Even when they took that 10-0 lead you just knew that they'd fold like they have been this season. It's hard to believe that the D has given up just 1 TD in the past 2 games and we've lost both of them. When the D wasn't performing Kelly canned BVG. He's supposedly in charge of the O. What's he going to do now?
I do wonder if Kelly having to spend so much time with the defense has in some way helped the defense but hurt the offense. I don't know. from Matt Freeman Just wanted to get this out to you guys. I had a chance to catch up with a source this afternoon to simply get a feel of where the program is and to judge how bad the situation is right now. There were some positives despite the 2-5 record. 1. The locker room is good. The team believes that Coach Kelly is the right man for the job and the staff is in place can turn it around. While it's easy to say and the reality is that you can almost always upgrade your coaching staff, the players believing in the staff is just as important. This team hasn't given up on the staff, so they aren't going to give up on themselves. That says a lot sitting at 2-5 at a school like Notre Dame. 2. Mike Elston is taking charge of the defense and impressing people around the program, including those who might not have been in the "Mike Elston boat" to start. "Elston is really the DC and coming from a "source" who really doesn't like Elston, he is kicking butt. I'm not saying they're gonna hire him as full-time DC, but that is essentially his role now and look at defense." 3. "Team is confident they can turn it around." This simply goes back to the first point, but Notre Dame isn't losing games by 40 points, as Kelly said earlier today. It's by a touchdown or less. The team knows they have to make plays to win games. While coaching could definitely get better, you simply have to make a play at some point to win the game.
We watched in a sports bar with OSU on one TV and ND on another. Gip can comment on ND game better than I can because I was paying more attention to our struggle with Wiscy.