Notre Dame’s Drue Tranquill lost for season with torn ACL

“So moving around a little bit and, again, being aggressive with our defense”. Through two-plus games, Tranquill had been a force and racked up nine tackles (2 ½ for a loss) along with a pair of deflections and a couple of pass break-ups. The Yellow Jackets are 9-1 against the spread in their last 10 games overall.

No. 16 OKLAHOMA 52, TULSA 38 (at Norman, Okla.) – Baker Mayfield threw for 487 yards and four touchdowns and ran for another 85 yards and two scores to power Oklahoma. It was 1996, when the Irish rushed for 229 yards against Vanderbilt, 215 yards against Purdue and 292 yards against Texas.

Kelly had predicted the Irish would need to be efficient offensively because he didn’t think their defense would be able to shut down Georgia Tech, but he was wrong.

Thomas was the player singularly most responsible for Georgia Tech’s ascendance last season into a New Year’s Bowl Six participant, a status that seemed reasonable for this season.

The Irish don’t have their starting quarterback, running back, tight end or defensive tackle.

Although Kizer received his first scholarship offer before even playing a game at Central Catholic High School in Toledo, Ohio, he was a raw talent with a long throwing motion of a baseball pitcher.

At least 3 crucial drops by Irish receivers. The Irish shifted into different looks, avoiding the “vanilla” that Thomas could exploit. He did, however, throw his first career interception. The Tigers from Baton Rouge are definitely contenders in the SEC, but we won’t know if they’re actually capable of a conference title until their November. 7 date with Alabama.

Drue Tranquill was a very important player in our back end of the defense because of his versatility.

So much for the Georgia Tech head coach having it out for the Notre Dame defensive coordinator. With a well-executed game plan and a raft of talented players, Notre Dame was ready.

As he jumped up to celebrate, he appeared to seriously injure his right knee. “We have a lot more time to where maybe we don’t have to be in here so late at night watching film, we can get it done throughout the day because we have that extra week”. “So that’s all we try to focus on”. They turned in another effective outing against Florida State on Friday night, only allowing one offensive touchdown in the 14-0 loss to a very good offensive team. But we’ll get an MRI [Sunday] morning and then we’ll have definitive results. “But we’re not optimistic at this point”.

Kelly awarded the game ball to safety Drue Tranquill, who left with a knee injury. After returning from the locker room in the second half, Tranquill watched on crutches with his right leg in a cast. How LB Jaylon Smith and company stifled an efficient offense on Saturday gives credence to the thought that Notre Dame could still make a run at a 10-win season. While discussing the Fighting Irish’s offense complimented DeShone Kizer for his game management.

Kizer finished 21-of-30 for 242 yards and a touchdown. As his defense forced its ninth straight third-down stop late in the third quarter – no small feat against a Tech team that entered with a nation-best 58.1 percent third-down conversation rate since the start of 2014 – the fiery VanGorder almost took out a side judge amid his burst of jubilation.

With 131 yards receiving and a number of brilliant moments, Fuller might have made a case for Heisman relevancy on Saturday. He also used his arm to convert a 3rd-and-9, hitting Chris Brown for a 10-yard gain earlier in the drive.