Starting Left Guard and Captain Jarrett Patterson has sprained his foot and will be out a minimum of 10 days. Xavier Watts has moved from Defense to Receiver, but will also continue working with the Defense. Last bit of bad news is that 5 Star recruit Keon Keeley has de committed from the 2023 Class
The final day of practice at Culver Academies included full pads with lots of hitting. The only real concern is the injury to starter Tight End Cole Kmet. He has a fractured clavicle. Here is video of the practice: https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/ndinsider.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/7/12/712af80b-3a1e-5753-b201-1f3a0fdcc18e/5d4cd54b7fa41.video.mp4 Here is Brian Kelly giving a press conference: Next Game: ND vs Louisville
The Irish surprised everyone with a smothering of the feared “option” attack. Tip of the hat to VanGorder and staff for an attacking defense that seemed to come from everywhere. The DL played as hard as one can and Joe Schmidt was everywhere (10 tackles) as was Drue Tranquill until he was injured on a
Brian Kelly led off the press conference speaking about injuries with the latest TE Durham Smythe out for the season and these were not preventable – it’s just just football. Questioned about ILB Grace, we learn he is dinged up with ankle and hamstring issues. What the hell was he doing on the kickoff team?
Better unpack your luggage, you are not going to the Final Four. ND once again displayed a schizo personality and did not carry over or expand on it’s win over Texas. After a good start ND, once again, had trouble scoring TD’s in the first half which would have led to a blow out in