While watching Stanford’s 37-14 conquest of Notre Dame last Saturday with his 14-year-old son, Joe, Tribune reader John Breslin of Barrington, Ill., noticed Notre Dame junior center Braxston Cave “tipping” Stanford to the Irish snap count.
He wasn’t alone. Sure enough, the Cardinal noticed it too.
Kelly is addressing it with his first-year starter this week.
“There are some growing pains there,” Kelly said. “The one thing we need with Braxston is a little bit better job at cadence, and he's a little too consistent with some of the things that he does that gives the defense a chance to, as you saw against Stanford, they did a pretty good job of film study.
“They knew when Braxston was going to snap the ball. He's got to be more firm with his snaps. His snaps have not been very good.
