The Spartans could not take advantage of the defensive stop as they too went three and out, but a massive mistake by Notre Dame’s Miles Boykin on the ensuing punt resulted in a fumble and recovery for MSU. The coaching staff will have time to take a long, hard look at play calling, scheme and execution on both sides of the ball.
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“It’s really about the fundamentals of defense and getting the fundamentals to the point where simple guard pull “O” play that is being fitted the right way”, Kelly said. “Two big plays there”.
Instead, Michigan State got the ball back, and Spartan quarterback Tyler O’Connor immediately heaved a 38-yard touchdown pass to freshman wide receiver Donnie Corley, who ripped it out of the hands of Irish cornerback Cole Luke. “We are a sloppy football team”. That included three consecutive fourth quarter touchdown drives, as the Irish trailed 36-7 late in the third quarter and began desperately chipping away. “But I think for me it would especially mean a lot”. This is a football team that once again will be in the upper crust of the Big Ten, and announced itself again as a playoff contender. 12 Michigan State, which led by 29 points in the third quarter, Kelly bumped coach Mark Dantonio in order of appearance.
Notre Dame is coming off a 39-10 win against Nevada, in which signal-caller DeShone Kizer threw for 156 yards and two TDs on 15-of-18 passing. What we have to do is clean up some things and we’re going to continue to work on it. He had been asked whether or not it was on Kizer to carry the putrid defense, per the Chicago Tribune. “Growing up, we’d go to Notre Dame games and the next week come to a Michigan State game”, Riley said.
Kizer threw for a career-high 344 yards, two touchdowns, and rushed for two.
Notre Dame coach Brian Kelly was asked about the challenges he faces going against Michigan State coach Mark Dantonio, who he has faced four times and followed as coach at Cincinnati.
Dantonio said Notre Dame deserved credit for fighting back. So we know it’s going to be a battle down there. Big third quarter, great rally by Notre Dame, DeShone Kizer has a great third and fourth quarter, very poised.
“It’s not, ‘Hey this guy can’t do this or he can’t do that.’ These are the players that we recruited to Notre Dame”. Although he left the game with a left-leg injury on the first play, running back Saquon Barkley returned in the second half and ended Temple’s comeback bid with a 55-yard touchdown run with less than eight minutes to play.
After Notre Dame’s Miles Boykin fumbled a punt that Michigan State recovered, Tyler O’Connor hit Donnie Corley for an wonderful touchdown catch in the end done.
With the win, the apparently under-rated Spartans (2-0) not only left Notre Dame (1-2) with its season on the brink.
“There are a number of people that manage my Twitter account”, Kelly said Sunday.
“I was in the middle of meetings”, Holmes said of his grandmother’s death. I have to reevaluate the situation and figure out what we have in front of us.
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Michigan State senior linebacker Riley Bullough is a third-generation Spartan football player.
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“No. Those are the typical questions you get when, after three games, we give up some points (96)”, Kelly replied with sarcasm.
