Brian Kelly not ready to give up on 2 QB system

Last season, Jerrod Heard teased the Longhorns when he broke Vince Young’s school record for most yards in a game rushing and passing and later led an upset win over Oklahoma.

Texas (1-0) won because the two quarterback system adopted by the Longhorns at the 11th hour worked nearly flawlessly against Notre Dame.

Officials were silent on the play, frustrating Notre Dame head coach Brian Kelly. You go win one you’re not supposed to, and then it really takes over. I just say it out loud.Use those nerves. Including Duvernay and Buechele, nine freshmen saw game action against the Fighting Irish. “We’ll just let our play do the talking”. As I said yesterday, I think y’all should relax a little bit. The smart money is that they’re going to get better, and the thing with college football is that, unless they’re your team, you look for the favorites to fall. That gave St. Brown an average of 15 yards per reception. Freshman quarterback Shane Buechele (newcomer of the week) and sophomore defensive tackle Chris Nelson (defensive player of the week) also were recognized as the Big 12 revealed its first batch of weekly awards. I think we have the personnel there. Swoopes’ touchdown became the game victor that could vault the Longhorns into the top-25 prior to their meeting with the Miners on Saturday. 10 Notre Dame on Sunday. Avery Sebastian is now listed as Tranquill’s backup at strong safety.

Former Fighting Irish players weren’t as happy about the result. “We’ve got to get Drue back out there”. We didn’t finish and that will be a “watch word” for this group as we move forward. “We wanted make a statement and we did”.

Kelly feels it’s about execution and coaching that can get the Irish defense where it needs to be.

But without that conversation with his quarterbacks having taken place, or practice for Nevada beginning, Kelly was left to answer hypothetical questions during his 30-minute meeting with the media inside the Guglielmino Athletics Complex. We have to do those better. If we’re not playing Cover 3 well, we’re not coaching well enough. But, you know, again, it’s like anything else. He doesn’t play with a lot of angst, if you will, and we like that about his demeanor and personality. You’re trying to tackle as much as you can on objects that are not 250 pounds running at you. “And defensively we couldn’t come up with a stop and special teams we weren’t able to flip the field like we thought we could”. “(Studstill) did some could be in line to make his first start Saturdayagainst Nevada. “He’s got to prepare himself as if he’s the starter”.

The Miners defeated NMSU rather soundly despite a late second-half surge aided by a UTEP turnover.

(AP Photo/Eric Gay). Texas mascot Bevo XV is walked to the field during the first half of an NCAA college football game between Texas and Notre Dame, Sunday, Sept. 4, 2016, in Austin, Texas.

That was when Zaire had command of the No. 1 job until he fractured his ankle in Week 2 against Virginia, after which Kizer threw a game-winning heave to Will Fuller and powered a 10-win season for the Irish.

A decision of some kind will be reached at some point this week, Kelly later confirmed. Kelly pointed to Teddy Bridgewater of the Vikings in the National Football League as being lost for the season because of a knee injury in a non contact drill as an example that you always have to be ready. “First of all, it’s about your attitude and your attitude has to be such that whoever the No. 2 is, whether he’s the No. 2 quarterback or the No. 2 running back, you’re one play away from being in there”. “Brian and I are in communication, so anything more would be me taking on a role in more of a play calling and I’m not in that role, and I have somebody that can do that quite well”.

“We just don’t understand why it wasn’t reviewed by the Big 12”, Kelly said in a teleconference Monday .