'13 OH QB Malik Zaire (Notre Dame Early Enrollee)

[IrishSteelhead]

It's not.

I'll go a step further, and say I don't think there has been a worse time since he stepped on campus to try to put him in.

 

[DogDaysIrish]

It's not.

It is.

 

[irishff1014]

I'll go a step further, and say I don't think there has been a worse time since he stepped on campus to try to put him in.

At half time i can understand that adjustment but not in the middle of a quarter.

 

[Sherm Sticky]

Not going to win this game. No reason not to out him in


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[IrishSteelhead]

At half time i can understand that adjustment but not in the middle of a quarter.

You would be sending a lamb to the slaughter today putting him in.

 

[DogDaysIrish]

Not going to win this game. No reason not to out him in


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totally agree with this.

 

[irishff1014]

You would be sending a lamb to the slaughter today putting him in.

I bet you would get a better attitude from your QB.

 

[scUM Hater]

Put him in 4th quarter if no chance.

 

[connect the dots]

Hunter Smith's bungling of three field goal snaps(two against Stanford and the one to tie at Tempe) has Notre Dame implementing a new strategy - it was reported in the South Bend Tribune that Malik Zaire will hold for Brindza. Flub a dub dub, the holder becomes a sub, who can create offense!

 

[#1rish]

Notebook: Malik Zaire gets his shot for Notre Dame, just not at quarterback - Notre Dame Insider: Notre Dame Football

It's all a ploy so BK can start calling fake FGs now.

In all seriousness though, is Newsome not an option here? Or is he a RS?

 

[Sherm Sticky]

Notebook: Malik Zaire gets his shot for Notre Dame, just not at quarterback - Notre Dame Insider: Notre Dame Football

It's all a ploy so BK can start calling fake FGs now.

In all seriousness though, is Newsome not an option here? Or is he a RS?

Red shirting.

 

[dublinirish]

Red shirting.

Interesting because in the Stanford game didnt BK say he considered putting in Newsome to hold (and thus burning his RS) after Hunter's problems with holding? But then this week it's been said that Zaire has been the backup holder all season?

 

[Emcee77]

Interesting because in the Stanford game didnt BK say he considered putting in Newsome to hold (and thus burning his RS) after Hunter's problems with holding? But then this week it's been said that Zaire has been the backup holder all season?

That's a great point. I'd forgotten, but you are right, Kelly did seem to say after Stanford that Newsome was the backup holder. Weird. Maybe the decision to redshirt Newsome was just recently finalized, and in reality Malik has only been the backup holder since then?

 

[IrishGlory]

Notebook: Malik Zaire gets his shot for Notre Dame, just not at quarterback - Notre Dame Insider: Notre Dame Football

It's all a ploy so BK can start calling fake FGs now.

In all seriousness though, is Newsome not an option here? Or is he a RS?

Would not be surprised to see a little trickery if we are up early in the game just to give UL, U$C and our bowl opponent more to think about going into the final stretch of the season. BK will channel his inner Les Miles.

 

[dublinirish]

Would not be surprised to see a little trickery if we are up early in the game just to give UL, U$C and our bowl opponent more to think about going into the final stretch of the season. BK will channel his inner Les Miles.

its too obvious when your FG team is shaky that a coach might call a fake due to lack of confidence in them IMO

 

[pumpdog20]

its too obvious when your FG team is shaky that a coach might call a fake due to lack of confidence in them IMO

Might keep some of the kick block pressure away too though.

 

[rtrn2glory]

would like to see us try that oregon gig where we always line up for two and count #'s and see an advantage

 

[NDRock]

I don't remember Kelly ever calling a fake FG or punt, am I wrong?

 

[clashmore_mike]

I don't remember Kelly ever calling a fake FG or punt, am I wrong?

Fake punt with Bennett Jackson his freshman year I think is the only one I recall.

 

[Henges24]

Really hoping we can put NW away early so we can see what Malik can do for the first time.

 

[Jackalope1977]

Really hoping we can put NW away early so we can see what Malik can do for the first time.

I'm with you.

 

[NCND]

I'm with you.

I remember this same comment vs NC, Navy, Purdue. Show me time.

 

[CanadalovesND]

Hold looked fine to me. Sure, it was iffy at the start but he got it down and square just before Brindza kicked it.

 

[Grahambo]

Hold looked fine to me. Sure, it was iffy at the start but he got it down and square just before Brindza kicked it.

It was a bad hold. You can't put your hand on the ball like that and push it forward then pull it back. Kicking is all about timing. Can't mess with it like that.

 

[pkt77242]

Hold looked fine to me. Sure, it was iffy at the start but he got it down and square just before Brindza kicked it.

I take it you have never kicked or held before then. That is a bad hold. Maybe Brindza could have made it but that doesn't change the fact that it was a bad hold.

 

[CanadalovesND]

I take it you have never kicked or held before then. That is a bad hold. Maybe Brindza could have made it but that doesn't change the fact that it was a bad hold.

Nah, Brindza should have made the kick. Hold looked fine at the end. Take that whatever way you want.

However, Im not going to blast Brindza. It's not like I could make that kick. I don't have the leg.

 

[phork]

Zaire double placed the ball.. Bad hold. Just because you ignore that fact, doesn't mean it isn't true.

 

[Grahambo]

Zaire double placed the ball.. Bad hold. Just because you ignore that fact, doesn't mean it isn't true.

And held his hand over the top half of the ball and then set it leaning forward.....then pulled it back...also facts.

 

[Irishnuke]

I don't know if there is any correlation, but I wonder if he's going to have trouble hanging onto the ball too when, or if, he takes over.

 

[bkess8]

I don't know if there is any correlation, but I wonder if he's going to have trouble hanging onto the ball too when, or if, he takes over.

Hell if that's the case we will never ask EG to hold for kicks!