However, that isn’t the only take away Kelly and the rest of Notre Dame fans took away from the Texas game.
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The Notre Dame offensive scheme shouldn’t be too foreign to Nevada. More than one occasion you saw a completed pass to a receiver being covered by a corner with his back to the ball. Going to need one or two takeaways in this game to get the W. “Now if we’re 10 or 11 games into the season and we have to outscore everybody, I’ll take the questions”. The touchdown clinched Texas’ first win over a top 10 opponent since 2008 and their first win in a season-opener since 1980.
No matter how you look at the match-up there are a few ways the Spartans will be able to handle the Irish and potentially be looking at a 2-0 record come the morning of September 18th. “It’s a hard thing because normally you have all those big, lumbering guys that are protectors on your field-goal unit and all of a sudden you’re asking them to become cover guys against a guy that runs a 4.3”.
The 18 wheeler comes up huge for UT and Swoopes dives into the endzone with a game winning touchdown for the longhorns, “Texas is back folks” the words of the ABC announcer as swoopes dove in and the stadium went absolutely insane!
After Tyrone Swoopes scored his second touchdown in overtime Sunday night – ensuring a 50-47 2OT victory over No. 10 Notre Dame, the magnitude of it all started to sink in.
Time will tell if Texas is truly on its way back, but the Longhorns created a great deal of optimism in their opener.
Kelly said the Irish coaches need to do a better job of coaching and players need to do a better job of executing. The Longhorns split their final six games en route to a 5-7 season.
“We’re not trying to keep it close”, said Nevada coach Brian Polian, a former Notre Dame assistant. We’ve been down for so long. “We’ll just let our play do the talking”.
Notre Dame: Kelly is likely to scrap the quarterback rotation between Kizer and Malik Zaire that sapped all momentum and helped dig the Irish into a big hole.
Kelly says missed opportunities and a lack of key stops made the difference.
Tech spent several years playing soft nonconference schedules but is just coming off a two-year Arkansas series, and now has a two-game set with the Sun Devils.
“I haven’t got a chance – everything we do, we do within our group first”, Kelly said Monday, via CSN Chicago.
Texas teammates celebrate after they defeated Notre Dame in double overtime in an NCAA college football game, Sunday, Sept. 4, 2016, in Austin, Texas. This was one of the most exciting games in an electric atmosphere at DKR during one of the best opening weekends in college football history.
“Obviously, it’s a great start and we also see tremendous room for growth and improvement”. Sure, it took two overtimes, but the Longhorns hung 50 on Notre Dame. The Longhorns went from being unranked in the preseason poll to No. 11 this week, marking their first appearance in the AP poll under head coach Charlie Strong.
Where Notre Dame could be vulnerable is on defense, especially in the secondary, which is the youngest part of the defense. He finished with 53 yards on 13 carries and was a dynamic change of pace when he came on for Buechele.
“If you’re not 250 pounds, you’re probably not going to tackle Tyrone”, Texas defensive lineman Naashon Hughes said. Following Hunter’s departure from the Texas game, the Irish passing attack that had been firing on all cylinders in the third quarter stalled.
No flags were thrown and no review was held, despite new NCAA rules this season that allow replay officials to retroactively issue targeting penalties.
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Not to be lost in all of this is the fact that Notre Dame has themselves a certified stud in junior quarterback Deshone Kizer.
