IRISH NEWSWATCH: “NOTRE DAME PLAYERS PUSH BACK ON BLAME-GAME PERCEPTION SURROUNDING BRIAN KELLY” – NBC Chicago

Notre Dame players on Wednesday disagreed with the notion their head coach was blaming players or throwing them under the bus in a way that was unfair or negatively impacted the locker room. ‘Blame is definitely not the word,’ quarterback DeShone Kizer said. ‘In this game there are 11 guys who are required to do their job … in order for us to go out there and to give a better result than we have in these last six games, you have to challenge guys. And when you guys (the media) sit up here and ask (Kelly) about specifics on guys, he’s going to let you know exactly what happened and in order for us to not up come out successful.’

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