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IRISH NEWSWATCH: “Why Notre Dame might not make a bowl this season” – Fox Sports

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Notre Dame is now 2-4 on the season after a 10-3 loss to North Carolina State in the middle of a hurricane …. While the game itself was a sloppy mess and the contest probably shouldn’t have been played, the result will still stand. … Now, the Irish need to play to make a bowl game. … Notre Dame has six games remaining … they will have to win four of those contests. (They could get to a bowl game with a 5-7 record if there aren’t enough bowl-eligible teams, but that’s unlikely given the amount of parity in college football this year.)

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IRISH NEWSWATCH: “Brian Kelly: ‘This Group Is Gonna Win For A Long Time'” – Blue and Gold Illustrated

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… Brian Kelly [on Thursday said] … ‘They’re ready. They just have to break through. They’re doing all the things I’m asking them to do, they just have to go win. It’s going to happen. I would’ve liked that it happened a few weeks ago, and they would’ve as well, but they’re ready to win. … I believe this group is gonna win for a long time. There’s a lot of young players that are growing and learning.’ Kelly said this is Notre Dame’s least experienced football team since 1972. He compared this ND team to his 1999 Grand Valley State team which went 5-5 and then went 48-6 in the next four years, with two national titles.

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IRISH NEWSWATCH Chicago Tribune: “It’s Time for Brian Kelly and Notre Dame to go their separate ways”

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… every Notre Dame coach has a shelf life. The best and brightest … depart before being pushed. Where does that leave Brian Kelly, coach of the nation’s most underperforming team? It’s doubtful the school would fire him a year after a 10-win season and nine months after he signed an extension through 2021. But perhaps Kelly will realize that it’s just … time. … Given the remaining slate of Stanford, Miami, Navy, Army, Virginia Tech and USC, the Irish will be fortunate to finish 5-7. Will that mark the end of Kelly’s time in South Bend? His departure could be the ‘right thing’ for the program, but he’s not thinking that way. ‘I’m doing everything to build the winning identity for this team for right now and for ’17, ’18 and ’19,’ he said. ‘We want to stop the slide. That means start winning again.’

Chicago Tribune: “It’s Time for Brian Kelly and Notre Dame to go their separate ways”

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IRISH NEWSLINK South Bend Tribune/ND Insider: “Wish Granted: Cancer survivor spends memorable weekend with Notre Dame football team”

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“All Peter wanted to do was stand on the sideline. When the Make-A-Wish foundation first approached the Zinsli family, that was the idea that popped into his head. The 18-year-old cancer-free high school senior wanted to attend a Notre Dame football game and experience it from a different angle. And if he was allowed to shake head coach Brian Kelly’s hand, well, that would be an added bonus. The trip turned out to be so much more.”

 

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IRISH NEWSWATCH: “Notre Dame needs offense to be dependable, clutch” – AP

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Notre Dame’s offense, when not playing in a hurricane, has been plenty explosive, although not at all dependable. … The offensive line in particular hasn’t met expectations. … expected to be a strength, with McGlinchey and Quenton Nelson returning, but the Irish rank 92nd in the nation in rushing at 149.5 yards a game. That’s 58.1 yards a game worse than last year and on pace for its lowest average since 2011. They also rank 88th in sacks allowed, 2.5 a game. … The Irish need them to get better now … if they are going to turn around one of the worst starts in … school history. The Irish have just two wins against opponents with combined records of 16-17. The only opponent they’ve faced who now has a winning record is North Carolina State (4-1), which also is the only opponent with a win over a Power Five conference opponent. … The coaches have been spending more time on the two-minute drill and other game situations.

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

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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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IRISH NEWSLINK notredame.247sports: “Brian Kelly threw his center under the bus after Notre Dame loss”

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“… After the game, head coach Brian Kelly was highly critical of his junior center. ‘I’m just extremely disappointed in the offensive execution and lack of ability to manage the snapping of the football,’ Kelly said, ‘which was atrocious.'”

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NEWSLINK South Bend Tribune/ND Insider: “Notre Dame can’t weather elements, N.C. State”

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“For most of the game, field goals by N.C. State’s Kyle Bambard (38 yards) and Notre Dame’s Justin Yoon (40) were the only scoring plays. It was fitting that the game was decided by a blocked punt … returned for a touchdown. With 12:43 left in the game, Pharoah McKever blocked Tyler Newsome’s punt and Dexter Wright returned it 16 yards for the touchdown. No offensive touchdowns were scored.”

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NEWSLINK AP/und.com: “Irish Washed Out In Raleigh; NC State outlasts Notre Dame in the rain 10-3”

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“The University of Notre Dame football team (2-4) lost 10-3 to NC State (4-1) at a water-logged Carter-Finley Stadium on Saturday afternoon. The game was held in nearly unplayable conditions directly in the path of Hurricane Matthew, leading to 10 total fumbles and only 311 total yards of offense combined by both teams.”

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

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#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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