Brandon Wimbush to UCF

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Brandon Wimbush Transfers To UCF
Brandon Wimbush Transfers To UCF

Brandon Wimbush has declared that he will take his final graduate year at UCF. This should be a good opportunity for him as their star QB went down with an injury that will sideline him for the 2019 season. UCF is 25-1 for last 2 seasons.

RB coach Autry Denson will leave picking up a Head Coaching job at Charleston Southern.

There were others that went Pro, none of which I’ll miss with the exception of Julian Love.

Coaches are out recruiting and the early signees (10) are on campus.

Kelly needs to dig up a RB coach as that was not Denson’s forte. Try to get a Georgia coach.

Notre Dame 42 Florida State 13 – Recap and Highlights

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ND vs FSU Highlights
ND vs FSU Highlights

Green Jerseys and 27 degrees trampled Florida State. In a game that was over by the half 32-6, FSU just literally froze both mentally and physically.

Notre Dame ran 50 times for 365 yards helped by Tommy Kraemer starting at RG. Once again Dexter Williams put on a show. He accounted for 202 yards and 2 TD’s – including runs of 58 and 32 yards.

Wimbush replaced an injured Book for this game went 12/26 130 yards and 2 TD’s He also threw back to back interceptions and ND just ran every down after that.

The run attack for ND went right after the strength of FSU their DL. I was surprised that FSU is that bad a team. They have the playmakers and I believe their coach is gone if they don’t end up 6-6. Maybe even if they do.

Much harder task awaits ND vs Syracuse.

Check out the game highlights:

Here is the Brian Kelly post game press conference:

Next Game: ND vs Syracuse

Notre Dame vs Florida State Predictions

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ND vs FSU predictions
ND vs FSU Predictions

Without Ian Book ND loses basically half its offense. With Wimbush ND was averaging about 24 points. It will be Senior Day and it looks like ND will wear green Jerseys. With bad and cold weather this could all add up to disaster.

Look, Florida State is lousy this year 4-5 but they are loaded, as usual, with 4-5 Star players. You can run against their DL, but make no mistake these guys are big dudes.

What compounds ND rush game is their interior line – center and both guards are under performing. Florida State’s problem is not the players, but the coaching staff – how the hell can they be 4-5?

FSU just quit the last 2 weeks losing to Clemson 59-10 followed by a thumping by NC Stare 47-28. So ND would have also blown them out with a healthy Ian Book. Now we don’t know what we get with Wimbush – he can be awful in the passing game.

This will be closer than expected, but ND edges out the win.

Notre Dame 27 FSU 21

Here is the Brian Kelly pre game press conference:

8/23/18 Brian Kelly Press Conference – Brandon Wimbush Will Start vs Michigan

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8/23/18 Brian Kelly Press Conference
8/23/18 Brian Kelly Press Conference

Brian Kelly starts off saying that there are no injuries and that they “Don’t have anybody that would not play against Michigan right now”.

An intersting point during this press conference was when he was questioned who will be starting at QB. He said Wimbush is definitely starting, but he mentioned that Ian Book will never be the runner that Brandon Wimbush is and that Wimbush will never bee the passer that Book is – basically that they will both be valuable to win.

It sounds like Kelly is not very confident in Wimbush’s passing game – In fact, he states Wimbush probably wouldn’t be surprised if Book comes in to take over in certain situations. It will be interesting to see if both will play during the Michigan game.

Kelly also states that the team is tired of practicing and is ready to start playing real games.

Here is the full press conference video: