Tag: Irish Game Day

Brian Kelly, like most people analyzing Notre Dame’s season opener against Texas, realizes that all eyes will be on the Irish quarterback situation. … the rotation of junior DeShone Kizer and senior Malik Zaire — and how the two quarterbacks handle that … will likely have more impact on the final result than any other factor. * * * The rotation of the quarterbacks will go by feeling, Kelly said, not a hard-and-fast set of rules. The biggest determining factor will be how the Longhorns defend the Irish.

‘What we’re mostly focusing on is what Texas wants to do and how we counter with our two quarterbacks and how we think effectively they can run our offense,’ Kelly said. ‘… we’re trying to counter … the game within the game … how Texas is trying to defend what we’re doing offensively. … the biggest issue that I have moving forward is that we’re going to run the quarterbacks as we see how the defense is playing us. … flow is important, rhythm is important, but if we get into a particular field zone [where] I think another quarterback will be more effective based on what Texas is doing, I may have to supersede the hot quarterback for the right person at the right time.’

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