Notre Dame 17 Stanford 14
Well I’ll take the win and be happy we’re 5-0. What a miserable day, cold, rain and sloppy football. Golson almost reverted back to 2012 but this time Rees was not around to bail him out.
He simply cannot hold onto the ball when he runs. He never has and don’t know if that can be fixed. He also is reverting back to passing without his fingers on the laces causing passes to sail.
To his credit he led the team for the final TD pass to Koyack to win the game. It’s also good to see Koyack finally emerging after playing in the shadows the lat 4 years – this was a memorable TD for him.
My God, what the hell is going on with the OL? Center Hegarty got manhandled to an embarrassing degree. Steve Elmer looks lost and he really seems to be regressing – he’s not the road-grader everyone thought he was. All 5 could not handle a 3 man rush and Golson gets sacked. Kelly and Hiestand better take another look at McGlinchy and Q Nelson.
With all that going on the stat sheet shows ND dominated the game:
- Total Yards – ND 370 Stanford 205
- Pass Yds – ND 241 to 158
- Rush Yds – ND 129 to 47
- 1st Downs – ND 21 to 14
DC VanGorder is something else. He has these kids flying all over the field and Shumate sacked Stanford QB to end the game. ND completely shut down Ty Montgomery which sunk the trees.
Here are some of the game clips and highlights:
In other news:
- ND landed their first commit for the 2016 Class. 5 Star OL Tommy Kraemer 6’5″ 310 from Cinncy Ohio.
- Chuck Martin Miami Ohio coach picked up his 1st win 42-41 over UMass. Hendrix 2 TD passes and one TD run.
- Bob Diaco UConn (no wins) lost to Temple 36-10.
- USC lost to Ariz. State.
- Michigan lost to Rutgers and that certainly seals the fate of Brady Hoke.
- Further pleasure – Alabama, Oregon, UCLA Oklahoma and A&M all lost.
- Next up for ND – North Carolina 2-3 lost to Va. Tech 34-17.
- Team to watch – Rich Rod’s Arizona who dumped Oregon Thursday night.