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That's cause for celebration!!!! Everyone....<iframe width="420" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/bQr_oCmQGuw" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
 
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November 2nd is an important date for you?
 
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Sloppy but Tommy got it done. Way to go! On to Stanford... Go Irish!!
 
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I am not a proponent of his benching, at least this year, but he looked horrible today. Just tuck it and run sometimes. I don't care if you only gain two yards, its better than just tossing it out of bounds. I would have loved to see Hendrix just for a little today because then the defense would not have been able to drop 9 freakin people every third down.
 
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notredomer23 said:
I am not a proponent of his benching, at least this year, but he looked horrible today. Just tuck it and run sometimes. I don't care if you only gain two yards, its better than just tossing it out of bounds. I would have loved to see Hendrix just for a little today because then the defense would not have been able to drop 9 freakin people every third down.
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Oh, young Daniel....Don't be hatin'.

Only one thing left to say...

12 and 2 Bizzzatches!!!!!

Cannot be argued that he is 12 and 2 in games that he starts... Can't be done.
 
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I'm not hating, I would love for Tommy to be successful because then that means we are successful but today perfectly illustrated just how dynamic this team would be with a running QB
 
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I loved when the defense rushed TWO guys and instead of being patient waiting for someone to break open, he runs INTO the pressure..... EVERY TIME.
The predictable play calling didn't help, but this kid drives me freaking crazy.
 
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HCTI, do you write copy for Kelly?

HCTI, do you write copy for Kelly?

Second question of the presser, "Coach Kelly can you comment on Tommy?"

Kelly, "12-2 as a starter. Pretty good for a starter!"
 
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We are gonna have a fun QB competition to follow this offseason.
 
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If this teams shows up next week against stanford they will kill us. I didn't get to watch all of it but it looked sloppy.
 
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DillonHall said:
Kelly's too stubborn; he'll just play Tommy all season long next year.
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Kelly wants to win, he will play whoever gives him the best chance to win. Right now Tommy gives us the best chance to win. We don't know what next year will bring, but don't expect Gunner Kiel to come here and step in to start as a true freshman. Qb is a tough position that needs some seasoning. Let's worrying about chopping down the tree and winning our bowl game before we start worrying about our qb next year.
 
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If this teams shows up next week against stanford they will kill us. I didn't get to watch all of it but it looked sloppy.
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Maybe they were looking ahead. At very least, this is good because Kelly is going to light them up this week! They will be ready to play, whether they execute or not is the question.
 
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Err Tommy didn't do much of anything to win this game.
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Err, Tommy accounted for 259 yds, 61% of the Total Offense. ND had 417 yds of Offense. ND converted 8 of 19 third downs, one conversion short of their season average.

Rees took the snap on all 78 plays. On a lot of those plays he checked into the play called.

He hit 62% of his passes. There were some nice grabs by receivers and some drops. He hit a 35 - 40 yd pass to Floyd in stride but Michael drew TWO flags on completion that was erased. It wasn't Tommy's fault but he would have been at the 300 yd mark with that catch. A lot of Rees incompletions were throwaways due to coverage.

And yes, Rees threw the ball 39 times and threw an interception at midfield that was meaningless in the game. BC did nothing with it. BC had the ball for 51 seconds, 3 and out. Correspondingly Rettig threw the ball 38 times. He has an INT% that's 2-1/2 times that of Rees' but ND's D not only didn't make an INT, the DBs didn't record a Pass Broken Up. ND had 3 PBU's in the game, Lynch, Nix, and Calabrese.


If Kelly wanted Rees to run, he would have tried. If was obvious he wasn't supposed to run. In another thread someone pointed had Rees had a banged up knee. I don't know if it was bothering him, or even a concern. I don know Kelly had 3 more mobile QBs on the bench but didn't call any of them. Kelly gutted out the game with his main guy. Sometimes coaches do that for development. Sometimes they do it because they believe that guy gives them the best chance to win. Kelly noted in responding to the second question of the post game presser, regarding Rees' play. Kelly responded, "12-2 as a starter. Pretty good for a starter."


For all those moaning about the 1 interception, in 39 attempts that works out to an INT% of 0.2564. Clausen (0.2432) and Quinn (0.2434) ND's best averaged 1 INT per 41 attempts. Crist (0.2663) averages an INT every 37 attempts. Statistically Rees is 1 int in 39 today was the same as a Clausen, a Quinn, or a Crist would throw. So much for the MAC QB comment.
 
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We'll see how Tommy looks next year with a new line and no Michael Floyd. Then we'll know if it's 12-2 because of him or partially in-spite of him.

He'll be a junior three-year starter. No more excuses for the dumb things he's prone to doing.
 
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All I know is this feels a whole lot better than going 3-9 . It's not pretty but at we are not the complete joke it had became under Charlie you can see the attempt at growth on the defensive side of the ball which has been ignored for ohhh i don't know the last 20 damn years so u might not like Tommy hell I'm cursing at the tv right along with you but give it a rest. You know what we get with Tommy it hasn't changed for the last 2 years. Our other option right now looks like <iframe width="420" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/uN4Di8DEPf8" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
 
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