No decision yet on Notre Dame RB Prosise vs. Wake Forest
The Irish were held to less than 400 yards of total offence for the first time this season as Wake Forest outgained Notre Dame 340 yards to 282. Kickoff is scheduled for 3:30 p.m. ET, with television coverage on NBC. The dual-quarterback system featuring John Wolford and Kendall Hinton will have Wake Forest looking to break up the party for Notre Dame by pulling off a major upset on Saturday.
Notre Dame’s high-powered offense suffered through a power outage on Saturday. If they can not do that then the Irish will run away with this game. Tailback Tyler Bell rushed for 90 yards for Wake Forest (3-7), which lost its fourth consecutive game.
Wolford scored on a 1-yard run in the third quarter for Wake Forest.
The University of Notre Dame community is offering a variety of events on campus for the upcoming football game day weekend. Wake Forest is young, and has room to improve next season. An area where the Irish could be susceptible is the passing game.
A 6-foot-1, 212-pound freshman, Adams’ 98-yard TD run is also the longest play from scrimmage in the nation this season, topping the previous longest play, which was a 95-yard TD run by Hawaii’s Paul Davis against UC Davis on September 19.
ACC Offensive Player of the Year Jack Harrison went down the left wing in the 44th minute, Hubbard diving right to snag a well shot that was headed for the far post.
Now Okwara is able to spend most of his time on the attack. Martin, a two-time captain, has helped lead the Irish to a 9-1 record this year.
The Irish, of course, simply need wins in both those games to prolong the playoff hopes. Guys are still getting more confident in me day by day, ” he said. “At this level, everybody needs to play at their best, and I don’t think we played at our best tonight”.
With Prosise out, freshman running back Josh Adams filled in, earning his first career start. He has also thrown for 907 yards, 3 TDs and 5 INTs, but he has only completed 51% of his passes.
In 2010, Cierre Wood broke a 39-yard run against Western MI.
The total has gone OVER in 12 of Notre Dame’s last 17 games.
Prosise has showed that by making big play after big play.
Filling in capably was Greer Martini. Last season, he made 39 tackles and led the Irish with four sacks. The junior linebacker suffered a second grade sprain of his MCL on Saturday and will be out at least this week.
Kizer “did OK”, in the words of Irish coach Brian Kelly. The secondary is already a high-wire act.
Wake Forest limited star Notre Dame wide receiver Will Fuller to three catches for 37 yards.
Let’s tip our cap to the seniors.
That’s probably the best measurement of what this class did. “So we’re definitely excited to get back to practice and dominate the next few games”.
The years before Sheldon Day and company got to South Bend, the Irish struggled at home. In 2011, they loss a mind-melting opener to USF.
But Kelly’s 2012 team went unbeaten at home.
“A big part of our game plan was that we did not want Fuller to beat us”, Clawson said.
Night games. FieldTurf. Piped-in music.