Historic Defensive Effort (vs. MSU)

[NDTH91]

Pretty cool stuff.... Didn't realize that they never even crossed midfield in the second half.

Drive Charting: ND vs. Michigan State | Notre Dame Football Blog

 

[woolybug25]

Pretty cool stuff.... Didn't realize that they never even crossed midfield in the second half.

Drive Charting: ND vs. Michigan State | Notre Dame Football Blog

and didn't run a single play in the redzone at any point in the game.... that's strong...

 

[connor_in]

Pretty cool stuff.... Didn't realize that they never even crossed midfield in the second half.

Drive Charting: ND vs. Michigan State | Notre Dame Football Blog

I cannot access the site at work here, but I had heard something along these lines before, except that what I heard was that MSU had one snap at ND's 48 in the second half. I do not know either way and only bring it up hoping to be dis-proven.

 

[NDTH91]

I cannot access the site at work here, but I had heard something along these lines before, except that what I heard was that MSU had one snap at ND's 48 in the second half. I do not know either way and only bring it up hoping to be dis-proven.

"Michigan State only ran one play in the second half across midfield, and a penalty knocked the Spartans back on that drive."

Nice catch. They did cross the 50 in the second half, but didn't finish the drive there. That's a heck of an effort.

 

[Veer option]

SCOREBOARD!

 

[NDhoosier]

lol, nice catch there Veer, probably during the scuffle... Is that Golic Jr. or Cave?

 

[Bubba]

Five things we learned: Notre Dame 20, Michigan State 3 | Inside the Irish

Through three games, the Irish defense is on a pretty historic pace.

It’s hard to pick a stat that properly qualifies how dominant the Irish defense has been these first three games, but the 30 points the Irish have surrendered in the first quarter of the season is the least since 1988, when the eventual national champions gave up 27 points over the season’s first three games.

 

[Irish#1]

SCOREBOARD!

I remember that moment and just started smiling like a chesire cat.

Scoreboard Sparty Scoreboard.

 

[rikkitikki08]

Ill say this over and over. Notre Dame has one of the best front sevens in the country. This stat helps with that.


We are in good shape. If we hold denard in check and dont let him snape off any long runs i really believe we win by more than a touchdown

 

[IrishAlum1997]

I caught that during the game. My first thought was I wish it were anyone but Golic.

 

[Veer option]

Is Golic Jr.

Cave is in front of Golson

I caught that during the game. My first thought was I wish it were anyone but Golic.

I havent watched the whole game again, but IIRC Golic had a much better game against MSU than he did against Purdue.

 

[Sherm Sticky]

Five things we learned: Notre Dame 20, Michigan State 3 | Inside the Irish

The TD let up against Navy was in garbage time with backups. The second TD given up to Purdue was setup by the Goldson fumble within ND's 20 yard line. Just think about that.

 

[Chamellion]

I'd say that we're on the second tier of defenses in the nation. There's Bama and LSU, and then everyone else. We're getting there, but I don't think we're fully there.

 

[woolybug25]

I'd say that we're on the second tier of defenses in the nation. There's Bama and LSU, and then everyone else. We're getting there, but I don't think we're fully there.

I'm not saying that I disagree with you, but didn't you not watch the game because of a camping trip? How would you know, one way or the other?

 

[NDTH91]

The TD let up against Navy was in garbage time with backups. The second TD given up to Purdue was setup by the Goldson fumble within ND's 20 yard line. Just think about that.

The one where they burned through the secondary with three straight passes? I'm pretty sure we still had the starters in. The touchdown pass was between Russell and Slaughter if I remember correctly.

Good point on the Purdue one though. This D makes you earn it. We haven't seen many (any) sustained drives for touchdowns against us.