Category: Notre Dame Football Game Day

IRISH NEWSWATCH: “DeShone Kizer leads Notre Dame to 39-10 win over Nevada” – Chicago Tribune

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DeShone Kizer threw two touchdown passes and ran for another … Josh Adams rushed for 106 yards and Notre Dame’s defense rebounded … to help the 18th-ranked Fighting Irish beat Nevada 39-10 …. After being held scoreless in the first quarter by Nevada (1-1), the Irish (1-1) took control with a 25-point second quarter — the most points in the quarter for Notre Dame since scoring 28 points against Pittsburgh in Charlie Weis’ debut … in 2005. Kizer was 15 of 18 for 156 yards with one interception and Equanimeous St. Brown led Irish receivers with six catches for 85 yards with Torii Hunter Jr. out with a concussion …. Both teams struggled with mental errors …. Justin Yoon missed a point-after kick … and the Irish had an interception called back when defensive lineman Khalid Kareem was called for a late hit on Tyler Stewart. … was one of nine penalties for 94 yards by the Irish, including two offensive pass interference calls that nullified long plays. Nevada had 11 penalties for 88 yards.

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VIDEO: Brian Kelly Radio Show – Notre Dame vs. Nevada Week

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On Thursday night heading into the Notre Dame-Nevada game, Head Football Coach Brian Kelly hosts his weekly radio show with Jack Nolan, joined by some Notre Dame players and a live crowd.

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IRISH NEWSWATCH: “Notre Dame-Nevada 2016: Five Things to Watch” – UND.com

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… five things to watch:

1.The Notre Dame quarterback situation
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2. Early season improvement

There’s an old saying … that a team makes its greatest improvement from the first game to the second. Brian Kelly … put seven first-time starters on the field at Texas, and … there are 10 players missing from last year’s team who now occupy spots on NFL rosters. … Now that the Irish have seen some of their younger, less-experienced players in game situations, at least for a week, it’s easier to make adjustments, corrections and improvement. Expect everybody on the field to have a better feel for his assignment ….

3. What to expect from Nevada?

It figures to be an emotional day for Wolf Pack head coach Brian Polian who not long ago spent five seasons (2005-09) in South Bend as an Irish assistant coach. … This is a Nevada program that won a bowl game last year (… the Wolf Pack has played in a bowl game 10 of the last 11 seasons) and opened with an overtime home win. James Butler is a proven talent at running back … senior quarterback Tyler Stewart was an efficient 17 of 23 throwing the football last weekend.

4. The shorter work week

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5. The NBC broadcast

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IRISH VIDEO: “Inside Notre Dame Football with Brian Kelly and Jack Nolan: Post-Texas and Pre-Nevada”

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Notre Dame Head Coach Brian Kelly and Jack Nolan cover some of the latest developments with Notre Dame football, including recapping the Texas game and looking ahead to Nevada. Nolan also sits down with Irish defensive back Shaun Crawford.

 

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IRISH NEWSWATCH: “Notre Dame Home Opener Saturday vs. Nevada For #18 Irish” – UNDcom

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TIME, DATE AND PLACE

3:30 p.m.; Saturday, Sept. 10, 2016
Notre Dame Stadium (80,795); Notre Dame, Ind.

TELEVISION

NBC national telecast ….

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SERIES INFO

Notre Dame leads the series 1-0, a 35-0 Irish win on Sept. 5, 2009, at Notre Dame Stadium.

THE COACHES

Notre Dame: Brian Kelly, 55-24 at Notre Dame (7th year), 226-81-2 overall (26th year), 0-0 vs. Nevada
Nevada: Brian Polian, 19-20 at Nevada and overall (4th year), 0-0 vs. Notre Dame

WHAT TO WATCH FOR

Notre Dame will aim for its first win of the season after Sunday night’s loss at Texas. The Irish have not begun a season at 0-2 since 2011.


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IRISH VIDEO: Brian Kelly Post-Game Press Conference After Notre Dame Loss to Texas

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Brian Kelly meets with the press after Notre Dame’s season-opening 2OT loss at Texas.

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IRISH NEWSWATCH: “Notre Dame defense fails to pass test against Texas ” – Chicago Tribune

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The Irish allowed 517 yards, an average of 6 per play. Its secondary was beat time and again. … a Notre Dame Kelly-coached team lost for the first time to an unranked team while in the top 10 in 21 opportunities. … a freshman quarterback, Shane Buechele … torch[ed] them for 280 yards and two touchdowns. They couldn’t tackle … backup quarterback Tyrone Swoopes when it counted.
 
The back of its defense, one again, was beat for big play after big play.
 
‘We gotta coach better,’ Kelly said. ‘It starts with me and our staff coaching better. Then our players have to do their job. ….’

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IRISH NEWSWATCH: “Lack of replay on hit that sidelined Notre Dame WR Torii Hunter Jr. raises questions” – South Bend Tribune Irish Insider

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… Texas safety DeShon Elliott delivered a blow to [Torii Hunter, Jr.’s] head as Hunter tried to haul in a DeShone Kizer pass in the end zone. … More stunning than the hit may have been the lack of replay from the officiating crew. Even though a targeting penalty wasn’t initially called on the field, the replay official could have overruled officials on the field. The NCAA rulebook … states the replay official ‘may create a targeting foul, but only in egregious instance in which a foul is not called by the officials on the field. Such a review may not be initiated by a coach’s challenge.’ … [Notre Dame Head Coach] Brian Kelly … described his discussions with the officials as ‘heated’ …. on-field officials never signaled that replay official Richard Jordan had called the play under review. ‘It wasn’t even reviewed, which just doesn’t make any sense to me,’ Kelly said. ‘I’ve been in this game a long time, and I know when somebody gets hit in the head. He certainly was hit in the head on that play in the end zone. It’s just unfortunate that it wasn’t officiated or reviewed in a manner that I thought it should have been.’

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IRISH NEWSWATCH: “Irish Rally Falls Short In Double Overtime At Texas; Longhorns edge Notre Dame 50-47 in season opener for both teams” – und.com

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The 10th-ranked University of Notre Dame football team (0-1) rallied from a second-half 17-point deficit, but fell in double overtime to Texas (1-0), 50-47…. a back and forth battle all evening in front of a Texas record crowd of 102,315. … The Irish will return home to face Nevada in Notre Dame Stadium … Sept. 10, 2016 at 3:30 p.m. ET on NBC …. There were plenty of candidates for ‘the play of the game’ in a two-overtime thriller. Kizer’s 29-yard touchdown run, his drop-in-a-bucket 17-yard touchdown pass to Josh Adams to put the Irish ahead 35-31, or Isaac Rochell’s key tackle-for-a-loss on third down a 14:02 in the fourth quarter to get the Irish the ball to set the stage for the Kizer-to-Adams hook up, but there is little doubt as to the definitive play of the game: Shaun Crawford’s 98-yard blocked point-after-touchdown return for two points to tie the game at 37-37. … [There were] [n]o turnovers for Notre Dame.

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