Navy at Notre Dame

Let’s all be glad we’re not playing any more option teams, if only for the fans’ sake.

Walker hit 11 of 15 passes for 183 yards. “I didn’t get them going as fast as I needed to get them going, so I just put on last week’s”. Clemson didn’t just stop Prosise but they also sacked QB Deshone Kizer four times.

It was impressive enough that the Notre Dame defense caused three Navy turnovers (two fumbles, one interception), but what really made the difference was the team’s ability to capitalize on those opportunities. Gulley has one 13 yard touchdown run. Trojans quarterback Cody Kessler, Pittsburgh wide receiver Tyler Boyd and Stanford quarterback Kevin Hogan and running back Christian McCaffrey still dot the remaining schedule. “Just a great momentum piece for us entering the half”. He drove Navy to the 30-yard line with six minutes left in the game, but his pass was intercepted by Notre Dame safety Elijah Shumate at the Irish 6-yard line. If Notre Dame starts the game with the same intensity that they had in their fourth quarter comeback attempt last week, Navy may be forced to throw the ball more, which could lead to a blowout.

Notre Dame answered right back when Kizer capped a 12-play, 75-yard drive with a 1-yard dive. Chris Swain fumbled at the Navy 7-yard line in the second quarter and linebacker Jaylon Smith recovered.

“Everyone hates losing, especially when our goal is to be in the playoffs at the end of the year”, Fuller said. But, as Day said, all that there is to do is to look forward to the next game.

Navy showed tremendous resiliency by rallying to tie the score at 21 with 24 seconds left in the first half. Navy won 20-6…. Notre Dame punted against Navy just once past year and didn’t punt the season before…. Prosise scrambled 12 yards to the 37.

Mack scored on bursts of 25 and 45 yards, while averaging 8.5 yards per carry.

“That’s how I am”.

“We beat a very good team by 17 points”, Notre Dame coach Brian Kelly said. They’re getting a similar test in this one against Navy, a team that throws even less than Georgia Tech. “So we’re trying to fend this guy off that we want”. “A few play-callers bury their face in their call sheet, but he’s watching the game”, Niumatalolo said. Navy basketball great David Robinson watched near the sideline as his son, Notre Dame WR Corey Robinson, played his alma mater. Air Force offered him a scholarship, but he kept calling and emailing Irish coaches. “They know what their weaknesses are”, Kelly said.

I count four chances to lose on Baylor’s upcoming schedule, but this week isn’t one of them. Notre Dame is also 4-1 SU and 2-3 ATS versus Navy since Kelly took the reins in South Bend in 2010 according to the OddsShark College Football Database. The Irish stopped that streak with a 27-9 victory at the Meadowlands.

If there was ever a Navy team that’s well positioned to make a shocking statement at Notre Dame Stadium again, it might be this team.