Notre Dame Defense Article

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Irish Defense Needs Improvement to Return to Elite Level -- NCAAFB FanHouse

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Not long ago a prominent former NFL head coach gave Kelly a piece of advice. "I told him," said the coach, "that what you need is five guys -- FIVE GUYS! -- on defense who grew up without a mailbox. You don't need a whole team of 'em, just five guys. And then it's your job, not an assistant's job, not a grad assistant's job, to keep an eye on them. But you need those five guys."

 

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"In the modern era, the Fighting Irish have won national championships in 1966, 1973, 1977 and 1988. In those four seasons, they never finished lower than 10th in rushing defense and only once finished lower than 3rd (12th in 1977) in scoring defense. In the last four seasons under Charlie Weis, the Irish never finished better than 45th in rushing defense and never finished better than 42nd in scoring defense."