Today on The Athletic: State of the Program - Notre Dame
by ndzippy (2018-04-16 12:59:35)
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If you have access to The Athletic, today's "State of the Program" article is definitely worth reading.

If you don't, here are a few nuggets for you:

- Kelly on the quarterback battle: "I don’t know that we’re looking for an answer as much as we’re looking for the consistency in play," Kelly said of quarterback play, adding that the focus "is really about how do we get our passing game up to where it needs to be."

- On Wimbush: The names "Chuck Knoblauch" and "Mackey Sasser" have been invoked to The Athletic by separate Irish insiders — analogies to baseball players whose perplexing battles with the yips undercut otherwise stellar careers.

- Why there's hope moving forward: Former Irish QB Tommy Rees became the 10th assistant after being tabbed as quarterbacks coach last year — a title he could not officially assume until 2018. (Okay, the author doesn't actually point to this as a reason for optimism.)

- On our dumb schedule: On top of all that (commentary about how tough the schedule will be), Notre Dame only has one home game in October ... and one in November.

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