IRISH NEWSLINK ESPN: “Live Box Score/Stats – Notre Dame vs. Miami (Fla.)”
Live Box Score/Stats – Notre Dame vs. Miami (Fla.) – ESPN
Category: Notre Dame Football Game Day
[PDF] IRISH NEWSLINK und.com: #NotreDame vs. Miami extended game notes
#NotreDame leads the all-time series with Miami, 17-7-1, including an 8-1-0 mark at Notre Dame Stadium
#IRISH NEWSWATCH: “Irish Return From Bye Week, Play Host to Miami; #NotreDame & Miami meet Saturday at 3:40 p.m. on NBC” – und.com
The Notre Dame Fighting Irish take on the Miami Hurricanes this Saturday in The House That Rockne Built.
3:40 p.m. ET; Saturday, Oct. 22; Notre Dame Stadium (80,795); Notre Dame Ind. … NBC national telecast … IMG College Sports … Irish football radio broadcasts … broadcast to 117 affiliates … SiriusXM Satellite Radio (channel 129). … preceded by a one hour pre-game show … followed by a national post-game show … All games can be heard in South Bend on WSBT 96.1 FM & 960 AM, and Sunny 101.5 FM.
Notre Dame has a young team, yet Brian Kelly is usually solid off a bye week.
Countdown to Kickoff
55 Fifty-five of the 61 players on Notre Dame’s depth chart this week have eligibility remaining following the 2016 season.
43 Forty-three of the 61 players on Notre Dame’s depth this week have at least two years of eligibility remaining following the 2016 season.
21 Notre Dame has used 21 players in their first year of eligibility this season, including 14 true freshmen (most in the Brian Kelly era).
18 Notre Dame head coach Brian Kelly is 18-2 over his career coming off a bye week, including a 7-1 mark at Notre Dame.
15 Fifteen of Notre Dame’s 22 starters vs. Stanford have made 11 or fewer starts in their career.
11 The 2016 Notre Dame roster features 11 players from the state of Florida, which ranks as the third most from one state on the Irish roster (Illinois 16, Ohio 12). ….
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IRISH NEWSLINK Miami Herald: “Here’s why UM-Notre Dame isn’t in prime time; UM football nuggets”
Some of what we’re hearing inside the UM football program: There’s not great optimism about this offensive line improving dramatically because they’re not athletic enough against athletic defensive fronts that can run around them and not strong maulers against big teams that can wear them down… Even beyond the porous protection, receivers aren’t getting open enough and the skill position players aren’t breaking enough tackles… There’s concern that the freshmen linebackers, who have battled various ailments, might be wearing down…
IRISH NEWSWATCH: University of #NotreDame #Football Media Conference – #BrianKelly Tuesday Press Conference – Notre Dame vs. Miami Preview 10.25.16
COACH KELLY: Obviously playing a very talented team in Miami. Outstanding athleticism. Mark Richt, I think we all know the respect for Mark and what he’s accomplished in his career. … another challenge that we’re going to have to face in terms of an offense that has some very productive players. Kaaya leads Miami in a lot of categories. But I think he’s established himself more as a very consistent player for them on offense. … Coley … the top pass catcher in Miami of all time. … Very talented corps of running backs, and definitely playing a lot of young players. … Coach D is well-respected in the fraternity as an outstanding coach that gets his players to play really hard, and play hard for four quarters. … a very athletic team, one that we’re very familiar with. Another exciting challenge for our guys to get better. We made some progress. We just haven’t been able to close out games, which has been obviously the story this year. We’re going to. It’s just a matter of time. We’re all frustrated. But the attitude’s been great. Our kids have worked hard. They want to win. We’ll find a way to win one of these games and we’ll keep battling till we get one, and hopefully it’s this weekend. …
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IRISH NEWSLINK ESPN: Notre Dame vs. Stanford live box score/stats
Notre Dame vs. Stanford live box score/stats – ESPN
IRISH NEWSWATCH: “Stanford’s Christian McCaffrey ruled out vs. Notre Dame” – Sports Illustrated
Running back Christian McCaffrey will not play on Saturday night against Notre Dame, coach David Shaw confirmed … Last year’s Heisman Trophy runner-up did not play most of the second half of last Saturday’s 42-16 loss to Washington State. … After rushing for 436 yards over his first three games, all victories, the junior has been limited to 84 total rushing yards over his last two games …. McCaffrey averages 188.2 all-purpose yards, third in the FBS. But he has not scored a touchdown since Week 2 ….
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IRISH NEWSWATCH: “Notre Dame-Stanford 2016: Both Teams Seek Bounce-Back; Each of the last four games has been decided by seven points or less” — und.com/John Heisler
… when the Irish and Cardinal have met in each of the last five seasons, both teams have been nationally ranked — with Notre Dame three of the last four seasons ranked ninth or higher. Stanford has played in the Rose Bowl three of the last four years (winning two of those), while Notre Dame appeared in the Bowl Championship Series title game in 2012 and a year ago played in a New Year’s Six contest. In 2016, however, both teams (Stanford at 3-2 and Notre Dame at 2-4) come to Notre Dame Stadium unranked (that hasn’t happened since three straight meetings in 2007-08-09) after both began the year in the Associated Press preseason top 10. … Both teams would like to turn around the turnover totals–with the Irish at minus-five and Stanford at minus-three. … Shaw’s squad will be looking to upgrade an offense that currently averages 19.4 points and 307 yards per game — after the Cardinal a year ago finished at 37.8 and 435.5, respectively. … Kelly’s solution is for he and his team to find ways to close out games. The four Irish losses have come by an average of 5.2 points — and none by more than eight points.
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IRISH NEWSWATCH: “College Football: Council adjusts bowl selection process” – NCAA 6.29.16
Even if Notre Dame (2-4) does not end up crossing the 6-6 threshold, if the Irish can muster three more wins, they might be able to invoke their high graduation rate to go to a bowl game with a 5-7 record. (From NCAA.com, June 29, 2016:)
… all bowl-eligible teams with 6-6 records must be selected for a bowl game before any teams with a 5-7 record can be considered.
After all bowl-eligible teams are selected, the 5-7 teams – which will be considered alternates – will be deemed eligible in descending order from the highest multiyear Academic Progress Rate in the Football Bowl Subdivision for the most recent reporting year. Those teams will then select the bowl in which they will participate. … Last season, only 77 teams were eligible for the 80 bowl slots by the established criteria. The remaining three slots were filled by 5-7 teams. Those alternate teams (University of Nebraska, Lincoln; University of Minnesota, Twin Cities; and San Jose State University) were selected by the bowls in which they appeared. … The new process will be effective for the 2016-17 bowl season.
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[PDF] IRISH NEWSLINK: “2016-17 NCAA Postseason Bowl Handbook”
“Insufficient Number of Deserving Teams … if an insufficient number of institutions meet the definition of a “deserving team” to participate in postseason bowl games in a particular year, an institution that meets a condition set forth below shall be eligible to be selected to participate in such a bowl game. …. 5. An institution that finished its season with a minimum of five wins and a maximum of seven losses but achieved a top-five Academic Progress Rate in the Football Bowl Subdivision for the most recent reporting year. ….”