Notre Dame 38 Duke 7 – Highlights And Recap 2019

I would have felt a lot better about the ND win if I did not see the LSU vs Alabama and Penn State vs Minnesota games earlier in the day. All 4 of these teams have a palpable vitality to them.

They are all very big – they look double the size of ND’s OL. I think the announcers said the Minnesota OL averages 6’5″ 359 while LSU and Alabama are huge on both sides. I would not like ND to play any of them. I also like PJ Fleck a lot.

Now while ND rolled all over Duke and Ian Book was outstanding in both the run and pass department – he threw for 4 TD’s and ran for over 100 yards, first ever for a ND QB somehow to me ND looks like a stale offense compared to other top 10 teams.

Most ND HC’s max out at 10 years – if they last that long and new blood would rejuvenate the football team – think Fleck.

While Book was our leading rusher, it should not be that way. We need a lot more out of our RB’s.

Drew White LB had a great game with 7 tackles and game ball winner Chris Finke was outstanding catching the ball and returning punts.

In injury news, DE Julian Okwara is out with a broken fibula and LB Lamb is also out for the season.

Should we win out I do not want to play a top 10 team in a bowl game.

ND is 7-2, let’s keep it up.

Here are the game highlights:

Here is the Brian Kelly post game press conference: