of the Red Sox. The Irish have played nearly the entire season with backup DeShone Kizer starting at quarterback after Malik Zaire was hurt early in the season. A moment of silence was held for Doug Flutie’s parents, who passed away within an hour of each other on Thursday.
