Kelly did say that he and his coaching staff will make a decision “this week”.
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And, of course, how will the Irish (0-1) improve on a defensive effort that saw them allow the Longhorns (1-0) to rack up 517 yards of total offense en route to 50 points?
The pair of passers alternated series throughout the first half, and Kelly said Monday he always planned to put Zaire in for the second series, even though Kizer ended up leading a touchdown drive on Notre Dame’s first possession.
Pressed further on whether he planned to keep the “OR” between the two on the depth chart, Kelly said: “We plan on having two really good quarterbacks the rest of the year”. Clearly we’ve got to coach better. I probably would have called myself a liar, so I know you would have done the same thing. Kelly said the media was “jumping the gun” by criticizing VanGorder or the state of Notre Dame’s defense.
“We have to say, okay, what can these guys do and what can’t they do?”
Brigham Young pressured quarterback Anu Solomon all game and had two interceptions, including one by Kai Nacua in the fourth quarter.
Texas is ranked for the first time under coach Charlie Strong, coming in at No. 11 in the latest Associated Press college football rankings after a rousing opening victory against Notre Dame. Sometimes Texas plays to the level of their competition, and that can’t happen this weekend. He did, however, acknowledge a need for improvement across the board on that side of the ball. So we’ll critically evaluate. We’ve got to play better and we’ll continue to do that. We’re going to be obviously looking at those things today. So, you know, I’m in the meetings.
Preseason favorite Oklahoma lost its opener to Houston, a defeat that will limit the Sooners’ chances of returning to college football’s playoff.
“Everything that we do is collaborative”.
“We had 24 hours to think about it, watch the film, grade it, and then we move on”. “So we’ll spend more time on tackling, but we expect that the tackling will get better and better as our guys settle into it defensively”. I kid you not.
According to this new rule, instant replay officials have more responsibility for player safety, including the ability to stop play and call a targeting penalty that the referee on the field may have missed.
Even with the game film from Sunday’s 50-47 double-over time loss, head coach Brian Kelly is not ready to name a starter.
Redshirt junior wide receiver Torii Hunter Jr. and sixth-year senior safety Avery Sebastian are continuing to work their way through Notre Dame’s concussion protocol, Kelly said. We’re in Game 1 of a brand new offense that we saw for the first time, and we had 10 guys that went to the National Football League off this team.
“With that chant and booing, I can’t really tell the difference”, Swoopes said.
Halfbacks Tarean Folston and Josh Adams emerged from the opener with nothing more than “typical bumps and bruises”, Kelly said.
Coaches sidestepped the question, though it’s clear several are not insane about another Texas school recruiting with the Big 12 banner. But once Notre Dame took the lead, they went back to the three-man front.
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This was another game during the Kelly era where Notre Dame was in position to win a game on the road against a good team and could not get it done.
