Monday, November 4, 2013

Take Two: Navy

After sitting back, reviewing fill, taking a second look at the stat columns and reading dozens of articles several points jumped out at me that I missed on Sunday.

The offensive line did not give up a sack on Saturday improving on their #13 national ranking allowing .88 sacks per game.

Tommy Rees moved up in the Notre Dame record books with his 21st career win as a starter as quarterback sliding into ninth place all time, now ahead of John Lujack and Joe Theismann.

The Irish offense was moving forward all day against the Midshipmen; the only negative yardage the Irish had on Saturday were the three kneel downs at the end of the game.

Tarean Folston’s 140 yards was a bit more impressive than first thought; he was the first freshman to run for 100 yards since Robert Hughes in 2007.

With the Irish not needing to punt on Saturday Notre Dame has attempted just seven times in the last 616 offensive plays.

Just winning keeps Notre Dame in good company, being 27-4 in their last 31 regular season games means only Alabama and Oregon have better records during that stretch.

Irish efficiency; in the second half Notre Dame had four possessions and had three touchdowns (the last possession ended in kneel downs and the end of the game.

Returning to Glory; with Notre dame’s seventh win on the season it is the first time since Dan Devine that an Irish head coach has won at least seven games in each of his first four years.

The defense needs to rest; Notre Dame’s defense let Navy convert 10 of their 16 third downs.

Discipline; Notre Dame committed five penalties, Navy – zero.  

 
Saturday's 9 lead changes were the most in any game in Irish history - just one interesting note from "Inside NDFB."
Extreme Makeover South Bend Edition; Kelly seemed to continue his hinting turf is coming “It’s going to be resolved.  It will be handled.  Jack Swarbrick will take care of it. It will be handled. It’s not an easy fix. This is not just roll out some grass and tamp it down. So it will be something that will have to be worked on in the off season, looked at extensively, and we’ll come up with a solution.”

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