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| Brandon Wimbush |
Before last Saturdays game against Temple there were many
questions to be answered. Realistically
we really don’t have the answers to most of them but we did gain some insight
to what the answers may end up being at the end of the season. So here are ac couple of things we comfortably
if not confidently now know about this Irish squad.
Brandon Wimbish can play.
Well, we kind of already had an inclining based on his high school highlight
films. He defiantly is confident. The concern I walked away with from Saturday (and
had even before) was with him running around so much what is the risk vs.
reward with injury?
The Offensive line “looked” as good as advertised. Now before we get ahead of ourselves here to
clarify we played Temple not the 85 Bears.
However there was a good push for the rush with decent holes to get
through and good protection for Wimbsush.
As happy I was this is one area I may be the most skeptical about.
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| Tony Jones Jr. |
We can run. With
three 100 yards rushers and 422 yards on the ground all together I’m pretty
confident in the run. I would however like to get more of a sample
size from sophomore Tony Jones Jr. as much as we hear about him this spring and
summer.
As Brain Kelly has said before, Time of Possession does not
matter. Temple controlled the clock with
33:49 over 26:11 by Notre Dame. The only
quarter Temple did not control was the third where Notre dame had the ball for
8 more seconds then the Owls.
There is room for growth.
Looking at the defense as an example they looked a bit like the 2012
squad in the “bend don’t break” feel. Overall the defense looked more than serviceable
but between stopping the run at the line and some coverage issues there is room
for improvement.
