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IRISH NEWSWATCH: “Notre Dame Bounces Back” – Blue and Gold Illustrated

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Blue and Gold Illustrated reports on Notre Dame’s defensive improvement against Syracuse, following a change in defensive coordinators.

… though the 50-33 #NotreDame win over Syracuse … featured plenty of room for improvement on defense, it was a step in the right direction. Syracuse’s high-powered offense started fast …. But some halftime adjustments proved crucial, and the Irish limited the Orange to just six second-half points. … Kelly fired third-year defensive coordinator Brian VanGorder before preparation for Syracuse’s uptempo offense started. He was pleased with the team’s response. …

Meanwhile, Notre Dame quarterback Deshone Kizer had a strong first half, but Brian Kelly looked for improvement in some of Kizer’s situational decisionmaking.

Offensively, junior quarterback DeShone Kizer had another career day for the Irish. … 23 of 35 passes for a personal-best 471 yards with three touchdowns and an interception. … though Kizer put up huge numbers en route to a 33-27 halftime advantage — he had 170 yards and two touchdowns through the game’s opening period — Kelly said he liked his quarterback’s second-half performance even better. ‘He has a tendency to want to do too much,’ said Kelly. ‘He puts too much pressure on himself. He’s got to stop doing that. What I liked about him in the second half was he dropped the ball down, took the easy completions, made the smart decisions, He needs to continue to do that.’

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IRISH NEWSLINK Bleacher Report: “Notre Dame Football Has Special Gift for 18-Year-Old Leukemia Survivor”

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“Eighteen-year-old leukemia survivor Peter Zinsli has been a Notre Dame Football fan all is his life. In partnering with the Make-A-Wish foundation, Peter’s wish was to meet the team and attend one of their games. The Irish had much bigger plans ….”

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IRISH NEWSWATCH: “Notre Dame trying to simplify its defense” – Chicago Tribune

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… Brian Kelly somewhat simplif[ied] Notre Dame’s defense since he dismissed defensive coordinator Brian VanGorder … [he also played] a lot of freshmen. … Troy Pride Jr. became the 13th freshman to play for Notre Dame this season, a high for Kelly since he joined the Irish in 2010. Pride was one of four freshmen in Notre Dame’s secondary at one point Saturday. Kelly vowed to become more involved with the defense during practice to help interim coordinator Greg Hudson. ‘It’s really a short-term approach,’ Kelly said. ‘It’s, “Let’s put these guys in a position to succeed this year, utilizing a lot of young players, gaining experience as we go and being smarter about utilizing our personnel.”‘” … Kelly hopes … it [also] could pay dividends in the future.

On another note, Notre Dame running back Tarean Folston was out against Syracuse after a turned ankle, yet he will be back for North Carolina State.

Kelly said Folston turned his ankle during practice and he’s optimistic Folston, who suffered a season-ending injury in last year’s opener, will play Saturday against North Carolina State. ‘He wanted to give it a shot,’ Kelly said. ‘But he was just not even close to being able to.’

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IRISH NEWSLINK und.com: “Brian Kelly Sunday Teleconference Transcript”

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“… We’ve just got to get back out there. We’ve got a lot of things to work on from this weekend. Obviously we’ve got to get the points down. It’s too many points we left this weekend. From my standpoint, we’ve got to be a little bit more effective in our four-minute offense and running the football.”

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IRISH VIDEO: Inside Notre Dame Football – Syracuse Recap, Looking Ahead to North Carolina State

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Brian Kelly and Jack Nolan recap the Irish victory over Syracuse and look ahead to Notre Dame’s upcoming game at North Carolina State.   A Make-A-Wish Foundation wish is fulfilled; and there are some closer looks at some Notre Dame players.

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IRISH NEWSWATCH: “Noon kickoff for Notre Dame’s visit to N.C. State” – Raleigh News & Observer

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The Raleigh News & Observer reports on ABC’s decision to have Notre Dame’s game at North Carolina State kick off at 12 noon, for national broadcast on ABC itself (rather than, for example, ABC Sports’ cable affiliate, ESPN).

N.C. State’s home game with Notre Dame on Saturday will kick off at noon and be televised nationally on ABC …. Predictably, N.C. State fans are not happy with the early start time. … The ACC has a television contract with ESPN, worth about $2 billion, so the schools do not control start times. … Notre Dame, even at 2-3, is a national attraction, and ESPN only gets so many shots at the Fighting Irish, given all of its home games are broadcast by NBC. The Irish actually played in the noon national slot on Saturday against Syracuse (a 50-33 win). …

North Carolina State Football Stadium, adapted from image at af.milIt turns out that, in addition to Wolf Pack fans preferring a later start for longer, easier tailgating, N.C. State football actually has a weaker record for mid-day games.

… for N.C. State, its record at home in night games (6 p.m. or later starts) is 19-5 since the start of the 2007 season. Its record in home noon or 12:30 p.m. games over the same time span is 11-10 (and 11-10 in games that start between 3 and 4 p.m.). … those home wins at night … include a pair of upsets over Florida State.

Tailgating apparently will begin at 7 in the morning.

So noon it is. What time do the stadium lots open for tailgating? Quick math (12 minus 5 equals 7).  So it’s 7 a.m.  For local fans, that’s an early start.  For fans who have to drive longer, that’s a super early start. (Hence, the general displeasure with the noon kick.)

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IRISH NEWSWATCH: “Equanimeous St. Brown pads Notre Dame receiving numbers” – South Bend Tribune NDInsider

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St. Brown padded his team-leading totals with four more catches, 182 more yards and two long touchdowns in a 50-33 squashing of Syracuse Saturday at MetLife Stadium. … with 25 for 541 and six scores on the season, the owner of one career catch coming into this season is ahead of [Will] Fuller’s All-America pace of last season. … The 79-yard touchdown pass from DeShone Kizer to St. Brown on the opening play from scrimmage was the longest completion of the season for Notre Dame and the sixth-longest pass play of the Brian Kelly Era. … the Irish had five scoring plays of 50 yards or more against the Orange, with St. Brown accounting for two of them.

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IRISH NEWSWATCH: “Kizer covers for shaky D as Notre Dame beats Syracuse 50-33” – AP/Chicago Daily Herald

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Notre Dame will count this as progress after a week of upheaval and adjustments for a beleaguered defense. … Notre Dame tightened up its tackling and held Syracuse to seven points in the second half, and DeShone Kizer made up for most of the Irish’s ills with one of the best passing games in school history. … a career-best 471 yards … the Fighting Irish snapped a two-game losing streak by defeating Syracuse 50-33 …. In the first game since coach Brian Kelly fired coordinator Brian VanGorder, the Irish (2-3) allowed more than 30 points for the fourth time this season and 489 yards to Syracuse’s up-tempo spread offense. … The tackling on punt coverage still needs work. Syracuse’s Brisly Estime had a 74-yard return late in the first half that setup a touchdown and left Kelly fuming …. Estime added a 38-yard return.

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IRISH NEWSLINK Blue and Gold Illustrated: “Notre Dame Beats Syracuse”

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“… Notre Dame had its first win since Sept. 10 against Nevada. … Kizer finished … with a career-high 456 yards on 23 of 35 passing for three TDs and one interception. He also ran for a touchdown. Both teams were inefficient on third down — Notre Dame was 3-for-13 and Syracuse was 3-for-14. Notre Dame ran 78 plays for 652 yards. Syracuse finished with 75 plays and 422 yards. … Notre Dame scored five touchdowns of 54 yards or longer. Kizer has thrown for a touchdown in 16 of his 18 career games.”

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IRISH VIDEO: Highlights of Notre Dame’s 50-33 Victory Over Syracuse

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Video highlights of Notre Dame’s 50-33 victory over Syracuse at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J.

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