Tag: Notre Dame vs USF

All around superb effort on both sides of the ball. Special kudos the the Defense for pitching a shutout while clearing the bench to do so.

The standout on defense was Jack Kiser at LB. He moved from the practice squad to starter recording 8 tackles including 2 for a loss. He earned the right to start vs Wake.

The offense was also terrific with 4 legitimate RB’s going wild and with a lot of speed helped greatly by the blocking, especially by TE Tommy Tremble.

Need to give credit to the OL – what a great job and what a great job Tommy Rees did calling plays. I didn’t know we had any misdirection plays.

Ian Book managed the offense well, but he really needs work on leading his receivers so that they don’t break stride. Arm strength is a concern on the long ball.

Check out the game highlights:

Here is the Brian Kelly post gave press conference:

USF kicked off their season with a 27-6 win over The Citadel. This week Citadel gets Clemson. USF is coached by Jeff Scott a former OC at Clemson, but of most interest – Charlie Weis Jr. age 27 is the OC of USF.

He had been the OC under Lane Kiffin at Florida Atlantic.

Notre Dame should roll over this team easily in this game. I’m only worried about Ian Book – boy did he look skittish under a pass rush. It was the same way he started last year. Even so, they should have a good day running the ball.

Notre Dame 42 South Florida 13

Here is the Brian Kelly Pre Game press conference: