IRISH NEWSWATCH: “#NotreDame: #BrianKelly Defends Passing 26 Times In Hurricane Conditions”

#HurricaneMatthew — which made landfall in South Carolina about 200 miles south of Raleigh — brought torrential, driving rain and winds gusting up to about 50 miles per hour to central North Carolina on Saturday. … as of 8 p.m. E.T., 4.84 inches of rain had fallen in the Raleigh area …. But in spite of those miserable, wretched conditions, DeShone Kizer attempted 26 passes. He completed nine of them for 54 yards with an interception, and #NotreDame lost, 10-3, to N.C. State at Carter-Finley Stadium. … a dour Kelly said he was second-guessing some of the decisions he made … but said he didn’t regret throwing the ball so much in such brutal conditions. … Kelly said he ‘kind of’ considered using Malik Zaire in a run-oriented package, though noted Kizer rushed 15 times …. ‘We don’t have any excuses,’ Kelly said. ‘We were atrocious offensively.’

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