Let’s go in reverse. The Ugly; both teams’ uniforms. I almost had a seizure when the teams took the field. The Bad; Beating up on a 2-7 team may be expected but Maryland may be the best 2-7 team out there. Notre Dame’s punt return is still a no threat with too many fair catches
There was a lot of good on Saturday night. First off I am finally happy with Jonas Gray getting his first 100 yard rushing game (136 yards / 6.5 yards per carry) after being close several times this season. It was however a pretty balanced scoring attack for the Irish. Three rushing TD’s (by two running backs), two passing TD’s (by two receivers), an interception for a TD (57 yards) and a field goal (52 Yards).
The Irish offense looked good and the numbers support a good distribution of the ball. Overall Notre Dame racked up 212 yards rushing with an average of 4.6 yards a carry, 296 yards passing with an average of 9.9 per completion. Going 10 for 16 on third downs kept drives going and by going 1 for 1 on fourth down kept the Irish perfect on fourth down conversions. In addition to Gray’s rushing Wood had 99 yards with a touchdown. Tommy Rees utilized seven receivers for a total of 30 receptions and 296 yards and 2 touchdowns.
Defensively again the Irish shared the work load, Notre Dame had a total of 71 tackles by 26 different players, none of which had more than 6 themselves. Lo Wood had a gift in the form of pass thrown directly to him which he proceeded to return for a touchdown.
The players and coaches should feel good and observe the 24 hour rule Kelly has instituted to morn a lose or celebrate a win move on to the next opponent.
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